On Academician Sakharov Avenue in Moscow, a coordinated rally was held against raising pension reform, organized by leftist forces. The direct broadcast was carried out by the Rain TV channel and the Internet project "Rupor Moscow" . According to the correspondent of the Radio "Echo of Moscow" , about ten thousand people took part in the Moscow campaign. The coordinator of the Left Front movement Sergei Udaltsov estimated the number of participants at more than 50 thousand people.

The head of the Republic of Khakassia, Viktor Zimin, who had previously removed his candidacy from the second round of the governor's elections, announced his departure. This is stated in the appeal of a politician published on the website of the government of the republic. “I made a decision. I am leaving. I am leaving to prevent a split in Khakassia. I am convinced that no political ambitions should harm the people of the republic,” Zimin explained.

The two -time world -skiing champion Yevgeny Medvedev in the Canadian city of Oksville was unable to win at the fifth stage of the Chellenger series of Autumn Classic after falling in an arbitrary program. The Russian woman made a mistake in the performance of the triple Rittberger and eventually turned out to be the second. After a short program, Evgenia was a leader, ahead of American Brady Tennell and Frenchwoman MaE Berenis Mayeta.

Theater and film actor, Moscow Spartak fan Dmitry Nazarov wrote another poem about the capital’s team. The artist did this on the eve of the derby with CSKA, which will take place as part of the eighth round of the Russian Football Championship. In his poem, Nazarov spoke about the defeat from Akhmat ( 1:2 ), from Rapid Vienna ( 0:2 ) in the Europa League, but did not say a single bad word about head coach Massimo Carrera.

At least 25 people were killed, more than 60 were injured as a result of firing at the participants of the military parade in the city of Ahvaz in the southwest of Iran, reports Reuters. According to the Mehr agency, 29 people were killed, more than 50 were injured. Among the victims there are women and children. Earlier, the Tasnim agency noted that the number of victims may increase, since some victims are in critical condition.

Liverpool defeated Southampton at home with a score of 3:0 in the match of the sixth round of the English Football Championship. The goals were scored by Joel Matip (21') and Mohamed Salah (45'), another goal was scored by Wesley Houdt (10'). In a parallel match, Manchester City defeated Cardiff away with a score of 5:0 thanks to accurate shots from Sergio Aguero, Bernardo Silva, Ilkay Gundogan and Riyad Mahrez (2).

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has called on club executives to hire more women after the release of an independent investigation into the Dallas Mavericks that showed multiple instances of harassment and other inappropriate behavior over more than 20 years. - Ex-basketball player of the Russian national team may become the first woman to head an NBA club In guidelines sent to clubs, Silver said he was “strongly” encouraging them to increase the number of female employees at all levels.

The Rosbalt agency became known circumstances that led to the second criminal record in the 1980s of businessman Evgeny Prigozhin, who is called Putin’s cook, the owner of the “troll factory” and the sponsor of the private military campaign (PMC) of Wagner. The President of the Russian Federation was also known about the criminal past of the “friend” of the President, but the details are published for the first time.

Former CSKA footballer Alexander Golovin made his debut for Monaco in the home match of the sixth round of the French championship with Nim. The meeting ended with a score of 1: 1. The midfielder of the Russian national team entered the field in the 72nd minute, when the teams have already exchanged assault attacks. “We have many young players who need to make mistakes to become better in the future. We continue to work on this. Golovin is a player of a different level.

The capital's Dynamo at the Khimki Arena near Moscow was defeated by Anzhi Makhachkala with a score of 0:1 in the match of the eighth round of the Russian Football Championship. Guest striker Andres Ponce (49') scored the only goal after the break. Let us note that already in the added time to the main time of the match, Dynamo player Evgeniy Lutsenko (90+1') failed to convert the 11-meter shot. Thus, Anji interrupted a series of six defeats in a row.

In Chelyabinsk, the case of a church court was opened against the priest of his father Alexander (Gruzleva) after he paid off the mortgage with the money of a 78-year-old parishioner. About this local portal 74.ru was told by the secretary of the Chelyabinsk diocese, Archpriest Igor Shestakov. According to him, the priest is suspended from ministry and may lose the dignity, which means the end of the career of the clergyman.

Heavy rain with a thunderstorm and wind gusts up to 19 m/s is expected in Moscow in the evening of September 22, according to the website of the capital’s department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry. "According to Roshydromet in the coming hour with preservation until 22:00 on September 22, rain, thunderstorm, wind, 14-19 m/s are expected in Moscow," the report said.

The Russian jump in the height of Maria Kuchina (in marriage - Lasitzkene) was included in the list of nominees for the title of athletes of Europe in 2018, according to the official page of the European athletics association on Twitter .

Fontanka looked at the citizens who received a passport at about the same time with the alleged GRU employees Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, whom the UK suspect of the poisoning of the ex-colonel of military intelligence of Russia Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia in Salisbury. The publication was discovered by several people who have issued a passport of the same 65th series as Petrov and Boshirov, and the numbers of documents differ in several units.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Sunday, September 23, will present the chronology of events that led to the crash of the IL-20 reconnaissance aircraft in Syria on September 17, the military department said. "A mentioned chronology of the tragedy will be brought with the presentation of the objective data of radar means of the information display system for air situation in Syria on September 17 and Israeli Aviation in the Airlines area, " Interfax quotes the statement.