Evening Medusa

March 13. Who and how poisoned the double agent Sergei Skripal?

British Prime Minister Teresa May said last night that former GRU officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia were poisoned by a “novice”-a neuro-paralytic substance created in the USSR. According to May, Russia most likely stands behind the attempt (today Donald Trump supported this version). The Russian ambassador was summoned to the British Foreign Ministry - they demanded an explanation.

The Russian Foreign Ministry refused to explain:

The main source of information about the “newcomer” is a former employee of the GNII of organic chemistry and technology VIL MIRZAYANOV, who participated in its development. Since 1996, Mirzayanov has been living in the USA. He argued that Russia violated its obligations to destroy chemical weapons. This is what is known about Mirzayanov and his work .

The resignation of the US Secretary of State

Donald Trump fired the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and appointed the director of the CIA Mike Pompeo to his post. Rumors about the differences of Trump and Tillerson went at least from the summer of 2017: it was reported , for example, that the Secretary of State called the president a “damn cretin”.

The director of the CIA, instead of Pompeo, was appointed by his deputy Gina Haspel - the first woman in this position. Haspel is known for heading the American “secret prison” in Thailand, where torture was applied to prisoners.

Other news

A journalist from Cheboksar Daria Komarova spoke about the harassment of the director and State Duma deputy Stanislav Govorukhina . According to her, during an interview in 2012, he invited her to shoot tights, and then offered to “spend the night together” and star in his cinema. Govorukhin says that he does not remember anything and is not at all sure that he was in Cheboksary in 2012 - although the video from his trip was preserved.

In London, Nikolai Glushkov died - a friend and business partner Boris Berezovsky. Kommersant said with reference to Glushkov’s acquaintances that traces of strangulation were discovered on his neck.

Aeroflot will resume regular flights to Cairo from April 11. Russia interrupted the air traffic with Egypt after the terrorist attack in November 2015, when the Russian plane was blown up over the Sinai Peninsula. 224 people were killed.

The Metro-Opera fired James Livine , one of the most famous conductors of the United States, who has worked in the theater for more than 40 years. The reason was the accusations of harassment , which several men put forward against Livine.

"Russia-2018"

Before the presidential election, we launch a special project. Three materials have been released today:

• An interview with political scientist Grigory Golosov about how the political system of Russia and Vladimir Putin have changed over 18 years, as well as what to wait from his new term.
• The big text about the continental hockey league is an organization that transfers matches for the sake of hockey players in rallies in support of Putin and where people from the environment of the Russian President play an increasing role.
• Poll "How is your perfect Russia arranged?" About relevant political topics - from raising the retirement age in Russia to the legalization of same -sex marriages. Find out what percentage of our readers agree with you.

What else

• The election commission of the Belgorod regionprinted more than a million invitations to the elections with the wrong address of its site. Then he was registered by putting a redirect on the website of “Stuffers of Voters”.
• A new UFO recording was published , presumably obtained from the Pentagon. Previously, two more such videos appeared .
• The first trailer for the film “Fantastic creatures: crimes of Green de Wald” was released-the second picture from the new movie series about the wizards universe invented by Joan Rowling. Jud Law plays young Dumbledore!

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