Ilya Milstein. Courtesy Photo Now you can’t check, because there is practically no one to ask, but Evgeny Primakov claimed that on the eve of the second war in the bay, meeting in Baghdad with Saddam, he handed him an oral message from friendly Moscow. And in it, the President of the Russian Federation seemed to advise President Iraq, in the name of love for his people, to resign. He, silently listening to the messenger, patted him on the shoulder and left the room. Further is known.

The ship "Kilektor-1". Photo: spb-guide.ru Russian warships Andromeda, Bira and Kilelector-1 were seen on Sunday within the special economic zone of Latvia. This was reported on Twitter of the National Armed Forces of Latvia. As noted by Lenta.ru, in the framework of the Russian-Belarusian military exercises "West-2017", almost 20 ships of the Baltic Fleet left permanent base points and entered the sea.

Who died in clashes in Odessa May 2, 2014. HramadSke.tv frame The collegium of the Ilyichevsky City Court of the Odessa region justified the prophetic participants in the clashes of Odessa on May 2, 2014. It is reported by "Duma". Only an episode was considered with clashes on Greek Square, which preceded the assault on the tent camp on the Kulikovo field and a fire in the house of trade unions. The court considered the defendants unproven in the participation and the organization of riots.

Tatyana Karpenko (left) and Natalya Grishina. Photo: kavkaz-uzel.eu The collegium of the North Caucasus District Military Court (Rostov-on-Don), chaired by Anatoly Kolesnik, sentenced Tatyana Karpenko to 14 and a half, and Natalya Grishina-to 9 years in general regime in the case of preparing a terrorist attack in Rostov. It is reported by the "Caucasian Knot". Karpenko was also fined for 150 thousand, and Grishina - for 100 thousand rubles.

Alexey Mironov after the announcement of the sentence. Photo: idelreal.org The judge of the Novocheboksary City Court of Chuvashia Natalia Balyasina sentenced Alexei Mironova, volunteer of the regional headquarters of Alexei Navalny, by 2 years old 3 months of a colony settlement in the case of extremism for two publications on a personal VK page. This was reported by "IDEL. Reali".

Sergey Lavrov and Rex Tillerson. Photo: state.gov The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. This was reported on the website of the American Department. The situation in Syria was discussed, in particular, the implementation of the UN Security Council resolution No. 2254 of December 2015.

Nikolai Semyon. Source: krymsos.com In the debate of the parties in the case of separatism, fabricated against the Simferopol journalist Nikolai Semen, the head of the department of state prosecutors of the annexed Crimea Svetlana Udanskaya requested for the defendant for three years with a three -year trial period. This was reported by "Crimea. Realities." Udanskaya also demanded to ban Semyon for all three years of a trial period to engage in any public activity.

Money. Photo: Grani.ru The government approved the indexation of pensions from January 1, 2018 by 3.7 percent. This was stated by the Inistan of Labor and Social Development Maxim Topilin, Interfax reports .

Zurab Sotkilava. Photo: bolshoi.ru In Moscow, in the 81st year of life, the soloist of the Bolshoi Theater, People's Artist of the USSR and Georgia Zurab Sotkilava died. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the wife of singer Aliso Turmanidze. "Zurab Lavrentievich died at night in the clinic. Farewell and burial will be held in Georgia," said Turmanidze. In 2015, doctors discovered a malignant tumor in Stekilava.

Raul Wallenberg, 1944 The judge of the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow Irina Afanasyeva refused to satisfy the lawsuit against the FSB of the niece of the Swedish diplomat Raul Vallenberg with a demand to provide information about his fate after the arrest in 1945. This is reported by Interfax. The FSB insisted that there is already access to some documents about the fate of Wallenberg.

70 years ago, on September 18, 1947, in the United States, on the basis of the Office of Strategic Services, which operated during World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency was created, whose task is to collect intelligence information through a network of agents and technical means outside American territory. The first head of the CIA was Rear Admiral Roscoe Hillenkotter, who was fired in 1950 after the agency failed to predict a North Korean invasion of South Korea.

White House. Photo: Wikipedia The government is trying to find 165 billion rubles to fulfill the order of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on the support of the annexed Crimea and the Kaliningrad region. It is reported by RBC. As TASS reports with reference to the head of the Ministry of Finance Anton Siluanov, at the next meeting of the government it is supposed to discuss an increase in excise taxes on gasoline.

Vsevolod Snurnitsyn. Photo: 71.fsin.su In the Tula region, the first deputy head of the regional Federal Penitentiary Service Colonel Vsevolod Snurnitsyn was detained. This was reported by the regional headquarters of the TFR. The 41-year-old Snurnitsyn is charged with part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code (receiving a bribe on an especially large amount), which provides from 8 to 15 years of the colony. The case was opened earlier on September 18.

On the top-Darasunsky mine. Frame "Russia-1" More than 20 miners, dismissed by reduction from the gold mine in the village of Vershino-Darasun, Tungokochensky district of the Trans-Baikal Territory, announced a hunger strike demanding a complete calculation. This was reported by "Zabmedia" with reference to Inna Babenko, a participant in the action. In late July - early August, Babenko said, about 500 mines' workers were reduced. The owner promised to pay the calculation on a normal salary day.

Siemens gas turbines in the port of Feodosia. Short video Reuters The Moscow Arbitration Court granted the petition of Siemens Technology of Gas Turbine, a joint venture of the German concern Siemens with the Russian company Power Machines, on transferring from defendants to Soystsy in the case of the supply of turbines to Crimea. This is reported by Interfax. The court postponed preliminary hearings on the lawsuit to October 16.