Over the past 24 hours, Russian military aviation has carried out 59 sorties in Syria, during which 94 terrorist targets in various provinces were hit. This statement was made on Monday, October 26, by the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

The Moscow authorities have preliminarily agreed to hold the "Russian March" on November 4 in Lublin, Dmitry Demushkin, one of the organizers of the event, told Interfax. According to him, the mayor's office reduced the number of people in the march to 5,000 and demanded that it be moved an hour earlier.

In Ukraine, local elections did not take place in Mariupol and Krasnoarmeysk in the Donetsk region. The vote will probably be postponed to November 15, the chairman of the Donetsk regional military-civil administration Pavlo Zhebrivsky said at a press conference on Monday.

Russian defense enterprises have faced unfair competition from Western companies this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted at a meeting of the commission on military-technical cooperation between Russia and foreign countries. "Rivalry in the global arms and military equipment market has noticeably intensified recently, although this sphere has always been and remains quite competitive.

Russia respects the choice of the Polish people, but regrets that bilateral relations are "not in the best shape." As reported by TASS, there, the press secretary of President Putin Dmitry Peskov commented on the results of the parliamentary elections in Poland. He recalled that Russia has always advocated good, mutually beneficial relations with Poland. "We want this now too," Peskov added.

The Moscow City Court recognized as legal the extension until December of the term of seizure of the Lipetsk property of the Roshen corporation. this with reference to the court decision. reports RIA Novosti The Basmanny Court of Moscow previously seized the property in Lipetsk of the Roshen corporation. According to the Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR), 180 million rubles were stolen from the country’s budget. through illegal value added tax refunds.

In Ukraine, the turnout in local elections was 46.62%, the country's Central Election Commission announced. This was reported by UNIAN. The highest turnout was recorded in Ternopil (56.50%) and Lviv (56.31%) regions. Volyn, Ivano-Frankivsk, Khmelnytsky, Rivne, and Vinnytsia regions also exceeded the 50% threshold. The turnout in Donetsk Oblast was 21.65%, in Luhansk Oblast – 35.27%, these are the lowest levels by region.

October 26, 2015, 17:09 / Finance Russtroybank stopped issuing deposits Vedomosti Moscow Russtroybank does not issue deposits, was told an Interfax correspondent at the bank’s call center. “The cash register is closed. The Central Bank is checking,” said a call center employee.

An extra 100,000 places in refugee reception centres will be created in Europe, the BBC reports , following an emergency mini-summit of the EU over the weekend. The talks involved 11 EU countries and three European countries outside the EU.

Nissan management has decided to recall about 59,000 vehicles from the market due to problems with the fuel supply system, reports the Associated Press . The automaker is going to recall the Altima and Maxima models, which were produced from 2013 to 2016. The recall will also affect the Russian-assembled Teana model from 2014 to 2016. The company believes that due to identified violations in cars during an accident, fuel may leak and cause a fire. Violations were discovered during crash tests.

Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov called "very strange" the statements by Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic that Russia is involved in organizing opposition demonstrations in that country. "Naturally, looking for some kind of devil everywhere and at the same time continuing to demonize Russia is a well-known pastime for many countries," Interfax quotes him as saying.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced that a decree had been signed on the allocation of funds from the National Welfare Fund (NWF) to West Siberian Petrochemical Plant LLC (Zapsibneftekhim, Sibur project). Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the allocation of funds from the National Welfare Fund for the Sibur project Zapsibneftekhim, Interfax wrote in mid-October, citing a source familiar with the situation.

A selection of the most interesting publications in the publications co-founders of Vedomosti dated October 26, 2015. Politics The United States and its European allies recognize the need to cooperate with Russia and Iran to stabilize the situation in Syria. But many US allies in the Middle East are skeptical read on WSJ.com The Afghan government wants Russia to supply it with weapons after the US and NATO withdrew most of their troops from the country and cut financial support.

October 26, 2015, 22:31 / Auto Volkswagen may offer exchange of problem cars in Germany undefined Vedomosti Volkswagen may offer customers in Germany to exchange cars affected by the diesel scandal for new ones, Deutsche Welle reports , citing the dpa agency . The company is considering the possibility of offering car owners a bonus for the purchase of a new car instead of a recall for conversion to car repair shops.

According to Forbes Asia, the richest person in China in 2015 was the president of Dalian Wanda Group, Wang Jianlin. His fortune is estimated at $30 billion. Second place in the ranking went to the founder of the Internet corporation Alibaba, Jack Ma, with a fortune of $21.8 billion. The top 3 is closed by the founder of the Internet company Tencent, Ma Huateng ($17.6 billion). Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun is in fourth place in the ranking. His fortune is estimated at $13.2 billion.