The All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) recorded a 3% drop in the level of approval of the activities of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The survey data is published on the Center's website. In the period from September 3 to 9, the level of approval of the president's activities, according to VTsIOM, was 63%, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev - 33.8%, government - 40.1%. In the period from 20 to 28 August, these figures were 66.1%, 33.3% and 39.3%, respectively.

The Supreme Court of Tatarstan invalidated the territorial scheme for waste management as part of the construction of a waste incineration plant (MSZ) in the suburbs of Kazan. This was reported in the group of opponents of the construction of the incinerator in the social network "VKontakte".

The Russian edition of The Insider, together with the research center The Bellingcat, published a certificate from the FMS on Alexander Petrov, whom the British authorities call an agent of the Main Directorate of the General Staff (GU GSh) of the Russian Ministry of Defense and who is accused of poisoning Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. This FMS certificate contains notes that may indeed indicate that Alexander Petrov is related to Russian intelligence.

Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov are members of the Russian intelligence services, according to a joint investigation by Bellingcat and The Insider. The authors of the investigation refer to the "FMS database", according to which there is no data on whether Petrov received any passports before 2009, both Russian and foreign.

The authorities mistakenly think that Navalny is their main problem The events of the last week have shown that for the first time since 2014, there has been a serious change in the mood of the majority of the population in the country. Including the one that was inspired by the Crimean campaign and the revival of pseudo-imperial consciousness. Obviously, the reasons for this turning point were not the protest actions of Alexei Navalny, but the actions of the Russian authorities themselves.

In 30 regions of Russia, mortality from cancer has increased over the year. This was reported in the monitoring of the All-Russian Popular Front (ONF) and the Health Foundation. During the monitoring, the experts analyzed the data of the Ministry of Health on the incidence of cancer and their detection rate in 2016–2017.

Washington will again announce sanctions against Russia, which can hurt not only oligarchs and officials, but all Russians Photo: Reuters So far, Congress is only going to adopt his “hellish law”, President Trump signed an executive decree on the imposition of sanctions against foreign states, companies and individuals guilty of interfering with the American elections. It is not only about Russia, sanctions will be adopted in relation to any foreign state that Washington will consider guilty.

The United States said that Russia interfered with the work of American electrical networks. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry. “There is clear evidence of Russian interference in the US electrical grid. From my point of view, this is beyond doubt and completely unacceptable, ”Perry said.

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) reported that the organization had met all the criteria for reinstatement. This was reported by the portal "Team of Russia" with reference to the Deputy Head of RUSADA Margarita Pakhnotskaya. “RUSADA is working, it has fulfilled all the recommendations of the WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency - ed. ) Committee on compliance and continues to implement.

Anatoly Chipsanov, a resident of Volokolamsk, was accused of attacking the former head of the district, Yevgeny Gavrilov, during a spontaneous rally near the hospital, which occurred after 50 children were poisoned as a result of a gas release at a landfill. This was reported by The Village.

Boris Feofanov, the former head of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Belgorod region, was sentenced to 4.5 years in a penal colony for bullying a local resident. This was reported on the website of the regional department of the Investigative Committee (IC). Feofanov was also banned from holding positions in law enforcement agencies for two and a half years.

The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has decided to suspend its participation in the work of structures chaired or co-chaired by the Patriarchate of Constantinople. This is reported on the website of the ROC. Also, in the churches of the Moscow Patriarchate, prayer commemoration will be stopped during the divine liturgy of Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.

The Moscow City Court declared illegal the extension of the 30-day arrest of oppositionist Sergei Udaltsov for 4 days, which he spent in the hospital due to a hunger strike. This was reported to Interfax by the press service of the court, noting that today Udaltsov will be released. The decision to extend the arrest of the politician for 112 hours was previously made by the Meshchansky District Court.

Uninteresting work and low wages prevent Russians from being happy. This follows from the data of a survey conducted by the Levada Center. The survey was conducted from 23 to 30 August in 52 Russian regions. When asked if they consider themselves happy, 22% of respondents answered “definitely yes”, 48% - “rather yes”. Rather, 19% of respondents do not consider themselves happy, 6% definitely do not consider themselves happy (the same number found it difficult to answer this question).

The Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia sent an application to initiate a criminal case on the grounds of ecocide (Article 358 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) against the Ukrainian authorities after the release of harmful substances from the chemical plant “Titanium Investments” in Armenian. The document from the management of the enterprise was at the disposal of the editorial office of Novaya Gazeta.