Microsoft began the sale of the Windows 10 operating system. This was reported in the official product blog . For users on whose computers Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 are installed, the loading of the new system will be free. This applies to both the owners of licensed versions of the old Windows and the owners of pirate copies. In Windows 10, the developers returned the Start menu that was absent in Windows 8.

In the Tajik city of Kulyab (southeast of Dushanbe) there was a fight between military personnel from the Russian base and local residents. This, referring to its sources, reported by Radio Ozodi (local Radio Liberty service). The incident, according to the radio station, occurred in the evening of July 28 in the city center. According to the source in the Kulyab police department, the reason for the conflict was the behavior of the Russian military.

Half of the Russians considered that in the next two to three years the number of poor families will increase in the country, while two-thirds of the respondents called Russia a rich state, the results of the survey conducted by VTsIOM. The rich Russia was called 30%of the survey, rather rich - 33%, rather the poor - 21%, and the poor - 11%. 28% of respondents replied that the number of poor families will increase significantly, 22% - slightly, and 26% considered that it would not change.

The reason for the collapse of the Soborbital ship SpaceShiptwo in October 2014 was the error of the second pilot. It is reported by Reuters . According to the results of the completed federal investigation, it turned out that the second pilot opened the tailing system prematurely. The investigation also entrusted part of the fault on the developers of the apparatus, who did not provide for the possibility of such an emergency. SpaceShiptwo crashed on October 31, 2014 during a test flight.

Since July 28, the Bank of Russia suspended the purchase of currency to replenish the country's international reserves. This was reported in the press release of the regulator of July 29. As noted in the materials of the Central Bank, the operations as part of the replenishment of reserves are interrupted due to the growth of volatility in the domestic foreign exchange market. For how long, the regulator suspended the purchase of currency, is not reported.

The deputies of the Italian parliament, representing the Five Star movement, intend to visit Crimea after the French colleagues, a member of the Italian Deputies Committee on Foreign Affairs Manlio Di Di Stefano told Kommersant. According to him, the visit of deputies is planned in early October. The number of delegation can be from eight to ten people, it will be headed by another member of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs Alessandro Di Battista.

Dmitry Mayorov believes that with oil at least $ 50 per barrel, the Central Bank will try not to raise the dollar above the mark of 60 rubles The building of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.

Judge of the Sverdlovsk District Court of Kostroma Dmitry Balaev arrested for two months the leader of the headquarters of Parnas Andrei Pivovarov in the case of an attempt to access the police database, writes a party officer Polina Nemirovskaya on Twitter. The court also decided to arrest the second person involved in the same case for two months - police captain Alexei Nikanorov.

Singers Grigory Leps and Alexander Rosenbaum at the concert “From Rus' to Russia”, dedicated to the Day of Russia. RIA Novosti / Grigory Sysoev The cultural week in Russia began invigorating news about the fact that on the basis of the Russian Media Group (RMG), which includes Russian Radio, Hit FM, Maximum, DFM, Radio Monte Carlo and the RU.TV television channel, it is planned to create a patriotic media holding for the education and promotion of new “right” superflas.

In a few years, the American Cheniere Energy plans to start the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNGs) to central and southeastern Europe. It is reported by Reuters with reference to unnamed sources. According to the news agency, such a step will weaken the position of Russia in the European market, which almost completely depends on the supply of Gazprom. In Cheniere, the publication has not yet been commented.

The working group of the election commission of the Magadan region recommended that Parnassus have not allowed the Parnas list to the local Legislative Assembly. About this on Twitter writes the secretary of the Central Council of the Party of Progress Dmitry Krainev. According to him, 4% of the collected signatures were declared invalid due to inconsistency with the FMS base, another 18% were rejected by a graphologist.

Gazprom spent at least 2.4 trillion rubles on unclaimed projects - the amount equivalent to the cost of the entire Rosneft company on the Moscow Exchange. Such an assessment is given by Vedomosti. The publication, in particular, recalls that since 2012 Gazprom has stopped growing, and in 2014 it became the lowest in the history of the company. Nevertheless, all this time Gazprom continued to invest in production and gas transport capacity.

The deadlines for the first thread of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline may move. This was stated by Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak, Interfax reports. He explained that this could happen if the signing of the intergovernmental agreement of Russia and Turkey is delayed. An unnamed source in the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation reported on July 28 that the draft document was sent to Turkish partners.

The leader of the Taliban movement (in Russia is recognized as terrorist. - Slon ) Mullah Omar died, BBC News reports citing sources in the government and intelligence of Afghanistan. According to sources, Mullah Omar died two or three years ago. The official representatives of Taliban refused to comment, promising to release a press release in the near future.

Alexander Kynev - about an unprecedented election campaign, which can become a rubon in Russian politics The head of the RPR-Parnas headquarters Leonid Volkov at the police department No. 1 of the Central Administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Novosibirsk.