The head of the Latvian government of Laimdot, Strayuma, said that she did not intend to communicate with journalists in Russian, and interviews and comments would only be given in the state language of the republic - Latvian. It is reported by Mixnews . The press secretary of the Prime Minister Aiva Rosenberg explained that the head of government is difficult to speak Russian, which she does not know very well, so she formulates thoughts for too long.

Journalist Oleg Kashin told Vedomosti that one of the accused of attacking him Danila Veselov was discussing the beating with the Governor of the Pskov Region Andrei Turchak. “Veselov insists that he met with Gorbunov and Turchak in Moscow in a restaurant where they discussed beating,” the newspaper quotes the journalist. Kashin also said that he did not know if Veselov spoke about this fact to investigators.

UK Air Force drones inflicted air strikes in Syria. Their victims were two British, preparing terrorist attacks in London, writes The Guardian . The purpose of the special operation was the liquidation of the British subjects of Reyyad Khan and Rukhul Amin. Blows were struck in the city of Raqqa, which is controlled by the “Islamic state” (the organization is prohibited in the Russian Federation).

The latest Russian main combat tank T-14 Armata was first demonstrated to reporters at the training ground, the Zvezda television channel reports. The T-14 T-14 Armata was designed for the Uralvagonzavod and was first shown to the general public at the 2015 Victory Parade in Moscow along with other military vehicles based on the Armata platform.

Ukrainian paratroopers photo: galinfo.com.ua Polit.ru offers your attention the five news of the day. The selection included the three most read news, one news selected by the editorial office, and the most unusual, in our opinion, news today. 1. KHL retained the status of legionnaires for Belarusians Belarusian and Kazakhstani hockey players are still considered legionnaires (foreign players) in Russian clubs of the Continental Hockey League (KHL).

American IT companies Google, Microsoft and Apple refused to open access to the personal correspondence of their users to the US Department of Justice and the FBI, reports . The New York Times The article notes that the US authorities have repeatedly asked these companies to provide access to private data of citizens, but each time they were refused. The last such incident occurred in the summer.

The Civil Initiatives Committee on September 7 held a round table dedicated to amendments to the law on trade and some other acts that have already been adopted by the State Duma in the first reading. If the amendments are adopted, then new rules will be introduced for retail chains and, accordingly, their partners - producers, primarily food products.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko agreed to any personnel permits in the government, reports 112 Ukraine . “If you need changes to solve problems (we talked about this yesterday with the Prime Minister) and changes in the power team, changes in the government, any changes, I will make this decision for granted. The decision, of course, is behind you, for the Coalition, for the Verkhovna Rada, but we must ensure joint and effective cooperation, ”the head of Ukraine said.

The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, said that the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk participated in the first Chechen war against Russian troops, and also received the highest award of Johar Dudaev. The head of the UK said this in an interview with Russian Newspaper on September 9.

Russia discusses with Afghanistan the issue of supplying military equipment to this country, in particular, helicopters, the special representative of the Russian President for Afghanistan, director of the Second Department of Asia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Zamir Kabulov told Interfax . “The issue of providing military assistance to Afghanistan is worked out by Russian relevant departments.

The Ministry of Defense of Moldova decided to break relations with the Russian military attache, TRM reports citing the head of the department Anatola Shalar. According to Shalar, the presence of attache at the military parade in Transnistria is regarded as an unfriendly step. The minister noted that the parade in Tiraspol was illegal. The department is waiting for official apologies from the Russian military attache or its replacement.

Press Secretary of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseny Yatsenyuk Olga Lappo on her Facebook page responded to the accusations of the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin, advising him to undergo a psychiatrist's audit. “We advise you to conduct a psychiatric examination of the chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Bastrykin,” Lappo wrote on her page on the social network.

The Nationalist Alexander Belov (the real name of Potkin) was charged with the creation of an extremist community in order to overthrow the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. About this " Mediazone " said Potkin's lawyer Ivan Mironov. According to the defender, the investigation of the criminal case against the nationalist has been completed.

At the end of the day, Polit.ru publishes an unusual video from the Internet, which the editors discovered while working on the news. Comment by editor Anton Lysenkov: “The video captures the embarrassment that occurred during the awarding of the winners of the Greco-Roman struggle in the weight category of up to 75 kilograms at the World War II World Wrestling Championship (USA). At the highest step of the podium, Russian Roman Vlasov.

The new finds in the Italian cave of Plyuchchi forced the researchers to suggest that people ate oatmeal even before they began to engage in agriculture. The Patchachchi cave, not far from the city of Rignano-Garganiko in Apulia, was opened in the 1950s. Since then, the researchers have found there more than 45 thousand objects of the Paleolithic era. Among them are stone guns, animal bones, jewelry from animal teeth and bones.