In the Barguzinsky district of the Republic of Buryatia, three people became victims of collision on the Nissan Patrol and UAZ SUVs. According to preliminary information, the criminal investigation officer, who was driving Nissan, lost control and drove into the oncoming lane, in which the UAZ was moving under the control of a 45-year-old resident of the district at that time. As a result of a frontal clash, both drivers and a passenger of a foreign car died, another passenger was hospitalized.

The head of the Council of National Security and Defense of Ukraine, Alexander Turchinov, said that the fall of the ruble and oil prices is a “salute in honor of Ukraine”. He wrote about this on his Twitter . On the day of the non -member of the Ukrainian, the Padіnnyam Rosiyki ruble Tsіni on Nafta was saluted. DRIBNIKA, but take. - Oleksandr Turchinov (@turchynov) August 24, 2015 On August 24, Ukraine celebrates Independence Day.

On Friday, August 21, the press service of the Samara department of Rosselkhoznadzor reported on an inspection of products at the local Auchan, during which 267 kg of vegetables and fruits were found “without documents confirming their origin, variety and safety.” In accordance with the presidential decree and government resolution, suspicious peaches, grapes, apples, peppers and tomatoes were destroyed right on the territory of the supermarket.

The Minister of Economic Development of Russia Alexei Ulyukaev predicts the increase in 2016 of the average annual price of Urals oil to $ 55 per barrel. He stated this at a press-brofing in Kuala Lumpur, Interfax reports. According to him, after a few months, oil price can also find equilibrium value at the level of “fifty and small”, and in 2015 the average annual price will be about $ 52 per barrel.

The Russian Hockey Federation was fined for 80 thousand Swiss francs (about 74 thousand euros) for the incident with the Canadian anthem, according to the website of the International Hockey Federation.

Against the backdrop of a deterioration in the economic situation, Patriarch Kirill recommended that the Russians think about the afterlife and not chase wealth, according to the website of the Russian Orthodox Church.

South Korea will continue propaganda broadcasting on the border with the DPRK, said President Pak Kyn Hee at a planned meeting with his advisers. She also added that it would be possible to stop it only when the official Pyongyang pleads guilty in the death of South Korean military personnel in the demilitarized zone, Yonhap reports. “We will not stop until Pyongyang apologizes for the incident with a detonation of South Korean soldiers on mines in a demilitarized zone,” said Pak Kyn Hee.

In the Ulyanovsk region, one person died as a result of shooting, four more were injured. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs. On the night of Monday on Lenin Street in the Ulyanovsk village, the White Key from a passing foreign car fired at a group of men standing near the store. “As a result, one of them died on the spot, four more were taken to the hospital with various injuries,” the department explained.

The head of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, Alexei Ulyukaev, appreciated the proposal to allocate Gazprom’s gas transmission component in a separate company, writes Interfax . “In general, I relate positively to this as an idea, but there are a lot of specific things that need to be worked out,” the minister said. At the same time, Ulyukaev noted that there were no instructions for discussing this issue.

The All -Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) published the results of a new survey , according to which the Russians are not worried about a decrease in the level of their income, as well as the availability of work. On a scale from -100 to 100 points, respondents, on average, decided that the level of their fear about the loss of work by them or their relatives is at -28. The level of fear of salary delay was at -21 point.

On the island of Greenland, a huge piece of frozen water broke off from the glacier Jacobshavn. Now the iceberg is moving towards the Strait of Davis and the Atlantic Ocean. It is reported by BBC . Iceberg has an area of ​​12.5 square kilometers. According to experts, he could cover Manhattan with an ice layer with a thickness of about 300 meters.

In the trial related to the fate of the competition for the land of the East Timirsky site, it seems, another person involved. The company "LUKOIL-WESTARY Siberia" asked to allow it to the trial on the side of Rosnedr. Recall that Rosneft appealed to the Moscow Arbitration Court with a request to appeal Lukoil's undeserved victory in the competition.

The process of falling global oil prices cannot be eternal, since the main market players - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Arab Emirates - are economically interested in the cost of raw materials to rise in price, and for this they will take appropriate actions in the near future. This was announced on the air of the Kommersant FM radio station by the analyst of the Broker House "Otkritie" Andrei Kochetkov.

Russian singer Dmitry Hvorostovsky will perform at the closure of the New Wave festival in Sochi, despite the tumor of the brain. This was stated by the director of the festival Igor Krutoy, reports N4K.ru. “He will come to closing. I was in London recently. He feels well and is tuned to fight his illness, ”Krutoy explained. Anna Netrebko, Robin Tick, Eros Ramazotti and Alla Pugacheva will also perform the competition.

The Shanghai Composite index, reflecting the situation on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, after the start of its work on the morning of August 24, collapsed 8.33 percent to the value of 3215.71 points, TASS reports. The main indicator of business activity on the trading platform in Shenzhen, the Shenzhen Component index, also fell - by 7.61 percent to the mark of 10996.33. Panic moods in the market, according to experts, are due to the collapse of American exchange indices last week.