Evening Medusa

August 30th. Iosif Kobzon died

Iosif Kobzon died. The singer and deputy of the State Duma was 80 years old . Over the past month, he was in the hospital in a stable serious condition. Kobzon will be buried at the Vostryakovsky cemetery in Moscow on September 2. This is if the official part. But unofficial: Kobzon is a very complex person. He, of course, sang very important songs for the Soviet stage (and not only Soviet ones, here they are ) and was not afraid to negotiate with terrorists during the capture of Nord-Ost - and he also sat in the State Duma and voted for all these terrible laws of recent years , and not only voted, but also supported them.

Copyright holders are fighting Yandex. Copyright holders have long been accusing the search engine of insufficiently combating piracy and are demanding that it remove links to illegal video content from search results. A few days ago, after the decision of the Moscow City Court in favor of the copyright holders, Roskomnadzor promised to block the Yandex.Video service by the evening of August 30 if the company did not remove pirated links - due to technical features, this would lead to malfunctions of all Yandex services. And today the company has given up and deleted the links , however, emphasizing that it considers the claims unfounded and will appeal them in court.

And American politicians are with Trump. In recent days, the United States has been increasingly discussing the possibility of Donald Trump's impeachment - this time because of the testimony of his former lawyer Michael Cohen, who admitted that, at Trump's request, he paid women for silence about the politician's connections with them. Meduza news editor Dmitry Kartsev and special correspondent Konstantin Benyumov debate how real the threat of Trump leaving the White House early is (spoiler alert: impeachment is still a long way off).

Rubric "shaking the foundations" (about New Zealand). They suggested banning cats !!! Environmental activists believe that cats pose a threat to New Zealand's wildlife, so in one of the country's villages, the regional council will soon consider a complete ban on these pets - existing pets will not be taken away, but they will need to be sterilized, microchipped and officially registered. And after death, it will be impossible to start new ones.

Rubric "shaking the foundations" (about Russia). Mail.ru refuses to consider United Russia the president's party and to launch its election videos with the corresponding slogan on VKontakte and Odnoklassniki. Insolent people in social networks demand from the party official documents that would confirm the support of United Russia from Vladimir Putin. The secret decisions of the presidential administration are not a decree for them.

I would like to thank Sergei Semenovich Sobyanin for the fact that Omsk has changed a lot lately. The Russia 1 TV channel showed a story about Putin’s trip to Omsk, which, among other things, emphasized how prettier the city has recently become: bike paths have appeared, and parks, and even lights! Ungrateful Internet users noticed one inaccuracy in the video sequence accompanying the correspondent's peppy report: views of the park in Moscow's Mitino were broadcast under the sign "Omsk" .

I would like to thank The Beatles for what they have done for music. Today is a great occasion - it is 50 years since the release of the single "Hey Jude". We made a special test - check how well you remember one of the main songs in the history of popular music.

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If you live in Moscow, then here's some advice on how to spend the evening of September 10th. On this day, in the Great Hall of the State Kremlin Palace, the ballet "Crystal Palace" will be shown - about the life and customs of the reign of Empress Anna Ioannovna. In the center of the plot is a wedding, so the spectacle promises to be magnificent. The music for the production was written by Alexei Shor, and the Italian actress Ornella Muti will play the Empress. will help you prepare for the screening Our test , when you pass it, do not forget to buy a ticket - here .

Hey Jude, don't make it bad. Grisha Levchenko, Sasha Polivanov