The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, said that the agency would call the Dutch ambassador on October 3 in response, the reports .

Lipetsk officials demand to destroy a new rehabilitation center for cancer patients, built at the expense of philanthropists Photo: Vlad Dokshin / "New Gazeta" - Fear. This is what controls us - Olga Zenina runs out of the room with tears. Other parents lower their eyes: - Do not pay attention. We are all on the nerves now. In the center of rehabilitation of children with oncology, mothers and dads of small patients gathered. Preschool children are swarming on the carpet, they smoke.

The dollar exchange rate on the Moscow Exchange fell to 62.64 rubles, updating the minimum of 2016. The last time the dollar fell below this level was in November 2015. The euro fell to 70.43 rubles, the price of Brent oil is 49.1 dollars per barrel. Earlier on Friday, the Ministry of Finance raised the average annual dollar rate included in the draft budget. In 2017, it will amount to 67.5 rubles, in 2018 - 68.7 rubles, and in 2019 - 71.1 rubles.

Pensions in Russia will be indexed if inflation deviates from the projected level of 4%, Interfax reports citing Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. “They will index (pensions and other social payments) after the fact. If we now include 4% in the forecast, and then if there are sudden deviations in one direction or another, of course, we will recalculate according to the law. This is required by law,” the minister said.

Russia ranked 123 out of 138 in the ranking of countries in terms of road quality, according to a report by the World Economic Forum. The first place is occupied by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the second - by Singapore, the third - by Hong Kong. The top 10 countries for road quality are the Netherlands, Japan, France, Switzerland, Austria, Portugal and Denmark. Russia was in 123rd place between Sierra Leone, which ranked 122nd, and Lebanon (124th).

The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, said that the program of food assistance to the population (food cards) could start operating in Russia in 2018, reports . Interfax Deputy head of the department Viktor Evtukhov also speaks about the launch of the pilot project of the program in 2018. “Real launch dates: I don’t know, but obviously not 2017, because in 2017 we no longer fall within the budget.

The Presnensky Court of Moscow arrested Denis Romashkin, the former head of the criminal investigation department of the Presnensky Department of Internal Affairs, in the case of a shootout near the Elements restaurant on Rochdelskaya Street in Moscow, from which the persecution of crime boss Shakro Molodoy began, RIA Novosti . reports Romashkin is under arrest until 21 October. His defense insisted on house arrest.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that the privatization of Rosneft and Bashneft will take place at the end of 2016, reports . Interfax “We will do this (privatize the shares of state-owned companies), including this year, including a number of such fairly large, large blocks of shares. For example, such as Rosneft and Bashneft,” the agency quotes Medvedev.

Russia's spending on the military operation in Syria amounted to at least 58 billion rubles, according to RBC's calculations based on open data. According to the publication's calculations, the main part of the costs falls on aviation flights - 50 billion rubles. During the year of the operation, Russian aircraft made about 13,000 sorties, the average duration of which is from 1 to 1.5 hours. About 2.1 billion rubles were spent on personnel, writes RBC.

The Ministry of Finance budgeted for 2019 the dollar at 71 rubles. This was stated by Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, TASS reports . “The average annual ruble exchange rate budgeted for 2019 is 71.1 rubles per dollar,” Siluanov said.

The Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications, Nikolay Nikiforov, said that the complete decryption of Internet traffic could harm security, reports . Interfax “If we talk about the issue of total decryption of traffic, we need to understand the expediency and compliance with the norms of the Constitution.

The founder and editor-in-chief of the TV-2 news agency, Viktor Muchnik, received the first confirmation that he does not have a second citizenship. The Estonian state apparatus turned out to be the most operative in the world: the Estonian embassy confirmed that “according to the data known to the consul, Viktor Muchnik is not an Estonian citizen, and also does not have a residence permit in Estonia” (based on the Estonian population register).

Sberbank of Russia reduced deposit rates by 0.30 - 0.55 percentage points in rubles, by 0.04 - 0.60 percentage points. in dollars and by 0.04 - 0.39 p.p. in euros, reports . Interfax We are talking about the basic line and online deposits. The maximum rates on deposits for a period of six months - a year in rubles are 6.85%, in dollars for a period of one to two years - 1.25%, in euros - 0.25%.

Why did the democratic agenda lose and what to do about it? The conversation of Leonid Goman and Dmitry Muratov Photo: Victoria Odissonova / "New Gazeta" Leonid Gozman came to discuss the political landscape after the battle to the editorial office of Novaya Gazeta. We decided that we need to leave the standard interview format in this case: we are more about a friendly conversation of the newspaper editors with our author and one of the most experienced Russian politicians.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev closed eight special economic zones (SEZs). The corresponding document is published on the website of the government. We are talking about zones in Altai, Stavropol, Adygeya, North Ossetia, Khabarovsk and Krasnodar Territories, Murmansk Region, as well as Russky Island. According to the document, they are recognized as ineffective.