Evening Medusa

Alexey Navalny - again a prisoner of conscience. Who has introduced bills to the State Duma against supporters of the politician. A transgender person will first join the Olympics for the first time

Good evening,

This is the daily Medusa newsletter about important news of the day, where we should now also write that the Ministry of Justice has declared us a “foreign agent”. Today we want to start with a good, but a little creepy news: perhaps soon the facial expressions in films can be changed and adjusted to dubbing. That is, the conditional Robert de Niro will move his lips as if he was talking in Russian . Glory to neural networks!

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Pulse

The main thing is in the day - by points

• Sberbank increased mortgage rates .
• Amnesty International again recognized Alexei Navalny as a prisoner of conscience . In February, the organization deprived the policy of this status-probably because of his statements about migrants in the 2000s.
• In Moscow , a Pussy Riot participant Veronik Nikulshin was detained. She will be left in the police department at night. The detention may be associated with the action that Pussy Riot was allegedly prepared for the rehearsal of the parade.
• The Rise Moldova edition found the real owner of the Moldavian passport , which was used in the Czech Republic of Alexander Petrov (aka Alexander Mishkin).
• Twitter blocked the accounts created to publish Donald Trump's statements.
• In the forest near Yekaterinburg, the body of Instagram-blogger Christina Zhuravleva was found. A week later, her husband admitted in the murder .

The texts of the day

We tell who introduced bills to the State Duma against Supporters of Navalny. One of the deputies is the former ally of Leonid Volkov

According to Medusa, the iconic bills on undesirable and extremist organizations were generally developed in the Kremlin - but formally, their authors have several deputies from the Duma commission to investigate the facts of the intervention of foreign states in the internal affairs of Russia . Among them there are former security forces, but perhaps the most remarkable member of the group is Andrei Alshevsky Unicorn. Like Leonid Volkov, he began a political career in the city Duma of Yekaterinburg, later opposed the cancellation of the mayor’s elections, adhered to opposition views and even stood on the same stage with Navalny at a rally in Yekaterinburg.

We discuss a bill with the historian prohibiting the “identify” the goals of the USSR and Nazi Germany

The Special Corps of Medusa Alexander Sivtsova talked about the new bill with the doctor of historical sciences Mikhail Meltykhov, the author of the book “The Lost Lange of Stalin”, which states that the Soviet Union, not Germany could be the first to start the war. In general, Meltyukhov has not yet seen how the new law could threaten a scientific discussion - but it is stipulated that “legal subtleties are good that they are rubber. They, if desired, can be expanded anywhere. ” The scientist also fears that the ban on comparing the actions of the warring countries can give rise to reverse mythology: "Once they hide, it means that there is something to hide."

At the Olympics in Tokyo, a transgender person - Bedistan Lorel Hubbard will be performed for the first time

Hubbard performs in a heavy weight category (over 87 kilograms) and represents New Zealand. The athlete takes 16th place in the world ranking of the bar in her weight category. But at least six of her rivals will not perform at the games in Tokyo. Hubbard is 43 years old, she made her transgender passage when she was 35 years old - and succeeded in big sports after him. Hubbard has repeatedly faced criticism and attempts to prevent her participation in competitions . The athlete herself does not communicate with the press and says that she is not going to teach anyone to observe the rights of transgender people: “I am not here to change the world. I just want to be myself and do what I am doing. "

Coronavirus

Today again short news:

• Alexander Lukashenko said that in Belarus they created their own vaccine. And also - he spoke literally about everything in the world .
• WHO approved for emergency use by the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine .
• The Ministry of Health of Ukraine and Germany said that the countries overcame the third wave of pandemic.
• Japan extended the emergency mode in Tokyo and three more prefectures until the end of May . According to the Olympiad plan, Tokyo should begin on July 23.
• The number of sick in Brazil exceeded 15 million people . More only in India (more than 21 million) and the USA (more than 32 million).

Podkast "What happened"

We are talking with the creator of the Veteran Dream project, which fulfills the desires of participants in the Great Patriotic War

The project was created by entrepreneur Yaroslav Selyutin. Volunteers and philanthropists fulfill the desires of the war participants. The stories of veterans and their dreams are published there. Often the dreams are quite modest - about the repair of the roof, the new TV or the washing machine. Anyone can sacrifice money to fulfill desires. In the new episode of the podcast “What happened”, Yaroslav Selyutin talks about his initiative, about how she appeared - and about the dream that struck him more than the rest.

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The equanimity of the day

The American senator participated in a government video call, sitting behind the wheel of a car. But pretended to be sitting at home

The Senator from Ohio Andrew Brenner connected to a video conference when he was driving a car. A few minutes later he turned on the virtual background so that it seemed as if he was sitting at home. The senator kept calmly, but the details were nevertheless given him : the buildings that he drove flickered in the frame, he clearly looked at the road, and most importantly-everyone was visible to the seat belt, which he fastened. In his defense, Brenner said that most of the call the car was parked. Interestingly, on the same day, the Ohio Parliament considered the bill, which also prohibits the use of mobile applications at the wheel.

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