Evening Medusa

In Armenia - an attempt to coup (according to the prime minister). In the United States - surveillance of McDonaldʼ employees. In Ukraine - an attack on pro -Russian politicians

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This is the daily newsletter "Medusa" about the most important news of the day. Recognize honestly: you still wonder why Dmitry Gordon said in an interview with Khodorkovsky: “Obama” ? It seems that in the recent conversation of Gordon and Svetlana Tikhanovskaya a joke about the hut could repeat herself-but by some miracle she was able to avoid .

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Pulse

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

In Armenia - a political crisis : the military require the resignation of Prime Minister Pashinyan, he calls what is happening an attempt to a coup, people went out into the streets. Alexei Navalny was transferred from the SIZO Sailor Silence. FAS started the case on Morgensterna and Alfa-Bank due to an advertising clip. The Moscow City Hall ordered a new surveillance system for “celebrations” in the subway - and also seemed to have created its protected messenger. Xi Jinping announced a complete victory over poverty in China. A German citizen was accused of espionage in favor of Russia. In Transbaikalia, a 52-year-old Russian was given eight years in a colony for the transfer of secret data to China. The election headquarters of Lyubov Sobol said that communication operators block an SMS mailing with the mention of Navalny.

The texts of the day

What is happening in Armenia - and where it all started

It all started, oddly enough, with the Iskander. Nikol Pashinyan said that Russian missile systems are ineffective. The first deputy chief of the General Staff, Tyran Khachatryan, criticized the prime minister - and was soon fired. Then the military demanded the resignation of Pashinyan and the government. He called the requirement of the General Staff an attempt by a coup. Both supporters and opponents of the Prime Minister entered the streets of Yerevan. The demand for the resignation of Pashinyan supported a number of police officers. In turn, the Prosecutor General’s prosecutor's office regarded the requirement of the General Staff as unconstitutional.

In the elections to the State Duma in Moscow, the Kremlin will support TV presenters - although the city hall offered actors

As Medusa found out, the city authorities wanted to bet on creative people - in particular, on the director of Alexei Teacher, actors Dmitry Pevtsov and Vladimir Mashkov. The Kremlin did not like this idea: the actors and directors are too unpredictable. Here TV presenters are another matter : they are quite popular, but more controlled. Moreover, their colleagues performed well in the elections to the Moscow City Duma in 2019.

The employees of McDonaldʼ, who require an increase in salaries, is monitored by a specially created intelligence unit

Workers dissatisfied with the minimum salary of $ 7.25 per hour, in 2012 created a special Fight for $ 15 movement. His activists arrange strikes and protests and require an increase in the minimum salary to $ 15 per hour. McDonaldʼ does not negotiate with the participants in the movement. Instead, the company created a secret unit from intelligence analysts who spy on activists.

Coronavirus

According to official figures, the number of infected in Russia decreases the seventh day in a row

Other news about coronavirus:

• The Ministry of Health doubled the maximum vacation price for the Sputnik V vaccine - from 1942 to 866 rubles. The vacation price is the price for which the manufacturer sells its products.
• The Sputnik V vaccine was registered in Honduras.
• China authorities approved two more vaccines : from the company Cansino Biologics and the Utan Institute of Biubraaps. These are the third and fourth vaccines approved for use in the PRC.

Podkast "What happened"

The President of Ukraine Zelensky went to the war at pro -Russian politicians. What are they?

The sanctions were introduced against the head of the Political Council of the party “Opposition Platform - for Life” by Viktor Medvedchuk (he is often called “Kum of Putin”). The attack on Medvedchuk was preceded by the blocking of three Ukrainian television channels: “112 Ukraine”, Newsone and Zik. They belong to the deputy of the same party and business partner Medvedchuk Taras Kozaku. Why did Zelensky decide to join the confrontation with pro -Russian politicians? What is Moscow expect from their allies in Kyiv? This is told by the guest of the new output of Podkasta - journalist Konstantin Skorkin.

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Dumplings and cormorants of the day

A new film will be shot about Bivis and Batthead

He will be released on the new Paramount+ Streaming Service and will be the first full -length film since 1996, when the film “Bivis and Batthead has been devoting America”. Last summer, we had material about the history of the animated series. For him, we even talked with actor Sergei Chonishvili, who voiced both Bivis and Butthead for MTV.

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