A special operation against representatives of the radical religious group was held in Baku, APA reports. As a result, about 40 people were detained. According to haqqin.az , the operation was carried out by employees of the Ministry of National Security. The detainees, reportedly, held a certain religious event in the premises of one of the city cafes. The source calls them radical Islamists, the APA agency by Wahhabis.

On the street in the Accra, Gana. Reuters / Francis Kokoroko Among the skyscrapers in the financial quarter of Akkra, the capital of Ghana, entrepreneurs with an American accent are sipping Latte in coffee houses, peering into their business reports. “This could not be imagined five years ago,” says Joseph Buffur, a local financier.

The Axel Springer Russia, Alexander Fedotov, announced the closure of GEO, Geolenok and Gala Biography at a meeting with his employees, two participants in the meeting told Vedomosti. At the same time, one of the interlocutors of the newspaper assured that this decision was made by the German side of Axel Springer. The publishing house "AS RUS Media", which owns the assets of the Russian Axel Springer, will leave Forbes and OK magazines!, As well as Forbes.ru and Finanz.ru sites.

The BCS group refused to purchase assets of the Uralsib management company. This was reported by the newspaper Vedomosti, referring to the familiar top manager of the Uralsib UK and its counterparty. “BCS refused to buy part of the assets of Uralsib UK - they did not suit their quality, in assets of a hole of 3 billion rubles, these are bonds of the Uralsib leasing company,” the newspaper’s source says.

Roskomnadzor turned to Twitter to explain the statements of the media partnership manager in the company of Alexei Shelestenko on Twitter, Interfax reports. The department wants to know if the words of Shelestenko, who was presented as the company's contact person for interaction in Russia, the official position of Twitter.

Russian Railways passengers will be able to transport pets in reserved seats on December 13, 2015. This was reported on the website of Russian Railways. The price of the transportation of animals will be from 239.5 to 1323 rubles. “Small pets (dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs and hamsters), as well as birds, turtles and fish are allowed to be allowed.

The United States, Turkey and Saudi Arabia refused to coordinate with Russia in the Syrian war, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov said, Interfax reports. According to the results of the meeting, Lavrov said that he suggested that representatives of the three countries coordinate military operations in Syria as Russia coordinates them with Jordan. Interaction, he noted, could be carried out through the coordination of lists of organizations that are terrorist.

The chief editor of the NTV television channel was Alexander Kosterin, the channel press service reports TASS. Kosterin has been working on NTV since December 2014 as the first deputy editor-in-chief, she oversaw information and socio-political broadcasting. She also worked on Russia Today since 2005, in 2009 she headed the press service of Olympstroy, and since 2011 she was organizing the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.

The Federal Air Transport Agency invited Ukraine not to introduce a ban on direct air communication and transit for Russian and Ukrainian airlines on October 25. Such a proposal was announced during negotiations in Brussels on problematic air communication issues, the department’s website said .

The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry met in Vienna to discuss the current situation in Syria. Negotiations between them will be held closed, Interfax reports. The meeting, according to TASS, takes place in the Vienna Hotel "Imperial". Later, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia and Turkey Adel al-Jubeir and Mevlut Chavushoglu plan to join the negotiations.

The State Duma at the meeting on October 23 adopted a bill in the second and third reading, which provides for response measures that Russia can take in response to the arrests of its property abroad. 440 deputies voted for. The broadcast of the meeting is on the Duma site. Amendments implies that the Russian court will receive the right to limit the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state and its property “on the principles of reciprocity”.

The Russian government on October 23 introduced a draft budget for 2016 to the State Duma. This is stated in the official message of the Cabinet. Budget revenues are scheduled in the document at the level of 13.738 trillion rubles, expenses - 16.098 trillion rubles. The budget deficit will be, as expected, 2.36 trillion rubles or 3% of GDP. The amount of deficiency was increased from 2.8% of GDP due to expenses on the power unit .

www.depotwpf.ru Russia's GDP is declining, the population’s incomes are falling, and the South African company Naspers laid out $ 1.2 billion in order to increase the share in Avito, the main Russian service of online exploration, from 17.4% to 67.9%. It is clear why sellers of shares are parting with business - the Swedes of Jonas Nordlander and Philip Engelbert, the founders of the company, and several Western funds.

As a result of a road accident, at least 42 people were killed in the south-west of France, I-Tele TV channel reports . The accident occurred near the city of Liburne in the Puisen commune. The TV channel clarifies that a truck and a bus, in which elderly tourists were faced. SUD-OUST reports that 41 people from the bus and the truck driver died. According to the representative of the Ministry of the Interior, all the dead were French.

ITAR-TASS / Denis Vyshinsky Vladimir Putin, as usual, surprised everyone again: three weeks after the unexpected beginning of a military operation in Syria, he no less unexpectedly met with Bashar Assad. Many commentators believe that Putin’s determination speaks of him as a good strategist: he is not afraid to act, grabs his possibilities, and achieves his own.