Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov was denied the opportunity to serve time at his homeland. All to blame - Russian passport Photo: Anton Naumluk, especially for Novaya Gazeta The Ministry of Justice of Russia explained his position on the transfer of Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov to serve his sentence. In short, there will be no program.

The Civic Chamber of Russia has formed a new composition of public monitoring commissions (POC). The document is published on the website of the OP. The results of the election of members of the PMC have been announced in 42 regions of Russia. The Moscow commission included 31 people.

The search and the subsequent interrogation in the case of a spokeswoman for the extremist of the Right Sector organization, Artyom Skoropadsky, prohibited in Russia, became a complete surprise to the journalist, human rights activist Ksenia Babich, she told Novaya Gazeta. Ksenia Babich, photo from a personal page on Facebook According to Babich, she learned about what was going on in the case of a witness only today from the operatives. “Nobody called me, did not send the summons.

Representatives of the Medical Unit for the Yamalo-Nenets District reported that the coordinates of the Mi-8, which made a hard landing in Yamal, are known. A group of rescuers and 2 ambulances left for the scene. It is impossible to get to the place of the accident by air due to adverse weather conditions. It is snowing and windy in the region. The press service of the department notes that while the exact number of victims, dead and survivors is unknown.

For which the activists near Moscow burn cars and throw Molotov cocktails into apartments Photo: Fedor Karpov At the charred skeleton of the Audi car, the head of the Zhukovsky city department of the Yabloko party and the local activist Fedor Karpov stops: “Here, on the eve of the very day when we won the regional court, I left the car. The owner of the garage, where I kept it for 15 years, terminated the contract with me. Even the increase in the fee refused to consider, apparently, scared.

The Mi-8 helicopter with 25 people on board made a hard landing in Yamal, Interfax reports citing representatives of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs. “We confirm the information that near the village of Urengoy (70 km from Novy Urengoy), a Mi-8 helicopter flying from the village of Suzunskoye in the Krasnoyarsk Territory to Novy Urengoy made a hard landing,” the press service said.

The NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft photographed Schiaparelli's alleged place for the fall of the Schiaparelli module. According to the European Space Agency, the pictures show that the module fell to the surface of Mars from a greater height than planned, from two to four kilometers and was probably destroyed when hit. One of the photos (below left) was taken in May, the other is a fresh, black spot on it, presumably, is Schiaparelli.

As the Syrian conflict, the confrontation of Moscow with the West and the new anti -Russian sanctions, German leaders of opinions Photo: RIA Novosti On October 20, Putin flew to Berlin. The difficult negotiations in the Norman format regarding the settlement of the conflict in the Ukrainian East were “tough” (the words of Chancellor Merkel) on the Syrian problem. The Russian president’s visit to Germany was short -term, the very next day Putin was in Moscow.

A Mi-8 helicopter flying from Vankor to Novy Urengoy crashed in Yamal, Interfax reports citing sources. There were 20 people on board the helicopter. According to Interfax, information about the helicopter crash is being checked in Yamal. “The aircraft commander got in touch and reported an emergency landing, there are survivors, then the connection was lost,” the source said. It is reported that the helicopter could belong to the Skol airline and perform a rotational flight.

Deputies approved the bill on direct elections of the Governor of Sevastopol Photo: RIA Novosti The Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol in the past Wednesday adopted in the first reading a bill on the nationwide elections of the Governor of the City from February. Now the highest official of Sevastopol is appointed by the president.

The chairman of the Moscow City Duma, the Army General, the Metropolitan, the famous TV presenter and the acting center of the Moscow Center “E” became honorary guests of the annual Congress, which is conducting the Council for the educational work of educational organizations of Russia. “Today, honorary guests take part in the work of the Congress.

The UN Human Rights Council called for an investigation into the events in Syria's Aleppo, reports Reuters. During the investigation, an independent commission should identify all those responsible for the alleged violations in Aleppo. In addition, the organization called for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the region in order to provide access to humanitarian aid.

Egypt cannot resell or transfer Mistral-class helicopter carriers to Russia without the consent of France, Interfax reports citing a source in the Russian Foreign Ministry. “The sale of similar and many types of goods is only subject to the provision of an end-user certificate by the buyer. The Egyptians presented this certificate to the French - these are the international rules for the arms trade. On this basis, the French sold them the Mistrals, the agency quotes the interlocutor.

The explosion of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is associated with refueling, reports The Wall Street Journal, citing sources. The company's specialists restore the picture of what happened. According to the publication, it is necessary to understand how the tank of helium interacts with the surrounding liquid oxygen. The Wall Street Journal clarifies that liquid oxygen has not previously been used in such heavy rockets as the Falcon 9.

American musician Bob Dylan's website has removed the Nobel Prize in Literature, reports The Guardian. According to the publication, the mention of the award appeared on the site only a few days after the award - on October 20, and hung for no more than a day. The fact that American poet and musician Bob Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature became known on October 13.