Evening Medusa

In Russia, the maximum daily mortality since the beginning of the pandemic. The journalists of the "Project" are searched. Almost nobody in Moscow restaurants (because of QR codes)

Good evening,

This is Meduza's daily newsletter about the important news of the day. Usually we try to start the issue with something good, but today we must immediately move on to the main topic of the day - searches at the homes of journalists from the Proekt publication.

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Pulse

The main thing for the day - point by point

• to three journalists of the Project In the morning , searches came . Later it became known that all three - Roman Badanin, Mikhail Rubin and Maria Zholobova - are witnesses in a libel case, the statute of limitations of which expired in 2019.
• from covid per day In Russia , 652 people died - this is the maximum for the entire time of the pandemic.
• As Dozhd found out, the Russian authorities abandoned the idea of ​​vaccinating 60% of the adult population by autumn: now it is planned to vaccinate 30-35%. The Kremlin, commenting on this, said that the timing of vaccination "shifts to the right."
• Director of the FBK (the activities of the fund were terminated by a court decision on June 9, 2021. The fund was recognized in Russia as a “foreign agent”) Ivan Zhdanov was put on the international wanted list . He was arrested in absentia.
• Because of the photo of the Magadan deputy, who starred with the corpses of 200 birds, a criminal case was opened .
• have been found in Greece . Paintings by Picasso and Mondrian stolen from the National Gallery in Athens nine years ago
• The Prosecutor General's Office declared the Czech Society for Freedom of Information "undesirable" .

Texts of the day

On the day of the search of the journalists of the "Project", the publication published an investigation about the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vladimir Kolokoltsev. That's what this text is about

During his time as minister, Kolokoltsev did not acquire new real estate. But his relatives got it. According to Proekt, real estate worth more than two billion rubles has been registered for the son, daughter-in-law and other relatives of the minister . The investigation also says that Kolokoltsev's son bought a house from the wife of a businessman who could be connected with the criminal world. And he received money from another businessman with connections among the "authorities".

We talked with Ilya Yashin, who was banned from running for the Moscow City Duma, accusing Alexei Navalny of having links with the FBK

The politician told Meduza that he would definitely challenge the actions of the Moscow Electoral Commission in court, but they did not surprise him in and of themselves - the new laws against Navalny's structures were adopted in order to keep oppositionists out of the elections, he believes. Quote: “If you run for the municipal or regional level, you are simply removed from the elections due to lawlessness. If you want to be nominated for the State Duma, criminal cases are initiated against you, put on the wanted list, squeezed out of the country. If you run for president, they kill you."

The coronavirus

Muscovites do not go to cafes using a QR code. Restaurateurs are waiting for bankruptcy. Authorities threaten violators with terms

From Monday, Moscow cafes, restaurants and bars can only be visited with a special QR code. Those who have been vaccinated, have recently had a coronavirus or have passed a negative PCR test can receive it. The results of the first day of the new restrictions are disappointing: according to restaurateurs, the number of people in establishments has fallen by 80–90%, and revenue has decreased tenfold . Only delivery services benefit from the new rules. Some establishments, due to their unwillingness to incur losses, continue to work in the old way, and on the Internet they began to trade fake QR codes.

Other news about coronavirus:

• The Gamaleya Center reported a slight decrease in antibody activity in those vaccinated with Sputnik against the delta variant.
• The Moscow Mayor's Office has promised restaurants subsidies and deferrals of rental payments to mitigate the effects of yet another anti-COVID restrictions.
• The director of the Anex Tour branch in Krasnoyarsk said that she taught clients to cheat on the PCR test for coronavirus. The company terminated the franchise agreement with her, and the police began checking .

Podcast "What Happened"

We talked to people who got vaccinated against coronavirus and got sick (yes, it's possible)

The heroes of the issue tell how the disease proceeded, whether they regretted their decision, and how their attitude to vaccination has changed (or changed at all). Also in this episode, we again explain why getting vaccinated is still better than not getting vaccinated.

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Link of the day

We express our support to colleagues from the "Project" and call on you to help the publication

Despite the formal reason, today's searches of journalists may be related to the investigation of Vladimir Kolokoltsev. This is also the opinion of the editors of the "Project" . Meduza protests against the persecution of journalists for their professional activities and urges you to support one of the brightest investigative media outlets in Russia.

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