On Valaam, a group of participants in the tour “Valaam archipelago: people, state, Russian Orthodox Church”, organized by the 7x7 publication, was declared “undesirable” and evicted from the hotel belonging to the monastery. According to the publication , 10 participants have a blog tour profit on the island on October 14, accompanied by a 7 × 7 correspondent, Gleb Yarovi and his father, Karelian historian Oleg Yarovoy.

Alexander Genis: On the air, the dialogue on Broadway, which we conduct with culturalist Solomon Volkov in the Broadway studio Radio Liberty. Solomon, what is they talking about Broadway? Solomon Volkov: On Broadway, the death of two titans of American journalism mourn - these are really titanic figures, and they died almost simultaneously. This is Hugh Hefner, publisher of the Playboy magazine and Samuel or, as he was called, Sa Newhaus, publisher ... Alexander Genis: Everything else.

The founder of the Telegram messenger Pavel Durov intends to appeal the decision of the peace court in Moscow, who ordered the company to pay a fine of 800 thousand rubles. The penalty was awarded for the refusal of the Telegram administration to transfer the FSB of Russia the keys to decipher user messages.

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The story of the first gay from Chechnya, who was not afraid to reveal his name and show his face. In the spring of this year, New Gazeta reported mass raids on the alleged representatives of the LGBT community in Chechnya.

Harvey Weinstein in Cannes The world hero (or, more correctly, Antherler) of the last week is Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, co -founder of the legendary Miramax Films company. On October 5, The New York Times published an interview with actress Ashley Jadd, in which she talked about sexual harassment by Weinstein. Other confessions reached out after her: Gwyneth Peltrow, Angelina Jolie, Asia Argento. Winstein's story is a ready -made blockbuster script.

Lecture at the University (Archive) Professor of the Novosibirsk State Technical University Dmitry Karnukhov was deported from Poland at the request of local counterintelligence. The scientist-historian was accused of "in favor of a hostile state." According to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Karnaukhov lived in Poland since 2013.

Ekaterina Vinokurova at a press conference of President Vladimir Putin In Moscow, the police refused to initiate a criminal case on the threats of the murder on the statement of the correspondent of the publication "Znak.com" by Ekaterina Vinokurova. Vinokurova published a copy of the decision in her telegram.

Sebastian Kurtz after the announcement of the results of parliamentary elections Large pistachio letters, folding into the German word Danke - "thank you" - in the hands of a merrily bouncing young people behind the back of another young man with a microphone. This was the scene in the campaign headquarters of the Conservative Austrian People's Party (abbreviated övp) after the announcement of the preliminary results of Sunday parliamentary elections.

The most interesting of our common past. Incomplete story. Unjust wounds. Still live hopes. Could Russia go the other way? Radio Liberty this week 20 years ago. Archive project. Ivan Tolstoy chooses from our ether still relevant and turned out to be eternal.

The Ministry of Justice of Russia believes that meetings of deputies with voters should not be regulated by legislation on rallies. This is stated in the review of the ministry, which it will submit to the Constitutional Court. The consideration is scheduled for October 17. The document was at the disposal of the newspaper "Vedomosti". The Constitutional Court was appealed by deputies of the three factions of the State Duma.

Researchers expressed concern about the death of almost all the Penguins on the earth Adeli in East Antarctica and called it a "catastrophic event." On October 15, the World Wide Foundation (WWF) stated that the mass death of Penguins on the ground of Ales had occurred due to the unusually large amount of sea ice recently formed, which is why the pingvines were forced to travel further than usual in search of food for their children.

The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan discussed a possible settlement of the conflict in Nagorno -Karabakh at a meeting in Geneva on October 16. Serge Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev held negotiations under the auspices of the Minsk OSCE group on security and cooperation (OSCE).