German tennis player, world number six Angelique Kerber lost in the first round of the US Open to 19-year-old Japanese Naomi Osaka. Kerber won the tournament last year. The match ended with the score 6:3, 6:1. For Osaka, which is ranked 45th in the Women's Tennis Association rankings, this is the first victory over an opponent from the top ten. Kerber became the first in 12 years and the second ever US Open champion to be eliminated in the first round the following year.

In Moscow, police detained a BMW car, from which automatic weapons were allegedly fired at the 43rd kilometer of the Moscow Ring Road (the site is located between the Kyiv and Kaluga highways). The car was detained on Dmitry Ulyanov Street, located about ten kilometers from the Moscow Ring Road. Whether there were people in it and whether it was possible to detain them, it is not reported.

The competition of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation for the development of the concept of outreach activities of the department in the presidential elections of 2018 was won by the IMA-consulting company, RBC reports citing two members of the Central Election Commission and the head of the company, Vartan Sarkisov.

Update. The founder of Tsargrad TV, Konstantin Malofeev, responded to the news about the possible closure of the TV channel by saying , “You can’t wait!” The TV channel Tsargrad TV, which positions itself as “the first Russian conservative information and analytical channel,” may be closed, reports Ura.ru, citing sources from the circle of the founder of Tsargrad TV, Konstantin Malofeev.

Andrey Borodulin/Kommersant dismissed rector of the RSUS Evgeny Ivakhnenko (left) On Tuesday, August 29, it became known about the dismissal of the rector of the RSUSU Evgeny Ivakhnenko. He worked at this post a year and a half. In August 2017, Ivakhnenko reported on “alignment of the financial situation of the university” and even announced the “Renaissance era” that occurred at the Russian State University.

Experts explain why there will be no "domino effect" in the financial market " Vladimir Gerdo / TASS On August 29, the Central Bank of Russia announced a reorganization in the banking group "Otkritie" and at the same time became its largest owner. The Central Bank said that the bank would continue to work as usual, but the sanitation of such a large financial organization is still stress for the entire banking sector.

August 29. Otkritie Bank has passed under state control Main The largest private bank in Russia “Otkritie” has passed under state control. On August 29, the Central Bank of Russia, which regulates Russian credit organizations, announced that the “opening” will introduce a temporary administration - that is, not hired managers, but specialists of the Central Bank will be managed.

Meduza and the American edition of BuzzFeed have signed a cooperation agreement. The document was signed on 18 August.

The Central Bank announced on August 29 the beginning of the reorganization of the Otkritie banking group. The Central Bank immediately emphasized that the Otkritie banks would continue to work as usual, but not everyone on social networks believed him. Otkritie owns the Rocketbank service, which used to be a partner of Interkommerts bank. In January 2016, the Central Bank introduced temporary administration at Interkommerts, and in February it revoked the license from the bank.

The Central Bank will receive at least 75 percent of Otkritie Bank, said Dmitry Tulin, First Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia. The current owners of Otkritie, according to Tulin, will retain no more than 25 percent of the bank, and only if the interim administration introduced by the Central Bank does not find a "hole" in the capital of this credit institution.

And again spoilers! HBO / "Amediathek" HBO completed the show of the seventh season of "Game of Thrones." The last episode, which lasted almost 80 minutes, watched a record number of spectators in America - 12.1 million people. Together with laudatory reviews throughout the season, claims sounded to the scriptwriters - the main thing is that the “Game of Thrones” is increasingly similar to the Hollywood blockbuster.

Nina Zotina / Sputnik / Scanpix / Leta The Central Bank on August 29 announced the reorganization of the opening financial corporation - and his entry into its capital. The Central Bank will become the main owner of the bank, the “opening” introduced a temporary administration. Medusa tells how the bank, which three months ago was the largest private in Russia, has passed under the control of the Central Bank. Three months ago, the “Opening” was the largest private bank in Russia.

The Central Bank does not expect "no shocks" in the Russian banking sector in the foreseeable future. This was stated by First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Dmitry Tulin, commenting on the decision to introduce a temporary administration in Otkritie Bank.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation received for use for 20 years a section of the Bolshaya Nevka water area in St. Petersburg, located opposite the Aurora cruiser. The corresponding government order was published on August 29. The department can use the site "exclusively to ensure the defense of the country and the security of the state." How exactly the site will be used is not stated in the order; there is no information about this in other sources.

For three days, 50 trillion water water fell on Houston and other cities of the state Jonathan Bachman / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Since August 26, Texas is experiencing a tropical storm. A hurricane, called Harvey, led to floods in several large cities. Houston suffered more than others, where up to 56 trillion sediments of precipitation fell by the middle of the day on August 28.