Citizens of Russia can be automatically connected to the payment of contributions from salaries to the NPF, and to refuse it will be necessary to write an application. Such a mechanism for including people in the new funded pension system of individual pension capital (IPC) was chosen by the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Russia, RBC writes .

Why did the acting governor of the Astrakhan region become a native of the special services Another person behind Putin took an important state post. In the photo, Sergey Morozov, now the acting governor of the Astrakhan region, the President’s “Personal House, August 9, 2013, St. Petersburg.

Immunologists James Ellison and Tasuku Honjo have won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering cancer therapy by activating the immune response. They have developed a fundamentally new approach to cancer therapy, different from previously existing radiotherapy and chemotherapy, which is known as "checkpoint inhibition" of immune cells. Their research is devoted to how to eliminate the suppression of the activity of cells of the immune system by cancer cells, Interfax writes .

For this special operation, he received the title of "Hero of Russia", says journalist Sergei Kanev. Russian intelligence colonel Anatoly Chepiga (“Ruslan Boshirov”), whom the UK suspects of poisoning Sergei Skripal, led the operation to evacuate former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to Russia. about this Hromadsky Serhiy Kanev, a former journalist from the Center for Investigation Management, told . It was for this special operation that Chepiga received the title of Hero of Russia.

The accession of Macedonia to NATO will not strengthen the alliance, but will only create problems for it. In reality, the dispute with Greece has long been settled, and those Macedonians who wanted to join the European Union have already left the country. about it writes The Carnegie Center . The publication refers to the failure of the referendum, in which the inhabitants of Macedonia had to decide on the renaming of their country, as demanded by Greece.

Journalist Arkady Babchenko believes businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin is behind the assassination attempt, which was prevented in May At the same time, the assassination attempt is only one link in the chain of terrorist attacks in Ukraine, which were planned in Russia. On his Facebook page, Babchenko writes that the Russian special services were planning an assassination attempt on a man living in London who wanted to go to Vilnius, but, having learned about the threat, canceled the trip.

The head of Transbaikalia, Natalya Zhdanova, may resign, and a replacement is already being selected for her. It is reported by RBC , citing sources close to the leadership of the region. The reason for the change of the head of the region is called a difficult socio-economic situation. In addition, Zhdanova has a low level of support among the population, and a negative information background has formed around her. Natalya Zhdanova was elected to the post of governor in 2016.

From October 1, telecom operators are required to store all user traffic for a month. Every five years, data storage capacity will increase by 15%. According to Roskomsvoboda, from today the rules approved by the Cabinet of Ministers come into force. We are talking about storing conversations and text messages of Russians.

Foreign flu vaccines have become unavailable in Russia. They cannot be purchased in clinics and pharmacy chains. Vedomosti writes about this. The publication's journalists contacted large private chains on behalf of clients and found out that the clinics only had domestic vaccines, Grippol Plus and Ultrix. The director of the Doctor Nearby network confirmed to the agency that suppliers had run out of imported vaccines.

The policies of US President Donald Trump make satire unnecessary. So says one of the leading British satirists Armando Janucci. In his opinion, the rise of Trump and other populist politicians goes beyond humor. “It’s better not just to joke, but to vote against these people,” Janucci said, speaking at the Cleveland Literary Festival. His words are quoted by The Times. “Read his speeches and you will find a joke there,” Janucci says of Donald Trump.

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected reports that Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov could be released in exchange for three Russian prisoners in the United States. “I don’t know where this information came from and what it is based on,” Peskov told a journalist from the Dozhd TV channel. The day before, Novaya Gazeta reported that Sentsov could be exchanged for the Russians Viktor Bout, Konstantin Yaroshenko and Maria Butina.

Sergei Skripal passed secret information to British MI6 while working for the GRU. This was the reason for his poisoning in Salisbury. According to The Times, Skripal was recruited by British intelligence in 1996 before the end of his three-year posting to Spain. The publication refers to the book of the BBC journalist Mark Urban "Skripal Materials", which tells about the process and reasons for recruitment.

We see doom and hear the chorus of commentators. And the laughter caused by them drowns out the impression of the content of what is really happening. Please note: a series of farces that have caused our laughter lately are always played out on two stages - the main stage is the virtual reality space formed by television and the Internet. The supporting scene is real life.

The prosecutor's office of the United Arab Emirates suspects the senator from Karachay-Cherkessia of forging a residence permit. According to RBC, law enforcement agencies opened a criminal case. The investigation believes that Rauf Arashukov changed the validity of the document so that it allowed him to become a member of the Federation Council. The investigation began on July 18 following a complaint from Cherkessk City Council deputy Ruslan Kardanov.

French chansonnier, composer and poet Charles Aznavour has died, according to AFP. He was 94 years old. Aznavour created about 1300 songs, played in 60 films. He is recognized as one of the best pop performers of the 20th century.