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Non-Moscow news for the night of October 16

🔹 Governor Samara Region Vyacheslav Fedorishchev admitted that he acted too emotionally when dismissing the head of the Kinelsky district Yuri Zhidkova. "I apologize for the manner in which I acted, to everyone who saw this video, to everyone who heard this manner, and to our residents, of course. Ultimately, this is not how a manager should react to the negligence of his subordinates." "The regional head stated. He noted that the basis for the resignation was not a single violation, but a chain of negligent decisions.

🔹 Two more workers died in BuryatiaBoth are citizens of other countries who were building a private house in the 125th microdistrict. Ulan-UdeThey suffered carbon monoxide poisoning in a temporary shelter made from a car body. Their bodies were discovered only two days later. Investigators have launched an investigation. This is the fourth such incident in Buryatia this month.

🔹 An 18-year-old music school student and vocalist St. Petersburg street group Stoptime Diana "Naoko" Loginova She was left overnight at the 78th police station, Rotonda reports. Loginova's relatives confirmed this information. The charges against her are still unknown.

🔹 Payouts to contract soldiers were reduced fivefold Samara region — up to 400 rubles, excluding the federal portion (another 400). Since January 1, 2025, the payment in the Samara Region has been 3,6 million, the largest in the country. Currently, this increased payment is retained only for reserve officers.

🔹 Abortions in the USSR killed more people than Hitler, according to a State Duma deputy. Oleg Matveyevich. "And the highest birth rates are in poor countries, and the worst birth rates are where they're rich, period. So all this talk about 'give us apartments,' 'give us benefits,' 'give us,' and then we'll deign to have children for you—it's all just a lie," the parliamentarian stated and added that many people experience grief when they receive information about the death of soldiers in the "SVO", but at the same time they hardly notice that "at the same time, the same number of people, even more, die from abortions."