Festive concert in Sevastopol The very day came, in the calculation of which the Komsomol members of the past laid throughout the USSR “time capsules” with letters to descendants-and in many cities they were finally solemnly opened. "Proletarians of all countries, connect!" Today is the birthday of the Komsomol!

The Chinese authorities sent almost 2.5 thousand scientists to Western universities to collect information in favor of the China of the PRC. Researchers from China are primarily interested in the latest technologies and dual -use technologies - civil and military. It is reported by Financial Times with reference to the report of the Australian Institute of Political and Strategic Research.

The speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko said that in Russia there is no anti -Semitism and xenophobia. The politician voiced such a statement on Monday, RIA Novosti agency reports her words. On the same day, the head of the Levada Center, Lev Gudkov, said that the number of xenophobes in the country and sympathizers reaches 45 percent.

Entrance to the investigative insulator "Lefortovo" (archive photo) The Lefortovo Court of Moscow refused to satisfy the claim of the member of the public observation commission Evgeny Enikeev, who disputed the ban on the demo of the camera on the territory of the investigative insulator Lefortovo. The lawsuit was filed against the insulator administration. In August, the head of the Lefortovo pre -trial detention center Alexei Romashin forbade Enikeev to carry a camera with him.

In December 1960, a descendant of Russian emigrants Konstantin Pio-Ulsky accepted American citizenship. The judge, having carefully watched the documents, read the surname "Pio-Ulles" according to the syllables, and then said: “Young man, I want to seriously offer you to change my last name or at least remove the hyphen from it. You will have many problems in life.” When Konstantin Pio-Ulsky refused, the American judge insisted on convincing explanations.

Unknown people brought cages with sheep to the editorial office of Novaya Gazeta in Moscow. On some animals, vests with the inscription "Press. New Gazeta" are worn. Signs with the name of the newspaper are attached to the cells themselves.

Director Agneshka Holland completes the shooting of Gareth Jones. This is the story of a Welsh journalist who went to Ukraine and became a witness to mass hunger. He writes about the series of articles what he saw, but almost no one believes him, because official messages from the USSR do not confirm this information. Jones dies under mysterious circumstances, without having to live up to 30 years.

Oleg Deripaska at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, June 2017 VTB appealed to the high court of London demanding to recover over 103 million euros from the Basic Element holding, which belongs to Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska. It is reported by the British edition of The Times. The bank accused Deripaska, which submitted a guarantee on the issued VTB loans, of violation of obligations.

Zhir Bolsonaru. Rio de Janeiro, October 28 In Brazil, in the second round of the presidential election, last Sunday, the ultra-right candidate Zhir Bolsonaru, a 63-year-old former officer, idealizing the times of a military dictatorship , known for racist, nationalist, extremely conservative views and scandalous statements, won. Under President Bolsonar, Brazil will probably enter the new era-large socio-political and economic upheavals.

In relation to the activist Olga Shalina, who opened her veins at a police exhibition in Moscow, a criminal case on hooliganism based on hatred for the social group "Employees of the Federal Peni execution Service" was opened. This portal "Mediazona" was told by the member of the Pussy Riot group Maria Alekhina. She clarified that Shalin should be discharged from the hospital today, and tomorrow she would be delivered for interrogation.

Great Britain, China, Russia, the USA and France refused to conclude an agreement on the prohibition of nuclear weapons. The joint statement of the five countries - permanent members of the UN Security Council is published on the website of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The best way to achieve a world without nuclear weapons is a phased process taking into account the situation in the field of international security, the statement said.

Angel Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel will leave his post after the mandate expired in 2021. This was reported by Reuters with reference to its words. Later, the politician spoke about this at a press conference in Berlin. Merkel has a permanently occupying the post of German Chancellor since 2005.

In the Irkutsk region, a mourning rally took place in memory of the victims of political repression. At least two hundred people gathered at the Pivovarikh memorial, where the victims of the repressions of 1937-1940 were buried. Half an hour before the rally, the organizers turned on the record with the transfer of the names of the executed Irkutski.

On October 29, in large and small cities of Russia, as well as in the capitals of several states (including in Warsaw, Washington, Prague and London) the “Return of Names” was held. For the first time, a long list of fellow countrymen shot during the years of Soviet terror began to be announced in 2007 in Moscow near Solovetsky stone. Changing each other, participants in the action call the name, surname, age and date of execution of the next repressed.

Poster and diplomas of the Belarusian Komsomol On Monday, in Belarus, solemn events were held dedicated to the centenary of the All -Union Lenin Communist Communist Union of Youth (Komsomol). Belarus is the only country in the post -Soviet space where the successor of the Komsomol supported by the state still exists.