By the New Year in Russia, minimum prices for champagne will record in Russia Before the New Year holidays in Russia, minimum prices for champagne will be set. The standard bottle of sparkling wine will cost less than 164 rubles, Kommersant writes with reference to Rosalcoolregulation. The minimum vacation price from the manufacturer is planned to be fixed at 115 rubles. The draft order should be published on the department’s website in the near future.

A group of Russian enthusiasts collects money for a flight to the moon A group of Russian “cosmonautics enthusiasts” collects money on the creation of a spacecraft that can fly to the moon orbit on the Boomstarter crowdfunding platform. Thus, the authors of the project want to check whether the American astronauts really landed on the moon.

The observatory predicts the northern lights in the sky over St. Petersburg on the night of October 8 The leading researcher at the Pulkovo Observatory, Georgy Goncharov, told the Russian News Service that the inhabitants of St. Petersburg on the night of October 8 will be able to see the northern lights. “In the last decades of hours, there was a powerful activity of the sun, and emissions of solar matter to Earth have occurred.

“An uninformed society cannot be civilian”: Vladimir Pozner - about journalism, censorship and post -Soviet generation Vladimir Pozner arrived in St. Petersburg as a member of the jury of the competitive program of the festival "Message to a Man". In addition, a famous journalist spoke at St. Petersburg State University and, answering students' questions, spoke about his views on the profession, a new generation of Russians and mood in society.

In St. Petersburg, they may prohibit the sale of alcohol on Wednesdays In St. Petersburg, they are offered to ban the sale of alcohol on Wednesdays, they write Izvestia. The bill was developed by the deputy of the city Zaks Andrei Anokhin, who believes that the “day of sobriety” will reduce the consumption of alcohol. He explained the choice of the day of the week by the fact that in the Russian Orthodox Church, Wednesday is considered the time of the post that lasts throughout the year.

Russia has begun the missile shelling of the Islamic State from the sea The Caspian flotilla began the shelling of the militants of the Islamic State from the sea. This was reported by Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu President Vladimir Putin, RIA Novosti reports . Shoigu said that four flotilla missile ships used a high -precision weapon against the positions of Islamist militants.

What is known about the murder of the husband of an activist who protects the deceived equity holders In St. Petersburg, the husband of the activist of the deceived equity holders Alla Andreeva was killed. The inscription “You are next” remained on the car of the deceased - interest holders suggest that the murder is related to Andreeva’s public activity, her car was already burned a few months ago.

Russian films received 20 % screen time in cinemas Large Russian cinema networks agreed to introduce a quota to show domestic films. The relevant agreement was signed on Wednesday by Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky and representatives of the film, Interfax reports . Under the contract signed by the leaders of Sinema Star, Karo, Paradise, Mirage Cinema and Kinomax, Russian films will take 20 % of the screen cinema time per year. The document comes into force on January 1, 2016.

The Politkovskaya Prize was awarded a journalist of the Syrian underground newspaper In London, the Syrian journalist Holud Valid awarded the Anna Politkovskaya Prize. This was reported on the website of the organization RAW in War, which established the award. The publications of the underground newspaper Enab Baladi are devoted to the life of the Syrians in the midst of war and crimes against civilians.

The Accounts Chamber criticized the government plan to combat the crisis The Accounts Chamber called the government’s anti -crisis plan poorly thought out and executed mainly on paper, Writes Vedomosti. The report of the head of the department of Tatyana Golikova says that the activities planned by the government were completed by less than a third. It also says that money allocated to fight the crisis is not spent. The government adopted the plan to combat the crisis in the winter.

In St. Petersburg, maternity capital was allowed to spend on the purchase of a Russian car The deputies of the St. Petersburg Zaks deputies approved in the final third reading a change in the rules of ordering maternity capital. According to Business Petersburg, families were allowed to spend this money on the purchase of a car. The car should be Russian production. The vehicle passport should indicate the manufacturer or assembly plant located in Russia.

The Ministry of Defense published a video of a missile strike from the Caspian Sea on Syria The Ministry of Defense of Russia, on its official channel on YouTube, published a video of a missile strike on the objects of the ISIS organization prohibited in Russia in Syria from the Kaspian Sea. The Caspian flotilla began the shelling of the militants of the Islamic State from the sea on October 7.

The failure in VKontakte, which blocked 7 thousand accounts, was eliminated in an hour In the morning of October 7, users of VKontakte were faced with a message about the blocking of their pages due to “suspicious activity”.

The Italian Francesco de-Kiriko-about how the Russians taught him to love Italy, and about the advantages of St. Petersburg gloomy Francesco came to St. Petersburg from Milan a year ago: he dreamed of living in another country so as not to see the shortcomings of his homeland, but in the end he met people passionately loving Italy.

A street shop for homeless will open on October 9 in St. Petersburg The first street store for homeless people in Russia will open on October 9 in the courtyard of the Overnight charity organization from 12 to 14 hours at 112b Borovaya. At this time, any needy person will be able to choose for free clothes for a season. In the courtyard of the "night" will play music, there will be a mirror. Those who wish will be able to receive the Council of St. Petersburg stylists Olga Zinger and Alina Arty.