Angel Merkel announced the completion of a political career after 2021 Photo: RIA Novosti On Sunday, regional parliamentary elections were held in one of the federal lands of Germany - Hesse. The Merkel party-the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)-took first place and will be able to form the ruling coalition.

The rural school, which officials recognized as ready for the school year, collapsed after a month and a half of classes School in Urusovo. Photo: Matvey Flyazhnikov - especially for "New" In the village of Urusovo (Saratov region), the school building collapsed: the ceiling of the first floor in the corridor and toilets failed to the basement. By a happy chance, no one was injured: there was a lesson, and the children were in classes.

In St. Petersburg, the Frunzensky District Court arrested Olga Smirnova, a participant in a rally in support of defendants in the Network and New Greatness cases, for 10 days. This was reported by OVD-Info with reference to human rights activist Dinar Idrisov, who represented Smirnova in court.

The Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) has banned Yakutia Airlines from operating international flights. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a representative of the department. The agency notes that the Federal Air Transport Agency found violations in the activities of the airline.

People who have suffered a stroke need help in returning the most ordinary skills Photos provided by the Orbi Foundation October 29 - World Stroke Day. Every year in Russia, four hundred and fifty thousand people are transferred to a stroke. This is the second most frequency cause of mortality in the world. The first fund in Russia, which began to engage in help from people after a stroke - the Orbi Foundation. My grandmother died of the consequences of a stroke last winter.

Russian officials, in particular, from the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Central Bank (CB), the Federal Tax Service (FTS), the Treasury and a number of other departments, went to the Venezuelan capital of Caracas to exchange experience in the field of economic reforms. It is reported by TASS. Finance Ministry spokesman Andrei Lavrov told the agency that Russian officials were invited by the Venezuelan side.

In the Nizhny Novgorod region, five concerts were canceled by decision of the prosecutor's office. The corresponding message was published on the department's website. The regional prosecutor's office found that in October-December 2018, performances by performers popular among young people were planned in the city.

Sheep, whom unknown flayers left the editorial office of Novaya Gazeta at the building of the editorial office, sent a shelter to the suburbs. At the request of the editors of the “New” activists from the “Alliance of Animal Defenders” and the head of the organization of Yuri Koretsky, with the permission of the police, took the animals to the responsible maintenance.

At Solovetsky stone on Lubyanka and at the wall of sorrows on Sadovoy, they remembered victims of great terror Photo: Vlad Dokshin / "New Gazeta" -Peter Alexandrovich Skatov, 38 years old, the Red Army soldier of the 16th Guards Cavalry Regiment. Shot on September 1, 1942 .... Vasily Afanasevich Brandukov, 62 years old, is busy with agricultural work. Shot on March 10, 1938 ... Pavel Nikolaevich Perezhogin, 51 years old, ice cream-master. Shot on September 27, 1937 ...

Washington has blocked the creation of an arbitration panel of the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the increase in duties on steel and aluminum. This was announced to RBC by the Ministry of Economic Development. The initiative to create this group came from Russia and some European countries. Moscow now intends to submit a second application for the group in November. However, this time the US will not be able to block it.

The head of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Russia, Ella Pamfilova, has proposed changing the name of the ballot box in which voters drop their ballots during elections. It is reported by TASS. Pamfilova's proposal was announced during a conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Russian electoral system. “Let's be honest, when you say "ballot box", everyone thinks how not to play this box.

The Ministry of Education of Russia plans to introduce a mandatory unified state exam (USE) in history after 2022. This was stated by the head of department Olga Vasilyeva. According to her, the decision has already been made. The introduction of the exam is temporarily postponed, since in 2022 the USE in a foreign language will become mandatory. “If we impose one on the other, the country will tense up.

The Moscow Mayor's Office agreed on the holding of the "Russian March", the nationalist event will be held on November 4 in the Lyublino area. This was reported to Interfax by the organizer of the action Dmitry Karasev. According to him, he expects to receive the official document on coordination on October 30. Also, the Moscow authorities agreed on another action of nationalists in the Shchukino area.

As a poet David Samoilov, they turned into a hero-lover of the series about the daughter of Stalin “Svetlana”. The letter of the poet’s son Screenshot from the series "Svetlana" On Channel One, the series “Svetlana” dedicated to the daughter of Stalin ended. The nerve works are the numerous novels of Svetlana Alliluyeva, including people who make up the pride of domestic culture. It is easy to recognize them, even if they are hidden under fictional names.

The Department of Internal Affairs for the Northern Administrative District of the Moscow Ministry of Internal Affairs drew up a protocol on an administrative violation against the activist and former head of the Pastafarian Church, Mikhail Samin, for organizing a protest against the pension reform on September 9 (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Samin himself told Novaya Gazeta about this.