American telecommunications corporation AT&T plans to launch a streaming video service in the fourth quarter of 2019 that will compete with Netflix, The Wall Street Journal writes. The name of the service being created has not been announced. Users of the new video service will have access to films, as well as materials produced by order of WarnerMedia (in mid-June, AT&T announced the closing of a deal to purchase the media company for $85 billion).

The appeal of the Khakassia Electoral Commission to the Supreme Court of the Republic to cancel the registration of the Communist Party candidate Valentin Konovalov may cause "irreparable damage" to the electoral process in the region. This was stated by the head of the Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova, RIA Novosti reports.

The Governor of Zabaikalsky Krai Natalya Zhdanova has decided to leave her post. Her statement was published today on the regional government website. "I would like to note that this is in no way connected with the assumptions and rumors that have spread in recent days, nor is it connected with criticism and attacks on me. The decision taken is determined by my internal motives and objective circumstances that open a new - no less interesting and responsible - period in my life," Zhdanova said.

The Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) will create an information system with artificial intelligence technology in the coming years, TASS reports , citing FSSP Director Dmitry Aristov. The system will be created using funds raised from the New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS countries. The NBR, 20% owned by Russia, provided Moscow with a sovereign loan of $460 million in late May, including for the development of the Russian judicial system.

Telecommunications holding Veon (the parent company of Russia's VimpelCom) has withdrawn its offer to purchase Global Telecom Holding (GTH) assets in Pakistan and Bangladesh, according to a statement from the holding. " Veon has withdrawn its offer in light of the situation with the Pakistani rupee and given the reaction to the offer from GTH's minority shareholders, which did not allow any hope for approval of the deal," the release notes.

The Kemerovo Region authorities have proposed giving the name Kuzbass legal status, making it the second official name of the region. This was announced by the region's governor, Sergei Tsivilev, at a press conference in Moscow on Thursday. He said that the name Kuzbass appeared in 1842, its author is considered to be the explorer Pyotr Shchekochev, who described the borders of the Kuznetsk coal basin (abbreviated Kuzbass).

Russia, on the instructions of President Vladimir Putin, held large-scale exercises of the Strategic Nuclear Forces . This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense. The crews of nuclear submarines of the Northern and Pacific fleets, pilots of missile carriers and bombers took part in the exercises.

On September 1, Moscow authorities ceremoniously launched the first electric bus route. "I congratulate you on this great event!" said Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, addressing Muscovites. "A new innovative transport has appeared in Moscow - an electric bus! It consumes 18 percent less electricity than a trolleybus, and differs from it in that it is recharged not along the entire route, but at the final stops.

Zhdanova was an accidental governor, Ivanov believes / Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti On Thursday, the head of Bashkiria Rustem Khamitov, governors Alexander Mikhailov (Kursk region) and Natalya Zhdanova (Zabaikalsky Krai) announced their resignations. President Vladimir Putin appointed the head of the Krasnogorsk district of the Moscow region Radiy Khabirov to replace Khamitov, and deputy transport minister Roman Starovoit to replace Mikhailov.

Kokorin and Mamayev were detained on Wednesday after they showed up for questioning at the police station / Dmitry Golubovich / TASS Moscow's Tverskoy Court has remanded footballers Aleksandr Kokorin and Pavel Mamayev in custody until December 8. A similar measure of restraint has been chosen for Kokorin's younger brother, Kirill. The Moscow police department investigators petitioned for the arrest of the football players. The prosecutor supported the petitions.

October 11, 2018, 20:24 / Lifestyle / Interviews and profiles Anton Belov: “Garage” is a prototype of the Russia of the future" The director of a private museum of contemporary art analyzes the 10-year experience of Garage and talks about her vision of the museum process in Russia Anna Shilova Anton Belov, director of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art / Natasha Sharapova / Vedomosti In September 2008, there was much more contemporary art in Moscow: the exhibition space “Garage” was opened in

The Moscow prosecutor's office will check the songs of rappers Vyacheslav Mashnov (Gnoyny) and Andrey Zamai (Khan Zamai) for extremism, TASS reports , citing lawyer Pavel Yasman, who represents the musicians' interests. The investigation is being conducted based on a statement from a certain citizen Zelimkhanov, the lawyer said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will be briefed on all the information about the accident with Soyuz MS-10. This was announced by the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov. He found it difficult to say when this will happen: "I can't say right now, probably Rogozin (head of Roscosmos - Vedomosti's note) is busy." Putin has no meetings or conferences planned in connection with the Soyuz accident, Peskov confirmed, answering clarifying questions from journalists.

Alexander Kazakov considers his school the most automated / Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti 29-year-old musician Alexander Kazakov began giving guitar lessons while still a schoolboy in his native Samara. In 2009, Kazakov entered the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music and began looking for clients in Moscow. He mainly taught children, went to their homes and charged about 1,000 rubles per hour.

The Main Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow suspects football players Alexander Kokorin and Pavel Mamayev of committing a crime under Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code - hooliganism, that is, a gross violation of public order, expressing obvious disrespect for society, committed by a group of people by prior conspiracy, Kommersant writes, citing sources.