Apple has released the first major update to its WatchOS operating system. The second version is available for download. It was planned that WatchOS 2 will be released on September 16 simultaneously with iOS 9. However, they decided to postpone its release because they found a serious bug. WatchOS 2 allows you to create apps that can interact directly with sensors. In addition, they can be installed directly on the watch, and not through the iPhone.

The Khamovniki Court of Moscow has extended until October 22 the detention of RBC journalist Alexander Sokolov. He is accused of participating in the activities of the organization "Army of the Will of the People", which is recognized in Russia as extremist. Earlier, the court extended until the same date the house arrest of the main person involved in the case, Yuri Mukhin, who partially admitted his guilt on the charges.

The head of Komi, Vyacheslav Gaizer, who was arrested on charges of creating a criminal community, refused to cooperate with the investigation. about this . The official representative of the UK, Vladimir Markin, told the Interfax agency Markin also said that the damage from the activities of the criminal group in Komi is estimated at billions of rubles. According to the representative of the UK, the exact amount has not yet been established. A total of 19 people are involved in the case.

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced a mortar attack on the Russian embassy in Damascus and blamed opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for it. The embassy came under fire on the morning of 20 September.

The Hungarian Parliament decided that the country's army can protect the state borders. The military will not be able to use lethal weapons, but they are allowed to fire rubber bullets. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said the police are unable to cope with the flow of refugees. According to him, the army is mainly needed on the border with Croatia. On the border with Serbia, the Hungarians have already put up a fence, which Orbán said is helping much better than expected.

Former Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government Alfred Koch was charged with smuggling. According to Kokh, he is accused of attempting to export from Russia a painting by an unknown artist worth 197.4 thousand rubles. The charge was brought through Koch's lawyer. The former deputy prime minister himself is in Germany. I can’t imagine how they will go to a German court for my extradition with this material...

Photo: Vladimir Astapkovich / RIA Novosti / Scanpix Moscow held its annual marathon this Sunday, September 20, attracting thousands of participants. Some took on a full marathon (42.2 kilometers), while others took part in a 10-kilometer race. Russian runner Rinas Akhmadeev won the 10-kilometer race for the second year in a row.

The founder of the anonymous 4chan imageboard, Christopher Poole, has sold the site . The buyer was the owner of the Japanese resource 2channel, which at one time inspired Poole to create 4chan . What is the amount of the transaction is unknown. Individual 4chan users opposed the sale of the resource. They accused Nishimura Hiroyuki, who founded 2channel, of selling data to intelligence agencies. Christopher Pool founded 4chan in 2003.

An image circulated widely yesterday on the Russian Internet depicting US Ambassador to Russia John Tefft in attendance at yesterday's opposition demonstration in Moscow. The photograph was fake—Tefft spent Sunday, September 20, at home—but the Photoshop still managed to cause a small stir with gullible Internet users, thanks in part to some media outlets.

Case Vyacheslav Gaiser: Main versions Photo: Vyacheslav Prokofiev / TASS / Scanpix The arrest of the head of the Republic of Komi Vyacheslav Gaiser and more than ten people in the case of creating a criminal group was a complete surprise for many. Gaiser is an average governor; There were no rumors about his problems with the federal government or law enforcement agencies.

The state agency Roskomnadzor, tasked with monitoring and censoring the media, has launched an investigation of the team-based online video game World of Tanks. According to Roskomnadzor's official Facebook page, the agency received a complaint from a Russian citizen about the game. “According to the individual who filed the complaint, one of the threads in the forum contains information about methods of committing suicide,” says the agency's statement on Facebook.

Reuters reported , citing two unnamed US officials, that Russian drones have begun carrying out reconnaissance missions in Syria. Agency sources did not specify exactly how many drones are involved in these flights. The US Department of Defense declined to comment on this information. There were also no comments from the Russian military. Officially, there are Russian instructors in Syria who are training the Syrian military under contracts for the supply of weapons to this country.

A group of Ukrainian activists blocked all roads and a railroad leading to the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine. Border checkpoints have also been blocked, and no delivery trucks or trains are allowed to pass into the territory of Crimea. Private cars and pedestrians are allowed to pass.

The US Embassy in Russia tweeted several photo collages showing Ambassador John Tefft at an opposition rally in Maryino, on the moon and on ice during a hockey game. The tweet explains that, in reality, Tefft was at home on September 20, when the rally took place, and did not go to the rally. The original photo showing Tefft talking to reporters on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge was taken on February 28, 2015 at the scene of the murder of Boris Nemtsov.

In Vyborg, a court sentenced three people who sold weapons to members of the Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists (BORN). Igor Seleznev received three years and four months in prison; Vladimir Lapin and Dmitry Rodionov were sentenced to three years and three months in prison. They all pleaded not guilty. Their case was considered in a special order without examining the evidence.