Defenders of Medinsky brought arguments in favor of his dissertation at a special press conference Photo: RIA Novosti On October 18, a press conference was held “Problems of objectivity of coverage of Russian history: dissertation of Vladimir Medinsky”. The presence of Medinsky was expected, but the minister did not come. His interests were defended by historians Anatoly Korolev, Konstantin Averyanov, Grigory Gerasimov and Nikolai Starostenkov.

Political scientists - about the nomination of Sobchak to the President of Russia Photo: RIA Novosti TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak announced his candidacy for the 2018 presidential election. This step was expected for a long time: on October 14, information appeared about the meeting of Sobchak with President Vladimir Putin, and the nomination was preceded by a tough polemic between Sobchak and oppositionist Alexei Navalny along with his supporters.

In the court in the case of the ex-governor of the Kirov region, Nikita Belykh listened to the audio recording of the conversation of the former governor with the main witness-Zudheimer Photo: Victoria Odissonova / "New Gazeta" Once again, the main evidence of the prosecution was not at the hearing - entrepreneur Yuri Zudheimer.

As builders depicted on bills of 2000 rubles, the Vostochny Cosmodrome try to achieve cash payments Photo: RIA Novosti Photo: TASS Amur.info Amur.info Amur.info PrimaMedia.ru RCMM.ru On October 12, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation presented new bills with a dignity of 200 and 2000 rubles, today they have already entered the Primorsky Territory.

The mayor of Krasnoyarsk Akbulatov refused to struggle for his post in order to “concentrate all the levers of management” in the hands of the acting governor of the USS Acting Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Alexander of the USS. Photo: TASS On October 24, the name of the new mayor of Krasnoyarsk will become known. In the meantime, on October 18, the current mayor of Edham Akbulatov announced the rejection of the further struggle for this post.

What did the Vera Hospice Foundation for eleven years of work achieved Thanks to the Hospice Help Fund for Hospice, the concept of “Hospice” ceased to be strange and terrible in Russia, and the word “palliative” began to be understood without translation. The society has matured so much that it ceased to turn away from death. This work in Russia began a handful of like -minded people from the Vera Hospice Fund. Now these people are hundreds.

In the center of Kyiv, near the building of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, protesters clashed with the police. According to the press secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Artem Shevchenko, at least five people were injured during the clashes. this to Shevchenko announced the 112 Ukraine TV channel. The press secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine specified that two of the victims were law enforcement officers.

In the US state of Maryland, an unidentified gunman fired at the Emmorton business park, according to a tweet from the local police. Three people were killed and two others were injured and are in critical condition, police said. William Davis, a spokesman for the Harford County Police Department in Maryland, said the victims were employees of Advanced Granite Solutions. He also added that the attacker is also associated with this company.

Interview with Call of Duty: WWII about the new game and the Second World War - Ilya Azar Screenshot of the game Call of Duty: World War II After experiments with the wars of our time and the future, the famous (and one of the most well -sold) Game series Call of Duty (COD) returns to its origins - the Second World War. On November 3, COD is released: World War II, in which the player, along with the US Army platoon, has to go from the coast of Normandy to Germany.

The Department for Migration Issues of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Rostov Region has extended the validity of the temporary asylum certificate for the former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych until October 26, 2018. It is reported by "Kommersant". “The reasons that became the basis for asylum are political persecution and the threat to life on the territory of Ukraine.

An incorrect version of the author's abstract of the dissertation of the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky was sent to Rosobrnadzor and a number of libraries. This became known during a press conference dedicated to this topic. “An erroneous version was sent to Rosobrnadzor - due to a technical error of the secretary of the dissertation council. I have already stated my position.

A draft law on the protection of the rights of people who reported corruption was submitted to the State Duma The initiative belongs to the Ministry of Labor. The document, published on the government's website, states that those who report corruption will receive free legal assistance and will be protected from wrongful dismissal from work. "Protection" will be valid for two years from the date of application.

The Investigative Committee found that during the examination of the body of a child who died in an accident in Balashikha, the medical examiner was negligent, and the results of the examination are not true, according to the website of the UK. “His conclusion about the condition of the child at the time of the traffic accident is unfounded,” the department said.

Library named after V.I. Dahl was fined 20,000 rubles in Novosibirsk for accessing websites selling drugs and psychotropic substances, according to the website of the Russian regional prosecutor's office. Library visitors could also freely read materials via the Internet that were recognized by the court as extremist, the department specified.

The Federal Air Transport Agency has completed work on finding vacancies for employees of the closing VIM-Avia airline, which stopped selling tickets back in September. In response to its requests for employment of specialists, the department received 926 offers from aviation industry enterprises. RBC was told about this by a representative of the department.