Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko announced that the country's migration service may extradite former Georgian President Mikheil Sakaashvili. He was denied refugee status. At the moment, he is “stateless without any circumstances that could make his deportation or extradition impossible,” Lutsenko clarified. In turn, Saakashvili commented on the situation regarding the legality of his presence on the territory of Ukraine.

October 24, 2017, 11:00 / Business / News The Ministry of Culture commented on the investigation into conflicts of interest in theaters undefined Vedomosti It is not entirely correct to say that the heads of Moscow theaters “pay fees to themselves,” the Russian Ministry of Culture said. This is how they commented to the TASS agency on the recent investigation by Transparency International - Russia about conflicts of interest in Moscow theaters.

The American authorities "independently packed and transported to Washington" the archive of the Russian Consulate General in San Francisco, the Russian Embassy in the United States reports . This was done despite "repeated protests" from Moscow. On October 23, the Americans handed over the archive to the Russian Embassy. Russian diplomats wanted to take the archive out themselves, but the US refused to grant them access to the mission, which has been closed since September 2.

October 24, 2017, 01:07 / Opinions Patient female majority How the difficulties of life turned Russian women into passive loyalists Alexey Levinson The female population is more lenient than the male population towards all political institutions and more unanimously approves of the political course How are the female population of Russia faring in comparison with the life of the male population of the country?

Former director of NK Berdyaush Ekaterina Krasnikhina, accused of embezzling 146 million rubles before selling the company to the Prosecutor General's eldest son Artem Chaika, has been transferred from house arrest to a pretrial detention center by a court decision, RBC reports . A month ago, while under house arrest, she gave birth to a son. Krasnikhina is asking children's ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova to intervene in the case.

Ksenia Sobchak, who announced her intention to run for the post of President of Russia, spoke about her position on the annexation of Crimea to Russia. "I will answer directly what I think, I will not evade. From the point of view of international law, Crimea is Ukrainian. Period. Let's talk about what to do next," she noted at a press conference. She added that Russia violated the Budapest Memorandum of 1994. On Tuesday, Sobchak announced the names of her campaign team leaders.

The CEO of Russian Post, Nikolai Podguzov, said that the company lacks postmen and operators to provide quality services. As reported by TASS, he told this to the Russia 24 TV channel. He admitted new staff reductions at the enterprise, but noted that this risk is minimal. "At the same time, from the point of view of building an optimal management structure for the company, we may have to review the standards for the number of administrative personnel," said Podguzov.

October 24, 2017, 18:16 / Business Rosneft proposed to the FAS to establish a non-network tariff for oil supplies to China undefined Vedomosti Rosneft . appealed to the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) with an initiative to consider setting a tariff for sections for oil transportation to the port of Kozmino and in the direction of China instead of the current network tariff A letter with a corresponding proposal was received by the FAS, a copy of which was reviewed by TASS.

The 19th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) included provisions on the ideas of Chinese President Xi Jinping on a New Era of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the party charter, TASS reports . This is the first time in the history of China since Mao Zedong that the name of the current party leader and his ideas are mentioned in the CPC charter.

October 24, 2017, 14:01 / Business The organizers of the 2018 World Cup broke contracts with a company that was associated with the Blatter family undefined Vedomosti The organizing committee of the 2018 FIFA World Cup terminated the contract for servicing VIP boxes during the tournament with Match Hospitality AG, which is associated with the family of former FIFA President Sepp Blatter, reports RBC .

October 24, 2017, 00:31 / Business Ukraine is again ready to buy Gazprom gas But he insists on moving the point of delivery of Russian gas to Europeans Ivan Peschinsky Arthur Toporkov Genya Savilov /Bloomberg Never say never. At the same time, we must understand that free cheese only comes in a mousetrap,” this is how Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Kistion, in an interview with Economic Pravda, commented on the question of the possibility of returning to purchasing gas from Gazprom.

October 24, 2017, 00:16 / Business Exclusively by subscription Rosselkhoznadzor strengthened control over Danone and PepsiCo dairy plants The request to postpone the introduction of an analogue of the Unified State Automated Information System for livestock products may come back to haunt companies Ekaterina Burlakova Irina Sinitsyna All producers, including dairy products, meat products and animal feed, will have to switch to electronic veterinary certificates / A.

The founder of the Hermitage Capital fund, William Browder, has the right to visit the United States under a special visa-free program, the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA), RBC reports , citing a representative of the American Customs and Border Protection Service. Such permission was issued to the financier on October 18, which “allows him to travel to the United States,” the department said.

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday during his visit to Moscow. Following the meeting, Russia and Cyprus signed a declaration on cooperation in the area of ​​economic modernization, TASS reports . In addition, the parties concluded agreements on an international automobile agreement, on maritime transport, and on cooperation in the area of ​​communications and information technology.

Irina Yarovaya has been excluded from the Presidential Council for Combating Corruption. The corresponding decree was signed by President Vladimir Putin. The head of Udmurtia, Aleksandr Brechalov, lawyer Anatoly Kucherena, and Deputy Minister of Justice Oleg Plokhoy have also been excluded from the council.