Telegram agreed to cooperate with special services (not in Russia). What else has changed in his politics? Photo: Wikimnedia Commons Today, Telegram users had a nervous day: the messenger found a new privacy policy that allows cooperation with special services. Pavel Durov assured users that it does not apply to Russia, but the wording in the document is so unchanged that users remains to take his word.

In anticipation of US sanctions, Russian officials are increasingly talking about abandoning the dollar as the currency of account. So far, it is difficult to imagine a situation in which it will come to limiting the circulation of currency in the country, but Iran has been living in such conditions for a long time.

Yandex is obliged by Thursday, August 30, to remove links to pirated sites in the Yandex.Video section. Otherwise, the service may be blocked, said Vadim Subbotin, deputy head of Roskomnadzor. Details On Friday, the Moscow City Court, as an interim measure, ordered Yandex to remove links to pirated copies of shows and series owned by Gazprom Media from the list of search engine results. The holding's TV channels TNT, TV-3 and 2x2 applied to the court.

Telegram will, by court order, transfer to the authorities the data of users who are suspected of terrorism, follows from the updated privacy policy of the messenger. We are talking about IP addresses and phone numbers, not personal correspondence of users. Details “In the event that Telegram receives a court order that confirms that you are suspected of terrorism, we may transfer your IP address and phone number to the relevant authorities,” paragraph 8.3 of the privacy policy says.

State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin for the first time substantively commented on the Anti-Corruption Foundation’s investigation into his mother’s 400-meter apartment, Dozhd TV channel reports . According to the official, his mother Lidiya Barabanova purchased this living space with her own money, proceeds from the sale of a stake in the Solar Products company.

For the launch of unregistered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) weighing more than 250 g, owners will have to pay a fine of 1-2 thousand rubles. Such amendments to the code of administrative violations were prepared by the government. They also provide for a tenfold increase in fines for violation of airspace - up to 20-50 thousand rubles.

UPD: Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Putin will speak out on raising the retirement age on Wednesday, August 29, in the format of a televised address to citizens. Vladimir Putin will soon make a statement on pension reform, he said at a meeting with members of the government on socio-economic issues in Omsk. “In the near future, maybe right tomorrow, I will formulate my attitude in detail and make a relevant statement,” the head of state said.

Yandex has begun public testing of its self-driving car at Innopolis in Tatarstan for everyday commuting, the company said in a statement to The Bell. The car will be available for trips around the city to all residents who have agreed to participate in the project. Thus, Innopolis became the first city in Europe where you can take a drone as a taxi.

European countries decided to create a payment system in order to bypass sanctions against Iran. Russia can benefit from this. European countries are going to develop their own payments system, which will allow European companies to circumvent American sanctions. The main goal is to establish oil trade with Iran, which is again imposed on an American embargo. But the system can also be used to bypass sanctions against Russia.

The US sanctions for poisoning the Skripals, which were imposed on Monday, will have a limited impact on the Russian economy. But future sanctions - primarily those that Congress is about to impose - pose a much more serious threat, Moody's writes in its report. Details The sanctions imposed on Monday include a ban on the supply of dual-use products, electronics and technologies for the oil and gas industry to Russia.

In September, Apple will present three new iPhone models. Closer to the business in the media traditionally began to appear detailed plums about what gadgets would be. Part of the details yesterday was told by Bloomberg: new phones are similar to the iPhone X, but are distinguished by a variety of sizes, built -in functions and prices. We have collected everything that is known about the new Apple line.