Chairman and Senior Republican of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Congress of the US Congress Eliot Engel (from the state of New York) and Michael McColus (from Texas) called on Thursday the American president Donald Trump to impose sanctions against the Russian authorities for "human rights violations", which were unauthorized by officials of protest shares in Moscow and St. Petersburg. This is stated in a common joint statement by congressmen, which is quoted by TASS.

The exchange of prisoners between Moscow and Kiev will be "large -scale", and negotiations on this issue are nearing completion, said Russian President Vladimir Putin at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum. Its broadcast is carried out on the website of VEF. "Regarding the exchange: I think that it will be so large, large -scale, and that would be a good step forward, towards normalization," said the Russian leader.

On Thursday, the Luga City Court of the Leningrad Region decided to recover 4 million rubles from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in favor of three former military personnel in compensation for non -pecuniary damage for the criminal negligence of the commanders. During their fault, during the exercises, the soldiers were injured when they were in the defeat. The military fired from tank guns.

Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region Vladimir Petrov came up with the idea of ​​banning the use of so-called seat belt locks in Russia. He addressed this proposal to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vladimir Kolokoltsev. According to Petrov, devices that allow one to deceive car security systems and avoid wearing a seat belt are very popular in Russia.

Fly Auto LLC filed a lawsuit in the Moscow Arbitration Court for the Corruption Fund (FBC) of Alexei Navalny with a demand for 1 billion rubles, Mediazona reports. The leadership of the next transport company, which decided to sue with the opposition, talk about "damaged by protesting vehicles" and injured business reputation. As follows from the file cabinet , the lawsuit was registered in court on September 5.

In the Atlantic Ocean, a hurricane "Dorian" rages. The northern part of the Bahamas suffered most of him, where the wind speed reached 295 km/h, and the gusts exceeded 354 km/h. According to preliminary data, 13 thousand houses were destroyed. The day before, the Minister of Health of the country Dwayne Sands said that the death of 20 residents is confirmed - 17 on the islands of Abako, 3 on the island of Big Bagam, reports The Tribune .

Russian mixed martial arts (MMA) heavyweight fighter Alexander Emelianenko has signed a contract for a fight against powerlifter Mikhail Koklyaev, who has never competed in martial arts before. At the same time, the opponents did not specify the date, place and rules of the fight. “The contract for the fight with Koklyaev has been signed! The fight will take place! I will inform you about the timing of the fight later,” Emelianenko said on social networks.

The South Korean company Samsung officially announced that the sales of the Galaxy Fold smartphone with a flexible display will begin on September 6. First, the device will enter the Korea market, and then will appear in other countries, including France, Singapore, Germany, the USA and the UK. Recall that the Galaxy Fold has an external display with a diagonal of 4.6 inches and a resolution of 1960*840 pixels.

In the Pacific Ocean, the Typhoon "Linlin" reached the Japanese Islands of Sakisima and struck a direct blow to the island of Miyako: at the local airport, a rush of wind 220.3 km/h was recorded, which became a record for this island, reports StormNews with reference to NHK . A strong wind fell trees, pillars and turned cars over. And because of the pouring rain, the streets were under water. So far, it is known about 5 wounded. Information about the consequences of the elements is specified.

The cybersecurity expert Sanjam Jane found an unprotected server on the network, on which telephone numbers tied to the accounts of users of the Facebook social network. Techcrunch writes about this, clarifying that a total of more than 419 million records were contained in the bases on the server. Due to the lack of protection in the form of a password, anyone could get access to the server.

The US Department of Education fined the University of Michigan (MSU) on a record $ 4.5 million against the backdrop of its "systematic inability to protect students from sexual violence." This was reported on Thursday on the website of the department. The reason for the fine was the case of the ex-doctor of the US women's team in sports gymnastics Larry Nassar , from 1995 to 2015. working in MSU, where the US team in sports gymnastics trained.

Vladivostok may claim to hold the Summer Olympic Games in 2036. This was announced at the Eastern Economic Forum (VEF) by the president of the Olympic Committee of the Russian Federation (OKR) Stanislav Pozdnyakov. To do this, in the city it is already necessary to start creating sports infrastructure. The head of the OKR noted that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is now holding reforms that will simplify the submission of applications to countries and cities.

"One of the main indicators is the population, a demographic situation. I must say that so far this indicator is in an alarming, in the" red "zone. In almost all Far Eastern subjects of the Federation, the population continues to decline," V. Putin said. Here you go. Water to the stake, start first! " - writes a former politician on Facebook .

The Kremlin intends to check the observance of anti -corruption legislation by a deputy of the Moscow City Duma, secretary of the Moscow branch of United Russia Andrei Metelsky. This was reported by Vedomosti with reference to a letter from the head of the Presidential Directorate on Anti -Corruption of Andrei Chostitov.

Vladimir Putin announced that by the end of this year, the authorities will launch a special mortgage program for young families with a rate of 2%in the Far East. It is reported by RIA "Novosti" .