Arbitration courts will receive systems for online broadcasting of hearings / D. Grishkin / Vedomosti RUB 80 million will be spent on purchasing 200 sets of software and hardware systems for audio-video recording, protocoling and online broadcasting of court hearings.

Macron suffers major ratings decline: only 40% of French support him / AP French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe presented the final version of the country's labour reforms on Thursday. Now, companies with fewer than 50 employees – about 95% of companies and half the country's workforce – will be able to negotiate terms with workers without unions, while larger companies will be able to negotiate more detailed agreements with unions.

US President Donald Trump publicly praises the successes of his presidency, but those close to him are already frightened by his sudden bouts of gloomy mood, The Washington Post writes . In particular, he is unhappy with the way the media covers his work, the obstinacy of his Republican allies and the work of some administration officials. Trump is seething with frustration at National Economic Council Chairman Gary Cohn, sources close to the president say.

On August 31, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko tested the latest Tesla model and instructed domestic manufacturers to launch production of Belarusian electric cars as soon as possible.

In the USA, September has been declared the month of the fight against alcoholism and drug addiction. The corresponding document was signed by American President Donald Trump. A copy of the document was published on the official website of the White House. The American leader expressed hope that "millions of Americans" suffering from alcohol and drug addiction will be able to recover. According to him, the US authorities are ready to provide all kinds of support.

States, especially authoritarian ones, are structured like banks: as soon as citizen-depositors lose confidence, they run to withdraw their valuables. The essentially uncontested gubernatorial elections in the Sverdlovsk region and the municipal elections in Moscow, where there are independent candidates (however, let's not forget that the levels of government here are different) represent situations that reflect the real dispute going on in Russia.

Businessman and former Chechen senator Umar Dzhabrailov, who was previously detained for shooting at the Four Seasons Hotel in Moscow, explained his actions as a "state of affect due to provocations" by hotel employees. He told RBC . "There were domestic reasons for this at the hotel. The hotel management and security service wanted to throw me out of there. They provoked me, and I gave in. I regret that I violated public order. A criminal case has been opened on this matter.

A survey by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) showed that more than half of Russians (63%) know about the attack in Surgut, but the majority's knowledge is superficial (54% "heard something, but don't know the details"). Only 9% said they knew a lot about what happened, while 37% had heard nothing about the attack. Let us recall that on August 19, 19-year-old Artur Gadzhiev attacked random passers-by with a knife. As a result of the incident, seven people were stabbed.

On September 1, the Zamoskvoretsky court continued the trial in the case of ex-Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev. The court planned to question witnesses that day. The investigation has so far announced only one witness - Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin, but so far there is no sign that he has appeared in court, a Vedomosti correspondent notes. The court secretary said before the start of the hearing that she had no information about the appearance of witnesses.

Sales of the iconic Nokia 3310 were almost three times lower than the market leaders, but some retailers are happy with this / Paul Hanna / Reuters In July 2017, just under 23,000 Nokia 3310s from Finnish HMD Global were sold in Russia. This follows from materials from a partner of several electronics manufacturers that were made available to Vedomosti, the veracity of which was confirmed by employees of two retail chains.

"Its center will pass through the ocean to the northeast near the Kuril Islands. During the day of September 3, very heavy rain is expected in the south of the ridge, and in the evening and on the night of September 4, the wind will increase to 33-38 m/s (hurricane). In the North Kuril region, winds are expected to increase to a hurricane on September 4," the report says.

Rostelecom President Mikhail Oseevsky compared cryptocurrencies to candy wrappers. “We’ll see what the future of cryptocurrency will be. I am very reserved for now, because this is, in general, a matter of faith. Everyone played with candy wrappers when they were kids. The “Bear in the North” or “Red Poppy” candy wrappers had different “values”. More precisely, the children believed that it was a value. It's the same with cryptocurrency.

A dedicated lane for public transport will be opened on a small section of Moscow's Garden Ring, the Moscow city news agency reported, citing the Traffic Management Center (TMC). "A dedicated lane for ground transport will be launched on a section of the Garden Ring. It will run along the section of Zhitnaya Street from Kazansky Lane to Bolshaya Yakimanka Street and along the Garden Ring bypass from Bolshaya Yakimanka Street to the exit to the Crimean Bridge.

01 September 2017, 21:54 / Politics The Moscow Metro filed a claim against contractors for 332 million rubles due to the 2014 accident Vedomosti The Moscow Metro filed a lawsuit against contractors over a 2014 accident in which 24 people were killed when a train derailed on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line. was informed about this RBC by the metro press service.

September 01, 2017, 09:21 / Finance / News Brent is trading at $52.7 per barrel undefined Vedomosti By 9.15 Moscow time on September 1, November Brent futures were trading in London at $52.7 per barrel, October WTI futures in New York were at $46.94 per barrel. During Thursday's trading, Brent rose by $2.13 (4.20%) to $52.86 per barrel, WTI - by $1.27 (2.76%) to $47.23 per barrel, recalls Interfax .