Prince of Saudi Arabia Muhammad ibn Salman Al Saud in 2015 bought a Serene yacht chairman of the board of directors of SPI Group Yuri Shefler. The source associated with the billionaire and the interlocutor close to the royal family told The New York Times. “Resting in the south of France, Prince Salman saw a 440-foot yacht off the coast. He sent an assistant to buy the Serene ship belonging to Yuri Shefler, the Russian Vodokom Magnata.

The Russian Foreign Ministry spoke about the results of the ministerial meeting on the situation in Syria, which took place in Lausanne on October 15. “During the discussion, the main emphasis was on the tasks of restoring the regime of termination of hostilities in Aleppo and in general in the SAR in the context of Russian-American agreements reached on September 9 in Geneva,” the message said.

The level of distrust of Russians has been growing to the media recently, it follows from a survey of the Public Opinion Foundation. It is reported by Interfax . The share of Russians who do not trust the media amounted to 51%. In August 2015, 41% of respondents declared distrust. The number of trusting at the same time decreased from 47% to 40%.

The exomars interplanetary station on the approach to Mars was separated by the Schiaparelli landing module and the orbital “trace of Gas Orbiter”. This was reported by the website of the European Space Agency. “The division into the Schiaparelli demonstration landing module and the orbital module of the exomars mission on the approach of Mars were regularly,” the agency said in a statement. Schiaparelly landing on Mars is scheduled for October 19.

Moscow with anxiety and concern perceives threats about organizing an “unprecedented” cyber attack on Russia from the United States. It is reported by Interfax . “For us, this is all anxious and causes great concern, because Russia has turned into a map that is played out in the election struggle of the Americans,” said Sergey Ryabkov, deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The police detained nine people because of the mass riots during the football match in Voronezh between the Dynamo and the Fakel teams. This was reported by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the region. During the incident, four people were injured, among them a police officer. The official representative of the Office of the IC of the Russian Federation, the region, Elena Manukovskaya, told RIA Novosti that he was hospitalized with a wound from a traumatic pistol.

The possible redemption of Rosneft of its shares will be only an intermediate step towards real privatization. This is reported by Interfax , said Russian President Vladimir Putin. “The question is not to ensure Buyback to redeem the own shares of Rosneft and to calm down and fall asleep well, without thinking about anything. No.

The head of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, accused Kiev of violating a truce in the Donbass and promised to answer for the death of Arsen Pavlov, also known as Motorola, Interfax reports. “As I understand it, Poroshenko has broken a truce? Now wait. Enough, suffered, promised, ”said Alexander Zakharchenko. Zakharchenko added that violation of the ceasefire means the declaration of war Kiev, RIA Novosti reports .

The German automaker Volkswagen intends in 2017 to reduce 10% expenses in connection with the need to pay compensation to resolve the scandal with the results of environmental tests. About this the head of Matthias Müller told Automobilwoche. “They [reduction of expenses] will be heavy, this will be done not without pain. The consequences of this crisis in the coming years will reach the limit of what we can transfer, ”said Volkswagen head.

US artillery began to strike from howitzers to positions in the Iraqi city of Mosul. It is reported by CNN Turk. According to the television channel, Turkish military and Shiite militia detachments are involved in the operation. The commander of the Kurdish armed groups Omar Hussein told Anadolu that American artillery positions are 20 kilometers from the Mosul Center. He also added that the aircraft of the coalition led by the United States cause air strikes.

In the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, the militia Arsen Pavlov (Motorola) was killed. This information was reported to the DPR Ministry of Defense. “According to the preliminary data of Motorola, he died as a result of the terrorist work of the Ukrainian DRG (Slon diversion-reconnaissance group). When returning home, a remote explosive device worked in the elevator, ”the department said.

The detachments of the so -called moderate Syrian rebels knocked out ISIS from the city of Dabik in the north of Syria. It is reported by Reuters . “The myth of Daish (the alternative name ISIS. - Slon ) about the Great Battle of Dabik of Delasses,” said the representative of the Free Syrian Army. As noted, the rebels were supported by Turkish aviation and artillery. Dabik is an important city in the ideology of the Islamic State.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko appointed the head of intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Vasily Bourb. The corresponding decree is published on the website of the head of state. Previously, this position was held by Valery Kondratyuk. He was appointed Poroshenko as deputy head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine. Prior to this, Kondratyuk was the head of the counterintelligence department of the Security Service of Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that relations between Russia and the USA were deteriorated not because of Syria, but much earlier-during the collapse of Yugoslavia. It is reported by Interfax . “You are mistaken [saying that relations have worsened due to the Syrian conflict]. You will remember what happened around Yugoslavia, it all started from there, ”Putin said.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said that the United States was considering imposing additional sanctions against Russia due to the situation in Syria. This was announced at the joint press conference of Kerry with the head of the British Foreign Ministry Boris Johnson, Interfax reports. The Secretary of State noted that US President Barack Obama “still offers various interaction options” with Russia to resolve the conflict in Syria.