Evening Medusa

The Mediazone Head editor was reduced by the arrest for a joke of up to 15 days. We understand the third wave of coronavirus. And terrible toilets in Russian places of imprisonment

Good evening,

This is the daily newsletter "Medusa", where we talk about the main news of the day. And on Mondays - also about what happened over the weekend. Today there will be a lot of absurd news. Let's start with the absurd in a good way: see the best commercials from the Super Bowl . For example, with Timothy Shalama as the son of Edward, a hand-hand or with Matthew McConahi as a flat cardboard. During the break of Super Bowl , the singer The Weeknd spoke impressively.

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Pulse

The main thing is as short as possible

The film about the Palace of Putinwas watched by 26% of Russians , a third of them believe that all this is not true. “Russia 1” answered an investigation about the palace with a plot about the house where Navalny lived in Germany. The court reduced the deadline for the Mediazona chief editor Sergei Smirnov, who was arrested for retweet, from 25 to 15 days . A photograph with a security forces under the portrait of Putin was sold for two million rubles . The money was transferred to the OVD-Info and Apology of Protest. A man who was on January 31 set himself in the center of Moscow died .

The texts of the day

Why in Russian places of imprisonment such terrible toilets

Thousands of people detained on promotions in support of Navalny first encountered toilets such as “hole in the floor”, which are also almost fenced - and naturallycame from them in horror . Since the beginning of the 90s, human rights activists have been asked to replace the Genoa bowls (so correctly called “holes in the floor”) with toilets. This was done in most Moscow pre -trial detention centers - but not in insulators and police branches. The logic of the FSIN is as follows: the toilet is much easier to break than the Genoa bowl. And to track who did it when people often change in the cell is harder.

Why did the Navalny team decide to suspend protest shares

The fact that rallies were postponed until spring and summer was announced by the head of the network of regional headquarters of Navalny Leonid Volkov. Someone calls this decision in social networks rational, and someone accuses the opposition of “plum” of protest. Volkov considers such a contradictory reaction normal . One of the reasons for the suspension of protests was the falling number of people who go to rallies. At the same time, Volkov emphasized that Navalny's associates will support protests organized by other forces.

Why is there a continuous absurdity in St. Petersburg (we do not know)

In St. Petersburg, due to the rally on January 31, the hearing impaired was fined , which cannot speak, because he “chanted slogans.” At the same time, according to a man’s lawyer, he did not know about the action and did not participate in it, but simply passed by. Even the presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who usually does not comment on the decision of the courts, said that "he did not know what happened to the judge."

Due to the action on February 2, the rector of the purulentwas detained . It was drawn up for a protocol on petty hooliganism-because of the phrase “Lizya, not biting. The clitoris is a delicate little thing ”, which the purulent shouted on the street. The police considered it obscene abuse. And on Saturday, the security forces blocked the city center, although there were no protests there. Several streets and metro stations were cordoned off. People had to cross the Fontanka River on ice. Look how it looked .

Coronavirus

The British strain can cause a third wave of pandemic. Including in Russia

The first about the dangers of the third wave was announced by scientists from Denmark. At the end of January, among all the newly infected were 13% of patients with a British strain. This share doubles every week. To stop the pandemic, you need either a new strict quarantine or a total vaccination of the ill population. You need to instill everyone quickly, since the new strain is more contagious (and almost certainly more fatal). In Russia, according to Medusa estimates, 47% of residents have been ill. Perhaps in some regions or individual groups of the population, collective immunity has already been formed. But to cope with a more contagious option, this is not enough . However, whether it spread in Russia is still unclear.

Other news about coronavirus:

• According to Rosstat, excess mortality in 2020 amounted to 324 thousand people . Half of them had coronavirus.
• The New York Times: The Russian authorities are conducting an information campaign against American vaccines. This campaign is primarily aimed at the countries of Latin America and Eastern Europe
• South Africa authorities postponed vaccination with Astrazeneca : scientists believe that the vaccine does not help against the local strain. There they will be vaccinated with PFIZER and JOHNSON & JOHNSON vaccines.

Podkast "What happened"

He is also about coronavirus and the danger of new strains

In the new issue of the podcast, the scientific editor of Medusa, Alexander Ershov, tells whether the “satellite V” and other vaccines in the fight against new strains will help - as well as things in the country with the best vaccination indicators, that is, in Israel. And what will happen if people in all countries get involved as quickly.

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

Photo of the day

Sand from Sahara stained Europe in yellow

At the weekend, the hot wind Siro brought to France, Switzerland, Andorra and other European countries sand from the Sahara desert. Because of this, the sky turned yellow, and the snow at ski resorts received a brown tint. In our Instagram, there are even more such photos.

Just in case, we will not joke here today, okay? Your "Medusa"