The United States warned Russia in advance about the start of the strategic nuclear exercises "Global Thunder", which will begin today, the official representative of the US Strategic Command (STRATCOM) Brian Maguire told RIA Novosti. "According to the provisions of the (treaty) START-3, the United States and Russia are obliged to notify each other about major nuclear exercises, so Russia was notified about this exercise in advance," he said.

The ACMG publishing house was founded by Fedotov in 2008 and publishes the magazines Forbes, Numero, L'Officiel, Geo, SNC, OK!, "Gala Biografiya" and others / M. Stulov / Vedomosti Businessman Sergey Rodionov and media manager Vladimir Pomukchinsky made Alexander Fedotov an offer to begin negotiations on buying the ACMG publishing house from him, Pomukchinsky said and Rodionov confirmed. "It is not possible to make an official offer.

In Russia, only 3% of those who know about this holiday are going to celebrate Halloween, according to a VTsIOM survey. Only 10% of respondents who have heard about the holiday were able to name the exact date when it is celebrated. 90% of respondents have heard the name "Halloween", but many were unable to explain the essence of the holiday. The survey was conducted by telephone among 1,200 Russians on October 25–26, 2017.

The Finnish airline Finnair will begin weighing passengers at the airport before departure in the coming days, reports the Yle news agency . The company wants to receive approximate information about the total weight of passengers and their carry-on luggage. Weigh-in will be voluntary. The information will be used by the carrier to optimize the process of loading and refueling aircraft. The first weighings of passengers and their luggage will begin in November 2017 on a voluntary basis.

Another position of vice speaker will be introduced in the Federation Council. The sixth vice speaker of the chamber will be former governor of the Pskov region Andrei Turchak, a source in the Federation Council told RIA Novosti. He will take up this position on November 8, the agency's source added. A source in the chamber’s office previously told the agency that Turchak had been nominated to the Federation Council as a representative of the Pskov region and could be appointed vice speaker.

The reason for interest in the new iPhone X is that it is the first Apple gadget in several years with radically new features / Josh Edelson / AFP "I will provide a service for selling one of the first places in line for the new iPhone X," says an ad on the Avito website. The author asks for 30,000 rubles for the service (half of which as an advance payment) and is even ready to secure this in the contract.

October 30, 2017, 13:16 / Finance / News NPF Future appealed Trust's deal with Otkritie shares on the eve of reorganization undefined Vedomosti NPF "Future" and its two management companies ("Idzhi Capital Partners" and "Sever Asset Management") filed a lawsuit against Trust Bank in the Moscow Arbitration Court, the third party in the case is FC Otkritie Bank , it follows from the file of arbitration cases . The amount of claims of “Future” is 12.557 billion rubles.

George Papadopoulos, a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, has admitted to lying to the FBI about his contacts with a professor connected to Russian government officials. This is stated in the court document. The document was made public on Monday; Papadopoulos admitted his guilt earlier in October. He told FBI agents in January that he had been in contact with a professor in London before joining the Trump campaign.

October 30, 2017, 00:22 / Economics The impact on the regional economy may determine the decision to build a road Officials are ready to prescribe a criterion in the road sector development strategy until 2030 Olga Adamchuk Officials expect to put the economy on the road / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti Even a small road, “literally an isthmus,” can improve the region’s economy, a federal official describes new principles for selecting federal projects applying for budget support.

October 30, 2017, 01:59 / Opinions Memory and monument Historian Alexander Cherkasov on the practice of understanding repression Alexander Cherkasov , board member of the international Memorial Thirty years ago, in November 1987, several young people, activists of the Memorial initiative group, went to Arbat to collect signatures for the creation of a memorial complex in memory of the victims of political repression.

October 30, 2017, 14:08 / Finance The World Bank will refuse to finance a project to improve financial literacy in Russia from 2018 undefined Vedomosti The World Bank (WB) will most likely stop financing a project to improve financial literacy in Russia from 2018, said Deputy Minister of Finance Sergei Storchak.

Netflix management has decided that the sixth season of the series "House of Cards" will be the last. Its release is planned for 2018, writes Variety . Filming for the final season began in Maryland in October. The announcement of the project's closure was made amid a scandal involving actor Kevin Spacey. He was accused of sexual harassment by Anthony Rapp. The incident allegedly took place 30 years ago.

Sales of ceramic rings with the function of the Troika travel card have begun in the Moscow Metro. As Roman Latypov, first deputy head of the enterprise for client work and strategic development, told the Moscow agency, you can buy them at the “Live Communication” counter at the Pushkinskaya station and at the metro’s flagship store at Mayakovskaya. The first edition of the rings was 500 pieces. All rings are black, there are only two sizes - 17 and 21.

More and more companies are opening schools for employees / PressFoto Some companies, including Capital One Financial, SAP AG and DaVita, send new hires to boot camp-like courses where they learn programming, nursing or customer service skills. The company pays the trainees during the training, which can last anywhere from six weeks to a year, but they don’t work full-time until they graduate. The result is workers who are fully prepared to go to work.

The US President's Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker said that the UN mission in Donbass will facilitate the implementation of the political part of the Minsk agreements. He said this in an interview with Ukrainian "Public TV". Volker believes that concrete political steps need to be developed.