Evening Medusa

December 8th. Knocked down "Boeing", censorship and lower regiment in the reserved seat

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The Bellingcat research group and the journalists of The Insider found out that a person with the call sign “Dolphin”, who is sought in the case of Boeing’s disaster near Donetsk, is the chief inspector of the Central Military District, Colonel General Nikolai Tkachev. Meanwhile, the Zvezda television channel continues to blame Ukrainians - using evidence that we have already seen two months ago (then three notes came out on the channel’s website, and they were all promptly deleted).

The Palestinians staged a “day of anger” (that is, street riots) in connection with the decision of Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem the capital of Israel. In clashes with Israeli soldiers and police, more than 200 people were injured, at least one died.

Director Brian Singera (most known as the director of the X-Men)was accused of raping a 17-year-old teenager. The plaintiff claims that Singer with force had sex with him at a party in 2003.

"The state can still blame anyone"

Ivan Kolunov, Alexander Gorbachev and Daniil Turovsky found out who and how (and for what money) carries out censorship in the Russian media . About 400 people are directly involved in the search for prohibited information, their main working tool is Simona (“Monitoring of Violations”). One of the former monitors said that he considers such a work psychologically difficult, but useful. He has no “moral questions for himself”:

“I must say that in our country there was always a structure that controlled the media. Previously, all this was less transparent and more unproven. Now, of course, the state can still blame anyone, but it has become more transparent. This is not a closed department of kagabashniki, which digs it is not clear what; Everyone works according to legislative acts - although sometimes attracted by the ears. "

How to ride a reserved seat correctly

The Pikabu site user asked Russian Railways if a passenger from the upper shelf in a reserved seat car is sitting on the lower one. The company officially explained everything: maybe, but only with the permission of a neighbor from below. Otherwise, "the right to be in the lower place ... is absent." Moreover, the neighbor from below has more rights to the place for baggage under the shelf.

What has not yet been on "Medusa"

The Bookmate Book Service has released a comic book series to release the eighth episode of Star Wars. On weekends, we will publish the first issue - about Khan Solo and Chubakka. Subscribers of the "Evening Medusa" today can see its fragment.

What to do on the weekend

• Go to the exhibition of Jok Rodges to the Center for the photo named after the brothers Lumier.
• Read the book of Mikhail Zygar “The Empire must die” and argue whether tsarist Russia was freeder than the present Russia.
• Watch the movie "Burn!" In the cinema About the female colony - with Victoria Isakova, Ingo Oboldina and Olga Buzova (in the role of Olga Buzova).

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Dmitry Tomilov. Good weekend!