The dollar exchange rate at the opening of the tender of the Moscow Exchange on August 28 broke out a mark of 66 rubles. During the first minutes of the session, the US currency fell into 49 kopecks to 65.52 rubles. The euro exchange rate decreased by 33 kopecks to 73.87 rubles. Support for Russian currency is provided by rising oil prices. On the morning of August 28, the cost of a barrel Brent rose to $ 48.4.

The residence of Santa Claus in Lapland resolved the issue with debts and avoided bankruptcy, reports Yle. Dianordia, which organizes a meeting with Santa for tourists, was supposed to find $ 260 thousand by August 27 to pay for tax debt. According to Iltalehti.fi, it was possible to find the money that day, with the help of two unknown people who organized a fundraising on one of the crowdfunding services. The court announced the beginning of the bankruptcy procedure of Dianordia on August 20.

A trifle that can commit a revolution in medicine and biology Spider struck by the cordyceps gear zombie Aaron pomerants / www.perunature.com Scientific and technological progress refutes the saying "All genius is simple." The farther, the more difficult it becomes more complicated. All the more surprising against the backdrop of complex inventions and machinery, things that make the work of scientists are easier, and science is more accessible to all lovers.

Producers and performers, led by Joseph Prigozhin, sent a proposal for the redemption of his share in the Russian Media Group (RMG) for 5 billion rubles to the Capital IFD, RBC reports . We are talking about 78% of RMG in 5 billion rubles. The proposal was sent to the name of the chairman of the board of directors at the Capital IFD Leonid Fedun, said Joseph Prigozhin to RBC. The press service of Capital reported that the company has not yet received letters.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced to 17 years in prison of the former State Duma deputy Mikhail Glushchenko for organizing the murder of the parliamentarian Galina Starovotova, Interfax reports. Lawyers plan to appeal the verdict. The representative of the state prosecution on August 27 requested such a period for him. After Glushchenko, who pleads his guilt, was hospitalized, and the sentence was postponed the next day.

In Grozny, the deputy commander of the BB of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation “North” Musa Ayubov was found in Grozny, Interfax reports with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies of the North Caucasus Federal District. Ayubov’s body with gunshot wounds found about 4 in the morning in the dormitory room of the North battalion. The body of his wife Zulai Umarova was also discovered there At the site of the murder, a Makarov pistol and ammunition was found.

From June 9 to August 30, the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (Pushkin) hosts a retrospective exhibition of the works of the American sculptor, pioneer of kinetic art, Alexander Kolder. Visa on August 29 and 30 - in the last two days of the exhibition - will hold Visa Art Weekend , during which holders of premium payment system cards (Visa Gold, Visa Platinum, Visa Signature and Visa Infinite) can visit the exhibition for free and without queues from 19:30 to 22:00.

Petro Poroshenko and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Junker. Brussels Reuters / Yves Herman On Thursday, August 27, Ukraine has reached the necessary agreement with international creditors for it. Kiev managed to write off 20% of its debt ($ 3.8 billion) and delay the payment of the remaining amount until 2019.

The dollar exchange rate at the closing of the trading of the Moscow Exchange on August 27 decreased by 2.8 rubles and amounted to 66.01 rubles. The euro exchange rate decreased by 3.71 rubles - to 74.20 rubles. The Russian currency was strengthened in relation to the dollar and the euro throughout the day against the backdrop of rising oil prices. Trading data on the ICE International Exchange indicate that the cost of a barrel of Brent oil for Thursday increased by 9%.

The Poland authorities have practically no doubt that they found a train from the Second World War with valuable objects that were confiscated by the Nazis, Reuters reports. Deputy Minister of Culture and National Heritage of Poland Pyotr Zhukhovsky said that he was 99% confident in the existence of such a train. He explained that experts, using georadar, found a train of more than a hundred meters underground.

The Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation completed the development of the strategy until 2035 and sent it for approval to state bodies, Write Vedomosti with reference to the copy of the document at the disposal of the publication. Vedomosti notes that energy strategy until 2035 comes from two scenarios - conservative (basic forecast of the Ministry of Economic Development) and target (“The most complete use of the energy sector”).

One relatively ancient Greek once wrote that only one is truly. One exudes radiance. And everything else is so, the maxim, the consequences of the refraction of the radiance in the unclean atmosphere. One unified disc. There is a plastic Greek invented one, but there is, for example, “United Russia”. And also exudes radiance. Subscribe to read the whole Make a subscription Redefine.media to read Republic Subscribe [you can pay for a Russian or foreign card.

The Russian GDP in January - July 2015 fell by 3.6% compared to the same period last year. This is stated in the monitoring of the Ministry of Economic Development, published on August 28. In July of this year, the reduction in the economy in annual terms amounted to 4.6%. “According to the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, since the beginning of this year, a consistent slowdown in the dynamics of GDP with the exception of seasonality has been observed.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill will first hold a “direct line” for the Russians, TASS was told in the informal of the Moscow Patriarchate. Communication in the “question-answer” format will take place on the Soyuz TV channel, the “direct line” will be held as part of the fifth general church congress on social service. It will be held from September 1 to September 3, and TASS does not give the exact date of the “direct line” with the Patriarch.

From the Baikonur cosmodrome, the first launch of the Proton-M launch vehicle is successfully committed after the May accident. Direct broadcast from the cosmodrome is carried out on the website of Roscosmos. A rocket with an accelerated block "Breeze-M" will bring into orbit a British satellite of Inmarsat-5f3. The complex was regularly separated from the third stage of Proton-M.