In Samarkand, the homeland of Uzbek President Islam Karimov, preparations have begun for his funeral. agency The Ferghana published photos of the construction work being carried out as part of the preparations for the burial. Radio Liberty reports that thousands of janitors work in the city. According to the radio station, part of the city is blocked. In addition, Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyaev arrived in Samarkand.

Oppositionist Ilya Yashin was detained in Moscow at a meeting with voters organized by Nikolai Lyaskin, a candidate for the State Duma from Parnassus. According to the politician, he was detained after a speech in which he talked about his report " Criminal Russia Party ". “They say that you can’t call United Russia bandits so loudly, so a protocol will be drawn up against me,” he conveyed the words of the police officers.

On September 1, the Falcon 9 rocket exploded at the launch pad of Cape Canteral on September 1. The non -profit organization US Launch Report, which carries war veterans to look at space launches, published a video from the launching pad. USLAUNCHREPORT SpaceX-Static Fire Anomaly-Amos-6-09/01/2016 The founder of SpaceX, Ilon Musk, wrote on Twitter that the explosion occurred during the refueling of the rocket. Something happened in the tank in the second stage of the rocket.

Actress Lindsay Lohan lost the court to the publisher of GTA V-Take-Two Interactive. Lohan claimed that in the game there were characters completely sketched from her. The court came to the conclusion that, even if the characters are similar to Lohan, this is not a reason for the lawsuit, since the game does not use photographs and direct indications of the actress. Lindsay Lohan filed her lawsuit back in 2014.

The school principal creates a council “who will help to understand” with accusations of sexual harassment Photo: IVTOROV / Wikimedia Commons On August 29, the Medusa journalist Ekaterina Kronhaus wrote a post on her personal Facebook, dedicated to the teacher of the prestigious Moscow school, who had sexual relations with the students. From the comments on the record, it quickly became clear that we are talking about the metropolitan school No. 57.

Interview of Daniel Frida - US State Department Coordinator for sanctions Photo: John Thys / AFP / Scanpix / Leta The United States on September 1, 2016 expanded sanctions against Russia-the Gazprom-Media holding and companies participating in the construction of the Kerch bridge fell under their effect. At the same time, it became known about the intention of the European Union to extend anti -Russian sanctions on September 15.

A municipal court has ruled that a resident of the Siberian city of Omsk involved in a car accident with a T-80 tank in September 2014 will be paid 700,000 rubles (approximately $10,720) in damages for moral injury. According to the news agency Interfax, the damages will be paid by the Omsk Plant for Transport Engineering.

During a memorial service to commemorate the twelve-year anniversary of the Beslan school siege, several women whose relatives had been among the hostages decided to stage a protest. The service took place at school number 1 in Beslan, North Ossetia. According to Novaya Gazeta , five women took off their sweaters and jackets to reveal t-shirts bearing accusations against Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Ekaterina Petrova, a lawyer from Aleksey Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, has uncovered a contract for a government order of "up to 60 convicted people [for the creation of a] labor force." The contract was found on a government database of state orders. The terms of the order stipulate that the convicts will partake in the construction of a 366 seat pre-trail detention center in the Crimean capital of Simferopol. The cost of labor is stated as 0 rubles.

The United States has imposed sanctions against the Russian holding company Gazprom Media. He is mentioned in the sanctions list published on the website of the US Treasury Department. This means that US citizens and American companies do not have the right to finance the holding and issue loans to it. Gazprombank, the owner of Gazprom Media, said that since the bank itself was under sanctions, the holding was de facto under sanctions.

The US has imposed sanctions against the companies SGM-Most and Mostotrest, which are involved in the construction of the Kerch Bridge. This is stated on the website of the US Department of the Treasury. The company "SGM-Most" was created specifically for the construction of the bridge to Crimea. It is owned by "Stroygazmontazh" of Arkady Rotenberg. SGM-Most signed a 100 billion ruble contract with Mostotrest , which will make supports and spans.

A municipal court in Russia's Kuban region has fined local activist Nina Solovyeva 20,000 rubles (just over $300) for organizing an unauthorized mass movement in the form of having her picture taken while holding a poster.

Russia's Supreme Court has rejected the request of a group of researchers to access archived documents on convicted former officials of Soviet law enforcement agency NKVD, known for its involvement in political repressions under Joseph Stalinist A source in the court told news agency RIA Novosti that the researchers' appeal was rejected, because the court has not found that any of their rights had been violated.

Photo: Diana Khachatryan On September 1, in Beslan, the mother of children who died during the capture of the school in 2004 staged a protest. During a memorable event within the walls of the educational institution, they took off their jackets, showing T -shirts with the inscription "Putin - the executioner of Beslan." All participants were detained, and with them two journalists from Moscow. "Medusa" talks about an event in Beslan and reminds of what was the story of the slogan.

The creators of Prey, an app for finding stolen computers and phones, tweeted a story in which their development helped uncover a scam by a medical center employee. The story itself was described here back in 2015, and happened at the end of 2014, but few people seem to have seen it. In Phoenix, Arizona, a medical center administrator took his work laptop with him over the holidays to get things done.