The Federal Reserve System (FRS) of the USA decided to raise the base interest rate by 0.25 percentage points from 2% to 2.25%. This is stated in a press release from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) FRS. The regulator explained this by the fact that the situation on the labor market has changed, there has been an increase in the US economy and inflation. At the same time, the Committee on Open Markets noted a low level of unemployment.

Mediazona publisher and Pussy Riot member Pyotr Verzilov said he was poisoned by Russian security services. He spoke about this to Bild. Verzilov suggested that the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) might be behind these actions. The fact that this is precisely the work of the special services, says, according to Verzilov, the "professionalism" of the poisoning.

How much money the richest Russians keep abroad - from $ 800 billion to $ 1 trillion - comparable to the wealth of all Russians within the country Photo: Photoxpress From an economic point of view, Russia is a country of inequality. Look, for example, at Ingushetia: in this region up to 40% of the poor, the standard of living at the Honduras level. And now on Sakhalin, where the highest gross in Russia regional product per capita, comparable to Singapore indicators. Or Moscow and St.

From January 1, 2019, citizens of Turkmenistan will pay for salt, and will no longer be able to consume gas, water and electricity for free. This was reported by the agency "Turkmenistan today" with reference to the decree of the President of the country Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. Citizens have been using gas, water and electricity free of charge within the consumption limit since 1992.

How State Duma deputies adopted a bill on pension reform in the second reading Photo: RIA Novosti On September 26, the State Duma took place the second reading of the sensational bill on raising the retirement age.

US President Donald Trump said that China planned to interfere in the US elections, which will be held in November 2018. This was reported by Interfax with reference to Trump's statement during a meeting of the UN Security Council. “They don't want me or us to win because I'm the first US president to take a stand against China on trade issues. And we win in trade, we win at all levels. We don't want to let them disrupt or interfere with our future elections," Trump said.

What is the difference between people with left-wing beliefs and those with right-wing beliefs? In July of this year, two cyclists from Washington, Jay Austin and Lauren Geoghegan, were killed in Tajikistan. Both of them quit their boring jobs and went to ride bikes around the world. On the 369th day of their journey, as they were rolling along a country road as part of another group, they were overtaken by a car. The driver braked, turned around, and then crashed into a group of cyclists.

Journalists Bellingcat and The Insider claim that the suspect in the poisoning of ex-reconnaissance Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia Ruslan Boshirov is a colonel of the main intelligence department (GRU) Anatoly Chepiga. Such a statement follows from a joint journalistic investigation.

The Deputy Prosecutor of the Perm Territory submitted an appeal to the regional court with a request to reconsider the case against pensioner Igor Troshev, who was sentenced to a suspended sentence for cultivating poppy bushes. This was reported on the website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Perm Territory. After studying the verdict, the department came to the conclusion that procedural violations were committed in the case, this is the basis for canceling the court decision.

The European Union, Russia and China came up with how to circumvent US sanctions against Iran Photo: EPA This week, as part of a meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York, representatives of the European Union, Russia and China presented a jointly developed mechanism that will allow companies to continue economic relations with Iran, without falling under American sanctions.

The head of the Accounts Chamber, Alexei Kudrin, announced his resignation as chairman of the Center for Strategic Research (CSR). This was reported to Interfax by his press secretary Yuri Armand. According to him, it is not yet known who will take this position. The Center for Strategic Research was established in 1999 at the initiative of the future President of Russia Vladimir Putin. The tasks of the experts included the creation of a plan for the development of the country until 2010.

President Vladimir Putin has said he is ready to appoint Oleg Kozhemyako, Governor of the Sakhalin Oblast, as acting head of the Primorsky Territory to replace Alexander Tarasenko, who, according to Putin , has asked for his resignation. The appointment decree appeared on the Kremlin website. In response to the proposal, the Sakhalin governor announced his desire to participate in the election of the Primorsky head, to which Putin replied that he had no objection to this.

Kyiv is ready to release the crew of the Nord ship if the sailors receive Ukrainian passports. This was stated by the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Tatyana Moskalkova, Interfax reports . “My Ukrainian colleague Lyudmila Denisova voiced Ukraine’s position that the movement and return to the family of the Nord sailors is possible only if they receive Ukrainian passports,” Moskalkova said.

UPDATE Yuri Kokov, who held this position, was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Security Council. President Vladimir Putin appointed Kazbek Kokov as acting head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. The corresponding order appeared on the Kremlin website.

Vladimir Putin has appointed Sergei Morozov Acting Governor of the Astrakhan Region. The appointment decree appeared on the Kremlin website. “The governor of the Astrakhan region, Alexander Alexandrovich Zhilkin, has been working there for a long time, and he asked to be transferred to another place of work,” Putin said at a meeting with Morozov, who is currently deputy head of the Federal Customs Service. “Vladimir Vladimirovich, I thank you for your trust.