Colombian rebels from the National Liberation Army reported the murder of Russian hostage Arsen Voskanyan. He has been in captivity since November 2016. According to one of the rebel field commanders (in an interview with Reuters, he introduced himself as Yerson), Voskanyan tried to escape - he allegedly managed to get hold of a hand grenade and blew it up, after which he fled, but was shot dead by the rebels. Five people were injured in the grenade explosion.

The Canadian non-profit organization Rainbow Railroad helped 35 gays from Chechnya leave Russia, 31 of them received asylum in Canada. This was announced by the director of the organization, Kimahi Powell. Rainbow Railroad worked in conjunction with the Canadian government, he said. What exactly it helped the NGO with is unknown. Rainbow Railroad also received help from the Russian LGBT Network, which opened a shelter for Chechen homosexuals.

Svetlana Ageeva, the mother of Russian citizen Viktor Ageev, who was detained near Luhansk in June, sent a letter to Tatyana Moskalkova, Ombudsman for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, with a request to “help in obtaining information about her son.” This was reported by Novaya Gazeta, which has a copy of the letter at its disposal.

British race car driver Lewis Hamilton, who competes in the Formula 1 championship for the Mercedes team, won the qualification for the Italian Grand Prix on September 2. Hamilton won the pole position for the 69th time in his career (the most advantageous place at the start of the race) and bypassed the German Michael Schumacher, the owner of many personal records in Formula 1, according to this indicator. Lewis Hamilton is a three-time Formula 1 champion.

The head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, visited the St. Petersburg Academy of the SK on September 1. On the line, one of the performing girls read Bastrykin (who himself is engaged in creativity in his free time) such verses . Photo in the announcement: SK RF

On September 2, a Baltic Airlines Mi-8 helicopter with tourists on board made an emergency landing in St. Petersburg, according to Fontanka, without specifying a source. There is no information about the victims. How many people were on board is not specified. According to the publication, after taking off at the Peter and Paul Fortress, the helicopter's engine began to smoke, and the pilot landed it. From the message it follows that he sat down on the same site.

The Casta group released a clip for the song “Scrapers” from the album “Four -Great ORET”, which was released in May. In addition to the four members of the group, the Basta, Husky and Type, as well as the leading shows on the Yetube Big Russian Boss, Ida Galich and Sergey Mironov, shot. Caution: there is obscene vocabulary in the video. If this is unacceptable to you, it is better to look at Eddie's otter , who has learned to play basketball.

French intelligence officer dies after learning details about 'weapon of retaliation': The New York Times In France, at the age of 99, Jeannie Rousseau, a translator who passed on information about the "weapon of death" of Nazi Germany to the allies, died. According to an obituary published by The New York Times, German officers themselves willingly revealed secrets to her: Rousseau only had to smile and say: “Really?!

Viktor Cherepkov, the head of Vladivostok, who won in court Boris Yeltsin died Vladimir Sayapin / TASS Viktor Cherepkov acts on protests of the Vladivostok doctors, July 1998 On September 2, the former mayor of Vladivostok and State Duma deputy Viktor Cherepkov died in Moscow. He held the position of mayor for five years - from 1993 to 1998, and during this time he became the most famous head of the city in Russia.

The Russian Foreign Ministry handed a note of protest to US Embassy Minister Counselor in Moscow Anthony Godfrey "in connection with the intention of the American authorities to search the trade mission of the Russian Federation in Washington." “The note emphasizes that we consider the planned illegitimate search of Russian diplomatic premises without the presence of Russian officials and the threat to break the front door as an unprecedented, aggressive action,” the Foreign Ministry said.

On August 26-27, the Lanka Comic Con festival was held in the largest city of Sri Lanka, Colombo. Among the participants were 21-year-old Amaya Suriyaperuma and 20-year-old Sheshani Cooray - they dressed as the DC Comics character Wonder Woman, about whom a film was recently released starring Israeli actress Gal Gadot. Posted by Akila Pathirana on August 28, 2017 “On the first day of Lanka Comic Con, which coincided with my birthday, I dressed up as Wonder Woman and came home very happy.

You can also listen to the playlist in Google Music . The heroes of the playlist Queens of the Stone Age. Josh Omma always loved Bugi-Wuhi and dance music-and even tried to intimidate her elements in the QTSA song. And now he has dedicated a whole album to dancing. Omma has not recorded the armor -piercing rock of the Songs for the Deaf for a long time, and it seems that he finally does what he wants, without any reservation and attempts to please the expectations of the audience.

An-2 crashed near Balashikha, participating in the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the first flight of an aircraft of this model. Two people on board were killed. “During one of the speeches, the pilot lost control and the plane collided with the ground at low altitude,” an Interfax source in emergency services said. According to him, the plane hit the runway with its wing while performing the stunt. The police confirmed the death of two people.

Since 2012, "no one has permanently lived and lives in the country house of receptions" Rusichi "in Bakovka near Moscow," the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs said in response to a request from RBC. On September 1, Meduza reported that former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych likely lives there.

The former mayor of Vladivostok Viktor Cherepkov died in Moscow. He was 75 years old. Cherepkov, as Primamedia writes, died in the Central Clinical Hospital. The politician's ally Andrei Merkulov told RBC that "he had oncology." Yuri Smityuk / TASS The fact that Cherepkov is located in the Central Design Bureau became known in mid -August. There was information that he was in the psychiatric department, but later it was refuted. Victor Cherepkov was elected mayor of Vladivostok in 1993.