As a platform for the experiment, the Mamba service was chosen. The AppStore and Google Play application appeared “Together to the Polls”, created by the Mamba dating service (31% owned by Mail.ru Group, the main shareholder is the Finams investment group). The program connected to GAS “Elections” became available in early August, but large media outlets paid attention to it only on August 21.

Presumably, he covered himself in France. Photo Getty The investigation of the attack in Barcelona, ​​in which 13 people were killed, expanded to other European countries. This was told by the adviser to the internal affairs of Catalonia Johakim Forn. According to an official who attacked them throughout Europe on the initiative of the Europol. The Barcelona police established the identity of the suspect - his name is Yunes Abuyakub (YouNES ABOUYAAAQUB), he is a Moroccan born in 1995.

RIA Novosti, Rain, and Moscow Komsomolets will be held accountable. Roskomnadzor announced fines for the media, which published a Versus-battla recording between an oximiron and purulent in which a mat was contained. In relation to the RIA News, Rain, Moscow Komsomolets, Republic, the site of the magazine Maxim and Arguments and Facts drew up protocols on an administrative offense under the article “On Mass Media”. They will pay a fine of 50 thousand rubles.

According to local media, he shouted "Allahu Akbar". In the city of Subirats in the province of Barcelona, ​​police killed a man with a suicide vest. This was reported on Twitter by the police. . reported The man shouted “Allahu Akbar,” El Mundo newspaper According to the publication La Vanguardia, the suspect in the terrorist attack in Barcelona, ​​Younes Abouyaaqoub, a Moroccan born in 1995, was killed. There is no official confirmation of this information.

There are always copyright owners for each action. Schutterstock stock photos announced the creation of a system that will protect images with water signs from theft. Prior to this, researchers from Google talked about the fact that they found a way to remove copyrights from pictures without loss of the quality of pictures or artifacts.

According to the Central Bank, wages are growing faster than labor productivity. The Bank of Russia is concerned about the shortage of personnel in the fields of education, science, technology, healthcare, IT, as well as highly qualified workers. As Izvestia was told by the press service of the Central Bank, this has a negative impact on economic growth and inflation. The Bank of Russia claims that wages are growing at a faster rate than labor productivity.

The head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations called the consequences of a "federal situation." Fire extinguishing in one of the houses. Photo by Sergey Pivovarov, RIA "Novosti" The head of the Ministry of Emergencies Vladimir Puchkov announced the introduction of an emergency regime throughout the Rostov region due to a large fire in Rostov-on-Don. Previously, he acted only in the city itself. We introduce emergency mode throughout the Rostov region.

One -time payment. Russia paid the last debt of the Soviet Union to another state - Bosnia and Herzegovina. This was reported by the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. The Russian authorities transferred 125.2 million dollars to the USSR to the USSR by a lump -sum payment. Russia remained Bosnia and Herzegovina for its share in the supply of consumer goods from the former Yugoslavia to the former USSR, including clothes, shoes and furniture.

The court sided with a woman who blamed baby powder for her illness. US resident Eva Echeverria won $417 million (about 25 billion rubles) in a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, accusing the company of causing cancer. This is the first time the company has lost such a sum in court, but plans to appeal the decision. this . reports Reuters The case was tried by a jury in Los Angeles Superior Court.

To eliminate the fire, hundreds of units of equipment and aviation were required. Photo Rostovnadonu_vk The Ministry of Emergencies announced the localization of a fire in one of the residential areas of Rostov-on-Don. The press service of the department reported that the situation was under the control of firefighters about 19 hours Moscow time. More than 200 units of equipment, about a dozen helicopters and fire aircraft were used to extinguish the fire.

Journalists will supposedly have to show management all requests for comments to the authorities. The new management of the RBC TV channel has introduced “stop lists” of experts for journalists who cannot be contacted for comment. Dozhd about this A source in the holding told , and the information was also confirmed by an employee of the TV channel.

They spent 10 million rubles on the restoration of crossing. Photo by Oleg Bladov, "Komsomolskaya Pravda" Residents of Altai Yuri Vasiliev and Evgeny Levin restored the suspended Ai bridge over the Katun River, built in the middle of the 20th century. They sold an apartment, a garage and a Land Cruiser car to restore a crossing near the village of Aya. According to Vasiliev, he and his friend noticed a bridge four years ago when they drove past.

In early August, a criminal case was opened on one of the organizers. Club "Rabitsa" after searches. Photo from the page of the establishment on Facebook The owners of the Moscow Techno-Club Rabitsa announced the closure of the institution due to the fact that they “cannot guarantee security” to their guests. Previously, searches were held in the club, in which the police beat several people and musicians. The organizers thanked the media for covering the situations and people who donated money.

At a festival in Japan, the group pranked the audience by playing a rock version of “Never Gonna Give You Up” instead of the Nirvana hit. On August 20, Foo Fighters performed at the Summersonic festival in Tokyo. During the concert, frontman Dave Grohl invited Rick Astley on stage, saying that he “met him a couple of minutes ago.” Rolling Stone noted that Foo Fighters then began playing an intro similar to Nirvana's hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Grohl was Nirvana's drummer).

Vladimir Solovyov spoke about Great Britain’s plans to seize the Caucasus with the help of radical Islam. On August 20, on the “Sunday Evening” program, Vladimir Solovyov spoke about an interview with the head of the British intelligence service MI6.