The American company Tesla Motors introduced the updated models of the Model S sedan and the Model X crossover, equipped with a battery with a capacity of 100 kW/hour. Prior to this, the most powerful battery from Tesla could boast of 90 kW/hour. The updated Model S, who received the P100D prefix, will be able to drive about 506 km without additional charging, and Model X P100D is 465 km.

The Norwegian authorities ordered to build a steel fence on the border crossing of Sturskug - Borisoglebsk on the border with Russia before winter. The fence will be 200 meters in length and 3.5 meters in height. This decision was made due to a large number of cases of illegal crossing the border by migrants, reports Reuters.

The developers of the popular Opera browser announced the release of the Android version of the Opera VPN program. The message about the application output was published on the Opera blog, and you can download it on Google Play . A free Opera application allows users of Android devices to gain access to blocked resources, masking their location (the US, Canada, Germany, Singapore and the Netherlands are available).

AvtoVAZ presented six new concepts, including a completely new model - the Lada Xcode, which opened on Wednesday, which opened on Wednesday, Lada Xcode. The presentation was held by the president of AvtoVAZ Nicolas Mor and Lada designer Steve Mattin. According to the auto manufacturer, the Lada X-Sode Concept is designed to demonstrate the possible evolution of the Lada model range and show a new design concept.

Rostov miners, who announced the hunger strike due to many months of non-payment of salaries, refused to go to Rostov-on-Don to meet with Governor Vasily Golubev, demanding that the head of the region himself come to the city of Gukovo. This was reported by TASS with reference to the miners themselves. According to the agency, such a decision was made during the picket of miners in front of the Kingcool head office, where about 200 people - employees of four mines gathered.

Most of the territory of the island of Sakhalin in the evening of August 2 was left without electricity. According to the regional Ministry of Emergencies , due to a short circuit on the power line of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk-Holmsk, the power supply shutdown in 12 of 17 regions of the island. Later, the department announced the restoration of supply in areas de-energized due to a cliff of wires.

Many investors believe that the revival of the stock and foreign exchange markets of the Russian Federation in recent months is the serious merit of Elvira Nabiullina, the chairman of the Bank of Russia, Inopressa writes with reference to the article in the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal .

The Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR) opened a criminal case against representatives of the Higher Military leadership and law enforcement agencies of Ukraine, including the Minister of Defense of Stepan Poltorat and the head of the General Staff Viktor Muzhenko. They are accused of using prohibited means and methods of war (Article 356 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) in the southeast of Ukraine, the SKR website reports.

The Turkish army, with the support of the Air Force of the International Coalition, led by the United States on August 24, began surgery to liberate the Islamic State (IGIL, ISIS, Daish , which was prohibited in the Russian Federation) of the city of Jaralus in the north of Syria. This was reported in the official Twitter of the Turkish Agency Anadolu.

The information collected by the Voice Movement on the creation of ten municipalities of illegal election headquarters was confirmed in two cases, in particular, information on the creation of the election headquarters in the urban district of the Sverdlovsk region was correct. This was stated on Wednesday, August 24, the chairman of the CEC of the Russian Federation Ella Pamfilova at a CEC meeting. “Of the ten cases, in eight cases, violations were not confirmed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Turkey on August 31, the Turkish site T24.com.tr reports. According to him, the Russian leader will arrive in Antalya, where he will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Both politicians will visit a friendly match between the national football teams of Russia and Turkey. There is no official confirmation of this information yet.

The little-known company UDS-Enerzhi, controlled by the deputy of the State Council of Udmurtia Alexei Chulkin, won Rosneft, Novatek, Surgutneftegaz and four more applicants at the auction of the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use (Rosnedra) for the right to master the Borulala oil and gas site in Yakutia, reports. RBC with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation.

The Leninsky District Court of Tomsk sentenced a man who was found guilty of the murder of a neighbor. The crime was committed on the basis of hunger: the attacker did not like that the victim slowly prepared his food. By court decision, the killer will spend nine years behind bars. He will serve his sentence in a maximum security penal colony, the official website of the regional court reports. As follows from the materials of the criminal case, the crime was committed in September 2015.

The manufacturer of KAMAZ trucks and the Internet company Yandex signed a framework agreement on cooperation in the field of introducing artificial intelligence into cars. Companies, in particular, will work together on the introduction of voice control of the multimedia system of the car and its integration with a mobile device.

The Federal Police of Australia conducted searches in the building of the country's parliament in Kanberra. According to ABC , searches were carried out as part of an investigation of leaks of confidential information about the state program to create a national network of broadband Internet. In particular, the police were interested in e -mail of a number of members of the parliament from the Labor Party, as well as documents related to them and several large media.