Pope Francis is preparing for the upcoming eight -day visit to America, which will begin on the Revolution Square in Havana, and will end with performances at the Session of the UN General Assembly and at the Family Meeting of Families. In the course of preparation, the pontiff takes into account not only the religious, but also the political subtext of its trip.

Sberbank was the first of Russian banks to publish reports on Russian standards on September 1. The net profit of Sberbank of Russia according to Russian accounting standards in August 2015 amounted to 19.6 billion rubles against 10.9 billion in July. The growth of the indicator was 1.8 times. The net profit for eight months of 2015 amounted to 112.0 billion against 252.6 billion rubles a year ago, decreasing 2.3 times, the credit institution said .

Over the past weekend, thousands of refugees from the Middle East arrived in the European Union countries. The authorities of Germany, Austria and Hungary are already thinking about measures that would limit the flow of migrants. Meanwhile, in Ankara it is believed that the EU accepted the "ridiculous small" part of the refugees, while in Turkey their number is calculated by millions.

“This weekend, Moscow celebrates 868 years since its founding. The celebrations are large-scale, as if this is an anniversary, and not a passing date. It seems that 850 years were celebrated on a smaller scale. In general, I noticed a trend that every year the holidays in our country are becoming larger and larger and brighter, be it Victory Day or City Day. The people demand spectacles, and the budget still allows the desires of the people to be satisfied. Why not?

In Guatemala, the presidential elections ended, the counting of votes began. After processing several percent of the ballots, the country's highest electoral tribunal designated the leader of the vote, he became a representative of the right front of the national convergence, former comedian Jimmy Morales, reports the Prensa Libre portal. In total, 14 candidates apply for the post of head of state.

The “Turkish stream” gas pipeline will begin with the construction of one thread of the gas pipeline, according to which gas will be supplied to consumers in Turkey itself. The construction of the remaining threads will begin after assessing the demand for gas in Europe, said the deputy head of Gazprom Alexander Medvedev.

Washington sent an official request to Athens with a request to close the Greek airspace for Russian aircraft with humanitarian aid for Syria. The receipt of the relevant document has already been confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Reuters reports with reference to the press secretary of the department. According to the source, the country's authorities are currently considering this request and have not yet made a final decision.

The Russian representative office of General Motors reported that the Opel and Chevrolet brands will leave the Russian market in a month, Informing.ru reports. In the regions, approximately 6 thousand cars remain at the car warehouses of concerns, and this approximately corresponds to the monthly level of sale, the media representatives themselves inform the dealers themselves. Following their words, in Moscow and St.

Estonian and Finnish architects during a three -day meeting will discuss the idea of ​​building a tunnel between Tallinn and Helsinki.

The Russian men's basketball team suffered a third defeat in a row at the start of the group stage of the European Championship in France. On Monday, in the third round match in Montpellier, the Russians in the last seconds lost to the Finnish team with a score of 79:81 (16:20, 20:18, 27:26, 18:15). The most effective in our team was Vitaly Fridson, who scored 22 points and made four programs.

The head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies in the Primorsky Territory Vladimir Fokin will soon be dismissed, VL.ru reports with reference to an unnamed source in the administration of the Primorsky Territory. Such a decision, writes an Internet newspaper, was made due to poor work to eliminate the consequences of floods in the Ussuri city district. The blow of the elements did not lead to human victims, but animals contained in the zoo died .

Due to the storm in Kazan, more than ten people were injured. Nine inhabitants of the capital of Tatarstan were in the hospital due to the fall of the roof of the house at the bus stop, according to the website of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergencies. Doctors say that in Kazan 16 people turned to Kazan for help.

Supporters of the opposition Alexei Navalny submitted an application for the conduct of the procession and rally "for the replacement of power" on September 20 in Moscow. This was announced on the event page on Facebook by the Executive Director of the Corruption Fund (FBK) Roman Rubanov. He explained to Interfax that the maximum number of participants in the event in the application was determined by 40 thousand people.

Ukraine will have to pay Russia's debt in full, the head of the Ministry of Finance Anton Siluanov told reporters. In case of refusal, according to the minister, Moscow will apply to the court and the International Monetary Fund, TASS reports. "Russian debt is sovereign. There is a special settlement procedure for sovereign debts in such cases. We will not enter into negotiations with the Ukrainian government in this part," Siluanov said.

“Let’s start with the Ministry of Finance. Deputy Minister Alexey Moiseev recently predicted the exchange rate. In general, this is a completely respectable activity for a representative of the Ministry of Finance - although, of course, completely useless for society due to the very whimsical behavior of the domestic currency against the backdrop of economic cataclysms.