Vladimir Putin confirmed Kommersant’s data about how the ex-US intelligence analyst ended up in Russia 6K 1 min. ... Fugitive American intelligence analyst Edward Snowden asked employees of the Russian Consulate General in Hong Kong for help, Vladimir Putin said. The Russian president thus confirmed information previously published by Kommersant about how Edward Snowden got to Russia.

It became known that US Senator John McCain, who called the possible decision to abandon the military operation in Syria a disaster, played poker on his phone during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where the Syrian issue was considered, writes the Washington Post . The Republican senator himself wrote on Twitter : “Scandal! Caught playing on his iPhone during a Senate meeting that lasted over three hours. The worst thing is that I lost." Mr.

The Kataysk District Court issued a verdict in a criminal case against the head of the city of Kataysk (Kurgan region) Valentin Maslakov. He was found guilty of committing fraud using his official position. According to the press service of the Kurgan Region Prosecutor's Office, the court found that Valentin Maslakov in January 2013 entered into three fictitious contracts to carry out work on garbage collection and improvement of the city park near the Luchezar House of Culture.

The Cabinet of Ministers has reduced the list of documents required to obtain a license to carry out land assessment work. According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, the government approved the corresponding resolution on September 4.

The famous Battle of Borodino took place, the US government received the nickname "Uncle Sam", Brazil declared independence from Portugal, the settlement of Trimontain was renamed Boston and other events of this day Previous photo 2011. A terrible disaster in Russia: a plane carrying the hockey team "Lokomotiv" (Yaroslavl) crashed near Yaroslavl 1630 The settlement of Trimontain was renamed Boston and proclaimed the capital of Massachusetts.

Nikita Belykh, Governor of the Kirov Region: –– We don’t need mechanical cuts, we need efficiency. It is necessary to reduce where expenses do not provide the planned effectiveness. But we must take into account the specifics. For example, small schools are ineffective, but increasing efficiency by cutting them will achieve nothing but rebellion. We need to offer something in return, and this will require investments in the development of transport, a distance learning system, and a hostel.

The Antonov state enterprise (SE, Kyiv) and the largest aircraft engine manufacturer in the CIS, Motor Sich (Zaporozhye), agreed with the Cuban Aviation Corporation (Cuba) to modernize the existing An-2 multifunctional aircraft fleet in Cuba (140 units) into a modification An-2-100, says the Antonov State Enterprise.

The President of Russia believes that “not everything is fine” with the current law on NGOs—“foreign agents”—and it needs to be improved. At a meeting with human rights activists, he said that he was ready to listen to proposals regarding the modernization of legislation in the field of registration of NPOs, Interfax reports. “I agree with those critics who say that not everything is fine here, this is so.

FSUE Russian Post has put into commercial operation a new international postal exchange place (IMPO) at the Kazansky railway station in Moscow, the Russian Post said in a statement. The new MMPO will specialize in processing and customs clearance of international parcels around the clock. At the same time, it is planned to test new software - a unified information system for customs and postal employees. Currently, only one production line is running at MMPO.

Secretary of the International Coordination Council “Our Common Home – Altai” Boris Larin met with Deputy Chairman of the People's Government of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of the People's Republic of China Shi Dagan. According to the official website of the Altai Territory, a proposal has been sent to the Chinese side to study the possibility of organizing direct flights between Barnaul and the capital of the XUAR, Urumqi.

45% of Ukrainian citizens surveyed by Research&Branding Group support the integration of Ukraine into the European Union, 36% into the Customs Union of the Common Economic Space (Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan). At the same time, 19% of respondents found it difficult to answer. In addition, Ukrainians were asked whether it was necessary to sign an Association Agreement with the European Union. 49% of respondents answered that in general yes, 31% - in general no, 20% found it difficult to answer.

Arab countries have offered to bear the costs of possible US forceful intervention in Syria, US Secretary of State John Kerry said at congressional hearings. "As for the Arab countries offering to take on the cost and estimate it, the answer is yes, indeed. They have offered. That offer is being considered," Mr. Kerry said. "Some of them said that if the US is willing to do all this, as we have done before in other countries, they will bear these costs. That's how committed they are to us.

Transneft has completed repairs to the Samara-Lisichansk oil pipeline and will resume oil exports from Novorossiysk on September 5. “At 10:00 Moscow time, repairs on the main oil pipeline were completed, and at 10:05 Moscow time the filling of the pipe began. It is necessary to collect a tanker shipment of oil into tanks.

Shale gas production is growing in the United States, coal is moving to Europe, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) technologies are globalizing the energy market. Russia intends to respond to these challenges by building infrastructure and implementing gas liquefaction projects. In 2012, the volume of trade in liquefied natural gas amounted to 240 million tons.

Vladimir Putin decided on measures to eliminate the consequences of the disaster The administration of Komsomolsk-on-Amur yesterday decided to begin an urgent evacuation of residents of the private sector of the flooded village named after Mendeleev, the press service of the city administration reported. The level of the Amur in the Komsomolsk region passed the critical level of 650 cm a few days ago and on Tuesday morning was 820 cm, having risen by 17 cm in one day.