The largest of the Russian warships in running condition, the cruiser Marshal Ustinov, is taking part in maneuvers in the Mediterranean Sea / Lev Fedoseyev / TASS The Russian Defense Ministry has revealed some details of the naval and air force exercises off the coast of Syria, which will begin in the coming days. They will take place from September 1 to 8 and, according to the military department, will involve over 25 ships and support vessels, as well as 30 aircraft.

Most city residents highly rate the level of education at the school where their children study, but consider the level of school education in the country as a whole to be insufficient. Such assessments are a consequence of parents being able to choose a school for their children and nostalgia for their own school years. On the eve of September 1, VTsIOM conducted a survey of 1,200 parents of school-age children living in cities.

Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov called the large military exercises announced by the Russian authorities in the Mediterranean a “reasonable precaution.” “The situation in Syria has significant potential for complications; the situation around Idlib leaves much to be desired. Indeed, this breeding ground for terrorists that has formed there does not bode well if inaction continues.

China has launched a platform to help people complain about “online rumors.” this reports Reuters . The platform will also disseminate “authentic” news sourced from state-run media. The platform is called Piyao, which translates to “refuting gossip.” Using artificial intelligence technology, it identifies messages as false. According to the Chinese authorities, such content is socially destabilizing, the agency clarifies.

Varvara Grankova Education startup Abracademy claims that learning circus tricks can boost creativity and improve communication skills in executives In a conference room at the company, payment service WorldRemit, its chief product officer Alice Newton-Rex is performing a card trick on her colleagues.

Producers and heads of several television holdings appealed to the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky with a request to preserve the team of the state Cinema Fund. The letter to the minister was signed by 20 people, Vedomosti got acquainted with the document, including a copy of all signatures. This morning this letter was sent to the Ministry of Culture, five of them told Vedomosti.

To avoid blocking by Roskomnadzor due to pirated content located on the Yandex.Video service , the Yandex search engine decided to remove all links to works owned by Gazprom Media. “ In order to minimize the risk of blocking, due to which Yandex users would suffer, we decided to remove from the search all links to pages with controversial works,” the Internet company said in a statement.

From November 1, it will be possible to pay customs duties for parcels from foreign online stores costing more than 1,000 euros or weighing more than 31 kg through Russian Post. this TASS reports with reference to the Deputy Head of the Federal Customs Service (FCS) Ruslan Davydov. “The pilot project with Russian Post will launch on November 1, it will concern the payment of customs duties by Russian Post for individuals as an authorized operator.

August 30, 2018, 12:56 / Auto / Lifestyle / Photo What a Bugatti Chiron looks like from a million Lego pieces A full-size car model accelerates to 20 km/h

August 30, 2018, 18:49 / Economics Exclusively by subscription The currencies of Argentina and Turkey are breaking records Developing countries suffer from their weakness and the strength of the dollar Alexey Nevelsky Argentine President Mauricio Macri frightened already worried investors / Natacha Pisarenko / AP The Argentine peso fell to a record low on Thursday, while the Turkish lira continued to decline after a correction last week.

On August 27, 1918, additional agreements to the Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty were signed in Berlin. If Vladimir Lenin had already called the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk “obscene,” now Russia was completely turning into a German semi-colony. “It was a modern form of economic vassalage,” German historian Fritz Fischer wrote about the agreements. What prompted Lenin to ask for more?

August 30, 2018, 11:56 pm / Auto Exclusively by subscription There are no plans to build a new plant for the production of luxury Aurus cars. The main option is to use the facilities of one of the project participants, Sollers.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky closed the media project “Investigation Management Center” (IRC), he published this statement on the MBKh Media website. At the end of July, three Russians were killed in the Central African Republic (CAR): journalist Orkhan Dzhemal, cameraman Kirill Radchenko and director Alexander Rastorguev. They were filming a documentary project about the work of the Wagner PMC for Khodorkovsky’s Investigation Management Center.

The net profit of PJSC Safmar Financial Investments (SFI), which unites the financial assets of billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev, in the first half of this year increased by 63% to 6.4 billion rubles. (according to IFRS). SFI's assets during the reporting period increased by 28% to 406 billion rubles, the holding's income increased by 72% to 11.2 billion rubles, follows from the company's message.

US President Donald Trump, a Republican, accused social networks of bias against his party. “I think Google, Facebook and Twitter ... treat conservatives and Republicans very unfairly,” Reuters quoted him as saying at the White House. Trump believes they are “really trying to silence a very large part of this country.” "It is not right. This is unfair. It may be illegal, but we'll see. We just want justice,” he added.