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February 2. Ulyanovsk cadets - reprimand, Peskov - remark

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The cadets of the Ulyanovsk Institute of Civil Aviation were reprimanded for the Satiffaction viral video, which gave rise to the most powerful and mental flash mob in Russia lately. At the institute, their act was perceived as a manifestation of disrespect for "representatives of the aviation industry."

The head of the CEC Ella Pamfilova made a comment to the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov for agitation in favor of Vladimir Putin. The unacceptable statement that Pamfilova did not quote was made a few days ago and contained "obvious signs of agitation." Peskov promised not to do this anymore.

Tatyana Moskalkova asked to pick up the case of human rights activist Oyub Titiev from the Chechen police. According to the Ombudsman, for “greater objectivity” and confidence in investigation it should be transferred to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the North Caucasus Federal District. Previously, this was asked in the Memorial.

The children's Ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova yesterday spoke about 16 “terrible” modern children's books , about the content of which she is “ashamed to speak”. Writers and publishers reacted to the statement - they indicated that this selection has long been walking on the Internet and includes Sergei Mikhalkov’s poems, an illustration of the “cockroach”, as well as several other non -childish and incompetent works.

The main text of the day

In the late 1970s, insulting inscriptions about a woman named Clara Budilovskaya began to appear everywhere in Odessa. For several years, there were so many inscriptions that Clara has become a noticeable part of urban folklore - but who it has been and whether it has existed at all, in all these years, no one has found out. Polina Eremenko went to Odessa to figure out what was behind this phenomenon:

In 2008, when the inscriptions about Clara Budilovskaya had long been erased, and she turned into a city myth, [Odessa artist Leonid] Wojciechs and his colleagues arranged a small exhibition “Fathers and Children of Klara Budilovskaya” in the old -point market. There were several works, somehow playing the legend: a name laid out by household soap on a waffle towel; playing bone on white cardboard; Lips in the sea shell. They even showed a report on TV about the exhibition - after which an unfamiliar woman called her organizer Igor Gusev. It was heard by her voice that she was crying; The artist claims that she stated that she was familiar with Klara Budilovskaya - and that she would complain about the organizers of the exhibition in the police. The woman did not introduce herself. She did not call back anymore.

The audio version of the reporting of Polina Eremenko and her story about her trip can be listened to in the release of the Podcast “Text of the Week” .

The death penalty in Belarus

Belarus - the last state of Europe and the CIS, where convicts are executed; Since 1990, more than 400 people were sentenced to be shot there. Sasha Sulim tells how this system works: according to local human rights activists, today the procedure is not much different from the Soviet one.

Relatives of the executed receive a notice that the verdict was executed, only after a few days. According to the law, the body cannot be issued to the family, and the burial place is not revealed. “The death certificate in the“ cause ”column is often given a dash, sometimes they write“ in connection with the verdict ”or simply“ not established, ”says human rights activist Andrei Poluda. According to him, relatives of the executed often go to the Minsk Northern Cemetery to look for freshly erase graves, hoping that their relative is buried there. Nobody succeeded in finding them.

DPRK team in South Korea

On February 1, the North Korean delegation of 32 people arrived in South Korea at the Olympic Games, which will begin in a week. This is how it looked:

Does Facebook have ears?

In the new issue of the Medusa Podkasta, Alexei Ponomarev and Evgeny Berg are discussing whether it is possible today to “disappear from the radar” and how does Facebook know what we are talking about aloud. Open Guests - Yandex Director Grigory Bakunov and head of the headquarters of Alexei Navalny Leonid Volkov (he spoke about the organization of direct broadcasts from secret places at the rally on January 28).

What else

• Matt Damon gavean interview to Anton Valley on the occasion of the release of the film “shorter” - satirical anti -utopia, in which people learned to decrease in size. The actor told how he chooses roles and envies Lee Ben Affleck and George Clooney, who began to make films themselves.
• Read about the fate of Olushi Nigel , who lived alone for several years on the island in New Zealand and recently died. The only company Nigel was concrete boobs, which scientists left on the island to attract birds.
• Evaluate the absolutely evaluating examples of the poor work that Reddit users share. The chandelier between the fan blades, external advertising upside down and much more.

Victor Davydov