Navalny brothers in the Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow In France, the investigative judge, which was in charge of the complaint of the brothers Alexei and Oleg Navalny against the cosmetic company Yves Rocher, issued a decision to terminate the investigation. This was reported on October 16 by the International French Radio with reference to the French edition of Challenges ("Slalange").

A citizen of Belarus, an informant who transferred a Gulagu.net to the public project video archive with torture in Russian prisons, arrived in France. According to the head of the Gulagu.net project Vladimir Osechkin, an informant named Sergey, whose surname is not yet called, turned to the French authorities with a petition to provide him with political asylum. The Sever.

Briefly about the events of the week on October 11-16

Vladimir Putin, collage Mumin Shakirov and his guests summarize the results of the 41st week of 2021 Vladimir Putin again did not name Navalny’s name in an interview with the American CNBC television channel as part of the World Energy Week forum. “ Not everything is in prison ” - the Russian president uttered words that could become one of the important quotes during his long stay at the head of the Russian state, along with “it drowned” and “to wet in the toilet”.

A unique state arose on the site of the former Russian Federation. It looks like an extensive mafia clan and is controlled by a junta, selected by the principle of personal devotion to his leader-the president-glassist. The mafia for the sake of maintaining power is ready for everything and organizes political killings both in Russia and beyond.

Africa again flashed in the headings of international media. A polemic flared around the possibility of using the context of the notorious “Wagner PMC” in the Republic of Mali, as well as around the France -Africa summit of the summit on October 8. Both of these events characterize the general trend: France, and possibly other Western countries, reflect on a change in the paradigm of their actions in the African region. More than enough is said about the actions of the Wagner Group in Mali.

At least 18 people died in Yekaterinburg as a result of poisoning by counterfeit alcohol, which contained poisonous methyl alcohol. Messages about this were confirmed by the Investigative Committee. According to investigators, poisoned by alcohol were traded from October 7 to 14, 2021. Two suspects were detained. A criminal case has been instituted under the article on the sale of dangerous goods and products, which resulted in the death of two or more persons through negligence.

Over the past day, 1002 patients have become victims of coronavirus in Russia. The total number of deaths among infected in Russia is now 222,315. TASS agency calls this a "new maximum", referring to the data published on Saturday by the Federal Operational Headquarters to Control of the Disease. The conditional mortality remained at the level of 2.79%, follows from the headquarters, reports TASS.

What explains the fall of the rating of US President Biden? Donald Trump is preparing for a new struggle for the presidency? How vulnerable is American democracy? My today's interlocutors are economist, professor Haveford College Vladimir Kondorovich , publicist David Satter and historian, professor at the University of Seton-Hall Nathaniel Knight .

Georgian archaeologists explore the remains of the Bronze Age warrior

In St. Petersburg on Saturday evening, the police stopped the concert of the musician Vasya Oblomova. He himself reported this on Twitter. “The concert was banned. We managed to play 3 songs,” Oblomov wrote. The concert was banned. We managed to play 3 songs - Vasily Oblomov (@vs_oblomov) October 16, 2021 Baza publishes a video in which the musician announces the stop of the concert. Oblomov does not write about the reasons for the breakdown of the concert, there are also no police comments yet.

Alex Saab The authorities of the island of the African state of Cabo-Verde extracted a citizen of Venezuela, businessman Alex Saab in the United States . He is accused of laundering money in the interests of the regime of the Consesus President Nicholas Maduro, whom Washington does not consider the legitimate head of state. Saab has the status of a special messenger Maduro. Saaba reported on Sabbot Radio Cabo-Verde.

The situation in the correctional colony No. 1 in Vladikavkaz was stabilized and taken under control, Kommersant said with reference to the Federal Penitentiary Service. On Friday, riots occurred in the colony, the FSIN called the incident a provocation of two convicts. The Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a case of organizing and participating in the riots.

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The Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Chechnya refused to initiate a criminal case of torture and beatings in the pre-trial detention center-1 in Grozny. The complaint about bullying was filed by Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, previously recognized by the Human Rights Center "Memorial" (entered into the register of "foreign agents") by political prisoners. The refusal of the initiation of the case is reported by the OVD-Info (recognized by the "ino-agent").