Pussy Riot member Pyotr Verzilov “firmly believes” the GRU was behind his poisoning. He stated this in an interview with the German newspaper Bild. “I firmly believe that Russian intelligence, possibly the Russian intelligence service GRU, was behind my poisoning. The poisoning was done so professionally that it does not allow any other conclusion. Perhaps they tried a new cocktail of toxic substances on me, because my poisoning was different from others,” he said.

September 26, 2018, 10:29 / Economics The State Duma began to consider in the second reading a bill on raising the retirement age Vedomosti The State Duma began to consider in the second (main) reading a bill on raising the retirement age. Parliamentarians approved the amendments previously proposed by President Vladimir Putin. Deputies approved this bill in the first reading on July 18. On August 29, during a televised address to Russians, the President proposed softening the bill.

September 26, 2018, 10:08 pm / Personal account Exclusively by subscription How thousands of Russians gave money at 600% per annum The Central Bank spoke about a large-scale financial pyramid Anna Eremina “Cashbury” managed to involve several tens of thousands of people in its “project” / Cashbury “If you are offered a yield of 30%, then you will doubt it, but if it is 1000%, then you will run [to invest money],” this is how the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank, Sergei Shvetsov,

The US Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 2-2.25%. This is exactly the kind of increase the market was expecting from the regulator. The Fed plans another rate increase by the end of 2018 - to 2.4% and three increases in 2019, the regulator confirmed.

September 27, 2018, 00:21 / Business Dmitry Kozak supported metallurgists Russian Railways, energy and tax authorities will help the industry, Deputy Prime Minister Galina Starinskaya decided Dmitry Kozak supported metallurgists / Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti Last week, on September 19, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak held a meeting on the development of ferrous metallurgy.

Russian President Vladimir Putin replaced the heads of three regions in one evening - the Astrakhan region, Kabardino-Balkaria and Primorsky Krai. The first to be appointed was the governor of the Astrakhan region. Sergei Morozov, deputy head of the Federal Customs Service (FCS), who previously was an assistant to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and an employee of the Federal Security Service (FSO), became the acting head of the region.

Vladimir Putin appointed Oleg Kozhemyako as acting governor of the Primorsky Territory. This happened after the election of the head of the region was declared invalid due to a scandal involving massive fraud. Kozhemyako became the first regional leader to head the fourth region in a row. Before Primorye, he was the governor of the Koryak Autonomous Okrug, the Amur Region and Sakhalin.

Russia's supply of S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems to Syria will force Israel to reconsider its military policy towards Damascus, said in an interview with Xinhua. Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad “Israel, accustomed to launching multiple attacks [against Syria] under different pretexts, will be forced to recalculate and reconsider [its position] before attacking again,” Mekdad said.

The Prime Assets Capital fund, which manages the assets of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, has reached an agreement in principle on the sale of the Kuznitsa na Rybalsky shipyard to a “domestic buyer.” This is stated in the plant's message. The auditor of the transaction is Ernst & Young . The agreement will be signed and implemented as soon as the deal is approved by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine.

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin called on deputies to comply with the rules of the lower house of parliament and come to the plenary hall in suits and ties. “Colleagues, I think that a deputy’s salary can be used to buy a jacket and a tie,” Volodin said at a meeting on Wednesday. The reason for this statement was the T-shirts of Communist Party deputies Valery Rashkin and Denis Parfenov, in which they came to the second reading of the bill on raising the retirement age.

The Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) changed the preventive measure from house arrest to a written undertaking not to leave Roskomnadzor press secretary Vadim Ampelonsky. about this The lawyer of the accused, Sergei Sedakov, told Interfax . “Yes, indeed, Ampelonsky’s preventive measure has been changed. The day before yesterday he was released on his own recognizance,” Sedakov said. The same decision was made in relation to other defendants in the case, he added.

September 27, 2018, 00:04 / Politics The number of people wishing to protest against pension reform has dropped sharply But the president failed to convince Russians that the reform was correct Elena Mukhametshina Alina Didkovskaya The number of people approving the reform has increased slightly / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti The share of Russians willing to personally take part in mass protests against pension reform has dropped sharply over the past month, according to a September Levada Center

September 26, 2018, 08:25 / Business More than half of retail wine sales were from Russian brands undefined Vedomosti In the first ten days of September, Russian wine accounted for more than half of retail sales - 52% versus 43% a year earlier. about this writes RBC with reference to statistics from the fiscal data operator Taxcom, which took into account the share of still wines.

The famous French chef, restaurateur and hotelier Alain Ducasse has launched gastronomic cruises along the Seine. The double-deck motor ship Ducasse sur Seine accommodates 120 people, is equipped only with electric motors, and makes voyages twice a day: guests have the opportunity to have lunch or dinner in a floating gastronomic restaurant with views of the most famous Parisian bridges and embankments.

The Ministry of Economic Development will soon become one of the founders of the Center for Strategic Research (CSR) Alexei Kudrin, and the Minister of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin will be part of its council, a representative of the CSR said, but did not specify who will head the council.