Two residents of St. Petersburg saved the dog from the owner-owner. This was reported by the telegram channel "78 | News". According to the video published in the telegram channel, the girls noticed how the unknown dragged the dog behind the collar when leaving the house. Petersburgers told the man that if he continues to hold the collar, he would strangle the dog. The owner of the animal approached the townspeople and began to shout that he was “nothing”, since the dog belongs to him.

Artist and musician Sasha Skochilenko has been jailed at Saint Petersburg’s Detention Center no. 5 since April. Suspected of “distributing fake news about the Russian army”, she is currently awaiting trial. Sasha faces up to ten years in prison for replacing price tags at a supermarket with anti-war messages. Her detention has been repeatedly extended in spite of her medical issues: the young woman is suffering from heartaches and problems connected to gluten intolerance.

For eight months of 2022, in St. Petersburg, a 21 criminal case of extremism was registered - 250 % more than in 2021. These data are given on the website of the Prosecutor General’s Office, “Paper” drew attention. Details . The number of cases excited from January to August became the largest in four years. Before that, the peaks were in 2010, 2016 and 2017.

"We protect [Russia] from darkness." As the State Duma discussed the ban on "LGBT Propaganda" On Monday, October 17, the State Duma submitted a law on the ban on the LGBT Propaganda, which has already received a positive response of the government. "Paper" listened to the meeting and tells how it passed.

After the start of the war in Ukraine, more than 60 thousand Jews decided to leave Russia. This was reported by The Guardian with reference to the Jewish agency "Dry". According to the agency, since February, at least 26 thousand ethnic Russians with Jewish roots arrived in Israel. In addition, another 35 thousand people submitted documents for repatriation. At the same time, only 21 thousand Russians were repatriated in Israel throughout 2021.

The Ministry of Education asked teachers not to use whatsApp and other foreign messengers in the educational process and at workplaces, Kommersant said. The department said that it is only a recommendation. The fact that the Ministry of Education requires the regions to limit the use of foreign messengers in schools, Kommersant was told in the Ministry of Education of the Khabarovsk Territory and in the administration of the Kursk region.

Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a list of instructions for the government and regional authorities after a meeting of the Council on the implementation of state policy in the field of protection of families and children. This was reported on the official website of the Kremlin. What Putin instructed: Standardize the concepts of “spiritual and moral values” and “spiritual and moral education”. The first report on this issue will be presented on December 1.

Roskomnadzor blocked the site of the Center for Protection of Media Rights. This was announced by the organization itself . As follows from the message, the site has ceased to be available in Russia on October 16. Representatives of the hosting provider informed the organization’s members that the resource was blocked at the request of Roskomnadzor.

The possible completion of mobilization in St. Petersburg was announced by Pavel Chikov. This is not officially confirmed The head of the Agora human rights organization Pavel Chikov wrote with reference to employees of the communal services of St. Petersburg, that on Friday, October 14, the military registration and enlistment offices for the first time stopped bringing the summons for distribution to the residents. “It seems that the call comes to naught in St. Petersburg,” Chikov wrote.

Russian book publishers fear that LGBT will affect classical literature on the prohibition of “propaganda” of LGBT. This was reported by the publication "Kommersant" with reference to the letter of the Russian Book Union to the chairman of the Committee on the Information Policy of the State Duma Alexander Khinshtein. What the publishers wrote. From the letter it follows that some excerpts from the works of classical literature can be interpreted as the “propaganda” of LGBT.

The Chinese FAW Auto Concert can be involved in the management of the Nissan production site in St. Petersburg, the intermediary may be KAMAZ. This is written by Vedomosti with reference to two sources familiar with the plans of the authorities regarding the site. Earlier, in October, the Ministry of Industry and Trade reported that the St. Petersburg plant, together with other assets of the Japanese company, will be transferred to the NAME company subordinate to the Ministry.

By August, about 41 % of Russian cinema halls closed. This was reported by the TASS news agency with reference to the words of the head of the Association of Cinema Owners Alexei Voronkov. As Voronkov noted, in total, 5.7 thousand cinema halls worked in Russia (therefore, about 2.3 thousand stopped working from them - approx. Papers ). In addition, 150 cinemas were closed in Russia - 7 % of the total number of cinema halls (there may be several halls in one cinema).

Disaster in Yeysk: the plane fell on a residential nine -story building. At least three died, 19 suffered On the evening of October 17, the Su-34 plane, flying up for a training flight from the military airfield of the Southern Military District, fell in the courtyard of a residential nine-story building. This was officially reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Morning in Kyiv began at least four explosions in the Shevchenkovsky district. According to the mayor of the city, Vitaly Klitschko, the attack was made by Dronami-Kamikadze. There is no confirmed information about the victims and the dead now. According to the adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko, in Kiev, Russian troops struck the infrastructure object near the station, but this facility continues to function.

The Frunze Court in St. Petersburg ceased to consider the claims of three Petersburgers who planned to challenge their own mobilization. This was reported by the publication "Zaks.ru" with reference to a correspondent from the courtroom. How Petersburgers resolved claims. The side of Daniel Bakalinsky did not appear at the meeting. As reported in Zaks.ru, the representative of the military registration and enlistment office was not against the termination of the case.