Hard drive manufacturer Western Digital is buying corporate SSD solutions developer Virident for $685 million. Upon closing of the transaction, Virident's business will be fully integrated into Western Digital's HGST (formerly Hitachi Global Storage Technologies) division. Virident is best known in the market for its FlashMax line of products designed for storing enterprise data on flash drives. The company also produces software for managing SSD arrays on a data center scale.

In their opinion, the electorate of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and A Just Russia did not come to the elections Leaders of parliamentary parties argued today at the first plenary meeting of the State Duma of the autumn session, clarifying the reasons for the low turnout in the elections held last Sunday. The leader of the A Just Russia faction, Sergei Mironov, called for moving the single voting day to October or November; he was supported by the communists.

The head of the A Just Russia party and its faction in the State Duma, Sergei Mironov, believes that the head of the Ministry of Education and Science, Dmitry Livanov, should resign. “Soon we will have one interesting event. On October 9, Mr. Livanov, the Minister of Science and Education, will come to us at the State Duma. I think that all deputies will have questions about what is going on,” the Interfax agency quotes Sergei Mironov. “Mr. Livanov needs to be driven to the neck.

He failed due to technical reasons As of today, the Bank of Russia has revoked the license of the European Industrial Bank. The actual cessation of the credit institution's activities led to "a real threat to the bank's creditors and depositors." At the same time, as the Central Bank notes, neither the bank’s management nor its owners took measures to “restorate the financial position” of the bank.

Kazakh citizen Ilya Pyanzin, accused of preparing an assassination attempt on Vladimir Putin, was sentenced to ten years in a maximum security colony, Interfax reports. Previously, he admitted his guilt in the crime charged against him. The prosecutor asked to sentence the defendant to 15 years in a maximum security colony. At the same time, the trial of Ilya Pyanzin’s alleged accomplice Adam Osmayev is taking place in Ukraine.

Marat Kashapov, the current deputy chairman of the bank's board, became the interim acting chairman of the National Bank of Bashkiria, the bank's press service reported. Rustem Mardanov, who has headed the bank since 2000, let us recall, yesterday transferred to the government and was appointed first deputy prime minister of the republic. According to the bank's press service, the Bank of Russia expressed gratitude to him for his many years of conscientious work in the system. Irina Samoilova

The company is ready to spend at least $10 billion on this As Bloomberg reported this morning, one of China's leading oil and gas companies, PetroChina, is considering acquiring a minority stake in gas fields in Siberia controlled by Gazprom and Rosneft. The Chinese are ready to allocate at least $10 billion for this.

The White House has so far failed to convince lawmakers The Barack Obama administration may not receive congressional approval for a strike on Syria. This option became quite realistic after it became clear that the White House does not have “irrefutable evidence” of the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian authorities, and only Saudi Arabia is ready to provide military support to the United States. Many in the US and the world fear that Barack Obama will follow the path of George W.

The cause of the crash of the Mi-2 helicopter, in which three people died, according to preliminary data, was engine failure, the Sakhalin regional branch of DOSAAF reported. “The helicopter belongs to the regional branch of DOSAAF of the Russian Federation. On Monday morning, he was performing a scheduled flight - work under a contract with the Sakhalin Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (SakhNIRO),” the source said.

Cross-border cooperation The Far Eastern Territorial Administration of Rosgranitsa has released updated information on the work of international checkpoints. As of September 9, mixed checkpoints (CCP) Blagoveshchensk, Poyarkovo, Skovorodino (Amur Region) and Pokrovka (Khabarovsk Territory) are operating on the river section of the Russian-Chinese state border.

Syria, accepting the Russian initiative, is ready to completely abandon chemical weapons and join the international convention on their ban, said Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem. “In accordance with the Russian initiative, Syria will completely abandon chemical weapons,” Mr. Muallem said in an interview with the Arab satellite TV channel Al-Mayadeen.

A technical specification has been prepared for the preparation of a new charter for Perm. The head of the city, Igor Sapko, told Kommersant about this. The document, according to him, was developed “based on the last meeting of the working group (which is engaged in adjusting the charter - Kommersant).” Igor Sapko noted that “not a single round table to discuss the terms of reference” should take place. This process, according to Igor Sapko, will be organized in September-October.

US House Speaker John Boehner said he is skeptical about the proposal to transfer control of chemical weapons in Syria to the international community. Speaking to reporters, he expressed dissatisfaction with “the actors who are involved in this,” AP reports. Mr Boehner supported Barack Obama's initiative to use force against Syria as punishment for the alleged use of chemical weapons against civilians.

The organizer received fifteen years in a maximum security colony, the perpetrator received a year more Yesterday, the St. Petersburg City Court sentenced members of an ethnic criminal group accused of murdering the general director of one of the city's largest markets, LLC City Wholesale Market Salova, 52, Sergei Sosnovtsev.

The President gave recommendations to the newly elected governors 5K 2 minutes. ... Vladimir Putin met today in Novo-Ogarevo with the heads of regions elected on September 8. The president expects governors to form “capable government bodies.” Russian President Vladimir Putin Photo: Dmitry Azarov, Kommersant Russian President Vladimir Putin today met with the ten heads of constituent entities of the Russian Federation elected last Sunday.