Governor of the Moscow Region Sergei Shoigu has achieved the first compensation for the expansion of Moscow, Vedomosti writes . President Vladimir Putin agreed with the need to cover net losses of the region’s budget with federal funds until 2016.

August 20, 2012, 20:00 Cars Death in an accident will be compared to a plane crash The Russian Union of Auto Insurers proposes to increase payments under compulsory motor liability insurance to 2 million rubles Anatoly Karavaev close 100% The Union of Auto Insurers proposed to sharply increase the amount of compensation under compulsory motor liability insurance for victims of road accidents. The amount of compensation may increase to 2 million rubles.

The owner of the Finstar investment holding, Oleg Boyko , sold a 51% stake in the Rive Gauche chain to two former co-owners of the Lenta chain, Dmitry Kostygin and August Meyer, the Kommersant newspaper writes .

In Belarus, a multi-unit road train is being prepared for trial operation. It consists of a tractor unit and three semi-trailers based on a promising hybrid drive design. The production of such road trains is provided for by the program for the development of the industrial complex of Belarus until 2020. Director General of the Joint Institute of Mechanical Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Andrei Dyuzhev, told reporters about the start of the tests.

Several original investors in discount service Groupon Inc., including Silicon Valley veteran Marc Andreessen , are leaving the company, The Wall Street Journal writes . At least four investors in the company, which has lost more than a third of its market value since its IPO, have sold or reduced their stake in Groupon in recent months. The sharp decline in Groupon shares and the collapse of Facebook and Zynga shares brought investors back to memories of the dot-com bubble in 2000.

TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak stated in her online blog that the Investigative Committee asked the Ekho Moskvy radio station to record broadcasts with her participation; the radio station confirmed this information. “It’s completely surreal: they called from Echo and said that they have an official letter from the Investigative Committee asking for my broadcasts and contact numbers,” wrote https://twitter.com/xenia_sobchak.

The government has reduced the period for officials to consider complaints received from citizens to 15 working days. The corresponding resolution and new rules for civil servants handling complaints are published on the government website . We are talking about complaints about violations of the procedure for the provision of public services due to unlawful decisions and actions of federal executive authorities, as well as officials of state extra-budgetary funds.

Sport Manchester United started with a defeat Everton beat Manchester United in the first round of the English Championship Ivan Lidsky close You can view the full gallery in a separate report See photos Manchester United lost away to Everton in the first round of the English Championship. The only goal was scored by striker Marouane Fellaini. Robin van Persie and Shinji Kagawa made their debuts as guests.

The winners of the 20th anniversary Russian film festival “Window to Europe” have been announced. The main prize in the category “best feature film” was given to two films - “Shopping Tour” directed by Mikhail Brashinsky and “Everyone is Gone” by Georgy Parajanov . Two special prizes were also awarded - actress Tatyana Kalganova ("Shopping Tour") was awarded for the best actress, and Sergei Machilsky ("Everybody's Gone") received the prize for best cinematography.

August 20, 2012, 12:07 Business Verdict for investors Investors fear Pussy Riot protests Julia Orlova close 100% the market stopped responding to oil growth Reuters The Russian stock exchange is not growing, despite expensive oil. This is a political discount: investors are afraid of protest movements due to the Pussy Riot verdict.

Hollywood director Tony Scott , who directed films such as Top Gun and Crimson Tide, committed suicide by jumping from the Los Angeles Harbor Bridge. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the city coroner's office. Scott, who was 68, was seen parking a car on the Vincent Thomas Bridge and then jumping into the water at about 12.30pm local time on Sunday, and his body was discovered by harbor security around three o'clock, said Lt. Joe Bale of the coroner's office.

In the village of Verkhniy Timerlek in Tatarstan, a water tower collapsed into a school yard, breaking glass and damaging doors in the village school building. Gazeta.Ru was informed about this by the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations . The tower, which stood 50 meters from the school, fell on Sunday afternoon. Glass and doors in the building were damaged by the flow of water that escaped from the tower. There were no deaths or injuries as a result of the incident.

In the city of Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region, on Monday morning an attempt was made to set fire to the St. George Naval Cathedral of the Baltic Fleet. As the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs told Gazeta.Ru, “two young men, 16 years old and 21 years old, who have already confessed to the crime, were detained without delay.” The hooligans also wrote the phrases “Open your eyes!”, “Leave faith”, “666” on the walls of the temple.

The Luzhniki Olympic complex in Moscow will begin to be reconstructed in the near future, said the mayor of the capital Sergei Sobyanin . “We are thinking of starting reconstruction of Luzhniki in the near future in order to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup,” Sobyanin said during a ceremony honoring the winners and medalists of the Olympic Games in London.

The identity of the suicide bomber who blew himself up during the funeral of a policeman in the village of Sagopshi, Malgobek district of Ingushetia, has been established, a representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic said.