India and Russia were declared joint winners of the First World Chess Olympiad FIDE after two Indian players in the final were disconnected from the Internet. The first round of the final ended in a draw - 3: 3, and in the second round there was also a draw before Nihal Sarin and Divia Desmuk lost touch with the server and their time ended. Initially, the victory was given to Russia, but India appealed to the result of the final in the International Chess Federation (FIDE).

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced the expulsion of three diplomats of the Slovak embassy in Moscow. This is stated in the message on the website of the department. On Monday, August 31, the Ambassador of Slovakia to Russia Peter Pubetuten was called to Smolenskaya Square. He was declared a protest in connection with the expulsion of three employees of the Russian diplomatic mission from Slovakia.

The State Electoral Commission of Montenegro published on its website preliminary results of the parliamentary elections following the processing of 99.65% of data from the plots. The ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) gained 35.10%, the largest opposition coalition "for the future of Montenegro" - 32.51%. Another opposition coalition "Mir - our nation" received 12.5%of the vote, the Coalition "Black to the White" - 5.53%, the Social Democrats of Ivan Braiovich - 4.1%.

32 percent of Russian schoolchildren relate to the beginning of the school year pessimistic, panicky or with apathy, the results of a survey of the Federal Education Development Institute of the RANEPA, dedicated to the readiness of schools for the new academic year in the context of coronavirus. RBC publishes the results of the hundredth. Teachers are better psychologically ready for work in the new school year than students.

The Moscow Football Club "Dynamo" will meet with the Georgian Lokomotiv (Tbilisi) in the second qualification round of the Europa League. So decided the draw, held on Monday in the Swiss Nyon. The meeting will be held on September 17 in Tbilisi. The winners of the games of the second qualifying round will be determined by the results of one match without spectators.

A group of chemists from France and Singapore has developed a relatively cheap technology for processing lithium-ion batteries, which allows to extract valuable metals from batteries using citric acid and a reducing agent from an orange peel extract. The article on this development was published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology .

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov expressed the hope that the guilty of beating the former defendant in Moscow Affairs and the leading radio station of Echo of Moscow, Yegor Zhukov, will be established and punished by law. The Rain correspondent drew attention to the “constant provocations” against the opposition, reminded the case of Alexei Navalny and asked if these events cause concern in the Kremlin.

Two more players were called to the Russian national football team, which was preparing in Novyabrsk for the September matches of the League of Nations. This is the forward of the Moscow "Spartak" Alexander Sobolev and the midfielder of the capital "Dynamo" Daniil Fomin. Earlier, the striker of the Tula Arsenal Evgeny Lutsenko, who was called to the national team was initially injured, was previously injured.

The players of the Krumkachi Belarusian club Sergei Kozeck and Pavel Ratolko were detained and beaten during the protest in Minsk on August 30 upon returning from training with the team coach Alexander Belinsky, the website Tribuna.com reports. At the same time, athletes did not participate in the action. The Law enforcement center "Vesna" said that Kozecka and Srizolko were detained on suspicion of damage to a police minibus.

During the debate in the Southern District Military Court, the prosecutor Yevgeny Kolpikov requested the terms from 15 to 21 years of the colony to the accused in the case of participation in the religious movement of Hizb Ut-Taurir. This was reported on the website of the Crimean Solidarity movement.

During the restrictions related to the coronavirus epidemic, the number of registered cases of fraud has grown sharply in Russia. This is evidenced by the statistics of the Prosecutor General’s Office analyzed by RBC . At the same time, growth occurred exclusively at the expense of telephone and Internet canom - in six months of 2020, the number of cases of such fraud increased by 76% compared to the first half of 2019.

Over the past day, 4993 cases of coronavirus in 83 regions have been identified in Russia, 83 people died, according to the Telegram channel of the Federal Operational Staff. In total, 995,319 sick and 17,176 dead were identified in the country. Of the hospitals per day, 2405 people were discharged, the total number of recovered patients increased to 809 387. New cases of COVID -19 by regions (in brackets - the number of dead per day): Moscow - 685 (12) St.

In the Khabarovsk Territory, on September 4, all the restrictions established in connection with the Pandemia of Coronavirus are removed, according to the website of the regional administration. The corresponding decision was signed by the acting governor of the region Mikhail Degtyarev. From this day, mass events are allowed and the self -isolation mode for citizens over 65 years old is canceled.

Former Governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Sergey Furgal, who was in Moscow under the arrest in the case of the organization of murders and attempted murder of entrepreneurs, abandoned the pre -trial agreement with the investigation. This was announced by a source of TASS in law enforcement agencies. According to him, the former governor considered the proposal of investigators a threat and pressure on him.

Almost every second Muscovite believes that electronic voting can be hacked and falsified, the results of a recent Levada Center survey testify. During it, residents of the capital were asked about their attitude to online voting on amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation. It turned out that 50% of respondents relate to voting positively, 39% - negatively. As a rule, people who support power are advocated for electronic voting, against its opponents.