Since September 1, 2015, the main currency in the self -proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic was the Russian ruble. This decision was made by the LPR government on August 18. Then the head of the Council of Ministers of the Republic, Gennady Tsypkalov, explained that hryvnia, dollar and euros will continue on the territory of the LPR, but payments of salaries, pensions and social benefits will be carried out in Russian rubles.

In the United States, jurors recognized the former leader of the Ultra-right organization of Ku-Klux-Klan, 74-year-old Fraser Glenn Miller Jr., guilty of the murder of three people in the Center for the Jewish community in the city of Overland Park, reports the Associated Press . According to investigators, in April 2014, Miller shot an elderly man and a 14-year-old teenager at the center of the Jewish community of Overland Park, after which he killed an elderly woman at the nursing home.

On the ice of the Olympic Palace, the puck in Sochi, the game of amateur teams “Legends of Hockey” and “Sirius” took place. For the first, Russian President Vladimir Putin played, for Sirius was played by students of the educational center of the same name under the age of 17. “Hockey Legends” won with a score of 9: 5, TASS reports. Once I had to stop the duel - one of the Sirius players came down to hand -to -hand Makes with Vyacheslav Fetisov, who spoke out of Hockey legends.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday's riots in Kiev illustrate the danger of flirting with extremists, TASS reports. Speaking to the students and teachers of the MGIMO Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation, Lavrov recalled that in 2012, during the parliamentary elections, the European Union urged Ukrainian politicians not to cooperate with the “sharply nationalist” party “Freedom”.

The Central Bank of Russia reduced the official euro exchange rate per ruble. On September 2, the European currency will cost 73,8449 rubles. The official dollar exchange rate is reduced by 1.37 rubles and set at 65.3495 rubles. The cost of the bivalve basket dropped by 1.2 rubles, up to 69.17 rubles.

The leader of the Radical Party Oleg Lyashko announced that his faction was leaving the ruling coalition in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and went to the opposition, Interfax-Ukraine reports. “Our political force does not see the opportunity to stay in the coalition. We go to the opposition, ”Lyashko said. According to him, the decision to leave the ruling coalition is made unanimously.

At a meeting with United Russia party activists, Dmitry Medvedev said that yesterday he had instructed ministers to introduce amendments to the Budget Code to the State Duma, according to which Russia would return from a three-year to a one-year budget cycle. “We have to develop a difficult budget; in general, there are very high uncertainties in the price of oil and gas, and, accordingly, in the exchange rate of the ruble. There are big risks,” the head of government explained his decision.

The US State Department has published the largest selection of letters of the former head of the department, a contender for the post of president of the country Hillary Clinton, reports The Wall Street Journal. About 150 out of seven thousand published pages were edited, as they could contain the information that was not subject to disclosure, the publication notes.

The Foreign Ministry of Japan handed over to the Russian Federation to Tokyo Evgeny Afanasyev a note of protest in connection with the visit of the head of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia Alexander Tkachev to the island of Iturup, writes Kyodo. It is noted that the head of the Department of European Affairs of the Japanese Foreign Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hajime Hayashi called Tkachev’s trip unacceptable, taking into account Japan's claims to the island.

The experts of the UNOSAT research program at the United Nations published satellite pictures demonstrating the destroyed building of the Bel Temple in Syrian Palmyra, BBC reports. Earlier it was reported that the militants of the radical group "Islamic State" destroyed part of the ancient temple in Palmyra. The temple of Bela is included in the complex of ancient ruins of the city of Tadmore.

The authorities of New Zealand approved four options for the new flag of the country, of which local residents will choose the most attractive. This is stated on the website of the kingdom of the government. Three of the proposed options demonstrate a branch of the silver - New Zealand fern, which is an unofficial symbol of the country. On two panels, the elements of the current state flag are preserved - four stars of the constellation of the Southern Cross on a blue background.

The cost of futures to the North Sea Oil Brent with the supply of ICE in the London ICE Exchange in October , up to 7.89%, to $ 50.19 per barrel. During the trading session, the cost of the Brent mixture fell below $ 50 per barrel, which is a maximum price decrease in November 27, when OPEC announced the preservation of prey at the level of 30 million barrels per day. The cost of WTI oil also fell sharply - by 7.35%, to $ 45.83 per barrel.

The official representative of the European Union Diplomacy Maya Kosyanich expressed anxiety about the charges of terrorism to reporters of the Vice News television channel in Turkey, RIA Novosti reports. At the briefing today, Kosyanich reminded of the presumption of innocence and the right to an independent transparent investigation, emphasizing that countries conducting negotiations on joining the EU are obliged to observe the European Convention on Human Rights.

The midfielder of the capital's “Spartak” Roman Shirokov was appointed captain of the Russian national team in the qualifying matches of the European Football Championship against the teams of Liechtenstein and Sweden. Such a decision was made by the head coach of the national team of the Russian Federation Leonid Slutsky, according to the website of the Russian Football Union. The vice capets were Dynamo midfielder Igor Denisov and CSKA defender Vasily Berezutsky.