According to the Federal State Statistics Service, industrial production in Russia in January-August 2014 compared to the same period in 2013 increased by 1.3%, RIA Novosti reports. In July 2014, compared with July 2013, industrial production increased by 1.5%. In monthly terms, Russian industry in August showed a negative dynamics of 0.2% against growth by 2.2% a month earlier. At the same time, the industry in August decreased by 0.6% after growth by 0.5% months earlier with seasonality.

“September 13 of this year could have been celebrated by two legendary Russian online media, launched in 1999: Lenta.Ru and Gazeta.Ru. However, it so happened that by the memorable date, both publications successfully got rid of all employees who could remember how it all began. In Gazeta.Ru, the process of getting rid of the bearers of traditions took 6 years, and in Lente.Ru the same owner did it in 24 hours.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill, who makes a pastoral visit to the Amur Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church, expressed the concern that in some Far Eastern regions the number of churches of the Russian Orthodox Church is still inferior to the number of Pseudo-Deligious Groups that appeared in the 1990s. "There is no vacuum, including in spiritual life. Many various kinds of pseudo-religious groups tried to flood these lands.

Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko proposed a new bill to deputies of the Verkhovna Rada, which determines the status of the Lugansk and Donetsk regions for three years, some of which are controlled by separatists.

With the development of technology, the rhythm of life is accelerating. The owner or top manager of the company has the need to accept business solutions, including financial ones, may appear anytime and anywhere. However, visiting the bank to carry out the necessary operations is not always convenient, and sometimes impossible physically. In order to save the time of his customers , Sberbank launches a new mobile application of his Internet bank for legal entities .

The second humanitarian convoy of Russia, more than 200 cars of which returned to the territory of the Russian Federation, was called illegal in the European Union. The EU counted the sending of carwriters with gum on the Donbass by a violation of the sovereignty of Ukraine.

The American state police Washington conducts an investigation on the fact of an attempt on the sexual integrity of a man by an uninvited guest. A young resident of Seattle, who suffers from drug addiction, is suspected of rape, but is preparing to become a mother. A complaint about rape came from a 31-year-old man, and the crime was committed back in mid-June 2013, writes The Daily Mail .

Despite the ceasefire, still operating in Ukraine, shelling resumed in the Donetsk region. According to some reports, there are dead among civilians. It is reported that the shells fell in the Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts. In addition, the separatists began the shelling of Donetsk Airport, where the Ukrainian military strengthened. "As of 18:00, the situation in Donetsk is stored.

AvtoVAZ spoke about the results of the Lada Kalina Cross crash tests: the model fulfills the requirements for passive safety for the Russian Federation and EU countries. On the page of the LADA "VKontakte" is emphasized: the car was not divided according to EURONCAP standards, but checked for compliance with the current requirements for passive safety. It is reported that Kalina Cross passed these tests, "showing a noticeable margin of safety." The results are described in great detail.

In the west of Ukraine, the International Military exercises "Fast Trident 2014" (Rapid Trident - 2014) began. They take place at the Yavorivsky training ground in the Lviv region from September 15 to 26, about 1300 troops from 15 countries of the world participate in them. The main partner of Ukraine in the exercises is considered the United States. "Leaders at training places conducted more than a thousand military personnel from fifteen countries of the world.

The mother of Andrei Stenin, a photo correspondent of MIA "Russia Today", publicly thanked everyone who took part in his fate. “I thank all the people in Russia and abroad who did not remain indifferent to the fate of my son, who believed that Andrei was alive,” the mother correspondent’s mother said on the RIA Novosti website.

The Governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Vyacheslav Shport signed an order to introduce an emergency regime in connection with an increase in the number of citizens arriving from the territory of Ukraine. This is reported by Interfax with reference to the government of the region. "This measure will allow you to use all material resources from the regional reserve for the placement and employment of refugees.

In the Chuvash Republic, law enforcement agencies investigate the case of inappropriate treatment of children - students of one of the schools. The defendant of the criminal case is a primary school teacher who practiced overly radical teaching methods. For example, she painted poor assessments on the foreheads of schoolchildren or forced the whole class to stand a whole lesson, recording the material.

“There’s one thing I can’t understand. Why, as soon as a person realizes that he has no future in Russia, does he flee Russia? Why not try to build that future? Now you will all tell me two things: “And how do we build this future?” and about the fact that there is only one life, and there is no need to waste it in such a way that it would be excruciatingly painful for the years spent aimlessly, and so on... As for how to build it, in my opinion there are a lot of ways.

Queen Elizabeth II first commented on a referendum on the independence of Scotland, which will be held on Thursday, September 18, writes The Telegraph . He sounded during the Queen’s communication with the public gathered at the village church, which the Queen visits Balmoral during his stay in his Scottish residence. According to the publication, usually the queen does not communicate with the public on the way from the church to the car, but this time an exception was made.