US Embassy in Russia. Photo: us-visas.info Moscow can additionally reduce the staff of the American diplomatic mission by another 155 people. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference at the BRICS summit, the Kremlin press service reports . Of the 455 Russian diplomats in the United States, 155 people work at the UN, Putin noted. “Strictly speaking, they are not diplomats accredited by the State Department,” the president said.

Nikita Belykh after the detention. Photo TFR Former Governor of the Kirov region Nikita Belykh, who is charged with two episodes of bribery, at the first hearing on the merits of his case, opened in the Presnensky district court of Moscow, categorically rejected the charges. It is reported by "Mediazona".

Kirill Serebrennikov. Photo with personal FB page Home arrest of director Kirill Serebrennikov does not mean that he is to blame for something. This was stated by President Vladimir Putin at a press conference in China, Interfax reports . “There are no questions to Serebrennikov by the authorities: compliance with the law in the use of budget money,” Putin said. “Despite the fact that he is under house arrest, this does not mean that he is to blame for something.

Sergey Udaltsov after liberation. Photo from FB page Anastasia Udaltsova The coordinator of the Left Front Sergei Udaltsov, who was released from the colony less than a month ago after the deadline for the Swamp case, was called for interrogation in the TFR. The first was reported by the Mash Telegram channel; Soon, the official representative of the Investigation Department Svetlana Petrenko confirmed this information to Interfax.

Monument to Dzerzhinsky in Kirov. Photo: 7x7-journal.ru In Kirov, in the courtyard of the city club of veterans, a monument was opened to the chairman of the Cheka - OGPU Felix Dzerzhinsky. This was reported on the website of the regional government. The idea of ​​installing the monument was made by the Council of Veterans of the Regional FSB. On May 31, the Kirov Mountain Duma approved the initiative.

Alexander Skobov. Courtesy Photo The protest of Muslims at the Embassy of Myanmar (former Burma) is an event for Russia is extremely unusual. And not only because the police for the first time in many years did not disperse an unauthorized mass assembly. In Russia, in general, there still have not been there mass public protests against violation of human rights in other countries.

Vladimir Putin. Photo: kremlin.ru The DPRK will not refuse to develop nuclear weapons under the pressure of sanctions, as he considers this program a security issue. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference in China, RIA Novosti reports . “You think that, due to the adoption of some sanctions, North Korea will refuse the course that she took to create weapons of mass destruction,” Putin said.

The emblem of the Council of Europe Russia may be excluded from the Council of Europe. According to Politico, this was stated by Secretary General of Sebjurn Jagund. Moscow continues to hold the Crimea captured from Ukraine and leads a “completely unacceptable” policy, refusing to allow the Commissioner of the Human Rights to this region, the interlocutor of the publication explained. At the same time, Jagland said that so far it has not been made a fundamental decision to exclude Russia.

Vovan and Lexus. Frame BBC A fake letter on behalf of the director Kirill Serebrennikov, German actor Lars Idinger published after a call of Russian pranks Vovan (Vladimir Kuznetsov) and Lexus (Alexei Stolyarov). This was reported on Twitter Vovan. According to the prankers, in the evening of September 3, they talked on the phone with Audiger on behalf of Serebrennikov and asked him to place a letter on their page.

School No. 1 in Ivanteevka. Photo: Edumsko.ru In the Ivanteevka near Moscow, the 15-year-old nine-class school No. 1 attacked the teacher and blew up several firecrackers, after he received a remark due to being late for the lesson, Interfax reports . The teacher is hospitalized with an open craniocre injury, several students jumped out of the window, receiving bruises and fractures.

Russian soldiers in Syria. Source: NV.UA Only 30 percent of Russians believe that Russia should continue the military operation in Syria. This is evidenced by the results of a survey of the Levada Center conducted in late August. At the same time, almost half of the respondents, 49 percent, spoke out for the completion of the operation. Over the past year, the attention of Russians has decreased to events in Syria.

50 years ago, on September 5, 1967, the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "On citizens of Tatar nationality living in Crimea" was issued.

Tair Smedlyaev. Photo: krymr.com Judge of the Kirovsky District Court of Crimea Roman Mikhailov removed the criminal record from the defendant of the “case on May 3” Tair Smedlyaeva, who at the end of 2015 received two years conditionally with a three-year trial for a fabricated accusation of the Berkutovtsy. The decision made on Monday, at the same time, the lawyer Eden Semedlyaev said at his FB page.

Foreign Ministry of Ukraine. Photo from the website of the department Ukraine is ready to work out the issue of deploying the UN peacekeeping operation in the Donbass, the country's official commentary says. However, among the peacekeepers, Russian soldiers should not be present.

SPTU-1 in the PGT Refine. Photo: Reftinskiy.ru Judge of the Asbestovsky City Court of the Sverdlovsk region, Sergei Vakhnin, sentenced Sergei Bakshaev, deputy director for a special professional traffic regime of a closed type No. 1 for “difficult” adolescents in the PGT refiner and former policeman, by three years of age of general regime for the torture of pupils. It is reported by Znak.com.