Poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko has been discharged from the hospital after surgery to install a pacemaker, TASS reports. According to the poet's assistant, Mr. Yevtushenko will travel to the United States on September 7, but will return briefly to Moscow to perform at his concert at Luzhniki. “Evgeniy Aleksandrovich feels cheerful and discusses matters. On September 7 he flies to the USA, and on October 2 he will return to Russia. On October 3 he has a performance at Luzhniki.

Last week, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on the creation of the Kamchatka priority socio-economic development territory, the press service of the Ministry of Eastern Development reported. Thus, nine priority development areas have currently been created in the Far East.

US authorities are ready to consider imposing sanctions against individuals and companies in China that, in their opinion, are involved in hacker attacks on American institutions, The Washington Post reports, citing a source.

Almost half think it is harmful to society About half of Russians surveyed believe that propaganda brings “more harm” to society than “good.” According to the FOM survey data, mostly among citizens the word “propaganda” evokes unpleasant associations associated with “imposition” and “empty words.” Photo: Roman Yarovitsyn, Kommersant 48% of FOM respondents believe that propaganda in the media brings “more harm” to society than “good.” Most often, this opinion is held by young people from 18 to 30

The governor of Transbaikalia warned teachers about problems with paying salaries Governor of the Trans-Baikal Territory Konstantin Ilkovsky warned teachers and doctors about possible interruptions in the payment of salaries. In March of this year, state employees in the region went on strike because their wages were being delayed. As in the spring, the cause of the problems is a lack of funds in the regional budget. Photo: Evgeny Epanchintsev, Kommersant Mr.

What do they now give in debt instead of cash? Vacations are borrowed, health is borrowed, and even concert tickets are bought on credit. In conditions when banks cannot issue cash loans and clients do not want to take them, the development of targeted loans for all kinds of everyday needs has become a new trend.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that all the organizers of the riots near the Verkhovna Rada, which resulted in more than 100 people injured, will be severely punished. “Today I had a meeting with the security forces, and were given clear instructions to investigate these events. And all the perpetrators, organizers, all political forces will suffer severe punishment,” TASS quotes Mr. Poroshenko as saying.

The public Crimean Tatar television and radio company received universal licenses to broadcast the Millet TV channel and the Vatan Sedasy radio station, which were created to replace the ATR channel that had ceased broadcasting. Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Internal Policy, Information and Communications of Crimea Dmitry Polonsky told reporters about this today.

In the elections for governor of the Irkutsk region, a second round is unlikely, but possible Kommersant continues a series of reports from regions where governors will be elected on September 13. For the acting head of the Irkutsk region, Sergei Eroshchenko, this is the first campaign in his life.

The head of the Odessa city department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Oleg Makukha, was dismissed from his post for accepting a bribe of $20 thousand. “The Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Arsen Avakov, signed an order to dismiss the head of the Odessa city department of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Odessa region, police colonel Oleg Makukha.

The ban on food imports from Europe and the United States is effective and is already producing positive political results - Russia has become more respected in the world and its interests taken into account, according to 58% of participants in the Levada Center survey.

Multinational military exercises start in Ukraine Joint multinational exercises Sea Breeze begin on Monday in the Odessa and Nikolaev regions of Ukraine, as well as in the northwestern part of the Black Sea. Military personnel from Ukraine and NATO countries will take part in them.

A strong explosion was heard near the Verkhovna Rada building, TASS reports. About 15 security forces were wounded. Smoke bombs are flying at the police, and the area is filled with thick smoke. Previously, more than 3 thousand opponents of the adoption of changes to the Constitution of Ukraine from different regions are picketing the building of the country's parliament today.

Numbers 875 1 min. ... Paradox: despite all the reforms, more than half of Russians believe that teaching at school has become worse, and not everyone is happy about September 1

663 1 min. ... On August 22, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko unexpectedly released six people who were considered political prisoners in Europe and the United States. There was almost no comment on this event in the Belarusian press.