The Central Election Commission of Ukraine published the first results of voting in local elections. The relevant data appeared on the website of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine . According to information from the Central Election Commission, 40 people have already been elected to the positions of city, town, and village heads: in Vinnytsia, Dnepropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Kirovograd, Lviv, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkov and Chernivtsi regions.

The Dow Jones index traditionally rises after Halloween, writes financial analyst Mark Hulbert. This year's holiday could bring investors more gifts than usual In the six months after Halloween, U.S. stocks are likely to generate good returns, writes financial analyst and Hulbert Financial Digest author Mark Hulbert in a column for MarketWatch .

Alfa Bank has lowered its recommendation for the entire Russian oil and gas sector. Analysts see no prospects for rising oil prices and oil company profits Alfa Bank analysts downgraded their recommendations for securities in the Russian oil and gas sector as a whole from “above the market” to “over the market,” according to a review of the oil and gas sector published on October 26.

The government wants to develop the alcohol market so that Russians drink less, but more excise taxes go to the budget.

The Dutch airline leasing company AerCap detained a Boeing 737-800 of Yakutia Airlines at Tel Aviv airport in Israel, the press service of the Russian airline reports . As noted in the company's statement, a reserve aircraft of Yakutia Airlines was sent to transport passengers to the Israeli airport. The total flight delay was 28 hours. On the night of October 27, a Boeing 737-800 with 114 passengers on board took off for Krasnodar.

The country of Suomi took seventh place in the ranking of the most popular destinations for searching for tours in September According to Yandex, Russians’ interest in tourist trips to Europe decreased by 14% in September compared to August (judging by the total number of requests). Experts from the Association of Russian Tour Operators say, in turn, that the demand for tours to European countries in September decreased by an average of 30%.

The Free Syrian Army, fighting against the government of Bashar al-Assad, clarified its position on possible military assistance from Russia. The opposition is ready to accept it if Russia “stops bombing them” Free Syrian Army soldier (Photo: Niclas Hammarstrom\Zuma\TASS) As Issam Reis, a spokesman for the Free Syrian Army, told the BBC on Monday, the opposition does not reject aid, but believes that first Russia “must stop bombing them.” “We did not reject this offer [of help].

The new development strategy of SMP Bank until 2020 provides for a reduction in lending to constituent entities of the Russian Federation and municipalities, as noted in a message received by RBC from the press service of the credit institution. The bank does not plan to reduce lending to state-owned companies, the bank explained, noting that the message about this got into the media by mistake.

There was a disruption in train traffic on the Filevskaya line of the Moscow metro. This was reported on the official Twitter of the capital's metro. According to information at 18:02 Moscow time, trains on the “blue” line were running at increased intervals. As explained in the Moscow Metro, the failure occurred due to an incident with a passenger, the details of which were not specified.

As part of a new examination in the case of the death of the royal family, the remains of the Russian Emperor Alexander III are being examined. This was announced by Vladimir Solovyov, senior forensic investigator of the Main Directorate of Criminalistics of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Interfax reports. “On the initiative of His Holiness the Patriarch, a decision was made to open the tomb of Emperor Alexander III.

A man who broke into a military barracks in Belgium has been arrested. reports this with reference to prosecutor Vincent Mack France-Presse . “This man was just arrested. It’s important to calm people down,” the prosecutor said, adding that, most likely, he had no accomplices. Earlier on Monday, the prosecutor's office reported that an armed man tried to break into the base. According to the department, the offender was wearing a balaclava. He fired several shots and then fled the scene.

Crude oil prices could fall sharply due to falling demand from oil refiners, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs. Lack of space in petroleum product storage facilities could lead to a sharp decline in oil prices Photo: Egor Aleev/TASS As the New York Times writes, citing Goldman Sachs analysts, petroleum product inventories in the US and Europe and crude oil refining volumes are currently close to historical maximums, while there is very little free space left in storage facilities.

Natalia Fileva, who owns 50% of the shares of S7 airline, denied RBC information about the cancellation of the deal to purchase Transaero. “We are continuing to finalize the deal,” Fileva said, declining to elaborate. Later, the ex-head of Transaero Olga Pleshakova also denied the cancellation of the deal with S7. Pleshakova told RBC that this is the same “truth” as the company’s debt of 260 billion rubles.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service recognized as unlawful the actions of Tinkoff Bank, which unilaterally changed the rates for replenishing existing deposits. Will clients be able to recover lost money? The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) on Monday, October 26, recognized Tinkoff Bank as a violator of antimonopoly legislation for unilaterally changing the rates on additional contributions on existing deposits.

In the elections to the Odessa City Council, Dmitry Palpatine, who works as an emperor at Palpatine Finance Group LLC, received 54.4% of the votes. This is enough to get into the local legislature Members of the Internet Party of Ukraine. Archive photo (Photo: REUTERS 2015) The Odessa publication Dumskaya.net reported that 25-year-old Dmitry Palpatine won 54.4% of the votes in the 57th electoral district in the village of Kotovsky.