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Russia declared the United States and the Czech Republic “unfriendly countries” (so far only them). Our colleagues from VTIMES also recognized the media - the "foreigner." Will vaccines cope with new coronavirus options

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This is the daily newsletter of "Medusa" about important news of the day. Let's start with the best news Friday: seven hungry puppies of Samoed waited for their mother, climbed to kiss and all together weaved into one large white cloud . Perfect! It is a pity that not all the news is like that.

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Pulse

The main thing is in the day - by points

Israel carried out the largest shelling of the gas from the beginning of the conflict : in 40 minutes 450 missiles were released at 150 targets. Hamas militants launched hundreds of missiles in Israeli cities. This is what the results of these shelling look like.
The Ministry of Justice included the VTIMES publication to the media list - “foreign agents” . We express full support to our colleagues .
The bailiffs came to the Moscow office of Radio Liberty (recognized in Russia by a foreign agent) . Five million rubles intend to recover from journalists.
The Russian government approved a list of "unfriendly" countries. It included only the United States and the Czech Republic .
The Park Live festival in Moscow was canceled for the second year in a row .
In the Nizhny Novgorod region , a 12-year-old girl was killed , who was returning from school.
Alina Zagitova and Evgenia Medvedevdid not fall into the Russian team in figure skating for the Olympic season.

Mohammed ABed / AFP / Scanpix / Leta explosion after the Israeli Bait Lahia Air Force in the north of the gas sector. May 14, 2021

The texts of the day

VTIMES ambassadors comment on the publication to the media list - "foreign Agents"

The VTIMES publication was created at the end of July 2020 by Vedomosti journalists who resigned in protest against the actions of the new leadership of the newspaper, including censorship. In many ways, the publication depends on the donations of readers - it was called on to support the ambassadors, including the professor of Chicago University and the HSE, Konstantin Sonin, writer Linor Goralik and chairman of the Transpenseri -Russia -Russia Council (recognized in Russia as a “foreign agent”) Elena Panfilova. We talked with them about what means a new VTIMES status for them and what he talks about what is happening in Russia .

More than 130 Americans have already suffered from the “Gavan Syndrome”: diplomats, military, scouts and other civil servants. Who is behind this is unclear, but they suspect (of course) Russia

For the first time with the “Gavan Syndrome” in 2016, employees of the US Embassy in Havana collided. Then - in China, Uzbekistan and Russia. People complained about exhausting headaches, dizziness, nausea and pain in the head or neck. They also heard extraneous sounds. In some victims , symptoms indicate a potentially irreversible brain injury . Doctors who examine the victims warned that some of them can perform suicide. The CIA formed a new special group, which will look for the cause of the "Gavan syndrome". According to NYT, she is going to act as intensively as the group created by the Office for Hunting for Osamu Bin Laden

Coronavirus

Exhale: the available vaccines seem to cope with the new virus options

Good news came from Qatar (as well as Israel and Great Britain): new studies based on the analysis of mass vaccination campaigns showed that the drug for Pfizer/Biontech seems to cope with the main of the existing coronavirus options. There were no such large -scale research with other vaccines (including the “satellite V”) - however, there are indirect data that give rise to optimism . The main conclusion: the pace of vaccination must be increased. This is the only way to protect humanity from newly emerging options.

Other news about coronavirus:

In Russia, a maximum number of infected on March 20 - 9462 was revealed per day. A day earlier, new sick people were a thousand less - 8380.
In Moscow, according to the operational headquarters, the number of infections compared to yesterday grew by a third: from 2787 to 3818 new cases. Vice-mayor Anastasia Rakova called the situation “tense” , and mayor Sergei Sobyanin “stable” .
Vaccinated residents of the United States were allowed not to wear masks and not to observe the distance .

Podkast "What happened"

In the last elections, proponents of independence again won in Scotland. Well, are we waiting for a department from the UK?

The supporters of the department of 72 places in parliament of 129. The Prime Minister of Scotland Nicolas Nerdzhen already promised that the vote on the new referendum about independence would take place-but not in the midst of a pandemic. The last referendum was held in 2014, and then 55.3% of the Scots opposed the department. But since then, Brexit has occurred - contrary to the will of most Scots who wanted to stay in the EU. Is the Scotland branch real now? And can London prevent this? We speak with the professor of the faculty of the world economy and the world policy of the Higher School Ivan Krivushin.

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The mood of the day

The decision of the Moscow Arbitration Court discovered the phrase "but not sure"

The phrase written by Kaplok was found in the text of the decision of Judge Karina Moroz. The decision was made in the case of debt collection in the amount of 466,778 rubles 40 kopecks as part of a dispute between two business entities. The court promised to conduct an official audit to find out how this phrase appeared in the decision. After the media drew attention to the text, it was removed from the court website.

We hope the weekend will be good, but not sure. Your "Medusa"