About 13.5 million microblogs are run by bots The number of Twitter users is 271 million people. However, according to the microblogging service's filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, some of this is due to bots, which could harm the company's revenue. Photo: Vladislav Sodel, Kommersant / buy photo The number of active Twitter users is currently about 271 million people. However, not all of them are human.

Ruslan Mazaev has been appointed general director of Primornefteprodukt OJSC (Vladivostok, a sales subsidiary of Alliance Oil Company in the Primorsky Territory), according to the company’s materials. Primornefteprodukt reported that Dmitry Maslovsky, who headed the joint-stock company since 2009, left the company.

Cloudiness with clearings, intermittent rain and occasional thunderstorms are predicted for August 13 in the capital region by Roshydromet forecasters. According to the weather service, in Moscow the air will warm up to 24-26 degrees, in the region it will be from 23 to 28 degrees. West wind, 5-10 m/s, gusts of 12-17 m/s in places, ITAR-TASS reports.

Prosecutor General of Ukraine Vitaly Yarema announced the investigation of about 50 criminal proceedings into the transfer of Ukrainian military personnel to Russian territory. “Prosecutors act as written in the law. They prepare materials for the court, and the court makes a decision whether to arrest or not to arrest.

Naftogaz of Ukraine proposes to hold trilateral negotiations on gas in the Ukraine-EU-Russia format, this is reported on the company’s website . “As a reliable transit country, NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine considers it its duty to warn European partners about possible risks and proposes to solve the problem through joint efforts through trilateral negotiations in the Ukraine-EU-Russia format,” the statement says.

Metropolitan Onuphry was elected primate The Council of Bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) of the Moscow Patriarchate today elected a new primate. He became Metropolitan of Chernivtsi and Bukovina Onuphry. The UOC stated that the choice of the Council of Bishops had already received a preliminary blessing from Patriarch Kirill in Moscow.

The United States confirmed the utilization of 100% of gas exported from Syria Stockpiles of sarin removed from Syria last year have been completely destroyed, the US Department of Defense said. However, on board the American military vessel, whose specialists are engaged in the destruction of chemical weapons, there are still about 20 tons of reagents for the production of mustard gas.

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced the dispatch of an additional contingent of 130 military advisers to Iraqi Kurdistan, RIA Novosti reported on August 13. According to the head of the Pentagon, American troops have already arrived in Iraq and are located near the capital of the autonomous region, the city of Erbil.

Yesterday, the chairman of the legislative assembly of the Nizhny Novgorod region and the head of the Minsk regional council of deputies, Ivan Lipnitsky, signed a cooperation agreement. According to the press service of the regional parliament, the parties, in particular, discussed partnership in terms of legislative work. “At the end of 2013, the Republic of Belarus took third place after the Netherlands and Germany in terms of total trade turnover with the Nizhny Novgorod region.

Dynamo Moscow beat Ufa at their home stadium in the third round match of the Russian Football Premier League with a score of 2:0. Christopher Samba scored in the 31st minute and Kevin Kuranyi scored in the 61st minute. In the fourth round on August 16, Ufa will play against Zenit St. Petersburg, and Dynamo will meet Arsenal Tula on the road on August 17.

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said that his country does not intend to ask anyone for permission to supply food to Russia. “I want to say right away that we do not need permission from anyone to sell food to friendly countries: as far as we know, Latin America is not part of the European Union,” RIA Novosti quotes Mr. Correa as saying.

Earthquakes in Ecuador on August 12 killed at least 2 people and injured 18 more, RIA Novosti reports. The magnitude of the earthquakes was 5.1 and 4.1, respectively, with the epicenter located near Quito at a depth of 5-7 km. Mobile communications were disrupted in a number of areas. According to authorities, people were killed and injured as a result of a collapse in a quarry near the capital. Two more people may remain trapped in the San Antonio de Pichincha area.

87 1 min. ... Yesterday, the Central Election Commission of Tatarstan held a draw to place the names and emblems of political parties on the ballot for voting in the elections to the State Council of the republic. Eight parties took part in the draw, whose representatives took turns taking envelopes from the table.

They are accused of violating antitrust laws Today it became known that the Chinese antitrust regulator is investigating more than 1 thousand Chinese and foreign companies. According to the Chinese regulator, companies unreasonably inflate prices for cars and spare parts sold on the local market. Audi, in respect of which the investigation has already been completed, admitted violations of antitrust laws and announced its readiness to pay a fine.

Four people will compete for the post of governor of the Primorsky Territory in the early elections on September 14. On Wednesday, the regional election commission registered as candidates the deputy of the legislative assembly of Primorye Vladimir Grishukov, nominated by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and the deputy of the Vladivostok Duma Andrei Andreichenko, representing the LDPR.