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After a fire in an apartment on the second floor of a building on Uralskaya Street in Moscow, the mother and a child with cerebral palsy were in a state of clinical death. Later the woman died in hospital, and the minor's condition was stabilized. 40 people were rescued from the building, and firefighters found a body in the burning apartment.
Javlon TursunovAt night, a quarrel broke out between two visitors at a café on Tverskaya Street in Moscow and escalated into a fight. One of the men bit his opponent in the face, biting off the tip of his nose. The victim, Alexei G., was hospitalized, and the attacker was detained by police. The cause of the conflict and possible charges remain unknown.
Sevara AzamovaThe press service of the 'Best Mentoring Practices of the City of Moscow' competition gave six recommendations for working with young employees: identifying the causes of difficulties, showing the course of solutions, setting tasks with criteria, discussing mistakes without attacking the person, regulating questions, and gradually transferring independence. According to Deloitte's 2025 data, 70% of Gen Z develop skills weekly, and mentoring matters to 86%.
Sevara AzamovaRosaviatsiya reported that Domodedovo airport is accepting and dispatching flights in coordination with the relevant authorities due to temporary restrictions on the use of airspace. Earlier, Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo began operating under a similar regime. Flight schedule adjustments are possible.
Javlon TursunovThe performance of the play “Fate by Exchange”, scheduled for October 23, was cancelled due to a scheduling conflict for actor Vyacheslav Manucharov. According to him, this is the first such case in his career. The next performance is scheduled for November 17.
Javlon TursunovTwo passenger planes flying from Tashkent and Samarkand to Moscow were diverted to other cities due to temporary flight restrictions at Moscow airports. There were reports of the 'Carpet' regime due to a possible drone threat, but the official link between the restrictions and drones has not been confirmed. Uzbekistan Airways announced changes to routes and schedules for October 17–18.
Otabek YusupovOn the night of October 16, restrictions on receiving and dispatching flights were in effect at four Moscow airports and at St. Petersburg's Pulkovo. Dozens of flights were delayed or canceled, 94 drones were shot down over Moscow and four over Leningrad Oblast. The Atlantic, citing sources, writes that the Ukrainian campaign to disrupt Russian airports is 'only beginning'.
Aziz KarimovOn the evening of October 13, temporary restrictions were introduced at Moscow's airports, and more than 30 planes flying to the capital were diverted to alternate airfields. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported a drone attack without giving details. In Saratov Region, according to the governor, there is one fatality.
Aziz Karimov
