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Dmitry Gudkov threatens up to five years in prison. Sergei Mokhnatkin continue to be judged even after death. Why do people get Covid after vaccination

Good evening,

This is the daily newsletter of "Medusa" about important news of the day. If at the end of the day you are tired, then, firstly, hold on, and secondly, now we will cheer you up (and we will scare someone a little). Just look at the Sky Pool pool in London . He has a transparent bottom, it is located at an altitude of 35 meters above the ground - and in general it looks more like a bridge connecting the roofs of two buildings. It looks impressive! Only if you are not afraid of heights.

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Pulse

The main thing is in the day - by points

• Former State Duma deputy Dmitry Gudkov was detained as a suspect in a criminal case. He faces up to five years in prison . Life said that the politician found combat cartridges and a shell . His wife called it a lie.
• The former director of Open Russia (recognized in Russia as an unwanted organization) Andrei Pivovarov was sent under two months .
• Alexei Navalny supported Gudkov and Pivovarov , emphasizing that they are honest people, "who are pursuing for this." The Kremlin said that criminal cases against the opposition "have nothing to do with politics."
• The network publishedan announcement on the sale of the “Smart Voting Subscribers database” with IP addresses. The Navalny team said that I did not store the IP address.
• A family of a policeman, who “involuntarily” shot a 19-year-old man, was taken out of the village near Novosibirsk.

The texts of the day

The Russian, the Russian Dudnikov, who was detained in Minsk, told how the Belarusian security forces came behind him - and what happened later

The 20-year-old Yegor Dudnikov threatens up to three years in prison on charges of organizing actions that grossly violating public order. He told the lawyer what happened to him after the detention, and he handed the words of Dudnikov to the Novaya Gazeta. With the resolution of "New" we publish this story completely . Here is a quote:

“In the car they threw in the back seat, the hands were constantly in handcuffs. They said they would go to dig me. “Put potatoes” - so one of them joked. They said that I would say what they needed on the camera, and then, perhaps, I would be deported home. They beat me, because I did not find guilty. They beat hard. "

See how the Norilsk “Mayak” looks like one of the largest and oldest mines in Russia

Evgeny Shchemilin himself worked on the mine, descended to a depth of 175 meters and took off, according to him, “the original“ subculture ”in production, which disappears under the pressure of new corporate rules.” The personnel that you will see are made from 2010 to 2014 and will be included in the photo book "Yama" . According to Shemilin himself, “this is not a photo station about miners or about mountain industry. This is a kind of typology of visual images, signs and symbols, the purpose of which is to immerse the viewer in the sensations and feelings that I experienced while working underground. ”

Sergei Mokhnatkin - one of the most fundamental opposition in Russia - continues to be judged even after death

Human rights activist Sergei Mokhnatkin died on May 28, 2020 at the age of 66. He died of the consequences of a fracture of the spine, which was broken by the escort during imprisonment in the colony. Mokhnatkina was called "serial political prisoner": he did not have time to free himself from the colony, as a new criminal case was instituted against him. In total, he spent ten years in prison. Investigators persuaded the opposition widow to agree to the termination of the last case against him, but the family hopes to achieve posthumous justification and rehabilitation of the activist. We tell the story of the posthumous defense of Sergei Mokhnatkin .

In prison, Arizons are preparing to resume executions in a gas chamber - using the same gas that the Nazis used in Auschwitz

As the journalists of The Guardian found out, in the Florence prison, the gas chamber reached a gas chamber, and the Arizona staff execution department purchased components for the production of cyanide hydrogen , the same gas that was used in Auschwitz. The state authorities also purchased a large batch of Pentobarbital, the main component for a deadly injection - one of two methods of execution in Arizona. True, it is not clear how this public procurement managed to conduct: no official manufacturer of this substance in the world is ready to sell it to the United States precisely because pentobarbital is used to kill the sentenced to death.

Coronavirus

It seems to get sick of more and more vaccinated people. Does the vaccine really not work? (Spoiler: how it works )

To begin with, not a single vaccine protects from the virus 100%. And when the vaccine is said that it is effective by 90%, this does not mean that 90% of the vaccinated do not get sick. This means that the probability of getting sick for a specific vaccinated is reduced by an average of 90%. There are more cases of diseases among the vaccinated ones, but it is quite logical: the number of vaccinated is growing, as well as the probability of meeting an infection for each of them.

And a little more about vaccination in Russia:

The Ministry of Health stated that the vaccination plan was completed by more than 25% . To avoid a leap of incidence, by September-October, 60% of the population should be instilled. At the same time, there can be no compulsory vaccination in Russia , said the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko. "Is it possible in a country that defeated fascism, the introduction of an involuntary medical intervention?" - asked Matvienko.

Podkast "What happened"

Russia won more or lost from the collapse of the Soviet Union?

The State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin 30 years after the collapse of the USSR demanded to name the people involved in what happened. The idea that the collapse of the Union is the “largest geopolitical catastrophe of the twentieth century” has been broadcasting Russian propaganda in recent years. But if you take this thought seriously - what has lost and what did Russia acquire from the exit from the USSR? And why is there more benefits? Explains the economist, head of the Center for the Study of Modernization of the European University in St. Petersburg, Dmitry Travin.

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The fan of the day

Only one person watched the game of hockey teams of Russia and Belarus from the stands

The teams played on June 1 at the World Cup in Riga. This was the first day when the Latvian authorities allowed fans to attend the championship matches. Up to 1058 people could get to this match - but in the end only two tickets were sold. The second person was not allowed, because he did not have a certificate confirming the recently transferred Covid or the presence of vaccination from him. As a result, the match, which ended in the victory of Russians with a score of 6: 0, watched a single spectator . We envy and do not envy at the same time!

We hope that for tomorrow, the quarter-finals with Canadians will still be more spectators, your "Medusa"