Members of the Economic Club and ex-head of Rosstat Alexander Surinov doubted the methodology used by the department At a meeting of the Economic Club, which was also posted by the ex-head of Rosstat, director of statistical research at the Higher School of Economics Alexander Surinov, they doubted the correctness of the methodology for calculating the level of well-being of Russians, RBC reports.

Hong Kong Security Minister John Lee announced the final withdrawal of the law on the extradition of offenders to China. Let us recall that in the summer months, the news of the adoption of this initiative caused discontent among a large number of Hong Kong residents, who believed that the extradition law could be used by the Chinese authorities to combat political opponents. Later, the demonstrations escalated into street protests of thousands and clashes with the police.

Eco-activist from the Komi Republic Ivan Ivanov informed MBKh Media about a search in the apartment of Syktyvkar defender Shies Mikhail Gabov. It is assumed that the search was carried out in connection with a criminal case opened against Gabov for beatings. On June 4, after clashes with riot police, he sprayed pepper spray towards private security company employees who were guarding the site. In the activist’s apartment, the security forces were looking for precisely this means of self-defense.

In the center of Moscow, the building of the Federation Council was evacuated, while the plenary session did not stop for a minute. According to RIA Novosti , the reasons for the evacuation were not specified. “Due to the urgent need, we ask you to leave your workplace,” the alert said. The elevators in the building were turned off, and employees were asked to take documents with them.

Member of the Public Chamber Pavel Pozhigailo proposed banning theaters, the Ministry of Culture and the study of a foreign language in Russia. The portal Znak.com reports this with reference to the broadcast of the TV show “Russian Dream” on the Tsargrad TV channel. The publication notes that Pavel Pozhigailo, a member of the Public Chamber of Russia, was invited as a guest of the program, who spoke on air about the education of the younger generation.

Over three years, 312.7 billion rubles will be spent on the improvement of Moscow, of which 107.2 billion will be spent on the “My Street” program. It is planned to spend 312.7 billion rubles on the improvement of Moscow over three years, of which 107.2 billion will go to the “My Street” program. In 2021 alone, it will account for 45.5 billion rubles, which is a historical maximum.

Seven people were injured as a result of an accident at a pedestrian crossing in St. Petersburg, Fontanka reports. Two foreign cars collided on the roadway at the intersection of Lermontovsky Prospekt and the Obvodny Canal embankment. The cars flew into the crowd of people. There were approximately 15 people at the crossing at the time of the incident.

At the Open Innovations forum in Skolkovo, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev emphasized the importance of introducing new technologies, developing creative skills and accelerating the development of a bill on regulatory sandboxes. “We must accelerate the introduction of new technologies to the market, take permissive rather than prohibitive measures; for this purpose, a law on regulatory sandboxes is being developed,” Medvedev believes.

Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko considers it necessary to allocate another 21 billion rubles to solve the problem of defrauded shareholders. He noted that in 2019 the government had already allocated 16 billion rubles for these purposes. “We are starting work in 39 regions to complete the construction of problem houses. With these 16 billion we will start work to complete these houses, we need another 21 billion.

Deputy Mayor of the capital Marat Khusnullin assured that the South-Eastern Expressway will not be laid through radioactive waste. Let us recall that on the eve of October 22, the Moscow Department of Natural Resources promised to check the data of Greenpeace Russia, according to which foci of radiation were discovered in the area of ​​construction of the South-Eastern Expressway.

Sergei Fomin, a defendant in the “Moscow case,” spoke about the proposal to place him under house arrest in exchange for an interview. Fomin made this statement during a speech in the Moscow City Court on Wednesday, October 23, as reported by Dozhd and Novaya Gazeta correspondents. According to the person involved in the “Moscow case,” while he was in pre-trial detention, an unknown person came to him and offered to transfer him to house arrest in exchange for an interview with the media.

In Novokuibyshevsk, the court fined the first secretary of the city committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Abdalkin, 150 thousand rubles. He was found guilty under the article of repeated violation of the established procedure for organizing or holding a rally, the Idel.Realii portal reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about cooperation with African states at a forum in Sochi. As TASS reports, during the Russia-Africa forum, Putin said that to date the country has written off debts to African partners totaling more than $20 billion. “We provide trade preferences, cooperate within international structures <...>. Our country is participating in an initiative to ease the debt burden of African countries,” the Russian president said about relations with African countries.

The head of the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy, Valery Ryazansky, said in a commentary to TASS that the annual costs of regional sobering-up stations will cost approximately 1 billion rubles. The calculation was performed based on an analysis of data obtained from 21 municipal sobering stations in seven Russian regions. In total, 120 million rubles were spent on 68 thousand drunk citizens served in 2018, that is, about 1.8 thousand for each person brought to the institution.

The African swine fever virus was found in the warehouse of the Chelyabinsk enterprise Yuzhural-Torg. “The presence of DNA of the African swine fever virus was detected in the raw materials that were used to manufacture the finished products of Itera JSC,” states a message published on the website of the Rosselkhoznadzor department for the Chelyabinsk region.