On Tuesday, the Tver Regional Court sentenced 45-year-old Muscovite Sergei Egorov to life imprisonment for killing nine people in a dacha cooperative in the village of Redkino. Egorov will spend the first five years in prison, and the rest of his term in a special regime penal colony. The court satisfied the victims' claims for compensation for moral damages in the total amount of 10 million rubles.

The US national debt has exceeded $20 trillion for the first time in history, reports . Business Insider On Friday, US President Donald Trump signed a law that, in particular, implies a temporary increase in the national debt ceiling until December 8. Then, on Friday, the national debt indicator reached $20.162 trillion. Last week, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called on Congress to raise the debt ceiling at the same time as passing a relief package for victims of Hurricane Harvey.

Work on improving Moscow streets will continue in 2018, the head of the Moscow capital repairs department, Alexey Eliseev, told journalists, RIA Novosti reports. "We are not stopping street improvement work. The question is what the program will be called - "My Street" or something else. The city will make a decision. But the city will continue improvement," Eliseev said. At the same time, the authorities intend to improve the city's outlying areas in the future.

September 12, 2017, 00:51 / Auto China is thinking about banning gasoline and diesel cars Beijing may follow the example of Britain and France Charles Clover Authorities are concerned about growing urban air pollution, climate change and the country's dependence on oil imports / Kim Kyung-Hoon / REUTERS China may soon join the UK and France, which recently announced plans to ban sales of petrol and diesel cars by 2040, according to a statement by Chinese Vice Minister of Industry Xin Guobin

Google reported on Tuesday that it was experiencing issues with the availability of a number of services, including its Gmail email service. “We are investigating reports of problems,” the company said in a statement obtained by RIA Novosti. "Users are reporting slow loading times and connection errors," Google said, promising to provide more information later.

One foreign investor has expressed interest in purchasing the Ukrainian subsidiary of Sberbank, said Ekaterina Rozhkova, deputy head of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). “Today we have an appeal from one potential buyer, we are working with him. I can’t say anything for sure yet,” she told reporters on the sidelines of the international conference “Protection of the rights of consumers of financial services 2017: the path to building trust” in Kyiv on Tuesday.

The combined cinema chain Cinema Park and Formula Kino refused to show Matilda directed by Alexei Uchitel due to security threats, the cinema chain reported.

Rosneft and the Italian Eni have to take the last step before the start of exploratory drilling at the Val Shatsky field in the Black Sea. The partners agreed with the Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port ( NCSP ) to create a base there; now the issue with the Ministry of Defense has to be resolved. There is very little time left. Rosneft .

Police, FSB and Russian National Guard officers did not find any explosive devices in Perm schools and administrative buildings, where more than 5,700 people were evacuated on Tuesday, the regional Ministry of Territorial Security reports. “No explosive devices were found, and there is no threat to the safety of citizens,” the statement said.

More than 80% of Moscow voters were informed about the municipal elections on September 10, according to a widely distributed analytical report based on the results of a social survey conducted by the Center for Political Technologies (CPT). "82% of Muscovites answered affirmatively to the question of whether they knew in advance that such elections would be held in the city on September 10. Among Internet users, this figure was 83%, and among non-users, 77%," the CPT report states.

Alibaba founder Jack Ma danced as Michael Jackson at the company's 18th anniversary. He wore a black tight suit with gold belts. Jack Ma appeared on stage wearing a mask, riding a motorcycle. Then, to the music, he stepped away from the bike and began to dance. During a repeat of Jackson's signature move, Jack Ma received a standing ovation from the audience. He took off his mask and blew a kiss to the audience. The entrepreneur performed a trick to rhythmic music.

The Ukrainian prosecutor's office is investigating the Georgian side's request for the extradition of former Georgian President, former head of the Odessa Regional State Administration and leader of the "Movement of New Forces" party Mikheil Saakashvili. This was reported by the Minister of Justice of Ukraine Pavlo Petrenko. "After receiving this request (from the Georgian side for extradition - IF), all materials were sent to the prosecutor's office to conduct an extradition check.

Former deputy chairman of the Bank of Russia Georgy Luntovsky, who left his post on September 1, will be appointed president of the Association of Regional Banks of Russia (Russia Association), Anatoly Aksakov, the current president of the association and head of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market, told Interfax. “We are nominating [Luntovsky] as president from the working group, Aksakov as chairman of the council and chairman of the presidium,” he said.

September 12, 2017, 19:14 / Business Trolza Market delays the delivery of trolleybuses to St. Petersburg The plant also did not meet the repair deadlines Dmitry Gorshenin The committee expects to receive 101 trolleybuses by the end of 2017 / Evgeniy Egorov / Vedomosti Trolza Market LLC is delaying the delivery of trolleybuses for St. Petersburg, a representative of the city transport committee said. The company won a tender for the supply of 105 trolleybuses for 2 billion rubles.

Director JJ Abrams, together with the author of "Argo" Chris Terrio, will work on the preparation of the script for the ninth part of the "Star Wars" saga, The Guardian writes, citing a statement from the president of Lucasfilm. "In the first installment of the new Star Wars trilogy, 'The Force Awakens,' Abrams delivered everything we could have hoped for, so I'm thrilled he's returning to complete this trilogy," said Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy.