By the 2015 international summits in Ufa, developers plan to commission seven of the eight hotels under construction, the head of the region, Rustem Khamitov, told the Rossiya-1 TV channel. He admitted that the shortage of “high-class hotels” was “Ufa’s weak point.” The “modern hotel buildings” under construction are, according to him, in varying degrees of readiness, from 45% to 85%. The construction should be completed by the summits, the head of the region is sure.

The Internet company acquired 48% of the social network for $1.47 billion Mail.ru Group bought 48% of Russia's largest social network VKontakte from Ilya Shcherbovich's United Capital Partners (UCP) fund. The transaction amount was $1.47 billion. Thus, Mail.ru Group became the sole owner of VKontakte.

Petro Poroshenko’s bill on a special procedure for local self-government in certain areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, published on the official website of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, provides for holding elections on December 7.

Analysts' opinions and forecasts on how the ruble will behave on September 17 The Russian foreign exchange market, with sharp changes in exchange rates, remains very attractive for investors.

In Egypt, six police officers were killed in a terrorist attack in North Sinai province on Tuesday. As RIA Novosti reports with reference to local media, militants detonated a landmine along the route of a police convoy between the peninsula cities of Rafah and Al-Arish.

The Perm Regional Court will begin to consider the appeal of the former deputy head of the Perm housing and communal services department, Andrei Berezin, against the verdict of the Leninsky District Court on September 25. Information about this is contained on the website of the judicial authority. Let us recall that on July 18, Mr. Berezin was found guilty of committing a crime under Part 6 of Art.

Official opinion Former Prime Minister, founder of the ruling Georgian Dream coalition, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, in an interview with the Kviris Palitra media holding, commented on the discussion between the government and the opposition about the advisability of more active intervention in Ukrainian affairs. He called the government's "balanced policy" the only way to prevent Georgia from being drawn into a major war.

The State Duma today adopted in the first reading the bill “On state regulation of activities for the transportation of passengers and luggage by passenger taxis in the Russian Federation and amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation.” According to the draft law, illegal taxi drivers, i.e. citizens who do not have the appropriate permit will face administrative fines in the amount of 30 thousand rubles.

At the end of last week, communist leader Gennady Zyuganov was awarded the Orthodox Order of Glory and Honor, III degree, and Patriarch Kirill was awarded the Communist Party of the Russian Federation medal “70 years of the liberation of Crimea and Sevastopol from the Nazi invaders.” Dmitry Gubin considers the mutual exchange of awards fair and symbolic, but insufficient for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. Photo: Photo from the personal archive of D.

In the departure area for international flights at Domodedovo, a passenger committed suicide by jumping from the stairs. “The competent authorities are conducting an investigation,” the airport emphasized. “The incident occurred last night when one of the passengers independently jumped from the stairs in the departure area. During the fall, the citizen received injuries incompatible with life.

Payments to Bank24.ru depositors will begin no later than September 30, 2014. “To promptly receive applications from citizens and pay them compensation on deposits as quickly as possible, the DIA intends to use agent banks; they will be selected on a competitive basis no later than September 22, 2014,” reports the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA). Let us remind you that today the Central Bank of Russia revoked the license to carry out banking operations from Bank24.ru.

The Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan sentenced 47-year-old businessman Eduard Gilyazov. The Investigative Department (ID) of the Investigative Committee for Tatarstan reported this yesterday. According to the Investigative Committee, the businessman was found guilty of evading taxes from an organization on a large scale (Articles 199 and 199.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), as well as forgery of documents (Article 327 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

“Group of Comrades” came up with new incentives for schoolchildren The fight over the abolition of scholarships for schoolchildren will continue. Yesterday, representatives of the “Group of Comrades” Sergei Kleptsin and Daria Eisfeld submitted their own bill to the regional legislative assembly, which involves introducing the “Future of the Perm Territory” honorary badge for talented eighth- to tenth-graders. Recipients are promised a one-time cash incentive from 5 to 10 thousand rubles.

The Election Commission of Crimea recognized the elections to the State Council of the Republic held on September 14 as valid and valid. “Recognize the elections of deputies of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea of ​​the first convocation in the republican electoral district and in single-mandate electoral districts as valid and valid,” says the decision of the election commission, adopted unanimously at a meeting on September 16.

The Bank of Russia will continue to implement monetary policy (MPP) independently and independently, and consultations with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economic Development on some issues will be informal, the regulator’s press service told RIA Novosti on September 16.