Translated material
Evening Medusa
June 4. Crosses on the towers of the Kremlin and the madness of the deputy of the Poklonskaya
The main news
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on response sanctions . This document allows the government by decision of the President to draw a ban on the import of any products or raw materials - with the exception of products whose analogues are not in Russia and countries that do not fall under sanctions. In addition, the president can, by his decision, impose any sanctions against “unfriendly states”.
Facebook provided phone manufacturers access to user data. The investigation published by The New York Times says that this lasted the last ten years - information about users and their friends without their consent has transmitted at least 60 companies. These include Apple, Amazon, BlackBerry, Microsoft and Samsung.
Ukrainian journalist Roman Suschenkoreceived 12 years in colony . The Moscow City Court found him guilty of espionage, agreeing with the version of the investigation, which was called Sushchenko a personnel employee of Ukrainian intelligence. He allegedly collected secret information about the Russian army and the Russian Guard.
Microsoft bought GitHub -a service for storing, distributing and managing the source code of IT projects. The purchase cost Bill Gates Corporation $ 7.5 billion.
Train explosion in Arzamas, 30 years later
On June 4, 1988, a wagon exploded in Arzamas near the railway station, in which explosives were transported from an arms factory located nearby. To one degree or another, buildings were damaged within a radius of two kilometers from the epicenter; Many houses were completely destroyed. According to official figures, 91 people died, 744 were injured; Hundreds of families were left without shelter. The investigation lasted several years, but many victims and local security forces still believe that they are hiding the truth from them. Special Corps of Medusa Daniil Turovsky went to Arzamas to talk with the victims and liquidators of the disaster.
One of the doctors who worked in the hospital, seeing a black “mushroom”, decided that it was a nuclear strike - and asked the nurse to bring wet sheets to pull the windows with them: they taught them to escape from radiation. Soon the doors of the clinic opened, and the wounded - dozens, then hundreds began to go inside. All city ambulances went to the scene of the explosion - six brigades. There were not enough places in hospitals, the wounded were laid out in the yard on the quilted jackets; They also processed wounds there.
Afghanistan found a Soviet pilot who disappeared in the late 80s
The Union of Russia's Paratroopers said that a Soviet military pilot was found in Afghanistan, who had been missing since the 1980s. Apparently, this is Sergey Pantelk, whose plane was shot down in 1987 during an intelligence flight - memorial boards were installed in Russia, and all this time the family was waiting for him. It turned out that the former military lives in one of the villages either in Afghanistan, or in Pakistan without operational communications. The Foreign Ministry and the FSB will try to return it to their homeland.
Poklonskaya against the House of the Romanovs
State Duma deputy Natalya Poklonskaya harshly criticized the trip to the Crimea of Princess Maria Romanova and her son Prince George, calling them "self -proclaimed sovereigns." Today the imperial house officially answered Poklonskaya’s statement:
What else
- Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova today had to meet on the court for the first time after the resumption of her careers - in 2017, the Russian woman left for the disqualification for Meldonium, and the American gave birth to a child. Just a few minutes before the start of the match, Williamsrefused to participate due to injury. The confrontation of Sharapova and Williams is one of the most interesting in modern sports: we told in detail why.
- The singer Monetochka released her first album a few days ago, and now it seems to be discussing absolutely everything. We have compiled for you a test for the knowledge of the singer’s main hit “every time”. And today the coin posted a new video for the song “Zaporozhets” - look at it right now .
- FIFA published an official television screensaver of the World Cup. It shows the temple of Basil Blessed, the Bolshoi Theater, the monument "Mother Mother calls!" and other Russian attractions. Including-the Moscow Kremlin, on the towers of which the stars for some reason are replaced by crosses.
- In a Chinese restaurant, Cancer escaped from the pan, bite off his own claw, which was already scalded in boiling water. An impressed restaurant employee decided to save Raka’s life. That's how it was .
Grigory Levchenko