The Russian government has ordered messengers to register new users on passport data. Decree on "Mandatory identification of users of messengers on the Russian Internet" was signed on October 20. Later, the government moved the deadlines for compulsory registration in March 2022.

In St. Petersburg, the police detained a doctor and four nurses who organized a fictitious vaccination point at the clinic at the State Medical University named after Academician Pavlova. This was reported in the city department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Wed to Yandex.Zen CR on Instagram SR in Telegram According to police, ampoules with an unused drug were destroyed, and patients received all the necessary certificates.

In the Leningrad Region, the 27-year-old director of the supermarket beat a buyer who tried to steal a bottle of alcoholic drink. A criminal case was instituted against him about causing serious harm to health, 47news writes with reference to law enforcement agencies. Wed to Yandex.Zen CR on Instagram SR in Telegram The incident occurred in the city of Murino. The suspect beaten a 39-year-old local resident in the utility room of the store. A man was hospitalized with a rib fracture.

Vladimir Nechaev On October 19, the deadline for issuing the materials of the case of 18-year-old Vladimir Nechaev, accused in the so-called "sanitary case" expired. Neither the lawyer nor Nechaev himself, the supporter of Alexei Navalny, received access to the documents. Police took Nechaev from St. Petersburg on October 12.