The plane of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations delivered 70 Russians and citizens of CIS countries from Syria, RIA Novosti reports citing department representative Irina Rossius. According to her, the IL-76 landed at Domodedovo airport. He arrived from Latakia at 23:15. Among the arrivals, according to Rossius, are 52 citizens of Russia, 8 of Ukraine, five of Belarus, three of Uzbekistan and two Syrians - husbands of Russian women.

The German automaker Daimler AG intends to create an unmanned vehicle by 2020 and thus regain its first place among premium car manufacturers, reports Reuters. Automakers and suppliers around the world are working to create safe and convenient cars through automation and are trying to bring their technologies to the mass market. “We want to be the first to launch autonomous functions in vehicle production,” said Thomas Weber, head of development at Daimler AG.

Prime Minister of Russia, leader of United Russia Dmitry Medvedev arrived at the central office of the party to sum up the results of the single voting day with the leadership of United Russia, Interfax reports . He intends to communicate via videoconference with representatives of party branches in the regions where elections are being held on Sunday.

Acting Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin received 54.72% of the votes in the elections of the capital's mayor, held on September 8, in second place was the candidate from RPR-Parnas, oppositionist Alexei Navalny with 24.13%, said the Chairman of the Moscow City Election Commission Valentin Gorbunov based on the results of the count of 11.7 % of ballots. The latest published data shows a narrowing gap between the two leaders.

In Moscow, on September 8, from 08:00 to 20:00, voting for the election of the mayor of Moscow will take place at 3,411 polling stations. Of these, 30% of polling stations (1035) are equipped with COIBs - electronic devices for scanning ballots. KOIBs are installed in the Central and Southern administrative districts of Moscow, as well as in the Shcherbinka urban district of “new Moscow”. All polling stations are equipped with video surveillance systems.

RIA Novosti The results of the expression of will in Moscow were an unpleasant surprise for the Kremlin “This is a victory, a normal, confident victory,” Lyudmila Shvetsova, head of Sergei Sobyanin’s election headquarters, assured journalists an hour and a half after the polling stations closed. The city authorities, Shvetsova said, were finally able to hold fair, independent democratic elections.

The editor-in-chief of Gazeta.Ru, Svetlana Lolaeva, is leaving her post, Russian Planet reports , citing her statement. According to Lolaeva, the chairman of the board of directors of the Afisha-Rambler-SUP holding, Alexander Mamut, informed her about the resignation. “He told me that there were no complaints about my work, they had just been looking for a new editor-in-chief for a long time,” the publication quotes her.

In the Losino-Petrovsky district of the Moscow region, the territorial election commission (TEC) is being evacuated due to a call about a bomb, Interfax reports , citing a source in law enforcement agencies. According to the source, the TIC is currently being evacuated. There is no official confirmation of this information yet. On Sunday, September 8, in the Moscow region, as part of the Unified Voting Day, the election day for the governor of the Moscow region is taking place.

A Russian Emergency Situations Ministry plane transported 70 Russians and citizens of CIS countries from Syria to Moscow, Interfax reports , citing Russian Emergency Situations Ministry representative Irina Rossius. According to her, an Il-76 plane took off from Latakia, carrying 70 people who wished to leave Syria. During the flight, EMERCOM psychologists and an operational group work with them.

The Pentagon intends to launch a military operation in Syria and launch missile and bomb attacks on the Arab country within three days, the Los Angeles Times reports , citing its sources. According to the newspaper, the Pentagon and the White House are currently preparing for an attack. “Several series of strikes will be carried out, and each strike will be followed by an assessment of the situation.

Rescuers from the Moscow region discovered an oil slick on the Moscow River near Krasnogorsk, according to the website of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Moscow Region. As the message says, at approximately 15:07 a message was received that an oil spill had been discovered in the Moscow River at the address: Krasnogorsk, microdistrict. Pavshinskaya floodplain, Volokolamsk pier. A detachment of oil skimmers was sent to the site: 5 units of equipment and 18 people.

The Moscow City Election Commission counted more than 25% of the protocols from the polling stations where the mayoral elections were held on Sunday, September 8, RIA Novosti reports . According to the processing of 25.44% of the protocols, the acting mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin received 52.96% of the votes, the candidate from RPR-Parnas, oppositionist Alexei Navalny - 25.88%.

photo by Artem Holoshchapov for Forbes Negotiations on the purchase are being conducted by three members of the Forbes list at once - Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Mikhail Gutseriev and Vladimir Kogan For more than a month now, the name “Uralkali” has not left the front pages. The company found itself at the center of a high-profile international scandal, its CEO Vladislav Baumgertner was arrested by the KGB of Belarus, and the main shareholder Suleiman Kerimov (No.

Passengers of the UTair flight, which was delayed for several hours for unknown reasons, staged a rally at the capital's Domodedovo airport, the Russian News Service reports , citing one of the passengers. According to him, flight No. 5231, which was supposed to fly to Antalya at 04:05, was delayed until 12:02 for unknown reasons. “Passengers on the flight began to dance in a circle, raise their hands, squat, and chant: “Airplane, airplane.” A policeman came up and calmed me down. That's all.

Lyudmila Shvetsova, head of headquarters of Moscow mayoral candidate Sergei Sobyanin, considers the past elections a “confident victory,” a Forbes correspondent reported. According to her, 5,000 observers worked from Sobyanin’s headquarters.