The EU decided on whom to punish for the poisoning of Alexei Navalny. The queue for the United States The EU sanctions for the poisoning of Alexei Navalny coincided with the predictions of The New York Times and were not terrible at all - six Russian officials were included in the list, the developer of the Novoihniyt and Evgeny Prigozhin, the latter formally for Libya, but in fact, too for the persecution of Navalny.

Breakthrough projects division X of Alphabet, which owns Google, has unveiled a model of an unmanned electric buggy that travels through fields and monitors the condition of plants. resolution By processing big data collected at single berry and pod , the project will help introduce new global warming-resistant crops and reduce the need for pesticides, irrigation and fertilizers at the same yield. The apparatuses are a key part of the project called Mineral.

Officials and scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences, whom the Ministry of Natural Resources turned to for help in searching for the causes of the environmental catastrophe in Kamchatka, called the main version of what happened “red tides” - water bloom due to the reproduction of dinoflagellates, algae that emit toxic substances. Even before that, the Minister of Natural Resources Dmitry Kobylkin said that the disaster is unlikely to have man-made causes.

In Moscow transport, on the instructions of the chief sanitary doctor of the capital, Elena Andreeva, measures to prevent coronavirus are being tightened, said today. the Moscow Department of Transport Even if the trip is paid, carriers are obliged not to let passengers into the transport without a mask and gloves. The control of the mask-and-glove regime has been strengthened - inspections will be more frequent, law enforcement agencies will be involved in them.

Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, who demanded the resignation of President Sooronbai Jeenbekov, declared himself acting head of state. The head of the Cabinet came to the protesters in Bishkek and announced that he was now acting president of the country. “Dear, I congratulate you on your victory. Everything fell into place today. The ex-president resigned, the speaker of the parliament, Kanat Isaev, did not fulfill his duties.

The indirect victims of the pandemic are multiplying: it has led to a massive delay in the diagnosis of cancer in the United States, which is why many will miss the operable period, writes WSJ. Hundreds of thousands of cancer screenings in the US have been postponed since the spring due to the coronavirus. Because many cancers progress rapidly, lost months will mean fewer treatment options and worse outcomes for patients, including death.

After a summer drop in ruble deposit rates following the key rate of the Central Bank, some large banks, including leaders in the retail market, began to increase profitability, writes VTimes. In the first half of October, three out of the five largest banks in terms of the portfolio of borrowed funds from the population and at least five more out of the top twenty did so (or will do before the end of the week).

Russia no longer sees any point in continuing trilateral consultations with the Netherlands and Australia on the downing of flight MH17, the Russian Foreign Ministry said today, blaming The Hague for the failure of the talks. Trilateral consultations on MH17 began in 2018. By agreeing to them, Moscow proceeded from the fact that they would help to establish "based on facts the true causes of the plane crash," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The Bell represents the special project "who America will choose." On November 3, the United States will receive the 46th president (if the nation elects Joe Biden) or preserve the 45th (if Donald Trump wins). The first material is about the economic results of Trump's reign. The author is Oleg Itskhoki, a professor of economics at the University of California at Los Angeles. Four years ago, Trump promised to make the United States Great Again, and now he talks about Keep Great.

The US State Department has proposed to the Donald Trump administration that Ant Group, a fintech subsidiary of Alibaba, be blacklisted, reported Reuters , citing sources. When this proposal will be considered, there is no clarity. This is a signal to American investors not to participate in the IPO of a Chinese company in the context of Trump's harsh anti-Chinese rhetoric, the agency notes.

The EU added another name to the "Libyan" sanctions list - it included "Putin's chef" Yevgeny Prigozhin. The EU committee announced sanctions against Prigozhin in a document following the list of sanctions in connection with the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Although the lists are different, they have the same political significance, notes the Suddeutsche Zeitung. It is indicated that “Prigozhin supports the activities of the Wagner group (meaning the Wagner PMC.

The Accounts Chamber considers the official forecast for GDP dynamics in 2020-2021 to be overly optimistic, Chairman Alexei Kudrin said at a meeting of the State Duma Budget Committee. According to him, this year the Russian GDP will fall by 4.2-4.8%, and not by 3.9%, as expected by the Ministry of Economic Development, reports . Interfax In 2021, the Accounts Chamber also expects GDP growth to be less than the Ministry of Economic Development.

One of the largest developers in Moscow and the region, Samolet, plans to hold an IPO on the Moscow Exchange by the end of 2020 - the group will place 5% of its securities, . the company said Until now, its shares have not been in free circulation. Shares for placement (5.1%) will be sold by shareholders: 1% - a minority shareholder of Russian Aquaculture Mikhail Kenin, 0.5% - the former CEO of the group Igor Evtushevsky and 3.6% - Pavel Golubkov's company.

As The New York Times predicted yesterday, the EU has imposed sanctions on six Russian officials and one organization over the poisoning of politician Alexei Navalny.

Starting October 19, entrance to Moscow's nightclubs will become possible only if phone numbers are registered, announced the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, . If someone in the institution then finds a coronavirus, everyone present will be notified about this. At the entrance to nightclubs, bars and other entertainment venues from midnight to 6 am, employees and guests will have to scan a QR code or send a message to a special number 7377, Sobyanin explained in his blog.