Evening Medusa

Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to a real term. What do we know about Alexander Nevsky as politics and man. Why Bellingcat can be blocked in Russia

Good evening,

This is the daily newsletter "Medusa" about the most important news of the day. And on Mondays, also what happened over the weekend. But for starters - a little neural network magic. The Deep Nostalgia network can turn black and white photos into color, improve their quality, but the most important thing is to animize, that is, to almost turn into living things. Naturally, Deep Nostalgia also works with memes . And even with the logo of the television company "View" (oh no!).

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Pulse

The main thing is as short as possible

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy received three years on charges of corruption. The former participant of the Little Big group Anna Castellyanos died . Alexei Navalny was delivered to colony No. 2 in the city of Kokrov, Vladimir Region. Yesterday this was confirmed by the prisoners . The UN specialist called for an international investigation into Navalny's poisoning. The Moscow City Court published a decision in the case of Navalny, in which the judge explained why he did not fulfill the requirement of the ECHR. In Moscow and other cities of Russia, Boris Nemtsov’s memory shares were held on Saturday. The online voting about the monument on Lubyanka was stopped . Dmitry Pashov, the richest deputy of Russia, was detained in Khabarovsk. The US was awarded the Golden Globes.

The texts of the day

We talked with the maxillofacial surgeon who operates in the victims of domestic violence. And also draws them and writes down the stories of the victims

Ruslan Mellin works in the Kuzbass clinical hospital named after Belyaev, although in nine years he changed more than one hospital. Its patients often become victims of domestic violence. Most of these victims are women (but there are, for example, children). Mellin listened to the stories of his patients and made pencil sketches (he also draws abusers). We recorded several stories of the surgeon.

The former commander of the Donbass militia through the court requires Bellingcat to remove his name from the investigations. If he wins, the site can be blocked in Russia

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Igor Bezler, also known under the call sign of the “demon”, requires all the mention of his name in the Bellingcat investigations - according to the calculations of his lawyers, there are not less than 140 of them. They are not going to do this in Bellingcat, which gives Roskomnadzor the right to block the site on the territory of Russia. The Special Corps of Medusa Lilia Yapparova tells how the trials are going on - as well as what Bezler is known. In particular, the investigators argue that it was on the territory controlled by Bezler that the same “Buk” from which the Boeing Malaysian “Boeing” was shot down in 2014.

We answer the main questions about Alexander Nevsky - and at the same time try to understand why they wanted to erect a monument on Lubyanka

The role of Alexander Nevsky in history is told by professor at the Higher School of Economics, the leading researcher at the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences Peter Stefanovich. He explains how Nevsky received his nickname, for which he was considered to be the saints, how important the prince’s military victories were for the history of Russia - and what we generally know about him as a person . The connection of Nevsky with Moscow and the FSB, to put it mildly, is not obvious.

Bonus: We tellhow the idea appeared to arrange a vote about the monument and why it was sharply turned. If as short as possible: it was an attempt to distract attention from protests. But in the end, the vote was split by the Pro -Putin audience, but no one in power wanted this.

Coronavirus

The Czech Republic is going to begin vaccination "satellite V" - although the European Union has not yet approved the Russian vaccine

Two weeks ago, the country's authorities stated that they could not take such a step without the approval of the European Medical Association (EMA). But in recent days, the incidence began to grow again, and from March 1, the Czech Republic again announced Lokdown. The approved EMA vaccines are distributed into the countries of the European Union with interruptions. The Czech Republic can become the second EU country after Hungary, which will begin to use the "satellite V" . Negotiations with Russia are also conducted by Slovakia and Croatia.

Other news about coronavirus:

• 64% of Russians believe that coronavirus was created artificially - and that this is a new form of biological weapons.
• In Moscow, volunteers began to be vaccinated with the Light satellite vaccine. The application for registration of the vaccine was submitted in Russia and in a number of countries.
• In Finland, due to an increase in the incidence, the emergency mode was announced .

Podkast "What happened"

Things with democratic freedoms in Russia are even worse than in a number of African countries

According to the rating of the British research organization Economist Intelligence Unit, Russia is inferior to Uganda, Zambia, Mauritania, Ethiopia and several other states. According to the compilers of the rating, there are more transparent elections, and the level of civil freedoms and political culture is higher. About how it happened, says Africanist Alexei Tselunov

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The mood of the day

Al Pachino at the Golden Globe Awards

This year, due to the pandemic, the ceremony was held in an unusual format-the participants were connected by video communication. It turned out that the calls in Zum were terribly tired of even Hollywood actors. In general, Al Pacino took and fell asleep right during the award ceremony . Artist from the people!

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