Former GRU officer Sergei Skripal, who was sent to Salisbury, worked for the intelligence services of at least four NATO countries, helping them detect Russian spies. This is written by the German edition of Focus. According to him, Skripal helped declassify spy networks in Estonia, the Czech Republic and Spain, and also collaborated with British intelligence. So, Focus writes, it was with his help that the activities of mafia representatives in Spanish Andalusia were revealed.

The line to the re:Store store on Tverskaya Street began to line up a few days ago, but the first buyer of the new iPhone was a man who ranked 247th. According to Dozhd , the people who were first in line did not plan to buy smartphones, but wanted to sell their seats, but no one was willing to buy them. On September 28, sales of the iPhone XS and XS Max began in Russia.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has appointed Andrey Tarasenko, former Acting Governor of the Primorsky Territory, Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport. Prior to his appointment as the head of Primorye, Tarasenko served as General Director of FSUE Rosmorport, Interfax notes . Tarasenko fought for the post of governor of Primorye with the communist Andrey Ishchenko, but the CEC declared the voting results invalid due to violations.

The Kremlin will send its employees and political strategists to the re-election of the governor of the Primorsky Territory. As Vedomosti writes, Acting Governor Oleg Kozhemyako will be assisted by Boris Rapoport, who is soon to become deputy head of the presidential department for ensuring the activities of the State Council, and department employee Maria Sergeeva.

A third suspect has emerged in the Skripal poisoning case in Salisbury. British intelligence agencies report that they have identified him. According to The Telegraph, this man arrived in Salisbury before the other suspects arrived there and conducted reconnaissance. The data obtained, according to the British intelligence services, he handed over to the executors, Ruslan Boshirov and Alexander Petrov.

- UK media about "Boshirov" / Chepuga, the third suspect, etc. British newspapers have been writing all week about “GRU cleaners” and, above all, about “Ruslan Boshirov”, who, according to the online publications Billingcat and Insider, turned out to be a GRU colonel who was awarded the Hero of Russia star Anatoly Chepiga. The second piece of news is the identification of a third Russian officer involved in the Salisbury poisoning.

In nine Russian regions where perinatal centers were built, infant mortality did not decrease, but increased. The Accounts Chamber came to such conclusions. According to RBC , the department's report refers to the Kaluga, Tambov, Nizhny Novgorod, Orenburg, Penza, Samara, Chelyabinsk regions, Kabardino-Balkaria and Khakassia. In 2016 and 2017, perinatal centers opened in these regions, where pregnant women and newborns are consulted and treated.

The volume of foreign currency in the accounts of clients of the three largest Russian state-owned banks - Sberbank, VTB and Gazprombank - decreased by $7.4 billion in August. By September 1, the volume of foreign currency accounts of Sberbank customers decreased by $3.4 billion, VTB - by $2.8 billion, and Gazprombank - by $1.2 billion, writes RBC .

The government is going to change the formula for calculating insurance pensions of Russians again. As one of the measures, it is possible to abandon the point system introduced several years ago. Vedomosti reported this with reference to federal officials and an expert who participated in the discussion of this issue. According to the publication, the changes are contained in the document “Main Directions of Government Activities” until 2024.

A third suspect has appeared in the Skripal poisoning case in Salisbury, the UK intelligence agencies have identified him According to The Telegraph, this man arrived in Salisbury before the other suspects arrived there and conducted reconnaissance. The data obtained, according to the British intelligence services, he handed over to the executors, Ruslan Boshirov and Alexander Petrov. This could be information about the location of Sergei Skripal's house and which door he uses.

Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that reports on the awarding of the title of Hero of Russia to Anatoly Chepiga "were verified." “Yes, we checked. I have no information that a person with that name was awarded,” Peskov said . When asked about the similarities between Ruslan Boshirov and Anatoly Chepiga, Peskov replied: “All these arguments are about who resembles whom ... We still have ten Stalins and fifteen Lenins running around Red Square.

A few weeks before the trip to the Central African Republic, Jemal refused to use his phone and told his friends that he could be arrested. Journalist Okhan Dzhemal, who died in the Central African Republic along with Alexander Rastorguev and Kirill Radchenko, conducted his own investigation for six months. It concerned the possible supply of weapons from Russia to private military companies in the Central African Republic. This was reported by the Dozhd TV channel, citing its own sources.

The Editor-in-Chief of The Insider, Roman Dobrokhotov, fears an arrest in Moscow. His publication, together with Bellingcat, released an investigation into who the suspects in the poisoning of the Skripals are. According to The Times, today Roman flies to Moscow. He told the publication's journalists that he was unlikely to be harmed, but could be detained and accused of spying for a foreign state or having his bank account closed.

The Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar sent lawyer Mikhail Benyash to a pre-trial detention center for two months. He is accused of using violence against a police officer. This is reported by Mediazona with reference to activist Alexander Savelyev. Mikhail's lawyers at the trial were 11 of his colleagues. They asked not to arrest Benyash. The lawyer himself at the meeting said that he did not know where his two-month-old son was, since the mother of the child was undergoing surgery.

The ruble entered the top three most undervalued world currencies in a Deutsche Bank report. According to RBC , the institution's economists believe that the Russian national currency is now 15% weaker than its "fair" rate. The review's author, economist Christian Vetoshka, believes that the ruble will strengthen and reach the level of 60 rubles per dollar. The last time the Russian currency was at such a value was in early April.