Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Valdai club stated that in the case of the use of nuclear weapons against Russia, “we will go to heaven, and they will just die” and promised to destroy the enemies. He also stated that Russia was not afraid of anything. “We are not afraid of anything at all. A country with such a territory, with a population who is ready to give life for the fatherland, no one can do anything about it, ”said the President of the Russian Federation.

The Judicial Chamber of the UEFA Committee on Financial Control of Clubs was removed for a year by the Kazan Football Club Rubin from participating in European Cup tournaments, according to the UEFA official website. “Rubin was removed for one season in competitions under the auspices of UEFA, which he qualified for the next two years,” the statement said. Earlier it became known that Rubin could not fulfill the conditions for compliance with the rules of Fair Play in the 2017/2018 season.

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Rosneft shares fell by 0.4% after the statement of the chief executive director of Igor Sechin that by the end of the year Rosneft will not hold the return ransom of shares, if force majeure does not happen, Vedomosti reports . Four minutes after this statement, the state -owned company lost 24.9 billion rubles. capitalization on the Moscow Exchange. The Mosbirzhi index during the same time rose by 1.5%.

The accident of the Soyuz spacecraft, which unsuccessfully started with Baikonur, could be caused by a mistake made during the assembly of the product in the installation and test building of the cosmondrome. Experts investigating the crash are inclined to this, Kommersant reports with reference to a source close to the Ministry of Defense. “Apparently, the damage was caused during the lifting of the side block with a lifting crane. This is not a design error or a factory marriage.

An employee of the apparatus of the Federation Council Mikhail Bochkarev, detained in Norway on suspicion of espionage, was released from arrest. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the head of the Upper Chamber Committee on International Affairs of Konstantin Kosachev. “Yes, we were informed about this by the Norwegian delegation in the Inter -Parliamentary Union, with which we have repeatedly discussed this problem for the last days,” Kosachev said.

In Moscow, to the building, where the editorial office of Novaya Gazeta is located, unknown people threw a basket with a lamb cut off and a note with threats. This is stated in the statement of the publication. “The chief editor of Novaya Gazeta. With greetings to you and Korotkov, ”the note says. On the eve of the journalists brought a funeral wreath. The police hold investigative measures.

News Volkswagen resumed a diesel recovery program 18 October 2018 The German company Volkswagen announced the beginning of the second large -scale program for the disposal of old diesel cars, Deutsche Welle reports. The program provides for the payment of an “ecological bonus” to car owners who rent in Germany the old diesel engines of any brands. When buying cars Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, Skoda, the owners of old diesel machines of any brands offer two discount options.

The cost of shares of Yandex NV (the head company of the Yandex group) fell sharply against the background of reports of Sberbank's intention to buy 30 percent of the company's shares. According to RBC, within a few minutes the cost of papers on the Moscow Exchange decreased from 2356.5 to 2185 rubles. (minus 7.28% of the maximum of the day), and on the NASDAQ exchange - from $ 35.9 to $ 33 (minus 8%).

Despite the sanctions, Russian businessmen were in the first place in the world in growth of welfare. This was reported by Bloomberg, which followed the growth of the state of the richest citizens of the world with the help of Ranking Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Over the past year, Russian entrepreneurs got rich by 10.8%. Among them, in the first place was the chairman of the board of Novatek Leonid Michelson ($ 21 billion).

The sisters of the Khachaturian who are banned by certain actions will be able to communicate with friends and any other persons who do not appear in the criminal case about the murder of their father. According to Interfax, such a decision was made by the Moscow City Court.

Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if the potential aggressor strikes the first, President Vladimir Putin said at the Valdai discussion club on Thursday, October 18. “When we are convinced that the attack goes to the territory of Russia, only after that we are delivering a response and a loss of blow. Of course, this is a universal disaster. But I repeat: we cannot be the initiators of this disaster, because we do not have a preventive blow.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approved the bill of President Petro Poroshenko on the free transfer of the St. Andrew Church in Kyiv to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the 112 Ukraine television channel reports. The church will be transferred to the gratuitous permanent use of the Ecumenical Patriarchate for worship, religious rites, ceremonies and processions on the condition that Constantinople will comply with the legislation on the protection of cultural heritage.

On the night of October 18, the concentration of hydrogen sulfide in the air in the area of ​​Guryanov Street in Moscow exceeded the norm by 3.4 times, Interfax reports with reference to Mosecomonitoring . The level of hydrogen sulfide in printers was 0.0274 mg/m3. In the areas of Kosino-Ukhtomsky, Vykhino-Zhulebino, Novokosino, Ryazan, Kapotnya and Maryino, an exceeding the maximum permissible concentration of 1.3 to 2.2 times was recorded. MPC hydrogen sulfide is set at 0.008 mg/m3.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, also pointed out the lack of Baltic countries for claims. “Our official position remains unchanged. We are not accepted by either the allegations of the “occupation” of the Baltic states of the USSR, nor associated with this absurd, who have nothing to have legal and historical grounds that make up the essence of claims against Russia, ”the diplomat said.