Tiraspol, Transnistria The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs provoked the Moldova Ambassador in Moscow Andrei Negutsu. The reason for the meeting was the initiative of Chisinau to withdraw Russian troops from the territory of Transnistria. The report on the Foreign Ministry’s website says that the withdrawal of troops will have a negative impact on Russian-Moldavian cooperation and settlement of the situation in Transnistria.

Journalists at the entrance to Gogol Center The Moscow Theater "Gogol-Center" is not going to make changes to the post and schedule of the prime minister in connection with the house arrest of its leader Kirill Serebrennikov. The theater website reports that the posters for September and October remain unchanged, and the premiere of the play "Little Tragedies" in the production of Serebrennikov will take place on the declared dates - starting on September 15.

The diplomatic confrontation between Turkey and Russia ended, however, as Radio Liberty found out, some Turkish citizens living in Russia continue to be persecuted. Now the deprivation of a residence permit is expected by a geodesist from Izhevsk Arslan Erdogan, whether he will be separated from the Russian wife and two children, it will be known next week. The cases of other citizens of Turkey from Udmurtia are still in courts.

The prospects for the political struggle in 2017-18 are discussed with a member of the Political Committee of the Yabloko party, a deputy of the Pskov Legislative Assembly by Leo Schlosberg.

Attack on the Shiite mosque in Kabul, August 25, 2017 In the Shiite mosque, Kabul during the Friday prayer, an explosion occurred. According to the BBC, at least 20 people died. There are women and children among them. More than 30 were injured. The responsibility for what happened was taken by the Islamic State terrorist group. According to Reuters, at first the suicide bomber killed two guards of the mosque, and then blew himself up at the entrance to the mosque.

In Perm, on the corner of the Siberian and Bolshaya Yamskaya streets (now Pushkin), there is a house in which Sergey Diaghilev spent part of childhood. The mansion in the style of Russian classicism was bought by the grandfather of Diaghilev, Pavel Dmitrievich, in 1862. From the end of the 19th century, when the house was bought by the Perm district zemstvo, gymnasium and schools have been located here-now it is gymnasium No. 11 named after Sergey Diaghilev.

The draw was held in Monaco to the Group Tournament of the Football League of the European 2017/18 season. This was reported by the official website of UEFA . Group A: "Villarreal", "Maccabi" (Tel Aviv), "Astana", "Slavia" (Prague). Group B: Dynamo (Kyiv), Yang Boys, Partisan, Sknderbeu. Group C: "Braga", "Ludogoret", "Hoffenheim", "Istanbul". Group D: "Milan", "Austria", "Rile", AIK. Group E: "Lyon", "Everton", "Atalanta", "Apollo". Group F: Copenhagen, Lokomotiv, Sheriff, Zlin.

Consular department of the US Embassy in Moscow The American embassy in Georgia is ready to issue visas to Russian citizens if they turn to the consular department in Tbilisi. The diplomatic representatives called the acceptance of applications for a visa from citizens of third countries to a “ordinary workflow”, Radio Liberty correspondent reports. This statement may be associated with a significant increase in the waiting period for the “interview” at the US Embassy in Moscow.

US Finance Minister Steve Mnuchin The American non -governmental organization "Citizens for responsibility and ethics in Washington" requires the disclosure of the flight of the US Minister of Finance Steve Mnuchin and his wife on a state plane in the city of Lexington, Kentukka, on the day of the solar eclipse.

Russia - Ivany Vyrypaev, Playwright, Film Director The main journalistic text of the day is the open letter of the director Ivan Vyrypaev , published by Snob . Vyrypaev responds to the arrest of Kirill Serebrennikov, but goes very far (read completely at the link): I see how most of you wrote your letters in support, came to the rally, gave interviews and even turned to the president. And this, excuse me, becomes a tragicomic phenomenon.

Police in Brussels (June 2017, Archive photo) In the center of Brussels, a 30-year-old native of Somalia attacked two soldiers. He was armed with Machete. Belgian media report that during the attack he shouted Allah Akbar. The police investigate the incident as a terrorist attack. According to the Reuters news agency, the attacker was wounded during the detention. He died later. According to preliminary data, the soldiers did not receive serious injuries.

Police patrols the London bridge after an attack on Bor-Market, June 5, 2017 (Archive photo) The unknown attacked police officers near the Buckingham Palace in London. This was reported by the British police. The attacker was recruited by the police after they tried to detain him. Two officers received light injuries. In recent months, a wave of terrorist attacks committed alone or in small groups swept Britain. On June 3, in London, the car crashed into the crowd on the London bridge.

The certified lawyer Yuri Alekseev has been living in a dugout on the sidelines on the sidelines of the Yaroslavl highway for four years. There he studies the works of Anton Chekhov, organizes a roadside book-Crossing (free book exchange), and recently took up political agitation. In December 2016, Yuri Alekseev installed an installation next to his dwelling with the inscription Navalny, clearly visible from the road.

In Rostov-on Don, 72 percent of the survey participants spoke out against the installation of the monument to Alexander Solzhenitsyn in the city. Voting is carried out at the Active Rostov Service service. About a thousand people have already taken part in it. It is reported by Open Russia. The idea to erect a monument to the writer, the Nobel laureate in Rostov-on-Don appeared several years ago. Solzhenitsyn lived in Rostov-on-Don for almost 20 years.

The Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo is experiencing problems with a credit syndication worth more than five billion euros for the purchase of 19.5 percent of Rosneft shares. It is reported by Reuters with reference to sources in several Western banks. According to the agency’s interlocutors, potential participants in the syndicate are inactively fulfilling their obligations because of the new US sanctions against Russia.