The Russian and Syrian Air Force stopped attacks in the Aleppo area, the Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu, who entered Slon Magazine, said. Thus, the parties are prematurely prepared for the introduction of a humanitarian pause in the besieged city. The deadlines for the resumption of the city’s attacks are not specified.

The National Intellectual Development Foundation (Innopractics), the director of which is the alleged daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin Katerina Tikhonov, received 452 million rubles from state -owned companies under contracts over the year, follows from the data analyzed by the Corruption Fund of Alexei Navalny. Of these funds, the fund received 179 million rubles from Rosneft, 221 million rubles from Transneft, and another 59 million rubles from Rosatom.

The leaders of the largest raw material traders Vitol, Gunvor and Mercuria Energy Group expect that in a year North Sea oil Brent will cost $ 55–58 per barrel. They told about this during the Oil & Money 2016 conference, Interfax reports. So, according to Vitol President Yen Taylor, Brent Brent will cost $ 54.99, the head of Gunvor Torbjorn Tinkvist said that the price would be at $ 54.98, and Mercuria President Daniel Yedzhi predicted $ 58 per barrel.

The owner of the Renova Viktor Vekselberg met with the chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin regarding the criminal case against the top management of the company, Medusa said with reference to sources. According to the publication, it was after that that Bastrykin took under personal control the investigation of the case. It was officially reported that he was engaged in the department for the investigation of particularly important cases.

The International Olympic Committee deprived the silver medal of the Russian weightlifter Akti Aukhadov for performing at the Games in London, according to the IOC website. Since the analysis of doping tests showed a positive result, the belgist was disqualified from those competitions and obliged to return the award. Aukhadov himself previously insisted that he did not use doping and was going to challenge the decision if he was found guilty.

The Chairman of the Board of Peresvet Bank Alexander Shvets is in intensive care. It is reported by RNS with reference to the call center of the financial organization. Other details about the whereabouts of the head of Peresvet in the call center were not provided. The representative of Peresvet also indicated that the duties of the Swess are now performed by the Bank Vice President Pavel Panasenko.

China's largest state companies have created a joint fund that will be invested in the poorest regions of the country. It is reported by Reuters . The initial volume of the fund will be 12.2 billion yuan (about $ 1.8 billion). It is assumed that in the future it will gradually increase to 100 billion yuan.

Donald Trump said that in case of victory in the election, he was ready to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a candidate of US President from the Republican Party Radio Broadcasting Michael Sadvedzh said, writes Politico. “If I win November 8, I easily imagine myself at a meeting with Vladimir Putin before the formation of my administration. That would be wonderful, ”Trump said.

The chairman of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, awarded the former official representative of the department Vladimir Markin by the Merit medal. This was reported on the SK website. “[Markin], from scratch, built an information policy based on the principles of openness and efficiency, proposing completely new, very bold and eventually justified approaches to work from the mass media.

In 1969, the Americans installed the first server of the ARPANET computer network (a network of agency of advanced defense research projects), which gave rise to a modern Internet. In the conditions of the Cold War and the possible escalation of the nuclear conflict, the United States created this network so that scientists and politicians could communicate with each other under any circumstances.

Bella Bragwadze. Photo: Arseny Nesdemimov for Slon Magazine The summer holidays are over, the academic year began, the children went to school - which means that the season has begun. And with him - eternal questions: why does the child get sick all the time when you need to go to the doctor, go to school and make a flu vaccine?

After a sharp exacerbation of relations with the West, the Kremlin seems to want to weaken tension. Vladimir Putin goes to the meeting of the Norman Four, and from his speeches you can see the desire of Moscow to soften the conflict. The West could meet, but rapprochement is unlikely to be possible until Russia offers a specific path of normalizing relations and will not learn how to predict the reaction of “American partners” to its foreign policy steps.

The Ministry of Economic Development for the third time in October, on behalf of the government, adjusted the forecast of the socio-economic development of Russia, writes Vedomosti. This time the forecast is changed for the better. The basic scenario of the country's socio-economic development provides for GDP growth in 2017 by 0.6%, in 2018-by 1.7%, and in 2019-by 2.1%. The previous forecast provided for GDP growth by 0.2%, 0.9% and 1.2%, respectively.

The Moscow Arbitration Court launched the bankruptcy of the former President of Zastropombank Larisa Marcus, recognizing the corresponding statement of VTB 24 Bank justified. It is reported by Prime . In relation to Marcus, a debt restructuring procedure has been introduced. Its debt to VTB 24 in the amount of about 320 million rubles is included in the register of claims of creditors Marcus. In addition, the court approved the financial manager Marcus Yuri Rozhkov.

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the resignation of Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Vladimir Nazarov. The document is published on the official portal of legal information. The reason for the resignation is not indicated, there are also no documents on Nazarov’s transfer to another position. At the time of dismissal, Nazarov is 66 years old. Nazarov has worked in this post since 2006, a year earlier he was introduced into the Security Council as an assistant secretary.