Evening Medusa

What the Moscow City Hall wants to achieve in the elections to the State Duma. How the first week after the victory of the Taliban in Afghanistan passed. Why do scientists from Russia grow “mini-brings” in a test tube

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This is the daily Medusa newsletter about the most important thing that happened during the day. And on Mondays, also about the main news of the weekend. We begin the release from a rather strange find: in Volgograd, a real combat tank was found among a pile of garbage in the bushes! It turned out that he was not abandoned: according to the military, the tank was preparing for the forum "Army-2021", where it will have to ... dance a tank waltz !

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Pulse

The main thing is by points

“Rain” was included in the list of the media - “Ino -Agents” at the request of Roskomnadzor . Due to the fact that the channel distributed materials created by other media-“foreign agents”. The Kremlin said that the Ministry of Justice did not agree on the assignment of a new status to rain.
The Crimean Platform summit was held in Kiev - an international negotiation platform designed to return Crimea to Ukraine. Among the participants are the USA, all EU and NATO countries. Russia was also invited, but in Moscow they called the forum Schabash.
On Saturday , a series of single pickets against the recognition of the media “foreign agents” was held on Lubyanka. 12 people were detained. The trade union of journalists notified the Moscow City Hall of his intention to hold a rally on Pushkinskaya Square on September 4.
Vladimir Putin (a month before the Duma elections) announced a one -time payment of 10 thousand rubles to pensioners and 15 thousand military personnel. This will cost a budget of 500 billion rubles .
A citizen of Russia got to swim from the Kuril Islands to Japan - and asked for political asylum there.
Margarita Yudin, whom the policeman hit his foot at a rally in St. Petersburg,spoke about the illegal penetration of the security forces into her house.
The publication “Project”, recognized as “undesirable” in Russia, will be rebuilt under the name “Agency”.
Exactly a week passed from the moment the Taliban* seized power in Afghanistan. This is how these seven days look in the photographs .

Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images Cortege of Khalil al-Raman Hakkani, the current leader of the Hakkani Group, a terrorist organization, a allied Taliban.

* 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

Elections to the Moscow City Duma in 2019 turned out to be a failure for the authorities. In the elections to the State Duma in 2021, she counts on revenge

In the elections to the Moscow City Duma in 2019, the authorities lost in 20 out of 45 single -member districts. In the upcoming parliamentary elections in September, the city hall expects to take revenge - and win in all 15 districts, in which deputies of the lower house of the federal parliament are elected in the capital. The Special Corps of Medusa Andrei Pertsev found out that only three of these 15 districts are considered “problematic” in the city hall. At the same time, the authorities expect that in some areas opposition politicians will fight each other - and as a result they will not be able to bypass pro -government candidates. We tell you what goals the Moscow City Hall sets in the election - and how it is going to achieve them.

Why do scientists from Russia grow miniature copies of the human brain in California

The head of the American President Richard Nixon in a transparent aquarium is from Futurama. Miniature human brains that can be grown from your own cells in order to test the drugs for Alzheimer's disease - this is from 2021. Do not confuse. Seriously, we talked with a scientist who is doing this.

Actor Val Kilmer lost his voice because of the laryngeal cancer. They could recreate it with the help of artificial intelligence

Kilmer is known for roles in the films “Best Shooter”, “Fight” and “Batman Forever”. The actor lost his voice due to cancer of the larynx and hid it for several years (but still admitted in 2017). The British company Sonantic managed to recreate the voice of Kilmer with the help of artificial intelligence and old films. The company calls its audio editor a “voice for the voice”. With it, Sonantic synthesized more than 40 vocal models and chose the option that is most similar to Kilmer's voice. The actor was very pleased with the result - but there were skeptics. They are afraid that they will abuse with artificial voices, like diplomas .

The son of the famous Afghan field commander Ahmad-Shah Masuda created the forces of resistance to Taliban. But it is not known how much they will last

Opponents of the Taliban call themselves the National Front of Resistance and control the very important area of Afghanistan - the Panjsher Valley. In the 1980-1990s, Panjshr was a bridgehead of Ahmad-Shah Masuda, who successfully resisted the Soviet troops, and then the Taliban. The leader of the new resistance to Taliban calls himself Ahmad Masud, 32-year-old son of Ahmad-Shah Masuda, who was educated in the UK. So far, he has few allies within Afghanistan, and other states are also in no hurry to show support for his movement.

Podkast "What happened"

We are talking with Sergey Parkhomenko about what will be now with Russian journalism

The Ministry of Justice recognized the rain and “important stories” by “foreign agents”. In four months, the list expanded by 26 positions. But the authorities say that in this practice there is nothing wrong, and refer to the experience of the United States. Why is it wrong? Explains Sergey Parkhomenko.

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"I wanted!" Day

The Japanese came up with a special table for those who cannot live without cats

It is called Neko to Kutsurgu, that is, "relax with cats." In the center of the countertop there is a special round hole, and under the table there is a stand on which a cat can sit. The hole is suitable in order to put your head there - so the cats can watch the owner. And there is with him. Special steps are attached to the table (so that it was easier to jump animals) and a sofa with soft backs, on which cats can be conveniently moved. The only thing that embarrasses is the price. About 108 thousand rubles in terms of Russian currency.

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