The weakening of the ruble helps exporters, but - at the expense of citizens and other industries Photo: RIA Novosti The RANEPA and the Gaidar Institute published an October study dedicated to the economic situation in Russia. It states that the compression of the demand for industrial products has recently intensified, the industrial optimism index dropped to a six -month minimum.

The Russian national football team beat Turkey in the third match of the League of Nations. The match, held in Sochi, ended with the score 2:0. In the first half, the players of the Russian national team seized the advantage on the field. Only in the 17th minute, the Turkish players managed to break through to the gates of the Russians, but Giorgi Jikia interrupted the pass in a tackle.

A draft law has been submitted to the government, which proposes to allow the cultivation of drug-containing plants in Russia for the production of medicines. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, which developed the document. The Ministry of Industry and Trade told the agency that the bill had been agreed with the interested departments.

The influence of Moscow in Eastern Europe is returning to pre -Petrine times Peter Sarukhanov / "New Gazeta" A politicized audience in Moscow and Kyiv learned a new word - Tomos. The Greek term fixing the final divorce of Russia and Ukraine turned out to be sonorous, so that Ukrainian publicists exclaim “our Tomos”.

What is noteworthy Alexander Beglov, who is preparing to become the governor of St. Petersburg for the third time Georgy Poltavchenko and Alexander Beglov. Photo: RIA Novosti Georgy Poltavchenko resigned of his own free will on the day when President Putin arrived in the city on October 3. It seemed to many then that this “own desire” in Poltavchenko appeared so suddenly that he himself was most surprised.

US President Donald Trump does not rule out the possibility of the resignation of Pentagon chief James Mattis. this He said in an interview with the American channel CBS. When asked if Mattis might leave his post soon, Trump replied that he did not know about it, but he later clarified that such a possibility exists. “He can leave. I mean at some point everyone leaves. All. People leave. This is Washington," Trump said.

The editor-in-chief of the Ekho Moskvy radio station, Alexei Venediktov, was urgently hospitalized on October 13 with acute pain in the kidney. about this He himself wrote in his telegram channel. Venediktov said that he was operated on the same day in one of the hospitals in Moscow and that the operation was successful. He wrote that he felt "relatively well".

China has completed construction of its section of the railway bridge across the Amur River. This is reported by the Chinese agency Xinhoa. The agency notes that the Chinese side was responsible for the construction of 17 spans, in total the bridge consists of 20. The length of the bridge will be 2215 meters, more than 1800 meters are located in China. According to Xinhoa, the static investment in the project of the Chinese section of the Amur bridge amounted to more than 2.5 billion yuan.

Mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov invited boxer Floyd Mayweather to fight. Nurmagomedov's appeal to Mayweather was published on Instagram by manager Dejuan Blake. “Two guys who never lost, come on,” Nurmagomedov said. “There is only one king in the jungle, and of course I am the king,” he added. Mayweather has not yet responded to Nurmagomedov's appeal. On October 6, Nurmagomedov became the UFC lightweight champion by defeating Irish fighter Conor McGregor.

In the Belgian capital of Brussels, where local elections are held, 47 polling stations did not open on time due to a technical error. This is reported by Bx1. The representative of the Brussels authorities, Helen Erman, explained that the technical error was due to the non-recognition of the USB keys that allow the results to be recorded. The publication notes that as of 11:30 local time (12:30 Moscow time) five polling stations are still not working.

About 100 people went to a picket opposite the building of the Ministry of Health on Neglinnaya Street in Moscow. The shares were attended by doctors, representatives of left -wing movements and the Yabloko party. The action was agreed by the Moscow authorities.

The death toll from the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Indonesia has risen to 2,091. This is reported by the local publication Detiknews, citing the authorities of the province of Sulawesi, where the earthquake occurred. The authorities of Sulawesi said that the rescue operation has officially ended, but its participants continue to find the bodies of victims of the earthquake and tsunami.

The Council of Foreign Ministers of the European Union (EU) countries may approve a plan for new anti-Russian sanctions related to the alleged use of chemical weapons. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a press release from the British Foreign Office. It says that the meeting of the Council of EU Foreign Ministers will be held on October 15 in Luxembourg.

Former Minister of Labor and Employment of the Saratov Region Natalya Sokolova, who stated that pensioners can live on 3.5 thousand rubles a month, received material assistance from the regional budget every year. this with reference to the government's response to Elena Nalimova, editor-in-chief of the local newspaper Stroysar.

Oppositionist Alexei Navalny left the special receiver, where he was serving administrative arrest within 50 days. He reported this on his Twitter. “Rain” reports that Navalny, after leaving the special detention center, thanked everyone for his support. “To be honest, I did not know if I would be able to go home today,” he said.