
Two weeks before the new iPhone
Apple called the date of presentation of new models - it will be held on September 12. The company will show three new smartphones at once, but the main thing is the iPhone 8.
The Kremlin is looking for a worthy opponent for Vladimir Putin in the presidential election - and this is not Alexey Navalny. A woman may become a presidential candidate, Vedomosti writes . 5-7 applicants are considered, of which three are from “Fair Russia”. But Ksenia Sobchak would be an ideal candidate, the interlocutors of the publication say.
In the Zamoskvoretsky court, hearings in the case of the former Minister of Economy Alexei Ulyukaev resumed. Today, the court hears the first witnesses (whether Igor Sechin will be among them is not clear). The online broadcast can be monitored here .
The Bank of Russia will conduct “control purchases” in banks - the regulator expects that this will help to convict bankers in double accounting, as a result of which depositors' money is behind the balance of the bank. In 2017, 11 thousand people suffered from this scheme, they lost their contributions to 9.8 billion rubles.
The number of those who died from Hurricane Harvey grew to 44 , more than a million inhabitants of Texas had to leave their homes. Among other consequences are explosions in a chemical factory near Houston.