Evening Medusa

We speak with the developers of Epivaccorons about what is wrong with the vaccine. Why homeless people cannot return to a "normal" life. Putin’s open conversation with Bayden will not

Good evening,

This is the daily newsletter of "Medusa" about important news of the day. And on Mondays, also what happened over the weekend. But for starters, let me proudly introduce you to the invention of Latvian auto instructors: "Dry Aqualang" ! Since March 1, the country was again allowed to conduct driving lessons - but in compliance with covid restrictions. Obviously, the usual mask seemed to someone not reliable enough.

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Pulse

The main thing is by points

• In the Murmansk region, an avalanche came down . Up to 15 tourists could get under it.
• The Ministry of Internal Affairs refused to institute criminal proceedings due to the poisoning of Alexei Navalny.
• The head of the Penza region, Ivan Belozertsev, was suspected of receiving bribes from the founder of Biotek Boris Spiegel (he is also a former producer of Nikolai Baskov).
• The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the United States abandoned Putin's open conversation with Bayden. But the main thing is not that he stated, but how he said.
• Russian retailers warned that shoes and clothes rise in price - either by summer or by autumn.
• Turkey left the Convention of the Council of Europe on the Protection of Women, although this document was adopted in Istanbul.
• From December 1, 2021, residents of Moscow will be able to issue electronic passports. The rest of the Russians will appear later, but no later than July 1, 2023.

The text of the day

Why can't homeless people get out of the street?

To find out, Irina Kravtsova spent the special corner of Medusa for several days with homeless people and volunteers who help them . People lose their housing for various reasons: they are victims of scammers, quarrel with relatives, and begin to abuse alcohol. The street greatly deforms people: homeless people are constantly not sprinkled, they are sick and at the same time they are denied hospitalization over and over again. They remember the “normal”, home life, and as soon as they begin to take foods from the garbage, begging or even stealing, they cease to consider themselves “normal” themselves.

Coronavirus

The main news: Vladimir Putin will finally get vaccinated . According to the president, he intends to get used to it tomorrow. Which vaccine is unknown. Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov specified that vaccination will be non-public.

The second Russian vaccine - "Epivaccoron" began to enter the Russian regions. We talked with its developers about serious problems in the study of the effectiveness of the drug

The clinical trials of Epivaccorons from the Novosibirsk Center "Vector" have not yet ended. Only three thousand people participate in it (against 30 thousand at the satellite V), the placebo group is also not enough, and the incidence rate in Russia slows down the collection of statistics. In such conditions, we may not find out if the vaccine works at all. In addition, there is a risk that antibodies arising from Epivaccorons will not be effective. Volunteers who participated in the tests did not find neutralizing antibodies - that is, those that protect the cells from the penetration of the virus. In general, the conversation of Medusa journalists Svetlana Reiters and Alexander Ershov with the developers turned out to be alarming

In the ruling coalition of Slovakia-a crisis due to the purchase of a "satellite V". The Prime Minister who approved the purchase is ready to resign

The first 200 thousand doses arrived in Slovakia on March 1. Then two of the four parties, which are part of the coalition - “for people” and “freedom and solidarity,” demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Igor Matich and threatened to leave the coalition. They motivated this by the fact that the European Union has not yet approved the Russian vaccine. Matich did not abandon the "satellite V". The opposition proposed a compromise - the resignation of the Minister of Health Marek Kruchi. She took place, and Matovich called her "the most absurd in history." But the political crisis was not resolved on this.

Other news about coronavirus:

• Ivan Urgant became infected .
• The European Commissioner for the domestic market said that the EU does not need the satellite V vaccine.
• Opera singer Evgeny Nesterenkodied in Vienna. He was 83 years old.
• Foreign students from 25 states were allowed to return to Russia.

Podkast "What happened"

We tell the story of "Biotak" - the oldest pharmaceutical company of Russia

The founder of Biotek Boris Spiegel is accused of giving bribes to the Penza governor Ivan Belozertsev. In exchange, the company allegedly gained advantages when concluding state contracts in the Penza region. Although the BiotEc is one of the leaders in the supply of drugs and equipment to combat coronavirus, as well as the only supplier of the expensive drug Spinraz for the Krug of Good Foundation, created by the President of Vladimir Putin. Read more about the Russian Pharmaceutical Market, Boris Spiegel, BIOTEK and the criminal case against the company is told by journalist Polina Zvezdina

Listen “What happened” at Medusa. Today, the release should be released at about nine in the evening in Moscow. And subscribe to Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Castbox , Yandex.Musica and other podcast services.

Icelandic toponym of the day

Repeat after us: Fa-grad-dal-fisadl. Yes, this is a volcano - and of course, it is erupted.

To begin with, we will calm down: no one was injured in eruption, there is no threat to settlements either. Although a crack from 500 to 700 meters was formed at the eruption site, from which lava beat up to 100 meters high. In the first hours of lava eruption, it spilled on an area of ​​more than one square kilometer. See how it looked :

And, of course, the eruption of Fagadalsfjadl was removed from the drone

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