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“Rain” and “important stories” declared the media - “foreign agents” in Russia. How the year has passed since Navalny's poisoning. How "satellite V" is effective against "delta"

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This is the daily Medusa newsletter about the most important thing that happened during the day. By tradition, we wanted to start this issue with something good, but the Russian Ministry of Justice did not let it do it-so let's move on to the news right away.

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Pulse

The main thing is in the day - by points

• “Rain” and “important stories”, as well as seven journalists, declared the media - “foreign agents” in Russia. We briefly talked with the Director General of “Rain” Natalya Sindeeva , his chief editor Tikhon Dzyadko and the chief editor of “important stories” by Roman Anin (he was also recognized by the media - the “foreigner”).
• Angela Merkel met with Vladimir Putin in Moscow and demanded to free Alexei Navalny. On the eve of Putin, Emmanuel Macron called with the same request. Putinsaid that the “defendant” was “convicted not for political activity, for criminal violations.”
• Employees of Natura Siberica reported mass layouts from the company. Previously, they staged a rally against the raider capture of the brand.
• Roskomnadzor demanded that Apple and Google delete the Navalny application from the App Store and Google Play.
• According to The New York Times, the Taliban* began to look for the Afghans who collaborated with the American military in order to “interrogate and punish” - although they promised not to do this.

* The Islamist movement "Taliban" is included in the list of organizations recognized in Russia with terrorist, its activities are prohibited.

The texts of the day

Navalny on the anniversary of poisoning wrote a column on corruption for the world media

The text was released in the British The Guardian, the French Le Monde and the German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. In this article, Navalny, in particular, demanded that the West impose sanctions not against the security forces, but against the oligarchs from Putin's entourage . The politician also claims that he survived after poisoning thanks to the corruption of the FSB - and calls corruption the main reason that the Taliban defeated in Afghanistan. Navalny on the anniversary of the poisoning “Novice” wrote a post on Instagram, in which he thanked everyone who helped him survive after the assassination attempt.

What happened over the year from poisoning - about the plane over Omsk to the colony near Vladimir

We tell the most briefly what happened to the politician and his associates over the past 12 crazy months. We recall the investigation (including the film about the Palace of Putin), the return of a politician to Russia after treatment in Germany and subsequent detention and arrest, large -scale protests and no less large -scale repressions in response. And today it ended in the fact that the UK and the United States imposed sanctions against the FSB officers.

The media are fighting independent not only in Russia, but also in Poland . Moreover, the country's authorities refer to the "Russian threat"

In Poland, there is a crisis because of the new bill proposed by the ruling conservative party “Law and Justice” and already adopted by the Sejm. He imposes restrictions on foreign owners of the Polish media - and apparently, directed against one particular holding, on the channels of which the current power is regularly criticized. Moreover, in order to achieve complete control over the media, the authorities are ready to take a chance for a lot. Especially for Medusa, journalist Stanislav Kuvaldin explains how such decisions are fraught with the Polish authorities.

In 2017, the “Medusa” already came out of the text about how Poland turned into one of the most politically conservative countries in Europe - and began to resemble Russia more and more.

We talked with residents of Afghanistan who know how the country lived for the past 50 years - about its "golden century" and the future

“I think that the future of Afghanistan will deprive women of freedom. In recent years, Afghan women fought with ignorance and thousands of obscene customs. They took steps to progress and got the opportunity to work in all areas - including sports, media, schools, hospitals and thousands of other jobs. Nowadays, Afghan girls want to be independent and free. With the advent of terrorists, all our hopes were destroyed. Our further fate is unknown, ”says Masuma, who was born in the village away from the city in the province of Bamian. Read its monologue as a whole-as well asthe stories of other women who found the 70s of the last century and life during the US military operation.

Coronavirus

Vaccinated by the "satellite V" is five times less likely to go to hospitals, even if they are infected with "delta"

This is evidenced by a joint study of scientists from the European University in St. Petersburg, the First Medical University, the Tarus Hospital and other medical centers-the first such study of the real efficiency of the "satellite V" on the new version of the virus. Until now, it could be judged only by analogy with other vaccines used abroad, as well as indirect data like analysis of antibodies. The study has not yet been published in a scientific journal, but Medusa got acquainted with its manuscript and asked questions to the authors of the work.

Other news about coronavirus:

• Zemfira refused to give online concerts and stated that the pandemic destroyed her profession.
• More than 80% of doctors involved in the vaccination from Covid-19 are forced to process -due to the lack of specialists, a large number of patients and the need to do a lot of paper work.
• All foreign students will be allowed to return to study in Russia. They will be given the opportunity to get vaccinations from coronavirus.

Podkast "What happened"

Navalny's poisoning has really become a turning point in the modern history of Russia. And that's why

Exactly a year ago, Alexei Navalny was poisoned. He survived, and then returned to Russia, received a prison term. Its structures are defeated, and supporters are persecuted. Political scientist Alexander Kolesnikov - about how Russia has changed during this time and what will happen next.

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

Screenshot of the day

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