Evening Medusa

August 28. Game of Thrones is over. Finally!

The main thing for the day in one line

The seventh season of “Game of Thrones” has ended, Cate Blanchett and Teodor Currentzis (and more than 30 other cultural figures) stood up for Kirill Serebrennikov (and more than 30 other cultural figures), IS claimed responsibility for the attack in Dagestan.

And now the details

IS, "Islamic State". It claimed responsibility for the attack on a police squad in the Dagestan Kaspiysk on the morning of August 28. One policeman was killed and another was wounded. If we count together with 2016, then IS claims responsibility for the fifth attack in Dagestan. And if we take the whole of Russia, then this is the second terrorist attack in the last week and a half in which the Islamic State is (allegedly) involved: the criminal who attacked passers-by in Surgut is also possibly associated with the Islamic State.

IP, Game of Thrones. The seventh episode of the seventh season was released at night, and with that the most popular series went on vacation. We have a lot of spoilers in our review (the material is even called “Happy First Day of Winter”) and questions about what will happen next. Don't open the link if you haven't watched episode seven yet, otherwise you'll be angry with us.

KS, Kirill Serebrennikov. “We call on representatives of the leadership of our countries to do everything to prevent Serebrennikov from becoming a victim of politically motivated discredit and from going to prison,” says the petition, which was signed by actresses Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss, conductor Teodor Currentzis and 33 other people. Everything is heading towards the fact that the case of Kirill Serebrennikov will be the main event by which Russian cultural policy will be remembered in 2017.

The news is like something out of a horror movie

There are many of them today too. Firstly, a German nurse, who is already serving a life sentence, was suspected of another 84 murders: the investigation believes that he intentionally used drugs that caused complications with the heart or circulation in patients. Secondly, the leader of the Indian sect, Ram Rahim Singh, was nevertheless sentenced to 20 years in prison for rape - his trial had previously caused riots, killing 38 people. Thirdly, the prosecutor's office began checking the Antalya-Moscow flight. During the flight, the airliner's cabin depressurized .

And at the end - "Chapito"

It's especially cool today. It turns out that banners with the words “embankment” and “Dabrynenskaya” have been hanging in Moscow for several months now. And now the capital authorities have finally decided to dismantle them!

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Alexander Polivanov, who returned from vacation and was therefore especially surprised by the news