Exactly 8 years ago, journalist Oleg Kashin was brutally beaten in the courtyard of his own house. In 2015, the Russian fighter of MMA (mixed combat martial arts) admitted that he participated in the attempt, and called the customer of Andrei Turchak - then the Governor of the Pskov Region, and now the Secretary of the General Council of the United Russia party. Now the former athlete is in prison, but on a different charge. Has his testimony changed?

The defense of the military expert Vladimir Neelov challenged in the Moscow City Court a decision to arrest his arrest on suspicion of Gosizmen. The date of consideration of the appeal has not yet been scheduled, reports Interfax. Military expert Vladimir Neelov was detained on October 25 and, by court order , was sent into custody to the Lefortovo investigative insulator for two months.

Conversation with Professor Boris Averin. Part two Ivan Tolstoy: Last time, my interlocutor talked about his life before addressing philology. If I do not confuse, he, as an aerologist, knows how to disperse the clouds and stop the heavenly luminary, but Russian literature seemed more interesting to him. Boris Averin: I did not like Russian literature at school.

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The US Department of Internal Security, the Department of Justice, the office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Federal Bureau of Investigations published a joint statement on the eve of the interim elections to Congress on November 6. The United States will not tolerate foreign interference in the elections from Russia, China, Iran or any other states, the statement said.

Emmanuel Macron (archive photo) Six people suspected of preparing an attack on President Emmanuel Macron were detained in France. It is reported by BFMTV. According to the channel, we are talking about supporters of right -winging views. Their detention as a result of the investigation of threats against the president.

The Insider published audio materials that, as it claims, testify to the proximity of the so -called "Russian Mafia" by the entrepreneur Gennady Petrov to officials and businessmen from the environment of Vladimir Putin. In October, 17 accused in this case, including Petrov’s partners in business and his subordinates, were justified in Spain. Petrov himself did not appear before the court.

Arron Banks communicates with reporters Did the Kremlin Brexit bought - the UK exit from the European Union, for which 52% of the British voted at the referendum on June 23, 2016? This issue has become one of the most discussed in the United Kingdom. The National Anti -Criminal Agency ( NCA ) recently announced the beginning of the investigation against Arron Banks , a businessman who sacrificed 8 million pounds ($ 10 million) of the Brexit -LEAVE campaign . EU .

Oleg Deripaska It was decided not to invite the three Russian businessmen under US sanctions to the World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland). It is reported by Financial Times with reference to two sources. According to them, the owner of the Renova group Victor Vexelberg, the head of VTB Andrey Kostin and the co -owner of the Rusal Oleg Deripaska were actually removed from participating in the event.

Dmitry Rybolovlev In Monaco, at the request of the local prosecutor's office, Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev was detained. He is suspected of corruption and influence of influence, reports Le Monde. Searches were held in the businessman’s house. According to the newspaper, in the case of Rybolovlev, hundreds of SMS messages were discovered, which may indicate a network of people associated with a billionaire.

The presidents of the United States and Russia, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will not be able to hold a full meeting on November 11. Negotiations were supposed to take place in Paris during events on the occasion of the centenary of the end of the First World War. Trump himself announced the cancellation of the meeting. He admitted that negotiations with Putin could be held as part of the Big Twenty summit in Argentina on November 30 - December 1.

The main strategic missile corporation in Russia carries out all purchases through a company, which is partially owned by the daughter of the head of this corporation Boris Oznosov, a person called the "main adviser to the president in missiles." This follows from the investigation of "Novaya Gazeta". Daughter of Putin's adviser in missiles We are talking about a wedding makeup artist Olga Zorikova, who is engaged in makeup and hairstyles for brides.

The pro -government majority in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine will not support the resignation of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuri Lutsenko. This was stated on Tuesday by the Vice Speaker of the Rada Irina Gerashchenko. During the rating vote, only 38 deputies spoke for the resignation of the Prosecutor General.

Borschevik Sosnovsky In the suburbs, for the first time, a fine for weeds was imposed on a land plot. The company "Junior" will pay the state 400 thousand rubles. The press service of the Rosselkhoznadzor Office in Moscow, the Moscow and Tula regions said that the company was punished "for the fact of overgrowing with weeds of weeds and wood-brown vegetation of an area of 7 hectares." This, in particular, is about a plant like Sosnovsky hogweed.

One of the mass burials in the north of Iraq (archive photo) The United Nations found in the north and west of Iraq more than two hundred mass burials of the victims of the Islamic State Jihadist group. Representatives of the UN reported this on Tuesday, November 6. Burials are located in the areas of the country that were previously coated by extremists. We are talking about several thousand killed, but it is difficult to establish the exact number, the UN specialist in Iraq Jan Kubish said.