Main news for the morning of October 30 Chronicle of last Thursday's events The State Duma adopted the draft federal budget in first reading. Projected revenues are 43.3 trillion rubles, and expenditures are 48.74 trillion. The deficit is planned for 2.2% of GDP, decreasing to 1.9% in 2028 and 2029. The draft budget will be updated for a second reading VAT at the rate of 22% on all goods from foreign markets was adopted by the State Duma in the first reading. The authorities want to compare Russian and foreign stores. Tax will be automatically added to the final price. In Russia, they are planning to launch delivery using drones, the Ministry of Transport reported. The UAVs will deliver food, medicine, packages and documents. The pilot project will be launched in five areas in the country of a collapsed rock in a popular tourist spot in Turkey. The tragedy occurred in Cappadocia. There are dead and wounded. Huge stones fell near the entrance to the open museum Russia will continue to increase the number of African students in the country, including on a budgetary basis. It benefits the Russian Federation, Putin explained. In addition, according to him, African countries supported the idea of increasing the number of branches of Russian universities and foreign smartphones will begin to be cut off from communication. From March 2027, mandatory registration for foreign gadgets using IMEI may begin. Users will be given two weeks to register the device with the state services, after which the smartphones will be cut off from communication. The measures will only affect the devices purchased abroad and imported independently to Israel after April 2027 actor Patrick Stewart died. The X-Men star was 86 years old. Scammers scare you with fake appointments. The victim receives a notification about an apparently completed appointment and a link to cancel it. The site asks you to enter a code from an SMS, and then on behalf of the "Government Services Support" they offer to call the number. At the same time, fraudsters threaten and intimidate a person to force him to call. The Russians withdrew 85.9 billion rubles from urgent accounts.