The Russian Foreign Ministry contrasted the American evidence about the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian authorities with the testimony of the abbess of the monastery of St. James, Mother Agnes Mariam Al-Salib. As stated on the Foreign Ministry website, Mother Agness shared her observations with a correspondent for the Russia Al-Yaum TV channel (the Arabic version of Russia Today).

The Ministry of Natural Resources recognized Kursk as the most environmentally friendly city in Russia. on September 6 The rating was published on the ministry’s website. Second place in the ranking was taken by Moscow, third by Kaluga, fourth by Saransk, fifth by Izhevsk, sixth by St. Petersburg. In total, the rating included 85 cities.

Belarus did not stop supplying petroleum products to Russia. reports this RIA Novosti with reference to an unnamed representative of Belneftekhim. He stated that fuel is supplied to the Russian Federation in accordance with agreements. However, according to him, Belarus did not undertake any obligations regarding the regularity of supplies.

The United Museum of Leo Tolstoy will be headed by the director of the Yasnaya Polyana Museum, Ekaterina Tolstaya. The great-great-granddaughter of the writer Fekla Tolstaya announced this on September 5 at a press conference dedicated to the launch of the new website tolstoy.ru , ITAR-TASS reports . The unified museum structure will include the State Museum of L.N. Tolstoy in Moscow and the Yasnaya Polyana museum-estate in Tula.

Daniel Clavin, a 37-year-old resident of Ireland, said that he has been suffering from hiccups for more than a year. United Press International reports. 14 months ago, in July 2012, Daniel woke up after a party and began to hiccup. Since then he has hiccupped about every seven seconds. The hiccups do not stop at night, and sometimes he has to sleep in the next room so as not to wake his wife. “I have no idea why this started,” he said.

The trial of scientist Vladimir Chumakov has begun in Kharkov, Vesti reports . He is accused of transferring to the Chinese some secret information regarding railguns - electrode accelerators that can be used as weapons. According to the Express publication , the scientist is charged with “high treason.” The prosecutor is demanding a sentence of 15 years in prison. Chumakov himself considers the accusations against him to be unfounded.

Russia has completed the delivery of Su-30MK2 fighter jets to Indonesia, handing over the last two of the six aircraft ordered in 2011 to the country's air force. According to The Jakarta Post, the fighters arrived at the Sultan Hasanuddin airbase in Makassar on September 4, 2013. The combat aircraft were delivered disassembled by the An-124 Ruslan military transport aircraft. In the next few days, 13 Russian specialists will assemble them.

In early September, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili set out to conquer Kazbek, a mountain located on the border of Georgia and Russia. He was accompanied by deputy Goga Khachidze and Russian oppositionist, former adviser to the President of the Russian Federation Andrei Illarionov. Soon, however, the climbers were stuck in the mountains due to bad weather.

A man who attacked collectors was killed in St. Petersburg. This was reported by Fontanka.ru on September 6. The attack took place on September 5 in the Moskovsky district. Employees of a private security company delivered wages to the construction site of the Zvezdnaya complex on Kosmonavtov Avenue, 58. They were attacked by two robbers driving a car. The collectors began to shoot back.

On Thursday, September 5, activists of the Ukrainian radical Brotherhood movement held a picket demanding a quick start to a military operation against Syria. This was reported by New Region. The action took place near the US Embassy in Kyiv. According to the agency, seven people took part in it. They held signs saying, “Obama, blaspheme, bomb!” (“Obama, don’t slow down, bomb!”) and “Assad, inhale sarin gas!” (“Assad, inhale sarin!”).

Robert Pattinson, who became famous for his leading role in the vampire saga “Twilight,” will play in Anton Corbijn’s biopic “Life” about the cult American actor James Dean. This was reported by The Hollywood Reporter. The film will tell the story of Dean's friendship with photographer Dennis Stock. Their close relationship began during a trip to Los Angeles, New York and Indianapolis organized by Life magazine.

The human rights association "Agora" sent a complaint to the prosecutor's office about the actions of employees of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation and other departments against lawyers defending opposition figures: Alexei Navalny, Pussy Riot, those involved in the "Bolotnaya case" and others. This was reported in a press release received by the editors of Lenta.ru. The complaint was also sent to the Ministry of Justice and the Federal Chamber of Lawyers.

Interview with a neighbor The long-awaited pulsar helped in the study of the black hole in the center of the Galaxy An image of the central region of our Galaxy taken by the Chandra X-ray Space Telescope. At the center is Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole into which hot interstellar gas falls. Recently, one international team of astronomers discovered , and the second explored, a neutron star (pulsar), located almost in the very center of our Galaxy.

US and UK intelligence agencies managed to crack the encryption system that protects the personal data, emails and banking transactions of millions of Internet users and companies. The Guardian newspaper wrote about this on September 5, citing documents provided by former CIA employee Edward Snowden.

Sony will release a demo version of the game Beyond: Two Souls developed by Quantic Dream in early October 2013, writes GameSpot. In Europe, the demo version will be available starting October 2, in the US it will appear a day earlier. It will include two levels. The full game is scheduled to go on sale on October 11 in Europe and October 8 in America. Beyond: Two Souls is exclusive to the PlayStation 3 console.