Two-time world hockey champion in the Russian national team Nikolai Zherdev will continue his career in Spartak Moscow. This was reported by R-Sport with reference to the agent of the hockey player Yuri Nikolaev. The agent emphasized that negotiations between Zherdev and Spartak should be completed by September 25. The Russian was left without a club in early September, when he terminated the contract signed in July with the Prague club Lev.

The International Criminal Court in The Hague has suspended the trial of Kenyan Vice President William Ruto. He was allowed to return home from the Netherlands for a week during the Nairobi shopping mall hostage crisis. reported this on September 23 The Associated Press . Meanwhile, in the capital of Kenya, the siege of a shopping center continues, part of the premises of which are still held by militants of the Islamist group Al-Shabab.

The head of the Syrian cell of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), Abu Abdallah al-Libi, was killed in the Syrian province of Idlib on Sunday, September 22. This was reported by AFP with reference to the human rights organization Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

British actress and producer Joanna Lumley has launched a fundraising campaign to restore the house of writer James Matthew Barrie, author of the tale of Peter Pan. The Daily Telegraph reports this. The actress called on readers to sponsor the renovation of windows in the Moat Brae mansion in the Scottish city of Dumfries. There are 39 windows in the building, which will cost approximately £100,000 ($160,000) to repair.

Exhibition “Titian. From the Museums of Italy” at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, it was decided to close three days later. reports this RIA Novosti . The museum's press service explained that the exhibition was extended due to the large number of visitors. The exhibition was originally scheduled to last until September 29, but will now close on October 2.

The Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan responded to recent statements by the leader of the Caucasus Muslim Office, Sheikh-ul-Islam (a title given to leading theologians in a number of countries - Lenta.Ru note) Allahshukur Pashazade, who before the elections spoke in support of President Ilham Aliyev. Haqqin.az reports this. The Central Election Commission reminded that religious organizations are prohibited from conducting election campaigns.

The Russian Navy will receive the first modular sets of the Shtil anti-aircraft missile system in 2014. This as reported by RIA Novosti was stated by the General Director of the Aviation Equipment holding, Maxim Kuzyuk, . According to him, the missile systems will be supplied for a series of six Project 11356 frigates under construction. The transfer of six Shtil sets to the fleet will be completed by 2016. The Calm complex was developed by the Start research and production enterprise.

A group of American specialists from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, has developed a technique that allows you to edit human memory during sleep. Scientists have found a way to weaken the associations between odors and memories of an unpleasant and painful electric shock. Details are given in the researchers' article in the journal Nature neuroscience , and a summary is presented in Nature News.

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), together with major Internet providers, will launch an educational project in US schools to teach children about the dangers of piracy. this on September 23 . reported The Wired The main goal of the project is to explain to children that downloading pirated music and movies on the Internet is a form of theft.

The Russian federal budget is skewed towards the power component. This was Interfax stated by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, reports. According to him, this imbalance occurred due to the fact that for 10-15 years Russia allocated practically no funds for the rearmament of the army. Medvedev added that someday this period will end, and then a more rapid increase in spending on education, health care and science will begin.

Capcom's first PS4 game, Deep Down, was free-to-play. According to Polygon, producer Yoshinori Ono announced this during his speech at the Japanese gaming exhibition Tokyo Game Show. The project developers have not yet specified how exactly in-game sales will be structured in Deep Down.

Hotels deny check-in, employers deny employment, hairdressers deny haircuts, military registration and enlistment offices deny the right to serve in the army. Russians whose names are not similar to “Slavic” are faced with all this. Contrary to the law, everyday xenophobia has spread to the private business sector and public services, and refusals of service are often explained by completely pragmatic reasons. Lenta.ru tried to understand them and find out how to combat such discrimination.

“Now you will always be punished” Lenta.ru publishes a letter from Nadezhda Tolokonnikova from a Mordovian correctional colony Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, July 26, 2013.

In the first three days of sales (September 20-22), Apple sold nine million iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c smartphones. This is stated in a press release received by the editors of Lenta.ru. Apple did not say how many units of each model were sold, but there is reason to believe that the more expensive iPhone 5s was in great demand.

Apple has withdrawn the update released on September 20 for the Apple TV set-top box, 9to5Mac reports. This happened because users who installed the update complained about device malfunctions. A number of users noted that during the update some of the contents of the console were erased. Others said that after installing the new software, Apple TV refused to go online.