The Human Rights Center "Memorial" recognized the radio engineer Gennady Kravtsov, who was convicted in the case of high treason, as a political prisoner. This is stated on the website of the organization.

Journalist Oleg Kashin rejected the "invitation" of the governor of the Pskov region Andrey Turchak to meet and talk, "looking into the eyes." Kashin explained that Turchak, knowing about his impunity, "mocks" society and the journalist himself, so the meeting between the journalist and the governor can only take place as part of investigative actions. “This is absolute rudeness.

There is no direct evidence that the Russian passenger plane A321 crashed as a result of a terrorist attack. This was stated by the Director of National Intelligence of the United States, James Clapper, reports Associated Press. According to Clapper, the United States has no information that terrorists from the banned Islamic State in Russia could carry out such an attack.

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny's brother Oleg, convicted in the Yves Rocher case, was transferred to a punishment cell (SHIZO) for "refusal to work." This was stated by the representative of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Oryol region Angelica Gavrilovskaya, reports . RIA Novosti “He has a new penalty, and he is in a punishment cell ... He has a new penalty for refusing to work, and he will sit there for 15 days,” the representative of the Federal Penitentiary Service explained.

Member of the Federation Council Dmitry Sablin and his wife Alla Sablin filed a lawsuit with the Lublin Court of Moscow for the protection of honor and dignity against opposition politician Alexei Navalny, reports . Russian News Service The senator demanded to refute the materials published on Navalny's blog, which, according to Sablin, discredit his reputation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to the families and friends of those killed in the plane crash in Egypt, reports . TASS Putin separately thanked the residents of St. Petersburg, where most of the victims of the disaster lived, for their condolences and empathy for their families. “This is a huge tragedy. We are with you in heart and soul.

Law enforcement agencies are conducting searches in the editorial office of the Crimean Tatar TV channel ATR and the website "15 minutes", reports the Crimean Field Mission for Human Rights. Police officers are reportedly seizing computer equipment. Journalists are not allowed to the place of the search.

40 prisoners of colony No. 11 in the village of Nyrob, Perm Territory, went on a hunger strike, reports . the regional department of the Federal Penitentiary Service The hunger strike in the colony began after the searches that took place on October 27 and 30, as a result of which personal belongings of prisoners related to prohibited items were seized. On October 30, 19 prisoners wrote a statement about refusing to eat, on November 1, 21 more people joined them.

Alexander Fedotov. Photo: RIA Novosti The new owner of the Russian Forbes Alexander Fedotov has close friendly and business ties with one of the founders of the Antimaydan movement, Senator Dmitry Sablin, discovered Vedomosti.

Sales of tour packages abroad in all directions have practically stopped in travel agencies after the A321 crash in Egypt, Interfax reports with reference to the press secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Irina Tyurina.

The plane of the Kogalymavia airline, which crashed in Egypt on October 31, was not exposed to external influences. This is evidenced by the first data obtained as a result of the analysis of the records of the “black boxes” of the aircraft, report . Reuters sources According to the source of the agency, the Russian passenger plane was not hit from the outside, and the pilot of the liner did not send distress signals to dispatchers before the crash.

About 4,000 officials were prosecuted after checking income and property declarations for the first half of 2015. This was stated by the head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation Sergey Ivanov at the UN conference on combating corruption, TASS reports . It is reported that about 1.5 million declarations of civil servants, including ministers, governors and federal judges, were verified.

The boarding school "Podmoskovny" in Korallovo is ready to accept children of grades 5-11 orphaned in the A321 plane crash for free education and accommodation outside the competitive enrollment. This is reported in the statement of the directorate of the lyceum, published on the website of the institution.

The Kogalymavia company is not going to take relatives of those killed in the A321 plane crash in Sinai to Egypt, a representative of the airline's press service said. “Initially, there was information that relatives needed to be taken to Egypt. It was later decided that this was not feasible. The crash site is rugged mountainous terrain. The bodies of the dead are being transported to St. Petersburg, ” Interfax quotes the press secretary.

The airline "Kogalymavia" (the current name of MetroJet) said that they believe the cause of the destruction of the aircraft in the sky over Egypt is an external impact, and not a technical malfunction. Alexander Smirnov, deputy general director of the company for flight work, spoke about this during a press conference. His words were broadcast live by Dozhd. “The only explainable reason could be a mechanical impact on the aircraft,” Smirnov said.