President of Poland Bronislav Komorovsky signed a project on the holding of a referendum in the country on September 6. According to TASS , among the main topics there will be the introduction of single -mandate constituencies in the Sejm elections, the abolition of financing political parties from the budget and orientation of tax legislation in favor of the taxpayer.

Representatives of the OSCE observation mission record an increase in traffic on the Russian-Ukrainian border. During the week they observed the active movement of trucks and fuel trucks crossing the border in both directions, Interfax reports with reference to a weekly report on May 12. Observers that are around the clock monitoring at the Donetsk and Gukovo border posts announced an increase in the number of trucks transporting coal from the Luhansk region to the territory of Russia.

In connection with the case of “golden parachutes”, the major general of the police Vitaly Bykov was detained in St. Petersburg. According to Fontanka.ru , Bykov previously headed the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the North-Western Federal District. Earlier, the Investigative Committee conducted large -scale searches in the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the North -West and Houses at Bykov’s house.

The first data on the new generation of Apple smartphones appeared on the network, Forbes reports with reference to KGI Securities. According to the data, the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus models will have support for Force Touch technology. This technology is already known to users of Apple's laptops and smart watches. The sizes of the screens will remain represented in two versions of 4.7 and 5.5 inches. And the color palette will be replenished with a shade of “pink gold”.

Polit.ru conducts a traditional survey in VKontakte . This time he is dedicated to yesterday's visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry to Sochi and his negotiations with President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Our readers are invited to speculate on the purpose of the visit of a representative of the White House to Russia.

The MSCI agency excluded the privileged shares of Sberbank from the MSCI Russia index, the agency said in a report on the results of a half -year review of indices. Also, the shares of OGK-2 and TGK-1 and depository receipts of Pharmstandart were excluded from the index of small capitalization companies. All changes will enter into force following the closing of the auction on May 29, 2015, the MSCI report said.

Employees of the press service of the Russian hockey team banned Swedish photojournalists to take pictures during the team training, reports Aftonbladet . These measures were taken at the moment when the Russians began to work out the game in the majority. Recall that the matches of the quarterfinals of the World Hockey Championship will be held on May 14. The Russian team will play with the Sweden team, the game will begin at 20:15 Moscow time.

At the four stations of the Moscow metro in mid -May 2015, escalators for major repairs stop. This was reported by the press service of the subway. The Moscow subway department noted that repairs are necessary to continue the safe operation of escalators. It is noted that the stops of the lifts will not affect the operation mode of the stations and will pass for passengers almost imperceptibly.

The Moscow City Duma doubled fines for beggars in the Moscow Metro from 2.5 to 5 thousand rubles. The law in the final edition was adopted at a meeting of the metropolitan parliament, the Moscow Agency reports. The new rule refers to persons who ask for alms in the subway and in a 25-meter zone near the stations. In addition, a new amendment is included, according to which those who were first detained for begging are received a warning.

With an open letter to the Speaker of the State Duma Sergey Naryshkin and the chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko, members of the jury of young mathematicians of the Dynasty Foundation contest. In their letter, they made the fund defense in connection with the possible inclusion of “foreign agents” in the register.

During the trading on the Moscow Exchange, the dollar rate fell below 49 rubles. Thus, the currency updated the next minimum of six months. As of 15:44 Moscow time, the dollar was traded at the mark of 48.97 rubles, retreating 99 kopecks to the level of the previous closure. The euro course at this moment fell to the mark of 55.37 rubles, falling by 63 kopecks. After a few minutes, the currency added 10-20 kopecks, retaining relatively low values.

The Presnensky court of Moscow, according to the court verdict, established damage in the amount of almost 647 million rubles from the actions of the accused in the Oboronservis case. It is reported by Interfax . “ The amount of damage by the verdict amounted to 646 million 921 thousand 661 rubles 16 kopecks, ” said Nina Yurkova, press secretary of the court. According to her, civil lawsuits in the amount of more than 216 million rubles were satisfied to the accused.

Polit.ru completes its traditional survey in VKontakte . This time he was dedicated to yesterday's visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry to Sochi and his negotiations with President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. In this regard, our readers were invited to speculate on the purpose of the visit of a representative of the White House to Russia.

US Secretary of State John Kerry raised the issue of sanctions at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, writes Interfax with reference to Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov. “The sanctions theme was touched upon, it was not raised by the Russian side, and this topic is still not a matter of our agenda,” Peskov said. In addition, he said that in the near future it was not planned to make contacts in the Norman format.

From May 17 to 23, Polit.ru will cover the Eurovision music contest. Russian singer Irina Vladimir will take part in the online broadcasting "Polit.ru". On the eve of the first semi -finals of the competition, she explained what songs today are popular in Russia and Europe, how the contestants will be evaluated and why Polina Gagarina will not take first place.