FC Rostov defeated Ajax Amsterdam 4-1 in the second leg of the Champions League play-off round and advanced to the group stage of the tournament. Goals for Rostov were scored by Serdar Azmun (34th minute), Alexander Erokhin (52nd minute), Christian Noboa (60th minute) and Dmitry Poloz (66th minute). Erokhin twice became the author of an assist. In the 84th minute, Ajax earned a penalty due to a foul of last resort, and Davy Klassen scored the only goal against Rostov.

In the Krasnogvardeisky district of St. Petersburg, police detained members of the federal political council of the Parnassus party Andrei Pivovarov and Vladimir Karamurza Jr., as well as local municipal deputy Daniil Ken and musician Mikhail Novitsky. Pivovarov told Interfax about this. According to Pivovarov, who is running for the State Duma, the detention occurred during a meeting with voters.

In the weekly program of Channel One “Sunday Time”, the presenter will change in the new television season - instead of Irada Zeynalova, it will be hosted by the head of the Expert media holding Valery Fadeev. Two employees of the TV channel reported this to RBC. According to the publication, one of the reasons for replacing Zeynalova was “tough competition” with the Sunday program “News of the Week” with Dmitry Kiselev, which airs on “Russia 1”.

All hostages taken at the Citibank branch on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street in Moscow have been released. This was reported by the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moscow. The invader himself surrendered to the police, TASS reports . According to Interfax, the man surrendered himself to the head of the Moscow police, Anatoly Yakunin. The item hanging around his neck turned out to be a dummy bomb, a law enforcement source said.

Photo: ESA / Hubble / NASA proxima centaur, shot by the Hubble telescope Astronomers discovered a planet that rotates around the proxima a centaur - the star closest to the ground. It is not only similar to the Earth by dimensions, but is also located in the inhabited zone of its star, which may mean the presence of an atmosphere and liquid water. "Medusa" says that it is known about the new celestial body. The planet was called proxima b.

A branch of Citibank on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street in Moscow was seized by businessman Aram Petrosyan. This was reported to Interfax by a law enforcement source. “Four years ago, he had problems with the business, and he got into debt,” the source said. TASS also reports that the man calls himself a bankrupt businessman. According to unconfirmed reports, Petrosyan lives in the Tula region.

The earthquake in central Italy killed at least 120 people. This was stated by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. The same data was reported by the Italian civil defense department, reports La Repubblica. According to the agency, 86 people died in Lazio between the settlements of Amatrice and Accumoli, 34 in the neighboring Marche region. At least 368 people were taken to hospitals in Lazio. Earlier it was reported about the death of 73 people.

Photo: Artem Geodakyan / TASS on August 24, a man with a box on his neck captured hostages in the Citibank branch on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street in Moscow and threatened to arrange an explosion. According to media reports, this is a bankrupt entrepreneur from the Tula region Aram Petrosyan . A few hours after the capture, he released the hostages and surrendered to the authorities .

The European organization of astronomical studies in the Southern Hemisphere discovered an earth -type exoplanet that is closest to the Sun. Proxima B rotates around the red dwarf proxim of the Centaurus - the star closest to the ground (after the sun). The distance to the proxima of the centaur from the sun is about 4.25 light year. The period of circulation of the new planet is 11 days. Her mass is slightly larger than the Earth.

A man threatening to blow up a bank branch on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street in Moscow holds four hostages. This was reported to Interfax by a source in emergency services. This information was later confirmed by the police. Whether he makes any demands is unknown. As eyewitnesses told TASS, the man spent several hours on a bench near the building and was interested in who works as a manager in the department. The man allegedly stated that "he is not fighting against the bank," TASS reports.

On Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street in Moscow, in a branch of Citibank, a man threatens to make an explosion. According to TASS, citing eyewitnesses, a box with protruding wires, wrapped in yellow tape, hangs around his neck. RIA Novosti source in law enforcement said that the man was drunk. He is reported to be between 50 and 60 years old. According to Interfax , the man took one hostage. TASS writes that up to four people can be in the building.

In Moscow, police officers detained members of a criminal group who were engaged in extortion on behalf of thief in law Zakhary Kalashov (Shakro Molodoy). Five people were detained. Almost all members of the group are natives of the Moscow region. The detainees are involved in the extortion case, which was initiated on August 20.

How a Soviet pilot hijacked a passenger plane to China Photo from the archive of Shamil Alimuradov Shamil Alimuradov in a court in Harbin, 1986 In December 1985, the Soviet passenger aircraft An-24 was deprived of China, which operated on a regular flight from Yakutsk to Irkutsk. The hijacking a second pilot of the aircraft Shamil Alimuradov due to the fact that he was not satisfied with his position in the service.

from Rio de Janeiro The British Olympic team flew to London on August 23 - they brought 67 medals . But in the homeland of the athletes, unexpected problems awaited: they could hardly make out their luggage. The fact is that all the Olympians were given the same red bags. And all these bags ended up in the luggage compartment of Heathrow Airport at the same time. "Has anyone seen my red bag?" Shooter Elena Allen said the bag was difficult to find, even though it had name tags.

The Russian pop singer Slava (real name: Anastasia Slanevskaya) has released a music video to promote her new album, “Red.” In the video, she's pictured metaphorically “ripping out the darkest pages from history,” tearing up the portraits of various historical world leaders and dictators. The first portrait to get Slava's treatment belongs to former US President Harry Truman, who ordered the atomic bombing of Imperial Japan in the Second World War.