The Tverskoy District Court arrested Marina Rakova, ex-deputy head of the Ministry of Education and former vice president of Sberbank, for two months in a case of fraud on an especially large scale (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code). This was reported to Novaya Gazeta by the press service of the court.

Special issue of the podcast "The Present Past" on the 15th anniversary of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya: about the masterminds and organizers of the crime - 15 years ago, on October 7, I ran the issue of Novaya Gazeta and called Anna, who was supposed to hand over the material (on the topic of torture in Chechnya) - to find out what happened with the text. Then it turned out that only the killer could hear my call, I called 2 minutes after the first shot ...

Microsoft, in a new report on cybersecurity, has linked the majority of cyberattacks over the past decade to "Russian hackers." The report is published on the company's website. As an example of "ownership" attacks, Microsoft cites the activity of the Nobelium group, suspected of hacking SolarWinds, in operations to collect data on critical infrastructure objects.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested businessman Dmitry Novikov in the case of fraud on an especially large scale (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the Moscow courts. Novikov owns the Rosengineering company, which built Gazprom's Olympic facilities in Sochi and the Igora resort near St. Petersburg. Another person involved in the criminal case was the director of North-West Engineering LLC and the head of the Dubrovskaya CHPP, Maxim Gorelov.

The International Organization “Reporters Without Borders” (RSF) held in Paris, Berlin, London and Moscow an action of Anna Politkovskaya to the 15th anniversary of her murder. The action is designed to draw attention to the fact that the case of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya is still not truly disclosed. RSF recalls that Russian President Vladimir Putin took this case under “personal control”. RSF promotion in Paris.

The candidate for the post of Federal Chancellor of Germany from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU; "Merkel's party") Armin Laschet planned a restructuring in the leadership of the party. He stated this at a factional meeting, according to Spiegel and the Sueddeutsche Zeitung . Laschet intends to moderate the transfer of power in the party to another candidate and are waiting for an "agreed proposal" from members of the CDU.

The US State Department and the European Union have called for those who ordered the murder of Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya to be brought to justice. The statements are published on the website of the EU and on the website of the US State Department . “We call on the Russian authorities to bring to justice all those involved in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya in an open and transparent judicial process.

The Tagansky District Court of Moscow sent bailiffs orders to collect administrative fines from Facebook in the amount of 26 million rubles. This was reported by the press service of the Moscow courts. The report said that the company did not pay the fines voluntarily by the due date. In September, the amount of Facebook fines in Russia amounted to more than 90 million rubles.

Friends and readers of Novaya Planted tulips and opened the museum - in memory of Anna Politkovskaya Anna October 7, 2021. At the memorial plaque of Anna Politkovskaya on the building of the editorial office of Novaya Gazeta flowers every day. Photo: Vlad Dokshin / "New Gazeta" On the 15th anniversary of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya in the garden of her named after the editorial office of “New”, everyone was able to plant tulips bulbs.

Russia is considering the possibility of creating an Arctic fleet. The new association of the Navy will ensure the security of the Northern Sea Route, TASS writes , citing a source in the naval sphere. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the new association will allow the Northern and Pacific fleets to focus on solving combat missions for their intended purpose.

The Vakhitovsky District Court in Kazan arrested the accused of theft of 14.6 million rubles from the safe of the local Investigative Committee (SK), among them the Sr. investigator of the UK. This was reported by TASS and Kommersant . According to investigators, the theft was organized by a 37-year-old investigator, Lieutenant Colonel of Justice Marat Shakirov. Together with him, three residents of Almetyevsk aged 19 to 22 years participated in the crime.

Ten residents of the Orenburg region died after poisoning with surrogate alcohol in a day, another victim is in intensive care, said . the regional government People purchased low-quality alcohol in different places and in different containers, the authorities specified. “According to preliminary information, even a small amount of alcohol consumed is fatal,” the report says.

But the US default should not be under any circumstances. He has never been in American history Joe Biden and US Minister of Finance Janet L. Yellen. Photo: Reuters October 18 is a term when the United States government will not be able to serve external debt. Currently, it is 28.84 trillion dollars. If you look at the special page on the Internet UsdebtClock.org, you can see how the debt is growing every second.

Russian homeless (not) are vaccinated from Covid-19 The vaccination of the homeless from the Covid-19 is a blind zone of social policy in Moscow and other regions of Russia. To get vaccinated, you need several documents, including a passport and a medical policy, which people living on the street usually do not. The tramps remaining without vaccines not only risk themselves, but also become carriers of the disease.

Four to five million Russians left the country between 2000 and 2020. Migration flows were divided equally between the CIS countries and non-CIS countries, mainly Europe and North America. This is stated in the study of the project "To be precise." The study was based on data from Rosstat and Western host countries. The most powerful emigration flow was observed from 2016 to 2019, when from 276,672 to 309,199 people left Russia annually.