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Before the Saturday rallies, the police came to the activists and journalists. Navalny and the protests are the main topic in Russian TikTok. How “mass vaccination” actually goes in the regions

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This is Meduza's daily newsletter about the main news of the day. First things first: Arnold Schwarzenegger got vaccinated against the coronavirus — and did it the way only he could. He received the vaccine right in the car and remembered the famous phrases of the movie characters he played. Now we are sure that he will definitely be back.

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Pulse

The main thing for the day - as short as possible

The authorities are preparing for Saturday actions in support of Alexei Navalny: the police came to the homes of activists, journalists and FBK employees (recognized in Russia as a “foreign agent”, we indicate this at the request of the authorities). The Prosecutor General's Office demanded to block websites with calls to participate in the actions on January 23. Roskomnadzor threatened social networks with fines of up to four million rubles for involving teenagers in these actions. In Tatarstan, because of "calls for mass riots" a criminal case was opened . The police detained Lyubov Sobol. Angela Merkel demanded "very urgently" to release Navalny . The European Parliament has called for sanctions against Russian oligarchs and Putin's inner circle. The Palace for Putin investigation became the most viewed video on Navalny's channel in less than two days . Private Ramil Shamsutdinov was sentenced to 24 and a half years in a strict regime colony for the murder of eight colleagues. on his first day in office Joe Biden reversed Trump's most controversial executive orders . In Kharkov, during a fire in a nursing home 15 people died . Two suicide bombers set off explosions in the center of Baghdad . At least 23 people died. Cristiano Ronaldo is the top scorer in football history.

The coronavirus

We analyze the recommendations of the Ministry of Health for vaccinated "Sputnik V"

The department recommended not to wet the injection site, not to go to the bathhouse, not to drink alcohol and play less sports. In the shortest possible time, all these recommendations do not have a good scientific basis and they are not in the instructions for the vaccine itself. And here is the full version of the fact check .

We asked readers how “mass vaccination” is going in their regions. In general, for most it never started.

In total, 350 people from more than 40 regions of Russia wrote to us. It turned out that without any problems and restrictions, now you can get vaccinated only in Moscow and the Moscow region. One of the readers in St. Petersburg managed to sign up for vaccination by phone - in the end he was told to wait for a call in March. In some regions - in particular, in Arkhangelsk, Magnitogorsk and Belgorod - everything turned out to be not so simple .

Other news about coronavirus:

• in Moscow from January 22 will open Colleges, sports schools, museums, libraries and other cultural institutions . Cinemas will be allowed to fill the halls by half, and not by a quarter, as it is now.
• Hungary became the first country in the EU to officially allow the use of the Sputnik V vaccine on its territory.

Texts of the day

What happens on tiktok before promotions on January 23

The videos, one way or another connected with Navalny and Saturday's actions, have already been viewed more than 200 million times. Users urge to go out for a “walk”, tell how to and not to behave at a rally, joke about Putin and admire Navalny. There are those who, on the contrary, criticize the opposition. They were suspected of working for the government. In several videos, young people in uniform rip off their shoulder straps, just like during the protests in Belarus. But, as we found out, at least two heroes of popular videos do not work in the police .

How was the inauguration of Joe Biden

In addition to Biden, also took office Kamala Harris, the first female vice president in US history, . Donald Trump was not at the ceremony, but Vice President Mike Pence was. Due to Trump's absence, the Pentagon had to develop a complicated procedure with two nuclear suitcases, one of which would deactivate at noon on January 20, and the other, Biden's, would activate. Lady Gaga sang the American anthem, and Jennifer Lopez sang "This Land is Your Land" by songwriter and anti-fascist Woody Guthrie.

The third hearing in the case of ex-policemen who planted drugs on Ivan Golunov was held the day before.

The defendants tried to ask the Meduza journalist "damaging" questions and catch him on contradictions in his testimony (both without much success). In addition, the first witness, a nurse at the narcological center, where Golunov was brought for examination, spoke at the trial. what was happening in court Our special correspondent Liliya Yapparova followed .

Podcast "What Happened"

Eco-activists fought against "Putin's palace" ten years ago. We spoke to one of them.

Dmitry Shevchenko is one of the rare people who was personally on the territory of a huge estate near Gelendzhik. In the new episode of the What Happened podcast, he tells why many residents of Gelendzhik were indifferent to the appearance of the palace and how environmentalists became the object of persecution of the authorities because of it. And also - what Shevchenko saw on the territory and what he thought when he saw the now famous water disco.

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Time Machine

" Kitten Befriends Three Huskies." What's up with them now

In this section of "Evening Jellyfish" we talk about the heroes we wrote about earlier. Five years ago, we talked about the Siberian husky Lilo, who became friends with the kitten Rosie - and, in fact, became her foster mother. Under Lilo's care, Rosie grew and grew stronger. And she became friends with the brothers Lilo, Miko and Infiniti. Five years later, life for Rosie and her foster family is still beautiful : they walk a lot in nature, play and dress up for the holidays.

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