On the evening of September 9, Moscow mayoral candidate Alexei Navalny gathered his supporters on Bolotnaya Square. He demanded a review of the results of the elections held the day before - only about 1.5 percent separates Navalny from the second round (according to official data, acting mayor Sergei Sobyanin received 51.37 percent of the votes).

Share indifference Drivers will pay for the “crude” system of recording fines Photo: Vladimir Smirnov / ITAR-TASS After it became known about numerous errors that were made when recording traffic fines paid by drivers, the government obliged all banks to connect to a unified payment accounting system by November 2013. Both the Moscow authorities and the State Traffic Inspectorate itself have stated that credit institutions are to blame for the accumulation of “unaccounted for” payments.

In the Turkish city of Antakya, Ahmet Atakan, a 22-year-old participant in anti-government protests that have been ongoing in this country since the beginning of June 2013, died, Hurriyet writes. According to witnesses to the incident, the young man died from a severe traumatic brain injury: he was hit in the head by a tear gas charge, which the police use to disperse demonstrations.

The British company Dyson has sued Samsung, accusing it of copying its engineering designs, reports BBC News. The plaintiffs claim that the Motion Sync vacuum cleaners, which Samsung introduced at IFA 2013 in early September, use a “steering” mechanism patented by Dyson in 2009. The mechanism, which is based on a rotating ball, helps the vacuum cleaner move around the room - bypass table legs and other obstacles and not “drown” in the pile of carpets.

Another possible buyer of Suleiman Kerimov’s share in Uralkali could be businessman Arkady Rotenberg. newspaper writes about this in its issue dated September 10 The Kommersant , citing unnamed sources. According to the publication, negotiations between Kerimov and Rotenberg “are at a very active stage,” but neither side is commenting on the possible deal.

A large collection of Alexander Pushkin’s lifetime publications will be sold at auction in Moscow, RIA Novosti reports . The “All Pushkin” auction will be held on September 27 at the House of Antiquarian Books “In Nikitsky”. The auction will feature not only individual editions of the poet’s works, but also periodicals in which Pushkin was published.

Vocalist Yulia Kogan left the Leningrad group. A message about this appeared on the “official fan site” Shnur.TV. The reasons for the singer's departure are not specified. At the same time, there is no information about what happened either on website the official Leningrad page . or on the group’s Facebook On Kogan’s own VKontakte page, fans of the singer ask her questions about leaving the group. However, the performer refrains from giving direct answers.

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal won the men's category of the US Open. This was reported on the championship website on the night of September 10. In the final match of the tournament, Nadal beat Serbian Novak Djokovic with a score of 6:2, 3:6, 6:4, 6:1. Their meeting lasted more than three hours. For Nadal, the US Open title was the second in his career. The first time he won the championship final was in 2010, also beating Novak Djokovic.

Sovcomflot agreed to join the consortium of Rosneft and Gazprombank, which will build the Zvezda shipyard in the Primorsky Territory. This was stated by Deputy Chairman of the Board of Gazprom Valery Golubev, RIA Novosti reports . Sovcomflot specializes in the transportation of oil, petroleum products and liquefied gas.

Roszdravnadzor canceled the order of the head doctor of the Moscow ambulance, regulating the provision of emergency services to patients. reported this on Tuesday, September 10 Interfax . The report notes that after information appeared in the media and blogosphere about the refusal of emergency doctors to transport a patient to the hospital on the basis of an internal order, the department conducted an inspection.

In the Ruzsky district of the Moscow region, the misappropriation of more than 30 apartments belonging to the Ministry of Defense was revealed. This was reported on September 10 on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. Four criminal cases have been initiated under Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud). Three suspects were detained, details of whose personalities were not disclosed.

The New York prosecutor's office filed a lawsuit to confiscate the property of 11 companies controlled by the son of a Moscow region official, Denis Katsyv, who in the United States is considered involved in the case of Sergei Magnitsky. The text of the statement of claim is posted on the website of the Prosecutor's Office for the Southern District of New York.

American David Russell, a chemistry teacher at a school in New York State, proposed no less than reconsidering the definition of a planet. He posted an article with his idea and a very detailed justification for it in the archive of electronic preprints at Cornell University, where open publications of fresh scientific results usually appear.

On September 10, the Moscow City Election Commission approved the voting results in the Moscow mayoral election, Interfax reports . According to official data from the election commission, acting Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin won with 51.37 percent of the vote. Alexei Navalny took second place, for whom 27.24 percent of voters who came to the polls voted. The oppositionist did not recognize the voting results.

Community patrolman George Zimmerman, acquitted of killing a black teenager in Florida, was suspected of assaulting his wife. The local publication Orlando Sentinel reported this on September 9. According to the publication, Zimmerman was detained on suspicion of domestic violence. This happened after the patrolman's wife, Shelley, called the police and said that Zimmerman was threatening her and her father with a gun. Shelley also stated that Zimmerman hit his father in the face.