Evening Medusa

In Minsk, for the detention of the former editor -in -chief, NEXTA urgently planted the plane. How the “smart vote” will work when the authorities are scary of Navalny's structures. We summarize Eurovision

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Pulse

The theme of the last two days is the detention of the former editor -in -chief of NEXTA Roman Protasevich

• On Sunday, in Minsk, due to a report of the bomb (which Hamas allegedly threatened to blow up ), Ryanar's plane was urgently planted-and Roman Protasevich, who was on board, was detained . The plane did not let go for more than seven hours .
• Together with Protasevich they detained his girlfriend , Russian citizen Sofu Sapega. She was placed in the surroundings on the surroundings . The Russian Foreign Ministry requested consular access to the detainee.
• The Ryanair CEO called the incident “state piracy”, the Latvian Airbaltic and the Hungarian Wizz Airlaunched their flights bypassing the airspace of Belarus. The Belarusian "Belavia" was banned from flying to the UK . The President of Ukraine instructed to stop the air traffic with Belarus.
• Ryanair’s flight was put on the summite of the European Union summit , the United States was condemned by the incident. Maria Zakharova called the West reaction "shocking."

Other news

• Italy won at Eurovision, Russia took ninth place. Here we answer the main questions about the results of the competition.
• Roskomnadzor threatened the Google traffic with a slowdown in the traffic - if he does not remove the forbidden content in a day.
• BBC journalists got acquainted with the text of amendments to the Law against the FBK (the Fund was recognized in Russia by a “foreign agent”) and claim that the law will still have retroactive force . Although the author of the amendments approved the opposite .
• The Moscow City Court canceled a conditional sentence to a policeman who shot a 13-year-old schoolgirl from traumatic weapons. The case was sent for a new consideration.
• Alexander Lukashenko signed laws prohibiting the work of journalists on inconsistent promotions and collecting donations to pay for fines.
• The Moscow City Court ordered Medusa to delete the publication about Evgenia Prigozhin and pay him 80 thousand rubles.

The texts of the day

How will a “smart vote” work in conditions when the authorities are trying to destroy in Russia everything related to the bulk

“Smart voting” has not yet been declared “extremist”, but the Russian authorities have already taken the first steps in this direction - for example, having adopted the same “law against the FBK” in the first reading. But destroying a “smart vote” invented as a means of confrontation from the authorities is not so simple - even in the conditions of the current cruel pressure. The project exists online and is coordinated non -publicly. The Medusa specialists tried to find out what the authorities, opposition politicians (which are not always pleased with support from the “smart vote”) and Navalny’s associates will continue to do .

Since May 24, the Podkastov studio is separated from the "Medusa" and becomes an independent organization called "Technique of Speech"

As in the case of Yetuub Show “Tell Gordeeva” and “Radio Dolin”, the studio separation is associated with the recognition of “Medusa” by a “foreign agent” . We do not want the creators of the podcasts to take risks because of our new status. The “Technique of Speech” will become the publisher and the owner of almost all the podcasts that went out on Medusa, except “What happened”, “The text of the week”, The Naked Pravda and “First Rod”. The last show was bought by a studio "either/or."

Coronavirus

Today is short news:

• Three scientists from the Institute of virology in Ujani were seriously ill in November 2019. It could be coronavirus , writes The Wall Street Journal with reference to an unpublished American intelligence report.
• According to official data from the operational headquarters, since the beginning of the pandemic in Russia , more than five million people fell ill .
• Dmitry Medvedev explained his words about compulsory vaccination in the interests of the state. Vaccinations, he said, still voluntary .

Podkast "What happened"

Why did Lukashenko force a foreign plane forcibly?

The President of Belarus admitted that he personally ordered the landing of the Ryanair plane in Minsk. To accompany the airliner, on board which was the former editor-in-chief of the Nexta telegram channel Roman Protasevich, a fighter was lifted into the sky. Protasevich in Belarus faces a long imprisonment. In the new issue of podcast, we discuss Lukashenko’s actions and their possible consequences along with the head of the Belarusian Center for Political Analysis and Forecast, political scientist Pavel Usov.

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Photo of the day

In New York, Little Island Park opened

It is located right on the Hudson River - on 132 concrete columns dug into the bottom. The park was designed by the British designer Thomas Hiserwick, known, in particular, as the author of the Olympic fire bowl at the 2012 London Games. Construction cost $ 260 million.

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