The United States officially accused the Russian government of being involved in hacking attacks on the Democratic Party, reports The Washington Post. The information is confirmed by the US Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the US Director of National Intelligence. The agencies released a joint statement acknowledging Russia as responsible for actions aimed at "sowing confusion" over the US election.

The Ministry of Sports announced that on Saturday, October 8, it will withdraw from the membership of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), reports . Interfax “In order to give greater independence and transparency to the Association, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency RUSADA, the Ministry of Sports of Russia, is leaving the membership of the organization from tomorrow,” the message says.

The death toll from Hurricane Matthew in Haiti has risen to 842, Reuters reports . New information about the dead came as rescuers were able to reach areas that were previously inaccessible due to the hurricane. Earlier it was reported about 572 dead. Earlier Friday, a hurricane hit the coast of the US state of Florida. 600 thousand houses were left without electricity. The states of Florida and South Carolina have declared a state of emergency.

Russia is ready to veto the UN Security Council resolution on Syria prepared by France. This was stated by Russia's Permanent Representative to the Council Vitaly Churkin, TASS reports . According to Churkin, the real purpose of the resolution is to provoke Russia into exercising its right of veto. “I don’t see how this resolution can pass,” the permanent representative said.

Russian Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Lavrov said that after the Reserve Fund is exhausted in 2017, the Finance Ministry will take funds from the National Welfare Fund, reports . TASS “This year 2.1 trillion rubles will be spent from the Reserve Fund, next year 1.1 trillion rubles. Next year, the Reserve Fund will be fully used and we will move on to using the funds of the National Welfare Fund, ”the agency quotes Lavrov.

Gallery Portraits of Anna Politkovskaya at the entrance to the editorial office of Novaya Gazeta. Photo: Victoria Odissonova / "New Gazeta" Readers bring flowers to the memorial plaque, journalist Anna Politkovskaya, installed at the editorial office. Photo: Vlad Dokshin / "New Gazeta" Collection of articles by Anna Politkovskaya. Photo: Victoria Odissonova / "New Gazeta" The editor -in -chief of Novaya Gazeta Dmitry Muratov.

The Office of the Investigative Committee for the Kursk Region has charged former deputy of the local parliament and editor-in-chief of the newspaper "People's Journalist" Olga Li with libel, the reports . press service of the department The criminal case is in the department of the Department for the Investigation of Particularly Important Cases.

Russia demanded to allow diplomats to the Russians detained in the United States, reports . Interfax The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent a corresponding request, said Konstantin Dolgov, Foreign Ministry Commissioner for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law. “We expect the Americans to provide official explanations of this situation, they will bring to the attention of the Russian representatives in the prescribed manner the grounds that they used for the arrests,” Dolgov said.

The final winners of the competition, which was launched by the Central Bank, were the Far East and Sevastopol. They will be depicted on banknotes with a face value of 200 and 2000 rubles. The Board of Directors of the Central Bank will later decide which of the cities will be depicted on the banknote of 200 rubles, and which - on the banknote of 2000 rubles. The results of the competition were summed up on the TV channel "Russia 1".

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev dismissed the head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh) Sergei Pospelov, reports . the government website “Release Sergey Valeryevich Pospelov from the post of head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs in connection with the transfer to another job,” the document says. Earlier, RBC reported that Pospelov will move to the State Duma and become deputy head of the apparatus of the lower house.

The public organization "Officers of Russia" and organizations related to it receive government contracts, including from Russian Railways, but do not publicly report on this. Such data are provided in the investigation of the Russian branch of Transparency International. Transperency lists seven non-profit organizations and one commercial company that receive presidential grants or grants from ministries, and also win government contracts.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, asked not to publish records "affecting the honor and dignity" of the head of the Union of Mixed Martial Arts Fedor Emelianenko. “I appeal to you with an urgent request and recommendation not to publish any records that affect the honor and dignity of Fedor Emelianenko. I appeal, first of all, to those who, under emotional influence, did this, saying that they are our supporters and friends.

Secretary of State John Kerry said that an international investigation into the actions of Russia and Syria is needed to find out if they committed war crimes, reports Associated Press. According to Kerry, Russia and Syria have an obligation to provide the world community with "more than just explanations" about why they continue to strike hospitals, women and children. Such actions require "an appropriate investigation into war crimes" because the attacks are "far beyond coincidence.

A film by Marina Goldovskaya. In memory of Anna Politkovskaya Today Anna Politkovskaya is 60 years old. We are showing a film by world-famous documentary filmmaker Marina Goldovskaya "The Bitter Taste of Freedom" about Anna, her family, her life Marina Goldovskaya director - For a quarter of a century under Soviet rule and all the years of the post-Soviet period, I have not made a single picture that I would not want to do. I realized that I was interested in obsessed people.

The State Duma in the first reading approved a bill on the deprivation of a driver's license for three violations of traffic rules per year. The meeting was broadcast on the website of the State Duma. 403 deputies voted for the document, 40 against. According to the document, drivers who have violated traffic rules and received administrative punishment three or more times for this are deprived of their rights for a period of one to one and a half years.