Alfa Bank will pay a fine for sending SMS messages offering credit products. This decision was made today by the Federal Antimonopoly Service Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina / RBC On Monday, August 10, the FAS declared Alfa Bank's SMS messaging illegal based on a client's complaint. He contacted the FAS with a complaint that the bank sent him messages offering cash loans and credit cards after he asked the bank to exclude him from the mailing list.

A photograph of a seaplane and a helicopter, taken a few seconds before the crash over the Istra Reservoir in the Moscow region, has appeared online. The photo was published on the website of the NTV channel. A day earlier, the media also published a video of a helicopter flying over the reservoir, taken before the disaster, which claimed the lives of nine people. The footage shows the helicopter flying over the water at low altitude and then gaining altitude.

Swedish police have arrested two men suspected of killing IKEA customers in Västerås. This was reported by police officer Per Agren, reports Reuters . The attack occurred on the afternoon of August 10. Unknown people attacked hypermarket visitors with knives, resulting in two deaths and another one being seriously injured. The suspects are two men, born in 1992 and 1979, who probably knew each other.

Photo: from personal archive In Northern California, everyone was so busy creating innovations that they completely forgot about the development of the region. There is not enough housing, the level of education is falling. At this rate, the staff risks soon turning into just a big office.

Over the past weekend, the area of ​​forest fires in Siberia tripled. The coast of Lake Baikal is covered in smoke. Vacationers complain about ash falling from the sky and the acrid smell of burning Vacationers on Lake Baikal. Archive photo (Photo: TASS) Lake Baikal is covered in smoke from forest fires, reports Baikal-daily .

The depreciation of the ruble increased Gazprom's profits by 71%. At the end of January-March 2015, the company's net profit amounted to 382.1 billion rubles, while the company's revenue increased to 1.648 trillion rubles.

Nine district commissioners in Nizhny Novgorod wrote their resignations after the arrest of three police officers in the murder of six children Photo: Lori After the arrest of three local police officers in the case of the murder of children, nine Nizhny Novgorod police officers wrote letters of resignation. reports this Interfax with reference to the chairman of the public council at the city Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vadim Grebenshchikov.

The Federal Air Transport Agency said that the Cessna plane that crashed near Istra did not have an airworthiness certificate. In addition, the pilot sitting at the controls did not receive a civil aviation pilot certificate Search and rescue operation at the Istra Reservoir (Photo: TASS) The Cessna seaplane that collided with a helicopter over the Istra Reservoir last Saturday did not have an airworthiness certificate. reports this TASS with reference to the Federal Air Transport Agency.

Publishing holding Pearson has valued its 50 percent stake in The Economist Group, which includes the magazine of the same name, at £400 million, the Financial Times reports , citing informed sources. According to them, the sale transaction could take place as early as this week.

During trading on the Moscow Exchange, the dollar exchange rate dropped below 64 rubles, reaching a minimum of 63.75 rubles, which is 93.9 kopecks. below the high of the day. The euro exchange rate, which rose to 70.95 rubles today, fell to 69.932 rubles. The strengthening of the ruble exchange rate occurs against the backdrop of rising oil prices, which rose above $50 per barrel during evening trading on the ICE exchange.

The Ukrainian military announced it was going on the offensive in the area of ​​the village of Starohnativka after repelling a night attack. They occupied heights that were previously controlled by militias. The DPR announced a violation of the Minsk agreements Militia member of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

A boat with six people on board, including three young children, disappeared on the Ob River in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug (KhMAO), TASS reports, citing the press service of the district department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. “A missing persons report was registered on August 8. They have not been found yet,” a department representative explained to the agency.

Lefortovo employees intercepted an encrypted note to Zaur Dadaev, the main defendant in Nemtsov’s murder. In this pre-trial detention center, communication via mobile communications is strictly suppressed, an expert explains the use of an ancient method Zaur Dadaev, a suspect in the murder of Boris Nemtsov, in the Basmanny court (Photo: RIA Novosti) Employees of the pre-trial detention center No.

The capital's Investigative Committee department detained a woman suspected of stealing a guide dog from a blind girl at the end of July. This was announced by official representative of the committee Vladimir Markin. “Gotcha... (I give you the opportunity to define someone who steals from the weak),” he wrote . At the same time, the detained Victoria Pavlenko herself told the 360 ​​Podmoskovye TV channel that she did not intend to kidnap the dog.

Residents of Greece and Russia spend the greatest number of hours at work among European countries. These same countries rank last in labor efficiency - GDP growth per hour of work Photo: REUTERS 2015 Citizens of Greece and Russia spend more time at work than workers in other European countries. However, their work is the least effective, experts from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) found. Data from the OECD research report are published by Bloomberg .