Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin suggested that the theater center on Dubrovka should be named after pop singer, State Duma deputy Iosif Kobzon. “Today we said goodbye to Joseph Kobzon. To perpetuate his memory, it would be possible, in my opinion, to think about giving his name to the Theater Center on Dubrovka, ”the head of Moscow wrote on Twitter. In 2002, Kobzon took part in negotiations with terrorists who seized the theater center.

A series of shares against the pension report was held in Russia. Online broadcast On September 2, in dozens of cities of Russia, shares are held against raising the retirement age. The most massive is expected in Moscow, where at 12 o’clock the procession and rally on Academician Sakharov Avenue organized by the Communist Party and a number of other movements are planned.

The United Nations secret directive on work in Syria states that only after a genuine and comprehensive political transition of power in Syria has taken place, the UN will be ready to promote reconstruction in that country. At the same time, it is noted that the UN will seek to guarantee the maximum possible flow of humanitarian aid to Syria.

In Donetsk, a farewell ceremony is being held for the head of the self-proclaimed DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko, who died last Friday as a result of an explosion. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev expressed their condolences. Russian officials came to the farewell ceremony - the head of the Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, senators and deputies, including Natalya Poklonskaya and Olga Kovitidi, Ekho Moskvy reports .

The National Anti-Terrorism Committee of Russia announced the liquidation of the leader of the Kizilyurt gang, Abas Khubaev, who was involved in the attack on law enforcement officers. Khubaev was found in the forest two kilometers from the village of Toturbiykala. He refused to surrender and opened fire with automatic weapons, Interfax reports a message from the NAC. The suspect was killed in the shootout.

U.S. Justice Department officials tried to make Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska a whistleblower to get information about Russian organized crime and then possible Moscow interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. According to The New York Times , the FBI and the Ministry of Justice tried unsuccessfully to make Deripaska their informant from 2014 to 2016. They said they could help him get a visa or even look into other steps to take to resolve his legal problems.