Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky received the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival for Best Director. His film "Paradise" about the Second World War participated in the competition of the festival. "The Golden Lion" of the 73rd Venice Film Festival was awarded to the film "The Woman Who Left" by Filipino director Lava Diaz. The Grand Prix of the Jury went to the film "Under cover of night" by American Tom Ford.

Every Russian family has a car, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on the Vesti on Saturday program. Speaking about the transport situation in the country, Medvedev noted that the population of Russia has become "absolutely automobile." The Prime Minister stressed that roads are therefore an absolute priority for the government and the regions.

The French authorities on Friday, September 9, expelled Mansur Kudusov, a native of Chechnya, to Russia. In a statement by the French police, Kudusov is called a radicalized element. The expulsion was agreed with Russian law enforcement agencies, notes TASS . What future awaits Kudusov in Russia is not specified. The Kudusov family moved to France before Kudusov came of age in refugee status.

Former governor of the Kyiv region Maxim Melnichuk fled from the police when they detained an intermediary while receiving a bribe. The Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov told the Espreso TV channel about this. According to Avakov, the investigation has not yet decided whether Melnichuk will be involved in the bribery case, in which Deputy Governor Igor Lyubko was detained on September 9.

Football club of the English Premier League "Manchester City" beat "Manchester United" in the match of the fourth round of the English championship with a score of 2:1. Kevin de Bruyne and Keleche Iheanacho scored goals for City, with the latter also chalking up an assist. At the end of the first half, United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a goal from a free-kick, but his team failed to level the score in the remaining time.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine stated that holding elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation on the territory of the diplomatic and consular services of Russia is impossible. It is reported by Interfax. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry noted that such a decision is due to the fact that Russia violates international law and holds elections in Crimea, which Kyiv considers its territory.

The Civic Platform party withdrew its lawsuit demanding the deregistration of Parnassus' federal list in the State Duma elections. If the lawsuit was upheld, Parnassus would have been removed from the elections to be held on September 18. As explained in Civic Platform, the decision to withdraw the lawsuit was made on the basis of the reaction that its filing caused. In particular, the party took into account the negative response to the lawsuit in the Central Election Commission.

Interview with Patrick Dampsi, who played one of the boyfriends of Bridget Jones Photo: Niklas Halle N / AFP / Scapix / Leta On September 15, the film “Bridget Jones 3” director Sharon Maguire is released on September 15 - the previous part of the story about the most famous heroine Renee Zeleveger was shown in cinemas 12 years ago.

The Presnensky Court in Moscow upheld the petition of the investigation for the arrest of Dmitry Zakharchenko, deputy head of the GUEBiPK department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. According to the court, Zakharchenko obstructed the investigation during the searches. Zakharchenko asked to be placed under house arrest or bail of 70 million rubles, which is 10 times the amount of the bribe he is accused of receiving.

$ 120 million in cash was seized from a senior policeman Photo: Free Wind / Photobank Lori On September 9, it became known that the FSB officers detained in Moscow the deputy head of the Department of the Main Directorate for Economic Security and Combating Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Dmitry Zakharchenko. A senior policeman is suspected of abuse of authority.

On September 10, trains began to run in Moscow along the Moscow Central Ring, a city railway line with transfers to the metro and commuter trains. Until the end of the year, 31 stations will open with 14 transfers to metro stations and 6 transfers to suburban trains. The Lastochka trains of five cars with toilets, air conditioning and Wi-Fi run around the MCC. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the opening ceremony of the MCC.

The investigation established that Dmitry Zakharchenko, the deputy head of the anti-corruption department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who was detained on September 9, informed the former general director of Vimpelcom, Mikhail Slobodin, about the impending criminal case against him. This was reported to Interfax by a law enforcement source.

Social network Facebook has decided not to delete posts with a photo of "Napalm in Vietnam" by Nick Uta, which depicts a naked nine-year-old girl during a napalm attack. Previously, Facebook blocked posts with this photo on the grounds that it violated the rules of the social network, which does not allow the publication of pictures of children in the nude.

The Central Election Commission refused to support the demand of the Civic Platform party to remove Parnassus from the elections to the State Duma. This was stated by the chairman of the CEC Ella Pamfilova. According to Pamfilova, on Monday the CEC will present its position to the Supreme Court. She stressed that the CEC is doing everything possible to ensure that all registered parties take part in the elections. E.

A film on the investigation of a loud crime committed by nationalists in Russia in 2007 In Moscow, St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg, in December 2016, the Artdokfest documentary festival will be held. Part of the films from the main program will be shown in October in Riga. Twice a week, the President of the festival Vitaly Mansky tells at Medusa about all films participating in the competition.