“Free” tourists from Russia are actively exploring Europe. These are the results of a study of one of the profile portals. Refusal of the services of a tour operator allows you to save money, but in case of problems you can only rely on yourself, experts say. Photo: Galina Azulai, Kommersant / buy photo Russian tourists choose Barcelona, ​​Kyiv and Prague. These cities topped the summer ranking of the most popular destinations among those planning their own vacation.

The Arab League called on the UN to take action against the Syrian government. According to Reuters, the participating countries concluded that the authorities used chemical weapons against civilians. Details from Renata Badanova. Photo: REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh, Reuters A common solution was found despite a dispute between representatives of the League of Arab States. Saudi Arabia and Qatar are pushing for military intervention in the conflict, while Egypt, Jordan and Iraq are opposed.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to discuss the situation in Syria at the upcoming G20 summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. A source in German government circles reported this to RIA Novosti . “The situation in Syria will naturally be discussed at the G20 summit, although initially it is dedicated to solving economic problems. Mrs.

Catalog 392 2 minutes. ... American cinema has done a lot to combat racism. In films of the 1950s and 60s. often starred actor Sir Sidney Poitier - one of the first black film stars in Hollywood Photo: AFP "A Raisin in the Sun" (1961) The film is based on the play by Lorraine Hansberry, which describes the conflicts and everyday life of a black family from the south of Chicago. Proud, self-confident Lina Younger (Claudia McNeil) raised and raised her children alone.

Almost $300 million left the country An increase in purchases of imported goods by $1.5 billion, in particular gas, led to the persistence of the balance of payments deficit in July. Only a significant influx of investments, both direct and portfolio, prevented a greater outflow of currency.

The foreign ministers of the League of Arab States (LAS) countries, who gathered for a meeting in Cairo, called on the UN and the world community to take action against the Syrian government, which, according to the foreign ministers of the Arab League countries, used chemical weapons against civilians, RIA Novosti reported on September 2 » with reference to Reuters.

France announced that it is ready to impose sanctions against the ruling regime of Syria in response to the use of chemical weapons by the government forces of this country near Damascus on August 21.

The introduction of a recycling fee will not affect their cost yet The haste to introduce a recycling fee in Ukraine forces the authorities to change the rules of the game on the fly. Only on Friday, two days before the law came into force, car importers received an explanation from the State Traffic Inspectorate that the fee would not apply to cars imported before September 1. In addition, the Ministry of Environment proposed to change the principles for calculating the amount of the fee.

The target audience of apartments has changed significantly in recent years. If earlier this type of housing was considered rather as an option for young families, now it is in demand among older people, says Andrei Voskresensky. Until recently, marketers viewed apartments either as executive residences, as the first home for a young family, or as an investment that would eventually be in demand in one of these two categories.

497 1 min. ... Rosh Hashanah , the Jewish holiday celebrating the creation of the world (New Year), is celebrated on September 5-6 this year. Under the leadership of the Chief Rabbi of Russia Berl Lazar, on the eve of the holiday, a wall calendar was published for the next year, the 5774th year of the Jewish calendar - it was illustrated with photographs of famous synagogues. The calendar is distributed free of charge in Jewish communities in Russia and the CIS countries.

Private bussiness 1K 1 min. ... Yuri Trutnev, who has held the position of Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Far Eastern Federal District since August 2013, has been reappointed to this post. Details of his biography are in the Kommersant material. Trutnev Yuri Petrovich was born on March 1, 1956 in Perm into a family of oil workers. In 1978 he graduated from the Perm Polytechnic Institute with a degree in mining engineer.

Edward Snowden released information confirming the US National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance of telephone conversations and Internet communications of the leaders of Brazil and Mexico, the Associated Press reports. The material was also published in the Washington Post and aired on Brazilian television.

Evgeny Fedorov left Oleg Deripaska's energy holding Evgeny Fedorov, who has managed Oleg Deripaska’s energy assets since 2010, left the post of CEO of Eurosibenergo on September 1. The name of the new head of the energy holding has not yet been announced. It is also not clear whether there will be a new position for Mr. Fedorov in the structures of Oleg Deripaska’s En+ industrial holding, but according to Kommersant, the top manager may leave the group.

And the government will cut productive budget expenditures The president did not share the optimism of his economic assistant Andrei Belousov, supporting the government in further cutting budget expenditures. Vladimir Putin explained the inevitability of such a step clearly: “The world economy has collapsed, and ours is following it.” The current design of the “budgetary maneuver” for the next three years involves reducing spending on human capital and investment.

On September 2, school assemblies dedicated to the Day of Knowledge and the beginning of the school year were held throughout the country. How schools received students - in the Kommersant-Online photo gallery. This year the main theme of the class hour was the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Russian Federation Photo: Yuri Martyanov, Kommersant