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Medinsky against Poklonskaya, Moscow will be evacuated

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The confrontation around the film "Matilda" has entered a new phase. After refused Russia's largest joint chain of cinemas, Cinema Park and Formula Kino, spoke out in defense of the film to distribute the film, Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky . He said that he had watched the film, but “as a conservative” he did not see anything offensive in it for the memory of Nicholas II. He also accused Natalya Poklonskaya of provoking censorship and lawlessness, "starting and supporting this hubbub." In turn, the speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin stood up for Poklonskaya, and she herself wrote a post on Facebook, in which for some reason she pointed out that among the creators of the picture there was “a native of Western Ukraine, where Euromaidan was implemented.” State Duma deputies Oksana Pushkina and Irina Rodnina spoke out against “Orthodox activists” who are sending threats in connection with the showing of “Matilda” and asked the FSB to check the Christian State – Holy Russia movement for extremism.

A wave of evacuations has reached Moscow

The mysterious story of mass evacuations in various cities of Russia due to anonymous calls about bombs has also reached Moscow. . ) On September 13, several large shopping centers were evacuated in the capital (GUM, Metropolis, Afimall City and Tsvetnoy), Yaroslavsky, Kievsky and Kursky railway stations, educational institutions (Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, RSSU, MPEI, MGIMO There were also reports of a bomb on Red Square. In total, according to various sources, from 15 to 30 thousand people were evacuated in Moscow. Evacuations also continued in other cities. Who is calling institutions around the country with reports of an alleged bomb is still not known for certain . But sources report that a criminal case has been opened in the capital on the fact of the calls .

Everyone is talking about new iPhones

The day before, Apple introduced new iPhone models (iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and anniversary iPhone X), as well as Apple Watch Series 3 and an updated version of Apple TV. Our editor Sultan Suleimanov visited the presentation in Cupertino and looked at the new items up close . Many people praise the new iPhones, but there are also skeptics who note that the announced innovations (frameless screen, unlocking through face recognition, and others) appeared on the “androids” relatively long ago . Well, jokes on this topic, of course, do not dry out .

Nikita Belykh testified

The former governor of the Kirov region, accused of taking a bribe in the amount of 600 thousand euros, spoke in the Presnensky Court of Moscow. Belykh spoke about the plot of his case, once again categorically refused to admit his guilt and tried to explain how he got the package with the money with which he was detained.

Maxim Galkin compared Malakhov with a truffle

Our correspondent Sasha Sulim spoke with Maxim Galkin . We discussed a lot of things, including instagram, rap battles and Alexei Navalny. But the most interesting part of the interview, perhaps, is about television:

You can compare, for example, with the kitchen. Roughly speaking, Channel One is French cuisine, and Rossiya is Russian. And then there is the truffle - Andrey Malakhov. They cut and cut the truffle, sprinkled all the dishes with it, suddenly it seemed to the truffle that if it was added to borscht, it would somehow change his life. But at some point, the truffle will realize that it has no place in borscht - there it loses the properties of the truffle, and will return to where it is cooked correctly. The same thing, if lard in the person of Volodya Solovyov decides to come to Channel One, then it will not take root in primordially French dishes.

Some more noteworthy topics of the day

One of the creators of the Nemagiya video blog was searched in a criminal case of libel. The video bloggers' lawyer says that the search is related to the lawsuit filed by businessman Oleg Tinkov.

Igor Sechin said that Alexey Ulyukaev extorted two million dollars from him using the "V" gesture . Allegedly, Ulyukayev showed Sechin two “victory” fingers while playing billiards. Lawyers for the former minister say that, apart from Sechin, no one saw this.

Visitors to Moscow's Zaryadye Park destroyed 10,000 plants in two days. The park administration complains that some of the plants (including rare ones) were dug up and carried away by Muscovites (and guests of the capital) with them in their bags. Back at Zaryadye, incorrectly one of the signs was translated into Chinese. As a result, instead of "Red Square" it says "red bump".

Andrey Makarevich accused Radiohead of plagiarism . He says that the British licked the video for the song “Lift” from the “machinists” (which we wrote about yesterday ). Judge for yourself .

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