Elections to the State Duma in Ukraine will be held, despite Kyiv’s refusal to assist in their organization. This was reported by the Ukrainian BBC service with reference to the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharov. According to Zakharova, the Russian Embassy in Kyiv, as well as the Consulate General in Kharkov, Odessa and Lviv, are Russian territory, and therefore the Ukrainian authorities cannot prevent voting there.

Members of the Yabloko party filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of Russia on the abolition of a grocery embargo. This is stated in the party’s press release. “First of all, we want to clarify the validity of the introduction of a grocery embargo and invite the court to cancel antisanctions, since they do not achieve their goals and only harm people living in Russia,” the words of the deputy chairman of the party of Alexander Gnezdilov are given in the message.

One of the top managers of Nota Bank testified against the deputy chief of the GUEBIPK department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Dmitry Zakharchenko. It is reported by TASS with reference to its own sources. What testimony was given by an employee of a note-bank is not specified. Earlier, from unofficial sources it was reported that the 8.5 billion rubles found during the search in the Zakharchenko case could be stolen from a note-bank’s clients, deprived of a license at the end of 2015.

The COA of the directors of the International Monetary Fund approved the third tranche of financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 1 billion. These funds are allocated to restore the country's economy. The decision to provide Ukraine with the next tranche of financial assistance, despite the fact that Kyiv did not fulfill some of the conditions for receiving funds.

Former head of the Vnukovo Airport Customs, Yuri Shebunaev, disappeared from the investigation in the case of smuggling, in this regard he will be put on the international wanted list. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the representative of the Moscow Directorate of the IC by transport Tatyana Morozova. According to her, Shebunaev disappeared in an unknown direction in July, later he sent a dismissal report to the customs service.

The press secretary of the Prime Minister Natalya Timakova told Ekhu Moscow that the cottage in the Ivanovo region, which appears in the investigation of the FBC, is not owned by Dmitry Medvedev and is not used by him and his family members “on a different legal basis”. At the same time, according to the press secretary, Medvedev really stayed in this house.

In six regions, additional police forces are pulled to the State Duma elections. This was announced at the meeting of the CEC Deputy Minister of the Interior Alexander Gorova. “In six regions - Krasnodar, Chuvashia, Samara, Crimea, Sevastopol and Novosibirsk - groups of officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation are sent to provide practical assistance to our lower units,” he said.

Alexander Bastrykin was deprived of escort cars. Forbes writes about this with reference to sources close to the Russian Investigative Committee. According to the publication, the head of the UK can no longer use two Mercedes cars of the special forces center in the field of ensuring road safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which previously rode in front of the Bastrykin machine. The Forbes source connects this solution with the upcoming resignation of the head of the UK.

The cottage of the Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev in Ples is built for money intended for charity. This was written by the founder of the Foundation for the fight against corruption Alexei Navalny. As it became known to the FBK, the shareholders of Novatek OJSC Leonid Michelson and Leonid Simanovsky introduced 33 billion to the Charitable Fund of the Dar charity fund, and the fund from this money began to build several strange closed facilities, including the cottage of Medvedev.

As a result of the military aggression of Russia in the east of Ukraine, at least 9640 people were killed. Such figures are given in the report of the Monitoring Mission of the Office of the Supreme Commissar of the UN Human Rights. The wounds are documented in 22,431 people.

President Vladimir Putin instructed the Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov to eliminate all problems when issuing permits for the construction of railway approaches to the port in Taman. According to Interfax, the president said this at a meeting of the Presidium of the State Council in Crimea. “I remember that we had a discussion: either investing budget money in the construction of a new port [in Taman], or help a private investor infrastructure.

In Surgut near the place where the monument to victims of political repression was laid, the bust of Joseph Stalin was illegally erected. This was reported by TASS with reference to the head of the information policy department of the city administration Ekaterina Shvidka. Now at the place of installation of the monument, municipal control works. “Stalin’s bust was installed on Thursday illegally.

Roskomnadzor refused the proposal of the largest porn site Pornhub about the premium income to the resource. This is stated in the report on the official Twitter Pornhub. “If we guys give you a premium account for Pornhub, will you remove its blocking in Russia?” Asked the Porn Sit administration. “Sorry, we are not in the bazaar, we don’t trade demography,” Roskomnadzor wrote in response. According to the decision of Roskomnadzor, the providers had to block access to Pornhub on September 14.

The head of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, Alexei Ulyukaev, jokingly suggested journalists who asked where to get the missing money for the budget, to throw himself himself. "And let's throw yourself away and help the budget - why doesn't this idea come to your mind?" - proposed the Minister of Economic Development to correspondents. Journalists noted that even if they contribute money from their pockets, it will still not gather the missing 200 billion rubles.

In Venezuela, who is experiencing a food crisis, cases of arrests of citizens who buy food for the future have become more frequent. Washington Post writes about this. It is noted that over the past few years, the government has taken a number of measures to streamline the trade in scarce goods. Among them are tightening legislation and installing special devices in stores that read the fingerprints of customers.