The head of the missile troops and artillery of the RF Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Mikhail Matveevsky spoke about the start of work on the modernization of the Iskander-M missile system. According to him, the operation of weapons will be extended until 2030, RIA Novosti reports. “Currently, enterprises of the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation are underway to modernize the complex in order to increase its combat and operational characteristics,” Matveevsky explained.

The Rosselkhoznadzor is preparing to partially resume the supply of canned fish, including sprot, from Latvia and Estonia enterprises, the head of the department Sergey Dankvert told RNS . “We prepared for this, small strokes remained,” he said, at the same time, Dankvert emphasized that “we are talking about a partial, not large -scale opening” of access to the Russian market.

The head of the federal reserve system (Fed) of the USA, Janet Yellen hinted that the interest rate would be increased soon. The topic of increasing the interest rate by the American Central Bank this year is vividly occupied by the media. In addition, the topic of independence of the central banks was updated in a media discussion. Financial Times writes that Janet Yellen emphasized that the Central Bank maintain independence.

The American leader Barack Obama answered reporters to the question of whether he could have pardon the ex-employee of the National Security Agency (NSA) of the USA Edward Snowden before the expiration of his presidential term, Spiegel writes. Obama recalled that Snowden did not appear before the court - which means that even purely theoretically, there was no question of pardon.

The Russian government will highlight the support of enterprises of the agro-industrial complex in a separate area comparable to support for military-technical goods. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Agriculture Yevgeny Gromyko, reports TASS .

The Central District Court of Novosibirsk decided to house arrest Alexander Danilchenko, who acts as the first deputy governor of the Kemerovo region Aman Tuleyev. This is reported from the courtroom by RIA Novosti , TASS and Interfax . Danilchenko is accused of extortion of 51% of the shares of JSC "Care" Inska ", located in the Kemerovo region. The investigation asked to put an official under house arrest.

The State Duma adopted in the first reading the draft budget for 2017-2019. 100 deputies voted against the budget, 334 people supported the document. This means that all three opposition fractions voted against the budget: for three, the Communist Party, LDPR and SR for three are only 104 deputies, 343 people consisted in the YP faction. According to the document, in 2017, budget revenues will amount to 13.4876 trillion rubles, expenses - 16.2408 trillion rubles.

The media continue to discuss the formation of a new presidential administration in the United States and the actual Donald Trump as a chosen president. Republican Mitt Romni, who participated in the presidential election in 2012, is going to meet Trump this weekend, writes CNBC . The point is that, according to some information, it is considered among the candidates for the post of Secretary of State. In March, it is noted in the material, Romny called Trump “Charlatan” and “Fraud”.

The American leader Barack Obama said that he hopes for the ability of the elected US President Donald Trump to resist the head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin if his actions deviate from international norms and contradict American values , Bloomberg reports.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved a quota of permits to foreign citizens for temporary residence in Russia in 2017. The Russian regions are allowed to issue, in total, 110,880 such permits that, as noted on the government’s website, are 15 thousand less than in 2016. In 2016, the quota amounted to 125,900 permits.

The word "Russians" or "Russian" sounds disgusting, according to the film director, co -chair of the Central Headquarters of the All -Russian Popular Front, Stanislav Govorukhin. He stated this on the air of the Russia 24 television channel. Govorukhin emphasized that he meant linguistic ugliness, but immediately added that instead of this word the concept of “Russian people” was used for centuries. “We have been a Russian people for many centuries. And now we are the Russian people in fact.

Anna Sakoyan US President Donald Trump and Mitt Romni The media continue to discuss the formation of a new presidential administration in the United States and the actual Donald Trump as a chosen president. Republican Mitt Romni, who participated in the presidential election in 2012, is going to meet Trump this weekend, writes CNBC . The point is that, according to some information, it is considered among the candidates for the post of Secretary of State.

The third committee of the UN General Assembly adopted the document proposed by Russia on the ban and the need to combat the heroization of Nazism, racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia. The United States, Ukraine and the island state of Palau opposed its adoption, reports Associated Press . In total, 131 state at 48 abstained for the adoption of the document. Among those who refused the vote were the countries of the European Union.

Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow rejected the Levada Center lawsuit against the Ministry of Justice, recognizing the inclusion of the organization in the list of foreign agents legitimate, TASS reports. On September 5, the Ministry of Justice included the Levada Center in the register of non-profit organizations that perform the functions of a foreign agent, that is, they receive funding from abroad and are engaged in political activities.

Electricity is an important element of the modern world, and complete access to reliable and affordable energy sources around the world is an urgent necessity. This was stated by the General Director of the World Nuclear Association of Agnet Rezing during a joint press conference with the First Deputy General Director-Director of the Bloc on Development and International Business of Rosatom State Corporation Kirill Komarov in the fields of the UN Climate Change (COP-22) in Marrakesh (Morocco).