The director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), Colonel General Gennady Kornienko, was removed from his post, several media outlets reported - Moskovsky Komsomolets (its correspondent Eva Merkacheva is a member of the Public Monitoring Commission that oversees the observance of human rights in prisons), RBC (with referring to the draft decree of Vladimir Putin) and Interfax.

We found out which of the 100 most popular apps in Russia collect the most user data Sensitive data leaks happen every day — just today it became known that the tax data of 20 million Russians had been hanging in the public domain for a year. But the real billion-dollar market is not stolen databases, but data that tech companies obtain from users and sell to third parties completely legally, which they may not even know about.

Aeroflot Deputy General Director Vladimir Aleksandrov was taken to the Investigative Committee (IC) for questioning in the fraud case, Interfax reports . Based on the results of the interrogation, the investigators will decide on Aleksandrov's procedural status. Sources of the publication also report that in the office of Aeroflot, employees of the Investigative Committee and the FSB are seizing documents. Searches also began at Aleksandrov's house, Vedomosti writes .

The personal data of 20 million Russian taxpayers have been in the public domain for about a year, writes Kommersant with reference to the British research company Comparitech. Names, addresses, passport and telephone numbers, TIN, information about employers and the amount of taxes paid have got on the Internet. The leak was one of the biggest in recent memory. On September 17, independent researcher Bob Dyachenko discovered the data.

The Contact Group on Donbas Issues (which includes Russia, Ukraine, representatives of the self-proclaimed republics of the DPR and LPR) signed an agreement on a settlement in eastern Ukraine according to the Steinmeier formula, Interfax reports . The parties also agreed on the disengagement of forces in two areas of the Donbass (most likely, we are talking about the Petrovsky and Zolote regions of the LPR).

The European Union saw the risks of a "new, completely separate economy" after the launch of Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency, writes Bloomberg. The EU Competition Authority has launched an investigation into Libra, said in an interview with the Danish Industrial Union. European Commissioner for Competition Margaret Vestager Quote. “We want to be proactive to see if [Libra] is going to be a problem,” Vestager said in an interview with Bloomberg.

The editor-in-chief of Gazeta.ru has changed: Olga Alekseeva, who has held the post since 2016, has been replaced by Sergey Rybka, host of the Govorit Moskva radio station. Olga Alekseeva will be engaged in a new project of Rambler Group (which includes Gazeta.ru) in the field of media, the company said. She herself declined to comment.

The personal data market brings billions of dollars to technological companies. The main product on it are users who transmit information about themselves to dozens of sites and services and are not even aware of this. The Bell studied the top 100 of the Russian Google Play Store to understand which applications collect the most user data. As we thought For calculation, we used the TOP-100 applications in the Russian Google Play Store for September 2019 according to the AppBirein website.

Pediatric oncologists from the Blokhin Center have written resignation letters, the Alliance of Doctors trade union reported. The day before, the doctors recorded a video message criticizing the center's management. The Ministry of Health called their conduct a violation of medical ethics. The essence of the conflict.

In China, a fire broke out at one of the largest mining farms on September 30, destroying equipment worth $ 10 million, writes CoinTelegraph. the fire on Twitter. was the first to report Marshall Long, one of the first bitcoin miners, https://twitter.com/DoveyWan/status/1178706886750691329 According to Long, the mining center of the company Innosilicon, which manufactures equipment for the production of cryptocurrency, was on fire.

The Colonel of the Investigative Committee died after being attacked with a knife near the building of the Central Office of the Department on October 1, reports RIA Novosti . The attacker has been arrested and will be tested for sanity. Vladislav Kapustin was mortally wounded while "carrying out his duties of organizing the reception of citizens," said Svetlana Petrenko, spokeswoman for the UK.

Sberbank is the only one of 11 systemically important Russian banks that has not connected to the Central Bank’s Fast Payment System. Banks had to connect to the SBP before October 1. Due to the missed deadlines, the Central Bank will send Sber an “order to eliminate the violation”; the regulator has “unified approaches to all participants,” the press service of the Central Bank said. If the order is not fulfilled, Sberbank faces a fine of up to 10 million rubles.

Lukoil began repurchasing its shares for the second time in a year for $3 billion. On this news, the company’s shares rose in price by almost 4%, and capitalization reached 4 trillion rubles, Vedomosti writes . Lukoil intends to complete the buyout by the end of 2022. The buyer will be a subsidiary of Lukoil Securities Limited. The company will repurchase both common shares and depositary receipts.

Activity in the investigation into the circumstances of the detention of Meduza journalist Ivan Golunov has decreased due to the busyness of investigators in the "Moscow case" about the riots that allegedly took place at the July 27 rally. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a well-informed source. Details. "The investigation into the so-called Golunov case has 'began to slow down', investigative actions are almost not being carried out," the source said. Quote.

Foreigners who want to become citizens of Russia will be allowed not to renounce their first citizenship, RBC writes , citing government materials for the draft federal budget for 2020-2022. Thus, the authorities expect to cover the natural population decline by attracting highly qualified specialists. The innovation will really increase the attractiveness of the Russian passport, according to experts interviewed by the publication. Details.