The Dnepr launch vehicle with the South Korean satellite of Kompsat-5 was launched from the Yasnensky missile division of the Strategic Missile Forces in the Orenburg region, Interfax reports. The launch was made at 18:39 Moscow time. This is the first launch of the Russian launch vehicle of this type over the past two years. Dnipro was created on the basis of the intercontinental ballistic missile RS-20 (according to American terminology SS-18, Satan).

The US Ministry of Justice, together with the Securities Commission, began an investigation into verification of the facts of bribes by Microsoft to officials in Russia and Pakistan, reports Wall Street Journal. According to the newspaper source, we are talking about bribes that Microsoft dealers gave employees controlled by the Russian authorities of the telecommunications company to conclude profitable contracts.

In Moscow, a group of persons suspected of extorting money from entrepreneurs under the guise of proxies of Rostekhnadzor officials was detained, the press service of the Guinetrian Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation reports. The detainees demanded 2 million rubles from a representative of a certain self -regulatory company for amendments to the State Register on temporary restrictions on the company. During the transfer of money, extortionists were detained.

In Makhachkala, an accident occurred with the participation of motorcies of the acting The mayor of Makhachkala murtasali Rabadanov and the acting Minister of Trade of Dagestan Yusup Umavov, RIA Novosti reports citing a source in the republic’s law enforcement agencies. According to preliminary data, three people were injured in an accident. The names and positions of the victims are not specified. Murtazali Rabadanov was appointed temporarily acting mayor of Makhachkala in June of this year.

The All -Russian State Television and Road Company (VGTRK) for 500 million rubles sells a television frequency to the Moscow Region to the Moscow Region, which broadcasts the regional television channel of the Moscow Region, Kommersant reports. Thus, the State Holding unifying its relations according to the existing scheme, which is used by the Moscow government in relation to the Moscow 24 television channel.

The daughter of Boris Berezovsky Catherine asked the court to appoint her manager of the property of a dead father, reports The Times. Catherine, the daughter of Berezovsky from his first marriage, became one of the people who could become the performers of his will. However, after the death of the oligarch, no one wanted to take on these duties, so the court appointed the temporary manager of the property of Berezovsky the audit company Grant Thornton.

The number of Swedes voluntarily entering the army increased to 20%, reports The Local. In 2011, a reform was held in Sweden, as a result of which the Swedes moved to a professional service. Then the number of female recruits was 14%. During the period of mandatory military service of women, there were no more than 5%. The basic preparation lasts three months, the set passes three to four times a year.

To protect against flooding of the Khabarovsk-Komsomolsk-on-Amur highway, protective dams are being built, while the road traffic is not interrupted, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the head of Khabarovskupravtodor Zakhara Okovynov. About 100 workers and 50 units of special equipment, which work around the clock mode, are involved in the construction of dams. Along the lowest sections of the road, where water approaches the bridge structures, sand bags are laid out.

The company Yahoo for the first time since May 2011 bypassed Google to attendance in the USA . According to Comscore, in July 2013, the number of unique visitors to Yahoo was 196.6 million, and Google was 192.3 million. However, in June, Google was ahead of Yahoo by almost four million users. Nevertheless, this statistics do not take into account travel from mobile devices, notes Vedomosti.

Police detained a suspect in the murder of a member of a mass fight of the gypsies in the city of Ipatovo, Stavropol Territory, Interfax reports. According to investigators, the 21-year-old unemployed gypsies during a fight hit the policeman and a man who subsequently died in the hospital. Recall, on August 19, in the city of Ipatovo, Stavropol Territory, a fight occurred on household grounds, in which about 20 local residents participated, ethnic gypsies ..

Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius that it is necessary to give a tough response to the Bashar Assad regime in the event that information about the use of chemical weapons in Damascus is true, RBC reports. Fabius said that sending troops to Syria is not planned. The minister noted that if the UN Security Council does not approve the force response, then there are other development options.

The head of the Alushta Majlis Enver Arpatla said that the Crimean Tatar public gives actor Alexei Panin a day to apologize, Vesti reports. Arpatla noted that this "will be normal and adequately perceived - we will understand that he was in drunken delirium." In case of refusal, the Crimean Tatars are ready to “just pray for his health” and asked to distribute their statement as much as possible.

The FBI said that the hacker movement Anonymous ceased to make large attacks thanks to their activities, reports Huffington Post . According to an employee of the FBI of the FBI, Austin Berglass, a hacker group Lulzsec , whose members were arrested by the American special service, played a key role in Anonymous. The fact that one of the participants of Lulzsec, Hector Monsgur, began to subsequently cooperate with the FBI, introduced additional distrust in Anonymous.

The Spanish police detained one of the four suspects in the murder of a 25-year-old Russian citizen, Interfax reports with reference to the Spanish publication ABC. A native of Russia Alexander Mokrushin, who was known in Spain under the nickname “Russian”, became a victim of a street fight on August 18. The murder occurred near the basketball court, where local youth gathers in the evenings. After a dispute enslaved, four young people with metal rods and a machete chased after the Russian.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) fined Russian Railways for 3 million rubles. According to Prime , the company will pay a fine for forcing consignors to use the Vagon Park "VSP", which she herself managed. At the same time, Russian Railways forced consignors to refuse to use the Khotrans wagons park. To do this, in March 2012, the monopoly violated the delivery time of empty Novotrans wagons to a number of stations of the Kuzbass region of the West Siberian Railway.