An underwater earthquake occurred in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk near the Kuril Islands. “An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 occurred at 05:39 Sakhalin time (22:39 Moscow time on September 16). The epicenter of the earthquake was located 45 km west of Iturup Island (Middle Kuriles), and its source was at a depth of 70 km under the seabed,” a representative of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station told ITAR-TASS .

Monitoring / world economy After Russia announced an embargo on food imports from the EU countries, the USA, Australia, Canada and Norway, Russia intensified the search for alternative suppliers.

Hainan Airlines will open direct regular flights from Yekaterinburg to Beijing from October 10. The flight will be operated twice a week on an A-330-200. Tour operator Forsazh Plus has become Hainan Airlines' partner in implementing the new flight program. The minimum one-way fare will be 13 thousand rubles. In total, in 2014, 23 foreign carriers operated flights from Koltsovo Airport on a regular basis.

First Deputy Head of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of the Russian Federation Vladimir Shvetsov said that, as of September 10, 941 driving schools throughout Russia submitted applications for approval of the curriculum and material and educational base. Of these, 107 received a positive decision on the approval of programs, 22 received a conclusion on the compliance of the material and educational base.

They will be able to stay on the ferry for 72 hours Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree introducing a visa-free regime for foreign citizens to stay in Sevastopol. The period during which a citizen of another country has the right to stay in Sevastopol without applying for a visa will be three days.

Vadim Potomsky believes that voters should choose from individuals The governor of the Oryol region, communist Vadim Potomsky, intends to change the formation of the legislative assembly, reducing the number of list members to 25% and increasing the number of single-mandate members to 75%. The opposition, including the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, is against the initiative, but United Russia, which controls the regional council, supports the governor.

The prosecutor's office of the Sverdlovsk region found no signs of extremism in the text posted in the diary and accompanied by an image of Adolf Hitler. However, “the said image may harm the moral and ethical development of children, which is unacceptable.

The defense team of the chairman of the board of directors of AFK Sistema, Vladimir Yevtushenkov, plans today to appeal the decision on his house arrest, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source familiar with the situation. “We plan to appeal today,” the agency’s interlocutor said. Earlier it was reported that Vladimir Yevtushenkov was charged with money laundering. He was placed under house arrest until November 16. Read more about this case in the Kommersant article “The system worked.”

"Picture and Frame" in the Tretyakov Gallery Exhibition painting Previous photo Photo: Kommersant / Anatoly Zhdanov / buy photo Photo: Kommersant / Anatoly Zhdanov / buy photo Photo: Kommersant / Anatoly Zhdanov / buy photo Next photo 1 / 5 The ceremonial portrait of the Russian Empress Elizaveta Petrovna received its current frame much later than it was painted - in the middle of the 19th century Photo: Kommersant / Anatoly Zhdanov / buy photo Photo: Kommersant / Anatoly Zhdanov / buy photo

Deputy Prime Minister of the DPR Andrei Purgin said that early elections to the Verkhovna Rada scheduled for October 26 will not be held on the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. “We will ignore the elections to the Verkhovna Rada. We will hold our elections in the republic before the end of the year. The date has not yet been determined, since there is no law on elections in the DPR. It has yet to be accepted,” ITAR-TASS quotes Mr. Purgin.

“Patriots of Russia” are crowding out United Russia members in elections in municipalities of the Krasnoyarsk Territory The leader of the local “Patriots of Russia”, journalist Yulia Strelnikova, was elected head of the city of Nazarovo (Krasnoyarsk Territory), supported by reputable businessman Anatoly Bykov. According to the election results, she was almost 10% ahead of United Russia candidate Sergei Sukharev.

Kyiv is concerned about the decrease in transit supplies of Russian gas through the territory of Ukraine and Slovakia. Energy Minister of Ukraine Yuriy Prodan sent a letter to the European Commission with a request to help resolve the current situation to restore and normalize transit supplies of Russian natural gas through the territory of Ukraine and Slovakia.

At a meeting on September 16, the board of directors of Voronezh Joint-Stock Aircraft Manufacturing Company (VASO) re-elected as its chairman the president of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), Mikhail Pogosyan, who has headed the board of directors since 2011, follows from the company’s report. Previously, the collegial body was headed by Irkut President Oleg Demchenko.

Siemens Transformers LLC, located in the Voronezh industrial park Maslovsky, signed a contract for the supply of transformers with South Tambey LNG, which is participating in the construction of a liquefied gas plant at the South Tambey gas field (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) for $10 million. According to the document, Siemens Transformers will produce 24 power transformers of various types with a power of up to 125 MVA and a voltage of up to 115 kV.

Nikkei 225 15911.53 (-36.76) RTS 1202 (+7.27) FTSE 100 6792.24 (-11.97) DAX 30 9632.93 (-26.7) DJIA* 17133.59 (+102.45) NASDAQ Composite* 4540.104 (+21.202) *At 20:47. According to Reuters. Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 167 dated September 17, 2014, page 9