Samsung Electronics officially introduced the Gear S smart watch, reports the Internet publication Ferra.ru . The new model is significantly different from the previous representatives of the Gear line, both externally and in its technical characteristics. The main difference between Gear S and the predecessors is the presence of built -in support for 3G cellular networks.

Petersburg hotels begin to summarize the disappointing results of the right season suitable - the load from the beginning of the year compared with the same period of 2013 fell by an average of 20%. This was reported by "Business Petersburg" with reference to the data of hoteliers and market analysts. For example, in the five-star Grand Hotel Europe, they reported a 10 percent load reduction, and in three-star hotels on the outskirts, occupancy fell by all 40%.

The data obtained when tracking a failed call from a satellite phone may adjust the Malaysian Boeing route, which was missing in March. The investigation has reason to believe that the airliner turned south earlier than before, reports News.com.au. This was stated by Australia Deputy Prime Minister Warren Trasses on Thursday, August 28, in Kanberra, after signing the memorandum of understanding with the Malaysian Minister of Transport LIO Tiong Lay.

On the website of the Ministry of Economic Development this week, bills on tax benefits for investors in the Crimea and Sevastopol and on making appropriate amendments to the Tax Code were published. From them it follows that the free economic zone (SEZ) created there will be very similar to offshore, the newspaper Vedomosti writes. This will be the most preferential tax regime in the country, the managing partner of Shchekin and Partners Denis Shchekin explained to reporters.

In the Astrakhan region, the sale of low -alcohol and non -alcoholic energy drinks was banned. The corresponding law was adopted by regional deputies. He will begin to operate in the region from January 1, 2015, ITAR-TASS reports citing the press service of the region. "Energy drinks are forbidden to sell minors.

In the Rostov region, law enforcement officers expect that after the surrendered division of the Ukrainian military, another group will follow, which will look for asylum in Russia, writes the Russian Newspaper with reference to a source in power structures. On the eve of the border, 62 troops of Ukraine crossed the border.

The DPRK leader Kim Jong -un ordered the KCTV state television channel to broadcast the matches of the championship of England in football, writes Daily Star . We are talking about broadcasting matches of the English Premier League with the participation of three teams - Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal. It's funny that the DPRK television has no right to show the matches of the English championship.

The Finnish company Valio cannot import permitted products without lactose into Russia, which was deleted from the sanctions list. The trucks loaded on August 25-26 cannot cross the border between Finland and Russia. From the four Finnish enterprises of Valio, parties of lactose milk, yogurts, cottage cheese creams on the Finnish-Russian border were sent. As stated in Valio , "lactose products have the necessary instructions on the packaging and accompanying documentation.

“It would seem that acting governor Georgy Poltavchenko has done everything possible and impossible to win the gubernatorial elections in St. Petersburg. Not a single opposition mouse could slip through the municipal filter: only Poltavchenko and four candidates were allowed to participate in the elections, most of all afraid of taking away his extra percentage.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, became an honorary professor of the Kunta Haji Russian Islamic University in the city of Grozny. The corresponding decision was made by the scientific council of the university, shared the joyful news Kadyrov himself on his Instagram page.

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova, defeating Alexander Dulger from Romania for two and a half hours with a score of 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2, entered the third round of the US Open Championship, which takes place on the courts of New York. “The match turned out to be difficult, difficult conditions,” the official website of the tournament quotes Maria’s words. “The game from the beginning to the end passed with the hot sun. The match was very long.

A meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the situation in Ukraine will be convened on Thursday evening. This was reported by Interfax Press-Attash of the Lithuania Rasa Yakileite. "At the request of Lithuania, a meeting to discuss the situation in Ukraine will take place at 14 o’clock in the New York time (22:00 in Moscow)," said Yakilitene.

In Russia, information about the invasion of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to Ukraine is refuted. The fact that the troops of the Russian Federation entered the territory of a neighboring state, said President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. There is no participation of Russian military and military equipment in Ukraine.

Hollywood stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, after many years of civil marriage, got married in France on Saturday, August 23. As a representative of the couple said now, at the beginning of this week they arrived in Malta, where the shooting of their new joint film "by the sea" begins. It turned out there that they arrived on the island by husband and wife, reports Sky News .

From September 20 to September 27, the XXIV International Festival of Documentary, Short Game, Animated and Experimental Movies to Man will be held. Competition shows of the oldest St. Petersburg Film Festival this year will be held simultaneously in Moscow , in the center of documentary cinema. The festival will present films from 87 countries of the world, including about a hundred prime ministers.