Evening Medusa

The sex educational and Femactivist Tatyana Nikonova died. How the Israeli Iron Dome works. In India, the coronavirus storm rages

Good evening,

This is the daily newsletter of "Medusa" about important news of the day. Today we start with beauty : silver chains and pendants with the inscription "Ino -Agent", which were made by the jewelry company Avgvst Jewelry from Yekaterinburg. This is a action in support of not only Medusa, but also the Center for Assistance to the Victims of Home violence “Violey.net” - which, like us, is recognized in Russia as a “foreign agent”.

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Pulse

The main thing is in the day - by points

• The Navalny teamwill no longer notify new rallies in advance . Leonid Volkov said that "the protest will flare up spontaneously."
• The Russian BBC Service spoke aboutthe fictitious shift of the owner of the Palace of Putin in 2011 . Only 10 million rubles were paid for the residence
• The court canceled 140 fines of Radio Liberty for the lack of marking of a foreign agent. The protocols were sent for review.
• The British government is preparing a series of animal protection laws. They are officially recognized as reasonable creatures .
• The sex educational and FemactivistTatyana Nikonova died. She was 43 years old.

The texts of the day

Hamas Israel is protected by the Iron Dome system from missile shelling. How does it work and what is her weak?

On May 11 and 12, Palestinian groups from the Gaza sector produced more than 1,500 missiles through the territory of Israel. Most of the missiles either went past important goals, or were knocked down by the Israeli near -action air defense system "Iron Dome". However, in two days more Israelis had already died than during the previous two -month conflict seven years ago. In our text, we tell in detail how the system works, how much it costs (only in 2012, Israel launched $ 30 million interceptors), which the militants from Gaza shoot - and is there a danger that the “iron dome” will fail.

More about what is happening in Israel:

• Residents of the country talk about how to live under shelling and hide from missiles in bomb shelters .
• In Israeli cities , the largest clashes of the Arabs with Jews have occurred over many years .

The leaders of charitable foundations tell why they value Medusa and why it is important to support it now

Medusa wrote for many years about charitable and non -profit organizations that work for donations. In 2019, we updated the Meduzacare philanthropist support program to systematically talk about those who help people in difficult situations, as well as popularize the idea of ​​regular payments among readers. Now the heads of NPOs and charitable foundations have come to the rescue of us: they told what they appreciate the Medusa and why it is important to support independent media , which write not only about politics, but also about social problems.

Close and colleagues recall Tatyana Nikonova

Tatyana Nikonova is one of the most famous Femactivists and sex educational in Russia. She gained fame back in the early 2000s, when she kept a diary in the “Live Journal” under Nick Lila. Then she came up with SPLETNIK.ru and launched the SAM Jonesʼs Diary blog; Published in Wonderzine, The Village, GQ and other Russian publications. On May 12, it became known that Nikonov died. She was only 43 years old. Since 2012, Nikonova has been a blog about sex, bodily, gender and feminism; 25 thousand people in telegram and more than 250 thousand on Instagram were signed on it. Here's what her colleagues and loved ones wrote about Tatyana Nikonova.

Also look atNikonova’s performance on TEDX in St. Petersburg in 2019 on how to talk with children about sex - and why it is important to at least try to do it.

Coronavirus

Vladimir Putin May 10: 21.5 million Russians were vaccinated. Mikhail Mishustin May 12: more than 24 million were vaccinated. How is it possible?

It turns out that in two days in Russia two and a half million people were vaccinated - which is extremely unlikely. But the problem is different: apparently, both Putin and Mishustin simply added the number of people who managed to get the first dose of the vaccine with the number of people who both received both. However, the former include the latter . Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova confirmed that we are talking about the number of doses of the vaccine, and not about the number of vaccinated. And the sharp increase in the number of vaccinations made in two days in the Kremlin was explained by the size of Russia.

Thanks to the “satellite V” San Marino became the first country of Europe without Covid-and now calls for “vaccine tourists”

The state with a population of 34 thousand people announced the actual victory over Pandemia on May 12. Since the beginning of May, almost no one has become ill in the country, and in total in San Marino there have been 24 people with coronavirus. The first component of the vaccine has already received 74% of residents of the republic over 16 years old. 90% of them were vaccinated with a “satellite”. Russian state publications began to actively write about the success of the “satellite V” in San Marino, and the country's authoritiesannounced the launch of the “vaccine tourism” program for foreign citizens.

Other news about coronavirus:

• Kommersant said that for the first time in Russia, an Indian strain of coronavirus was identified . Rospotrebnadzor denies this.
• The founder of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin donated to India more than a billion dollars to combat Covid .
• In Russia, the ASTRAZENECA vaccine will begin to produce . It will be intended only for export.
• The final of the Champions League between Manchester City and Chelsea was moved from Istanbul to the port . Because the English fans after a trip to Turkey would have to go in quarantine.
• Aeroflot promised 10 thousand bonus miles to vaccinate.

Podkast "What happened"

The Indian Health System is hardly coping with the increase in the incidence of coronavirus, the “black fungus” is revealed among the ill people - and a new strain of the virus was found in the country

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the current situation “coronavirus storm”. In the new episode of the podcast “What happened”, we say with the Indologist Evgeny Pakhomov about how this “storm” looks from the inside of the India. And also: how did what happened affect the beliefs, political sympathies and public discussions in this big country? And why, despite the successful struggle with Covid last year, now the country does not cope with Pandemia?

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

The winners of the day

Ajax football club melted the championship trophy and cast 42 thousand stars for fans from it

Ajax won the Netherlands championship for the 35th time in its history. But since almost all the matches due to the pandemia took place without spectators, the team fans could not share the joy of victory with her. The club found a way out: 42 thousand small stars made from the champion salad bowl and with congratulations and words of gratitude sent all the owners of seasonal subscriptions . The Netherlands football union promised to make another copy of the trophy for Ajax.

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