In Bratislava at the age of 86, the first president of independent Slovakia Mikhail Kovach died, reports Reuters . He held the post of head of state in five years - from 1993 to 1998. Kovach died in the resuscitation department of the Bratislava hospital of St. Michael from heart failure. Over the past year, the first president of Slovakia went to the hospital twice. He had heart problems, he was also diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Kovach was born on August 5, 1930.

The FBI arrested an employee of the US National Security Agency company, he is accused of theft of secret codes for hacking computer systems of other states, writes New York Times. The publication refers to high -ranking law enforcement officers and and intelligence sources. According to the sources of the publication, a man named Garold Thomas Martin seized the code, which was developed to hack computer systems of the Russian governments, China, North Korea and Iran.

Former Komi head Vladimir Torlopov became a defendant in a criminal case, TASS and 7 × 7 reported with reference to sources in law enforcement agencies. According to BNK, the investigation intends to ask for house arrest, the court will elect a preventive measure on October 6. He is suspected under Article 210 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (the organization of the criminal community and participation in it).

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to change the leadership of Uralvagonzavod and transfer to Rostec, Vedomosti said . Rogozin expressed such an offer in a letter to Putin, where he expressed dissatisfaction with the work of Uralvagonzavod and his general director Oleg Sienko, the newspaper’s interlocutors said. Rogozin pointed to the high debt of the enterprise, which at the end of the first half of 2016 amounted to 276 billion rubles.

The third largest banks in Europe are in a too unstable state so that their difficulties can be allowed even if key rates are increased. This is stated in the report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Global Financial Stability Report. In a similar state, according to the IMF, there are a quarter of the largest financial organizations in the United States with total assets of $ 3.2 trillion. Assets of European problem banks are estimated at $ 8.5 trillion.

The first meeting of the State Duma of the seventh convocation began, it is broadcast by TASS. During the meeting, the speaker of the lower house of parliament will be elected. The United Russia faction, which has the majority of places in the State Duma, will nominate Vyacheslav Volodin, the former first deputy head of the presidential administration. His candidacy was proposed by President Vladimir Putin.

In Russia, from January 1, 2017, labeling of dairy products is introduced, in the production of which palm oil was used. This was told by the head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Alexander Tkachev, reports Prime. “We install a new technical regulation, where there will be a conditionally“ fat ”letters on a bank or on a box of milk so that it cannot be missed, that this product contains palm oil,” he explained.

At least 11 people died in the countries of the Caribbean, which the Hurricane “Matthew” collapsed, reports Reuters . The hurricane destroyed houses, farms and resorts. Several hundred thousand people lost their house. Residents of the injured regions and those where, according to forecasts, a hurricane should come, urgently evacuated.

Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Sergey Kiriyenko as the first deputy head of the presidential administration, the Kremlin press service reports . In this post, Kiriyenko will be replaced by Vyacheslav Volodin, who moved to work in the State Duma, where, as is supposed, he will become a speaker. On September 24, the media called him the main candidate for the post of first deputy head of AP, Kirirenko himself called it “rumors”.

In the first half of 2016, Russia exported 17.3 thousand tons of bananas for $ 13.2 million to Belarus, according to the website of the State Customs Committee of the Republic. Russian imports of bananas amounted to 50% of the total import of these fruits to the republic, the Belarusian customs report is specified. For the whole of 2015, 19 thousand tons of bananas totaling $ 14 million were brought to Belarus from the Russian Federation, a year earlier - 24.4 thousand tons by $ 19 million.

The Rosneft’s privatization scheme discussed in the government, during which the state -owned company itself will redeem its shares from the state, can cause a foreign exchange liquidity deficiency in the domestic market. Analysts of Raiffeisenbank gave such an assessment; The review entered Slon Magazine on October 5. According to experts, to finance the Rosneft transaction, it will be necessary to withdraw funds from bank accounts, where the company stores them mainly in currency.

The Ministry of Finance proposed to double the excise tax on quiet wines, Kommersant said . This was proposed in the project of the main tax policy measures for the period from 2017 to 2019, which the Ministry of Finance sent to the government. An increase in excise tax will not affect sparkling wines, champagne, fruit wines and wine drinks. It is proposed to increase excise tax on wine from imported grapes from 9 to 18 rubles per 1 liter.

The Ministry of Finance decided to refuse to change the tax regime for at least a year, this became known from the project of the Ministry of Finance “The main directions of the tax policy”, which was studied by Kommersant. The Ministry of Finance will submit the draft for the government. The offers of the Ministry of Finance on increasing income tax and income of individuals will not be implemented in the near future.

Blogger Anton Nosik noticed a violation of the Criminal Code in the verdict that the court handed him for extremism, he wrote about this in the “Live Journal”. On October 3, Presnensky District Court sentenced the nose to a fine of 500 thousand rubles under part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (arousal of hatred or enmity). In the current version, this is the maximum fine. At the same time, a nose was condemned for the publication made on October 1, 2015.

Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, who called the “ended scum” of those who deny the myth of the feat of 28 Panfilov, defended historical truth in their statements. This was announced to reporters by the press secretary of the president Dmitry Peskov, Interfax reports.