Evening Medusa

As the protests that began a year ago, Belarus changed. Can a strain of Covid, from which the vaccines will not appear. Athletes began to appreciate their health above titles

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This is the daily newsletter of "Medusa" about important news of the day. And on Mondays, also about what happened over the weekend. Let's start with the long -awaited and very pleasant news: the singer Maksim, who has been on the apparatus of artificial ventilation of the lungs for more than a month, recovers! She wrote a post on Instagram , in which she thanked everyone for their support and said that on August 9 they were going to transfer it from resuscitation to a regular hospital ward. How glad we are!

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Pulse

The main thing is by points

• Last night, Interfax, citing an unnamed source, said that Love Sobol left Russia . Sable itself has not yet commented on information about its possible departure.
• The comedian Idrak Mirzalizade was given 10 days of arrest for a joke about Russians - under the article on the excitement of interethnic enmity.
• The author of the Tvilville advertising campaign with the participation of Quir-Seven quit . Earlier, a trading network with an apology deleted advertising.
• From 2022, teachers will be obliged to communicate with parents and students only through Russian messengers .
• The leader of the Pskov branch of Yabloko, Lev Schlosberg, was removed from the elections to the State Duma.
• The Olympics ended in Tokyo. Russia is the fifth in the medal standings . For the first time in 25 years, the Russians have not won gold in rhythmic gymnastics. Athletes announced dishonest judges .
• Sergey Kovalev died - a dissident, human rights activist and the first Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia. Readthe interview of Kovalev , which he gave to Medusa in 2016.

Theme of the day

Exactly a year ago, mass protests began in Belarus. The past year has changed the country

On August 9, 2020, the presidential election was held in Belarus. According to official figures, they ended in the victory of Alexander Lukashenko, who allegedly gained more than 80% of the vote. The announcement of the results was followed by unprecedented in terms of the scale of the protest, and large -scale repressions that continue to this day unfolded. Today, Medusa has several materials at once on the anniversary of Belarusian protests:

• We tried to describe the past year as briefly. We immediately admit: it did not work out briefly.
• We talked with some of those who participated in protests in Belarus from the first days about what happened to their life .
• We published drawings and letters from the colony of the artist Anastasia Mironseva. She was imprisoned for participating in the Minsk protests and attempts to prevent the security forces from detaining protesters.
• We invite you to write a letter to those who lost freedom for their beliefs - and try to do everything possible so that these messages reached the addressees.

Text of the day (not about Belarus)

Athletes are no longer afraid to seem weak: they talk about depression, complain about loads - and do not believe that records are more important than health

One of the main symbols of the ending games in Tokyo was the performance of the American gymnast Simona Biles, who starred from the team all -around in the middle of the competition. Bails explained this by the fact that "she could not cope with psychological problems." A few months before Simona, in a similar situation, was a tennis player, the former first racket of Naomi Osaka. At first she refused to communicate with journalists at Roland Garros, and then completely withdrew from the tournament - also to maintain mental balance. In recent years, more and more athletes have been different about their mental health-and they discuss much more openly about life difficulties. And the titles are no longer considered so valuable as to sacrifice the whole life for them.

At the request of Medusa, journalist Vasily Legueido tells about the important transformation of big sport.

Coronavirus

Can a strain of Covid, from which the vaccines will not appear?

In many countries, as vaccination grows, restrictions are removed. However, the incidence there is growing due to the Delta option. Bad news: this can lead to the appearance of new strains that can avoid immunity obtained using vaccinations. This conclusion was reached by scientists from the Institute of Science and Technology of Austria. And we talked with one of the authors of this study, geneticist Fedor Kondrashov - and asked him questions that disturb us (and you probably too). A strain of Covid, from which the vaccines will not protect, will now definitely appear? When will this happen? And how to resist this?

Other news about coronavirus:

• The Vector spoke about the Russian “Super Preserved”, which infected Kovid 1,500 people . Experts reacted to such a statement with distrust.
• The Ministry of Education recommended universities to transfer unvaccinated students to the “remote” .
• In Russia, they began to save on ritual services in pandemia.

Podkast "What happened"

Why did not a revolution occur in Belarus?

There are no mass street performances against Alexander Lukashenko since the winter, but those who disagree with the regime are still pursued. The leader of the opposition Svetlana Tikhanovskaya lives in Lithuania and meets world leaders, urging them to increase the pressure on Lukashenko's regime. Why didn’t a revolution happen in Belarus? How long can Lukashenko be able to maintain power? Maxim Samorukov, deputy chief editor of Carnegie.ru, answers these questions in the new episode of the podcast “What happened”.

Listen “What happened” on “Medusa” and in Yetube , as well as subscribe to Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , CastBox , Yandex.Musiki and other podcast services.

Fucking day

The male cuckoo-sailor tried to destroy the marriage of two Texas-but could not

Farmers fed cattle when a bird suddenly came to them. Plantain (by the way, this is the same bird from the cartoons of Looney Tunes about Koyota) saw a woman and decided that this is the love of his whole life . He tried to seduce her with marriage dancing. And even brought bugs and other insects. But after several attempts, I realized that they were not interested in his courtship - and flew away. Well, at least he tried!

The main thing is to stop in time, your "jellyfish"