China stopped buying oil from the US. This is reported by Reuters with reference to Xie Chunlin, president of China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), one of the largest Chinese oil transportation companies. “This, unfortunately, happened, a trade war between the US and China. Of course, this is not good for the shipping business,” Chunlin told the news agency. He added that at present, due to what is happening, his business has stopped.

Vladimir Putin softened the 282nd article, but the authorities do not intend to cancel it completely Photo: RIA Novosti On Wednesday, October 3, President Vladimir Putin introduced amendments to the State Duma, which significantly soften the punishment under the notorious 282nd article “Excitement of hatred or enmity”. According to them, for the first violation under this article, a person who had stopped the law is awaiting not criminal, but administrative punishment.

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) opened a disciplinary case over the blocking of flights of stairs at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow during the Champions League group stage match, where CSKA played against Real Madrid. This was reported on the UEFA website. CSKA was accused of violating article 38 of the UEFA Regulations on safety and law and order. The control-disciplinary and ethical committee of the organization will consider this case on October 18.

In Karelia, historian Sergei Koltyrin and his acquaintance Evgeny Nosov were arrested in pedophilia Sergey Koltyrin. Photo: Anna Artemyeva / "New Gazeta" The court in Medvezhyegorsk arrested until November 27 the director of the district museum Sergei Koltyrin and his acquaintance Evgeny Nosov, a resident of Severomorsk (Murmansk Region). The investigation believes that in September 2018 they corrupted a minor boy. Sergey Koltyrin in the Medvezhyegorsk District Court.

Nikita Kukushkin is an accomplice in Novaya Gazeta If we don’t like something, for example, violence, we choose not violence. If we advocate non -violence, it seems to me that the time has come to change reality. Let's create your own alternative reality. To do this, become accomplices in Novaya Gazeta. Nikita Kukushkin , actor Gogol Center

The vice-governor of the Voronezh region, Yuri Agibalov, was expelled from the anti-corruption commission a day after being included in it. This is evidenced by the decree published on the website of the government of the Voronezh region.

The players of the Moscow "Locomotive" lost to the German "Schalke" in the second match of the group stage of the Champions League, conceding a goal a few minutes before the end of the meeting. The match, taking place at the Lokomotiv stadium in Moscow, ended with the score 0:1. In the first half, until the 25th minute, the teams' game was equal: the players kept the ball in the middle of the field a lot and did not carry out any noticeable attacks.

The United States withdraws from the Treaty of Friendship, Economic Relations and Consular Rights with Iran, which was signed in 1955. This is reported by TASS with reference to US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo. He made this statement during a speech at the State Department. Pompeo linked the US decision to withdraw from the friendship treaty to Iran's appeal to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Tehran has accused the US of violating the friendship treaty.

Why was the head of Vladivostok fired after the acting governor? Vitaly Verkeenko. Photo: RIA Novosti Anything happened in Vladivostok: the mayors were removed from his post with a presidential decree, carried out of the riot police, arrested ...

Candidates in the head of the region are withdrawn from the elections, and the Kremlin, meanwhile, picked up the acting governor Photo: Alexander Kolbasov / TASS The President appointed the acting head of Khakassia Mikhail Razvozhaev - Krasnoyarsk, who has been the deputy minister of the North Caucasus for the last four years, and before that, the deputy head of the administration of the Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

THERE IS A CONTINUATION &NBSP Poltavchenko was fused. Putin removed the governor of St. Petersburg: experts comment on the loudest regional resignation The former governor of St. Petersburg, Georgy Poltavchenko, commented on his resignation with the words "with God's help" and said that he was going to continue to "work for the good of the fatherland." It is reported by "Fontanka". The publication notes that Poltavchenko plans to engage in shipbuilding.

In 2019, the Accounts Chamber will consider an appeal from the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, related to an investigation into the purchase of food for soldiers of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of Russia (Rosgvardia) at inflated prices. The response from the Accounts Chamber was published on Navalny's blog. The authenticity of the document was confirmed to Interfax in the Accounts Chamber.

A non -economic view of reform from Professor NIU HSE Alexander Lukin Photo by the Topy of Shahverdiev Simple arithmetic The main argument of the supporters of the reform is to reduce revenues to the Pension Fund due to an increase in the number of pensioners per employee. Opponents of reforms usually express their arguments. Firstly, this ratio in Russia is not so critical. Today we have approximately 2.4 working for one pensioner.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law raising the retirement age for Russians. This was reported by the press service of the Kremlin. Thus, from 2019, Russia will begin a gradual increase in the retirement age: for women, the retirement age will be 60 years, for men - 65 years. Mothers with many children will have the right to early retirement if they have 15 years of insurance experience.

CONTINUATION "God willing". Poltavchenko commented on his resignation as governor of St. Petersburg President Vladimir Putin dismissed the current governor of St. Petersburg, Georgy Poltavchenko, reports . TASS Poltavchenko will go to work at the United Shipbuilding Corporation and become its leader. Alexander Beglov, Plenipotentiary Representative of the President in the North-West Federal District, will become Acting Governor of St. Petersburg.