Opposition marches again take place in Minsk and other cities of Belarus on Sunday. Even before the start of the action, the security forces began to pull together special equipment to the center of the capital, for the first time in the city armored vehicles with machine guns on the roofs were seen. To disperse the protesters, the police used stun grenades and fired into the air, and more than 60 people were detained. Protesters in Minsk began to gather at about 2 p.m.

From November 1, a program under which foreigners could obtain citizenship in exchange for investments ceases to operate in Cyprus. It has existed since 2013 and brought the country about 8 billion euros of investment. In exchange, the Cypriot authorities issued about 4,000 "golden passports".

Transport Minister Yevgeny Dietrich, who has held this post since 2018, is resigning, RBC reports , citing sources. The head of the Ministry of Transport can be headed by the head of Rosavtodor Andrey Kostyuk, the head of the Federal Air Transport Agency Alexander Neradko or the general director of Aeroflot Vitaly Savelyev, sources told the publication. Dietrich's imminent resignation is also reported by the Maysky Decree Telegram channel.

The ruling party "Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia", according to the preliminary results of the parliamentary elections, receives 76 seats in the legislature, which gives it the right to single-handedly form a government. This was stated at a briefing by the executive secretary of the party Irakli Kobakhidze. “Georgian Dream receives 62 seats in the proportional part.

Russia will continue to use disinformation to try to interfere in the US presidential election, on the eve and during the vote, Moscow may step up efforts, Bloomberg writes , citing former and current US officials. Disinformation, in their opinion, could be aimed at calling into question the integrity of the elections and harming Joe Biden.

During the day, 18,665 cases of coronavirus were detected in Russia - this is a record figure for the entire time of the pandemic. There are new patients in all regions of the country. At the same time, in almost 25% of cases, COVID-19 was asymptomatic and was detected only as a result of testing. The total number of infected rose to 1,636,781. Most of the new cases in Moscow are 5261. In St.