The speed of movement in Moscow increased after the introduction of paid parking outside of Sadovoy, the Department of Transport of the Government of Moscow said. According to officials, since the introduction of paid parking in the Presnensky and Dorogomilovo areas, the speed of movement increased by 5%, while the loading of parking spaces decreased by 11% and 31%, respectively. In all studied areas on the territory of TTK, positive dynamics are clearly visible in the use of urban transport.

Almost half of the fourth grades of Russian schools (46%) in the last academic year (2013/2014) chose the subject of "Fundamentals of secular ethics" as part of the course "Fundamentals of religious cultures and secular ethics" (ORKSE). According to the Interfax-religion portal on Friday, this is evidenced by the research data conducted by order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

The day before, the relevant State Duma committee proposed not to introduce a real estate tax, but instead to modernize the property tax for individuals. However, according to Vedomosti , the government has other plans for now. According to the newspaper, the authorities are going to give municipalities the right to increase the property tax rate for individuals. The burden on citizens could increase two to three times compared to the basic version of the property tax bill.

Agafya Lykova, the only survivor hermit from the Old Believers, accepted on the eve of officials and police officers of the Kemerovo region. They arrived in the taiga by helicopter in order to strip wood and transfer warm things and products to her, the police report, which quotes the Internet publication of Sib.fm on Friday. The Kemerovo governor Aman Tuleyev, who could not personally visit his old familiar, sent a hermit through his assistants cereals, warm things and animal food.

The famous British writer, the author of Potteriana, Joan Rowling, who previously expressed the preservation of Scotland as part of the United Kingdom, said that she was proud of how the referendum passed. “I did not sleep all night, I watched how Scotland is a story. A significant turnout, a peaceful democratic process: we should be proud of,” Rowling wrote on her Twitter. #indyref Been Up All Night Watching Scotland Make History.

The sports version of the new Lada Vesta sedan will go on free sale, said AvtoVAZ President Bu Andersson. As Autonews recalls, AvtoVAZ presented at the Moscow Auto Show the racing version of Lada Vesta, which will participate in the WTCC championship. The presentation of the novelty was attended by Lada teams Rob Huff and James Thompson. For the first time, the car should go to the racing highway next year. Under the hood of a sports car, a 500 horsepower engine is installed.

A unique version of Nissan Leaf was created in the United States: engineers from the Nissan Technical Center in Arizona decided to turn a popular electric hatchback into a pick -up called Sparky, Drom.ru reports. An unusual car is not just a creative experiment. Electro draw will be used to transport goods and people through the territory of a technical center located on a plot of more than 1200 hectares and having several testing grounds.

Aleksey Spiridonov, a reinforced worker in the Russian Volleyball team, spat on a Polish fan after the world's key match , the local Sport.pl portal with reference to the incident witnesses, which was lost to the owners of the World Cup. “I didn’t do anything to him. All the fans shouted“ Daswidania ”, there was no aggression on our part. Spiridonov passed by and spat at me. Once again he showed that he was a boor,” said the injured Polish fan.

Alex Salmond said that he was resigned from the post of First Minister of Scotland. This was announced at a press conference regarding the results of the referendum on the independence of Scotland. According to Salmond, "his time, as a leader," has come to an end, but for Scotland, "the campaign continues." “The dream never dies,” commented on the results of the referendum Salmond, quoted by BBC . According to Scottish laws, the first minister is the head of government.

Western analysts pay more and more attention to the fact that Russia is trying to expand cooperation with the CIS countries against the backdrop of Ukrainian events. The Guardian newspaper, for example, is surprised to report that over the past few years, Kyrgyzstan has forgiven for half a billion dollars of debt, while another 500 million dollars of investments were promised to Bishkek as a help to accelerate the process of entering the Kyrgyzstan to the Customs Union.

Gazprom still considers Europe its main market, said the head of the Russian concern Alexei Miller. "The European market is for us - the number one market, and we are a number one supplier for Europe," Miller said during a performance at the plenary session of the Sochi investment forum. At the same time, Miller considers European policy regarding Gazprom a short -sighted. He recalled the recent signing of the Russian-Chinese 30-year gas supply contract.

The Spartak football club plans to hold a wedding at its new stadium. This was stated by the commercial director of the team, Alexander Atmanenko, who was given the task of loading the object to the maximum of mass events. "The stadium has a unique atmosphere. Even when it is empty and no one plays on it. We know that there is a registry office on the territory of Luzhniki.

On Friday, September 19, a note appeared on the website of the newspaper Version , written on the basis of information allegedly received from an anonymous source in the Moscow City Hall, which questioned the holding of the opposition “march of the world” in the capital of September 21. Earlier, the authorities gave the go -ahead to hold an event, which will be held in the form of a procession along the boulevards.

Shanghai Golden Exchange allowed a bidding on a gold market for foreign participants in the exchange. These included such large investment banks as Goldman Sachs, UBS and HSBC, Bloomberg said. Until now, only few residents of the PRC had access to the Chinese gold market. The ability to trade in precious metal should be another step to weaken control over the cross-border movement of capital.

The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, believes that the main activity of Google is to extract intelligence data. He stated this in an interview with BBC . “Google’s business model is spying,” he emphasized. “This brings 80% of profit to the company.” "Google collects information about people, composes it, indexes and stores it. Then it starts things to predict their interests and actions, and then sells data - mainly to advertisers, but also to others," Assange noted.