On August 31, the famous Lenin (Russian State Library) took place its new general director Photos provided by the press service of the foreigner The news to the library community was incurred unexpectedly, since it only recently mastered with the appointment of Vadim Valerievich in the library of foreign literature after the death of Ekaterina Genieva. Yes, and rumors were just subsided about the acceleration of trusted personnel and commercialization of the library.

CORRECTION 12:49 p.m., September 1st . The original version of the article claimed the death of six people as a result of a terrorist attack, but later this information was refuted. We apologize. As a result of the explosion in the cafe "Separ" in the center of Donetsk, in addition to the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, one more person was killed, nine people were injured.

The administration of Chelyabinsk refused to restore a memorial plaque in memory of the victims of political repressions on the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, where executions were carried out in the 1930s. According to the mayor's office, she allegedly can undermine the authority of the police in the eyes of the population, reports . Kommersant For the first time, a memorial plaque about the executions appeared on the facade of the NKVD building on Vasenko, 39 in 1995.

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Trapeznikov has been appointed interim head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic after the death of its former head Alexander Zakharchenko. The results of the meeting of the Council of Ministers are reported by RIA Novosti. This was previously reported by Interfax and RBC with reference to the deputies of the People's Council.

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences in connection with the death of the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko. The text is given on the Kremlin website.

UPDATE As the speaker of the parliament of New Russia Oleg Tsarev told RIA, the bomb was laid in the lamp next to the Zakharchenko table. Cafe "Separ" after the explosion. Photo: RIA Novosti The explosive device was in advance in the Separ restaurant in the center of Donetsk, said RIA Novosti Alexander Kazakov, adviser to the deceased head of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko. “It was an explosion.

The first step was taken to the international investigation of the crimes of the Chechen authorities Photo: Elena Afonina / TASS On August 30, the permanent representative of Canada at the OSCE Ambassador Natasha Keier made an application for activation of the so -called OSCE Viennese mechanism in relation to Russia.

The Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced the head of the security service of the Russian Museum, Irina Kuznetsova, to 4 years of probation with 3 years of probation in the case of fraud in the purchase of security systems (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code), reports the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg.

The Barnaul court issued a decision on the forced placement of Andrei Shasherin, accused of extremism because of the pictures on VKontakte, to a psychiatric hospital. Shasherin filed an appeal against the decision of the district court, but the regional court today upheld it. “This is not a court. The decision was agreed in advance,” Shasherin told Novaya Gazeta.

We are making plans for September Photo: Dmitry Korobeinikov / TASS Early autumn: still light, not cold, serious study did not start. Another open -air festivals are going on, you can wander around the parks, wave for the weekend to St. Petersburg, run around concerts. The Parallels team talks about its choice. "4 positions of Bruno" in Moscow In narrow circles, the famous and revered Ural group “4 Positions of Bruno” in September again arrives in the capital.

The US Department of Commerce has added to the sanctions list the Research Institute of Molecular Electronics (NIIME), which is part of the RTI holding (AFK Sistema). Information about this is contained in the American "Federal Register", writes Interfax. The sanctions imply a ban on Americans trading with NIIME. According to US authorities, the institution threatens the "national security and foreign policy interests" of the country.

Walks away from palaces and museums Photo: "New Gazeta" Peter guests usually go to Nevsky, on the Hermitage - along well -known routes. But the spirit of the city does not live there, you want to see a real Peter - go off the tourist paths. “Rarely where there are so many gloomy, sharp and strange influences on the soul of a person, as in St. Petersburg ... Did you notice that in St. Petersburg the streets are all gloomy? This is the most abstract and intentional city in the world ...

Favorite TV shows of adolescents: What have you not watched yet? Frame from the series "Very Strange Things". Kinopoisk.ru Ksenia Abrosimova interviewed the peers who gathered in August in the Sochi Educational Center Sirius, and found out: Russian teenagers from different cities, with different interests and different goals in life, mostly watch the same series.

Parents of yesterday's schoolchildren share their experience: how to survive a year before release Photo: RIA Novosti From the point of view of the strategy, adults and children are completely united in their views on the last school years: you need to decide on desires, focus on the main thing, weed out everything secondary, work hard, but do not forget about sleep, rest and mental health. Differences begin where tactics must be chosen.

Graduates share their strategies Photo: RIA Novosti How to survive in high school with their crazy load, prepare for admission - and so that there is time to live? What to pay more attention, what to abandon? Most often, graduates advise to immerse themselves in what you need. “You can score on all sorts of useless dull objects that do not need to be taken” (Lena Verstakova) .