To ensure traffic safety and the financial stability of Russian Railways, an indexation of the tariff is necessary in 2015 by 10% and the earnings of 45 billion rubles. This is stated in a letter to the head of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Interfax reports. Under such conditions, the company predicts to receive a profit of 0.2 billion rubles in 2015 and finance the investment program in the amount of 391.6 billion rubles.

The growth of the Russian economy over the next three years will remain at zero due to a decrease in the influx of investment. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the ex-Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Alexei Kudrin. According to Kudrin, the escalation of the conflict in the territory of Donbass, as well as the followed by the economic sanctions of Western countries against Russia, led to a decrease in potential GDP growth to 2-2.5%.

The international Flartortian documentary festival will be held in Perm for the nineteenth time. According to the president of the festival Pavel Pechenkin, this is the largest festival for all the years of its existence. Flasterian includes two competitive programs - international and Russian (national) . In each of them, 17 films are represented.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel has blocked a deal of modern weapons previously approved by the Ministry of Defense of this country, including unmanned aerial vehicles. The reason is fears that the implementation of the contract can harm the relations of the Jewish state with Russia. This is reported by Agency France-Presse with reference to its own sources. In particular, according to the agency, the ban is imposed on the sale of BPLA for the sale of the Israeli concern Aeronautics.

The International Motorsport Federation (FIA) has sent the “Formula 1” to the “Formula-1” explanation of the new rule, providing for restrictions on radio converters between the pilot on the highway and its team. It is reported by Autosprint . According to the representatives of the Federation, these measures should stop clues during the race aimed at the efficiency of the pilot.

On September 15, as part of the Public Lectures of Polit.ru project, Yegor Sergeyevich Zeroveev , a candidate of biological sciences, associate professor, scientist secretary of the Institute of Biophysics SB RAS (Krasnoyarsk), the moderator and author of popular science blogs, the scientific editor of the Red Yar Laboratory of the Red Yar, was performed. We bring to your attention a video clip of the lecture "To be plankton is cool or the laws of ecology."

In Zimbabwe, a meeting between the President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov began in the government residence located in the vicinity of Harara. It is reported by Interfax . At the beginning of the meeting, Lavrov said that Moscow understands the importance of good relations with Zimbabwe.

The Russian Foreign Ministry called for official Chisinau and representatives of the European Union to comment on the statement of the Romanian Prime Minister Viktor Pontus about the upcoming association of his country with Moldova. This was reported by the press service of the foreign policy. “We consider the replication of such statements from outside in the conditions of the election campaign in the Republic of Moldova from the outside of the emerging and unacceptable.

A significant weakening of the course of the Russian ruble in relation to the leading world currencies, which can be observed in recent days - evidence that the sanctions of the United States and the EU in relation to Russia have achieved their goal. This was stated by the press secretary of the White House Joshua Ernest, ITAR-TASS reports.

Spain does not intend to participate in military operations in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State group. This was announced by Minister of Foreign Countries Jose Manuel Garcia-Margalo, ITAR-TASS reports. According to him, Spain expects the coalition to combat the “Islamic state” of the wishes about what the role in this struggle can be. The minister emphasized that in any case, the participation of Spain will be based on the principles of respect for international law.

The cost of the bivalve basket for the first time exceeded the mark of 44 rubles, according to the website of the Moscow Exchange . As indicated on the diagram, immediately after a sharp jump up to 44.07 rubles, the cost of the bivalyut basket began to fall. At 12:39 pm Moscow time, its cost was at the mark of 43.87 rubles. Previously, the dollar exchange rate Updated the historical maximum. At the moment, the dollar rate is 38.79 rubles. The euro course is 50.2 rubles.

On September 5, in Minsk there were negotiations of the contact group in Ukraine, on which they signed a protocol on the ceasefire in the Donbass. There were two main points in the contract - to stop hostilities and agree on a “ special status ” in the framework of the decentralization of power in Ukraine. On September 16 , she voted for the special status of the Lugansk and Donetsk regions and, at the same time, for amnesty. 277 deputies voted for the project on a special status, 287 - 287.

Ilya Karpyuk Shortly before a single vote day, Polit.ru offered your attention to election reviews in all federal districts. With the help of our colleagues from regional publications, we tried to pay attention to those elections that were interesting to follow and even predict the result a little. Despite the fact that officially the election results have been announced not everywhere, the ballots are already calculated, so you can look around and see how forecasts coincided with reality.

Preparations for the 2018 World Cup will cost the federal budget, presumably in almost 142 billion rubles. This figure is indicated in the appendix to the law on the federal budget for 2015 and for the planning period of 2016 and 2017, RIA Novosti reports. According to the agency, capital investments in state property objects in preparation for the competition will amount to almost 39 billion rubles.

The Bank of Russia withdrew the license to carry out banking operations at Bank24.ru, according to a press release of the regulator. As indicated in the message, the reason for the recall of the license was non -fulfillment by the financial institution of federal laws governing banking, as well as regulatory acts of the Central Bank. It is also noted that the bank was involved in dubious non -cash operations in large volumes.