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Putin, Alice, Bilbo and other heroes of the day

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Vladimir Putin arrived at Yandex . Why he did this is not entirely clear - either the president wants to show his progressiveness on the eve of the elections, or is he really interested in artificial intelligence (however, one does not interfere with the other). In the largest Russian IT company, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary the other day, the president was shown Alisa, a digital assistant developed by Yandex, as well as a prototype of an unmanned vehicle.

However, this visit will be remembered more not for its content, but for its entourage. Before the president's arrival, people from the FSO inspected the bedside tables of Yandex employees; one employee of the company was not allowed into the building because he was on the "black list" of the FSO; another said that in the building where the president was taken, they were even forbidden to get up from their workplaces.

An hour and a half after the president's departure, an alarm went off in the Yandex building, and everyone inside was evacuated .

Other news briefly

in Lublin It's not calm . Last night, in the shopping center of the same name, a security guard allegedly beat a loader, after which several dozen migrants came to intercede for him - but the police stopped them. on the fact of the beating Criminal cases have been opened , but the federation of migrants still claims that no one beat anyone. Today, the police again had to disperse the crowd that had gathered at the shopping center.

Binbank began to sanitize. Today, the Central Bank announced this officially. Reorganization will take place according to the same scheme as that of the "Discovery"; in Binbank . has already been found a hole of 300 billion rubles

The leader of the "Christian State" was nevertheless detained . Yesterday, the procedural status of Alexander Kalinin was unclear, today the Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed that he is suspected of setting fire to cars near the office of lawyer Alexei Uchitel. "Christian State" By the way, there is no .

Escalation in Syria. Russia and the United States are exchanging accusations of various bad things, and the positions of the troops supported by both countries have come close to each other.

Happy birthday Bilbo!

Exactly 80 years ago, The Hobbit was published - a story by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, which began the history of his universe, and in fact, the entire fantasy genre. For many of us, the world of Tolkien and his characters is an important part of life, so we decided to celebrate this event in a big way. Galina Yuzefovich explained why the good-natured klutz Bilbo is the most interesting character invented by Tolkien. Alexandra Sivtsova figured out who is now playing role-playing games based on Tolkien's books and other fictional worlds. In addition, you can remember how Tolkien's different translations differ - and pass a difficult test for knowledge of the geography of Middle-earth.

Today in social networks

The host of the Vremya program, Ekaterina Andreeva, decided on her Instagram to “troll” people who took the jacket with the inscription “Too Late”, which she put on the air, for a hint, but it turns out very strange for her. Well, the organizer of the Versus battles on his Twitter predictably agreed to pay rapper Guf two million rubles for participating in the battle with his former Centr bandmate Ptah. Which, of course, does not mean that the fight will take place.

Alexander Gorbachev. Antihype, as well as eschkere!