Evening Medusa

Putin commented on the investigation of the palace in Gelendzhik. What will happen to the protesters who threw snowballs at the police. How it began and what the "Arab Spring" led to

Good evening,

This is the daily newsletter "Medusa" about the main news of the day. On Mondays, we also talk about the events of the weekend. Today we have already managed to send the Morning Medusa , which was dedicated only to the Subable protests. Therefore, in this issue they will not be represented so widely. But for starters, according to tradition, about the good. About the new songs about the aquadiscote ! They are as adhesive as the version of Alexander Gudkov and the Cream Soda group , but others🕺🌊💃

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Pulse

The main thing is in the day - as short as possible

Vladimir Putin said that the palace in Gelendzhik does not belong to him or his close relatives. On the eve of the investigation, 43 minutes in the "Vesti of the week" were dedicated . New protests in support of Alexei Navalny will be held on Sunday , they plan to start at 12:00. The prosecutor’s office Himmok did not see violations that Navalny was judged in the police department. In Moscow, after Subbotnikh protests, a criminal case was opened due to a violation of quarantine. In administrative cases, Moscow courts arrested 30 people and fined 64 people . A woman from St. Petersburg, which the policeman hit his foot, told how she was persuaded to forgive him. In Krasnodar, a criminal case was opened against a man who climbed onto the monument to the Kuban Cossacks and showed the buttocks of the regional administration. In Turkey, a man with a knife wounded three Russians. In Moscow, the actor and comedian Alexander Chaliapin committed suicide . The stylist Alexander Shevchuk, who worked with many Russian pop stars, died . The UFC took a battle between Dustin Porrier and Conor McGregor. Porier won .

Coronavirus

There is practically no news about him today. Over the past day, a minimum of sick from November 11 has been revealed in Russia. Sergei Sobyanin said that the pandemic in Moscow is declining . Moderna said its vaccine is effective against new coronavirus strains found in South Africa and Great Britain.

The texts of the day

Vladimir Putin talked with students - and for a long time answered about the palace in Gelendzhik and Saturday protests

Putin admitted that the film himself did not watch "for the lack of free time", but "leafed through the video." And he assured that the palace does not belong either to him or his close relatives . He "never saw in the eyes of some of the mentioned people." In general, all these films on the Internet only "wash our citizens' brains." Putin allowed to protest - but only within the framework of the law, otherwise it will be like after the October Revolution or the crash of the Soviet Union. Here is the capture of the Capitol (Putin called him parliament) in the United States was beyond the law. Anyway, bringing minors to the streets isalmost terrorism .

Snowballs became the main weapons of the protesters. What will happen to people who threw them?

Snow can hardly injure a policeman (especially in complete uniform). This can only happen if accurately hits the eye - while the helmet took to be open. There were still no criminal cases for snowballs, although football fans are thrown by snowballs in police officers regularly. But the lawyers interviewed by Medusa agree that the investigation will prevent anything from starting such a case . Even if the snowball did not hit anyone.

Answer questions about the "Arab Spring"

Exactly ten years ago, protesters occupied Tahrir Square in Egypt - perhaps the main symbol of the Arab Spring. By this anniversary, we prepared answers to questions about the causes, organizers and consequences of “spring” for the whole region of the world - and even for Russia far from it. How did the revolutions begin in several countries at all? Did people live better at least somewhere? Is it true that everyone was arranged by the Americans? We answer .

We asked to summarize the subbotnik shares of Leonid Volkov - one of the closest associates of Navalny

Volkov called the main result of Saturday the victory over fear - as well as the fact that the movement of Navalny’s supporters managed to break out “outside all the stamps is not the movement of Moscow hipsters, not the movement of representatives of the middle class of large cities - and, I hope, they will never be again. This is a really popular movement that unites a variety of people and claims to be the majority. ” The authorities, according to Volkov, can only intimidate people with arrests and criminal cases.

By the way, about criminal cases: we have collected everything that is currently known about the cases that we have started throughout Russia. This text will probably be updated.

Podkast "What happened"

Is it true that there are few protesters in Russia, and Putin’s supporters are many?

Mass protests in support of Navalny and against corruption took place in 125 cities, tens of thousands of people came to them. In the new episode of the podcast “What happened”, we talked with Lev Gudkov-a sociologist, the director of the Levada Center (recognized as a “foreign agent”, we are forced to indicate this at the request of the authorities) . We talked, in particular, about whether Navalny is a politician number two in the country. And about what will now be with the support of the Putin regime.

Listen “What happened” at Medusa . And subscribe to Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Castbox , Yandex.Musica and other podcast services.

Today, our podcast studio summed up the results of 2020 . Almost half of the 22 million auditions came on "what happened." But we have many other , no less beautiful podcasts.

Video of the day

"In the framework of the law"

Since Vladimir Putin today again remembered his favorite phrase, we will recall one of his favorite videos . It came out three years ago, but still relevant. After him, you will no longer be able to watch Putin's public performances as before.

Remember: everything should be within the law. Your "Medusa"