Iosif Kobzon received a medical visa to Europe. The State Duma deputy himself informed the Russian News Service about this. Kobzon stressed that the visa was given thanks to the intervention of President Vladimir Putin. Previously, it was believed that Kobzon could not be allowed to enter Europe, since he was on the sanctions list. Where Kobzon will go is not reported. It is only known that he will leave for Europe on September 9th.

A large fire broke out in a shopping center near Moscow, Korolev, as a result of which at least six people were injured. Their condition is assessed as serious, Interfax reports, citing its source. RT TV channel broadcasts live: RT in Russian Fire in a shopping mall in Korolyov According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the fire occurred in the shopping center "Peasant Market". The fire area is 500 square meters.

Russian censors have banned the popular online music portal Last.fm for offering a song called "Kill a Cop!" by the Russian band Psyche. Officials first outlawed the song almost five years ago, when a Moscow court placed the tune on the government's list of illegal extremist materials.

The price of Brent oil rose above $50 per barrel. The day before, August 27, prices also rose. Prior to that, for a long time, the cost of Brent fell to below $43 per barrel. Brent has not been so cheap since the crisis of 2008-2009. The price of Russian Urals oil is pegged to the price of Brent crude oil. With an increase in oil prices, the dollar and euro exchange rates against the ruble are declining.

Producers Iosif Prigozhin, Viktor Drobysh, Maxim Fadeev, Igor Krutoy, Yana Rudkovskaya, as well as musicians Grigory Leps, Philip Kirkorov and Nikolai Baskov offered to buy a controlling stake in the Russian Media Group. They oppose the sale of part of the company to Gosconcert, so they decided to buy the asset for five billion rubles. IFD Kapital, which owns 78 percent of RMG, said it had not yet received offers.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced earlier today that Ukraine's new documentary film, titled The Truth About Crimea , might premiere (presumably on television) as soon as next week. In late June, Yatsenyuk said Kiev would answer Crimea: Path to the Motherland , a Russian documentary film released earlier this year about Moscow’s annexation of Crimea.

Photo: the_ins_ru / twitter A candidate for the governorship of Russia’s northern Khanty-Mansiysk region has launched a campaign inspired by the television show Game of Thrones . The candidate Mikhail Serdyuk is featured on billboards along with the slogan “Winter is coming.” Before the billboards appeared, the slogan “Winter is coming” was spray-painted using a stencil on the pavement all over the capital city of Khanty-Mansiysk region, causing concern among local residents.

Radio presenter Seva Novgorodtsev will leave the BBC . On September 4, the last episode of his BibiSeva program will be released. In this regard, the Russian service has prepared a farewell video. The best fragments of the BibiSeva broadcasts. Dear friends, Exactly in a week the last broadcast of Seva Novgorodtsev’s program “BibiSeva” will take place. For us, this is a sad event: an entire era in the history of the BBC Russian Service is ending, Seva is leaving us.

The UN Committee on Human Rights said that the Netherlands authorities should make every effort to get rid of the Black Pede - Assistant Sintaklas. According to Reuters with reference to the statement of the committee, many people from Africa perceive this tradition as a relic of slavery. Black Pete is a traditional Assistant Sintakakhasa (approximately like in Russia, Snegurochka is an assistant to Santa Claus).

Former Russian State Duma deputy Mikhail Glushchenko has been sentenced to 17 years in a high-security prison on charges of organizing the murder of politician Galina Starovoytova in 1998. Glushchenko reached a plea deal with investigators and said that businessman Vladimir Barsukov had ordered Starovoytova’s killing because she had made it difficult for him to strike deals with corrupt city officials.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the consolidation of the assets of Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport. The decree is published on the official portal of legal information. The decree, among other things, refers to the creation of a new company, Sheremetyevo Airport, whose capital will be controlled by private investors, and the minimum share of the state will be at least 30 percent.

How the Urals played - “Terek” in the meeting, which many considered “contractual” In the seventh round of the Russian football championship, a very strange game took place. In any case, according to bookmakers. They believed that the Ural would most likely lose to Terek, but the match ended in a draw - 3: 3. August 28, 2015 18:54:05 All the best, seeing the next online. My opinion that the match was very strange did not change, but faith in football at least partially returned.

How is the Max 2015 air show. Photo gallery Photo: Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters / Scanpix Air Salon Max is the largest aviation exhibition in the post -Soviet space. In 2015, it passes more modest than usual - without a large number of contracts , new products and foreign participants. Even the number of spectators for all days of the air show will be, as expected, less than two years earlier. "Medusa" shows that, despite this, it is worth seeing those who go to the airier on the weekend.

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, will for the first time ever hold a live televised call-in show, where he will answer questions submitted by the public. The event will take place on September 3 in Moscow during the Church's fifth convention on social services. The show will be broadcast on the Russian Orthodox TV channel Soyuz .

For those who do not understand sports: the most loud scandal in Russian hockey Photo: Ruslan Shamukov / TASS / Vida Press On August 27, the Ministry of Sports and the Russian Hockey Federation announced that the so -called limit for legionnaires prohibiting the games of more than five players with foreign passports is now applying to citizens of Belarus and Kazakhstan.