The United States removed the Russian from the sanctions list in exchange for Russia's approval of the visit of US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland. This was stated by the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova in the program "Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov" on the TV channel "Russia 1".

Walt Disney is facing problems in China, writes The Wall Street Journal. Over the past year, the releases of three studio films at once, designed for large box office receipts, fell through in China for political reasons. This jeopardizes Disney's long-term success in the Chinese market, which the company has been banking on especially in the wake of the pandemic film distribution crisis in the West.

Hello! Our top story this week is about the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov — and why the decision has divided public opinion. We also look at Russia’s decision to send an actor and director to the International Space Station to shoot the first ever movie in space, why Russia isn’t making huge money from Europe’s gas crisis , and the fallout from the Pandora Papers.

VimpelCom, which provides services under the Beeline brand, is preparing to renew its trademark, RBC writes , citing sources. According to the publication, the company will introduce a new logo, update the visual, as well as launch new tariffs and announce changes in sales channels. A VimpelCom representative declined to comment on this information. The new logo of the mobile operator will be presented next week, on October 14, a RBC source said.

The topic of release - whether Facebook will be picked from a black strip Facebook swept another wave of scandals. First, the social network itself, and with it Instagram and WhatsApp for half a day were left without communication with the Internet.

The most intriguing newcomer to the latest American Forbes list of billionaires is the 29-year-old founder of the FTX crypto exchange Sam Bankman-Fried, who made the list right away with a fortune of $ 22.5 billion (32nd place). He became not only the richest crypto businessman, but also the youngest person on the list - so far, no one, except Mark Zuckerberg, has become so rich at such an early age.

his resignation Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has announced . The decision was made amid suspicions of his involvement in corruption. Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will act as chancellor. Kurz will retain the post of leader of the Austrian People's Party and head the faction of this party in parliament, having received a deputy mandate.