The president of the Russian oil company Rosneft, Sergei Bogdanchikov, denied media reports that he was leaving his post. “In no case, I am a shareholder of Rosneft, the president of Rosneft, I am on the board of directors, I am so attached to it,” he told reporters. Recall that on Wednesday the business publication Vedomosti reported that Bogdanchikov wants to leave his post, where he has been working for 12 years. According to newspaper sources, Bogdanchikov will leave in the coming days.

US President Barack Obama has declared that the war in Iraq is officially over. “Today I announce that the military phase of the US mission in Iraq is over. Operation Iraqi Freedom has been completed, and the Iraqi people now bear full responsibility for security in the country,” RIA Novosti quoted Obama as saying. Recall that the main point of Obama's election program in 2008 was the withdrawal of troops from Iraq.

From today, the ban on the sale of alcohol at night in the capital comes into force. Now Muscovites will not be able to buy alcoholic drinks stronger than 15 degrees from 22.00 to 10.00. This applies to absolutely all outlets, except for cafes, restaurants and nightclubs. The day before, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov called Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov a "defender of night alcoholics" for criticizing the new ban.

Almost all "dissenters" were released from the police department after two in the morning. Recall that on August 31, the political opposition or "dissenters" tried to organize a rally in defense of the 31st article of the Constitution on Triumfalnaya Square, which guarantees the right of Russian citizens to freedom of assembly.

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, an An-24 with 39 passengers on board was forced to land due to an alarm. The plane of the company "Katekavia" was flying Cheremshanka - Igarka, when the equipment at an altitude of 5700 m suddenly began to signal that there was no oil in the engines. The captain decided to make an emergency landing. At 13:13 local time, the crew safely landed the aircraft at the Podkamennaya Tunguska airport.

The traditional rally in defense of the thirty-first article of the Constitution on freedom of assembly ended in mass arrests, but without bloodshed The organizers of the 11th rally in defense of the thirty-first article of the Russian Constitution, which guarantees freedom of assembly, filed a notice of intent to hold another rally on Triumfalnaya Square in Moscow on August 17 - a few days after the city authorities announced the closure of the square for public actions from - for the beginning

Residents of Solovki rebelled against local monks who encroached on the most sacred thing they have - tourists “If Solovki completely captures the church, then their monks will not be counted. Let's take up the axes," Sergei Korchagin, the watchman of the Botanical Garden on the Solovetsky Islands, says menacingly.

US President Barack Obama has declared that the war in Iraq is officially over. “Today I announce that the military phase of the US mission in Iraq is over. Operation Iraqi Freedom has been completed, and the Iraqi people now bear full responsibility for security in the country,” RIA Novosti quoted Obama as saying. Recall that the main point of Obama's election program in 2008 was the withdrawal of troops from Iraq.