Evening Medusa

Putin “does not know and does not want to know” Roman Protasevich. Dmitry Gudkov talks about his sudden liberation. Andrey Makarevich sings the same “foreign” text

Good evening,

This is the daily newsletter of "Medusa" about important news of the day. We did not write to you for a long time about the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, but it will end soon - and it's time to summarize. What impressed : the stand of the General Prosecutor's Office (recall the Economic Forum), crazy prices in the buffet that struck Ksenia Sobchak, and 35 receptions, parties, concerts and festivals. Feast during the epidemic.

Pulse

The main thing is in the day - by points

• “I don’t know him and I don’t want to know. Let him do what he wants, ” - so Vladimir Putin commented on the detention of the Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich. The Russian President did not say anything about the Russian woman Sofya Sapieg, who was also detained in Minsk.
• And again about Putin. In his speech at the St. Petersburg Forum, he instructed to launch paid vaccination of foreigners, proposed to extend the program of preferential mortgage (but raise the bet), promised guarantees for loans for small businesses and spoke about global warming.
• Bonus: The alleged daughter of President Katerina Tikhonova also participated in the forum.
• From other news. The governmentconfirmed cases of hacks of accounts on "public services". They were used for voting on the primaries of United Russia. If your account is also hacked - please write to us .
• Prisonersbegan to be sent to construction sites in Moscow and the Moscow region. Such an idea was proposed by the FSIN - it was supported by the UK, the Ministry of Justice and Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova.
• Rosreestr hid the name of the alleged second wife of Ramzan Kadyrov in documents on a mansion in Grozny. Now it is owned by the “Russian Federation”.

The texts of the day

We talked with Dmitry Gudkov, who was detained as a suspect in a criminal case, and then suddenly released

Gudkova was released last night - after two days, which he left in the temporary detention center. He was simply landed from the car at McDonald's on Pushkinskaya Square, although at first they were going to take the Main Directorate of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow. Gudkov told in an interview with Alexander Sivtsova how he was detained and interrogated - as well as whether he was still going to run for the State Duma.

"Meduza" failed through the court to exclude himself from the list of "foreign agents". But it became clearer how the law would work (to get out of the registry, apparently, it will not work)

Our lawsuit is rejected-and you still see the very notification at the beginning of our letter. The court was not able to introduce the “evidence of foreign financing” “Medusa” to the case, but, as it turned out, this is not a problem. The representative of the Ministry of Justice at the meeting said that it was not necessary to prove anything, because Medusa was registered in Latvia. How the meeting took place - in the report of our special correspondent Anastasia Anchorova.

"Summer Agents"

By the way, about the very notice. Andrei Makarevich performed it under the guitar - as part of a music marathon , in which those who decided to help us participate. And we were supported by the Monti Mechanic group - she performed with the song “The Last Walk” from the soundtrack of the movie Jetlag Mikhail and Lily Idov. And also - "Aigel" with the new song "Leather". And even earlier - the pianist Polina Ossetian , Natasha Treya (Treya) and Tequilajazzz . Thank you! And recall - you can issue a regular payment to Medusa here .

Coronavirus

The history of its origin is a real detective with spies, Donald Trump and a “woman - bat”

More recently, the version that Koronavirus was developed by Chinese scientists was considered completely marginal. Now, the famous virologists and epidemiologists, as well as US President Joe Biden and the head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adan Gebreisus, are required to study it again. At the same time, the Chinese themselves are clearly not striving to help in the investigation. So what is behind the theory about the artificial origin of the virus? And is there reliable evidence of its natural origin? We tell in six chapters .

Podkast "What happened"

The Cuban revolutionary Raul Castro was 90 years old. Having come to power after his brother Fidel, he carried out reforms in the country, which are compared with perestroika in the USSR. In April 2021, he left the post of head of the Communist Party-the 60-year-old rule of the Castro brothers ended. Who now leads the Cuba? Will the reforms continue? Does her crisis expect, similar to the one that the Soviet Union has encountered under Mikhail Gorbachev? We are talking about this with a candidate of political sciences, a senior researcher at the Latin America Institute, RAS Magomed Kodzoev.

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

Holidays for the New Year and May holidays in 2022

The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection has published a draft government decree on weekends. This is how it will be:

Thanks to the government, but we plan to work, your "Medusa"