Evening Medusa

We tell the biography of the deceased head of the Ministry of Emergencies. Tina Kandelaki left the Match TV. Anton Dolin - about the main Russian film in Venice

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This is the daily Medusa newsletter about the most important thing that happened during the day. Today, the head of the Ministry of Emergencies Evgeny Zinichevdied . This happened during the exercises in Norilsk. The ministry said that Zinichev died, trying to save the director Alexander Melnik, who was with him. The miller, known for the film "Territory", came to Norilsk to choose places for filming.

Evgeny Zinichev headed the Ministry of Emergencies since 2018. Prior to this, he was a guard of Vladimir Putin for almost 10 years, accompanying him on trips, then he served as the governor of the Kaliningrad region for two months, and then, before his appointment to the Ministry of Emergencies, worked as deputy director of the FSB. Here we tell his biography.

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Pulse

Other news - by points

• In Moscow, journalists went to pickets against the recognition of the media by “foreign agents”. Three people were detained. Today, dozens of publications launched the action "There are no foreign agents, there are journalists."
• Tina Kandelaki left the Match TV. Weretold relatively briefly how the TV channel lived for six years under her leadership (spoiler: he lost Vasily Utkin, delayed the shows of matches and forbade the word “Luser”).
• CNN spoke about the participation of the CIA in the detention of Wagner PMC fighters in Minsk. The United States denies this, the FSB and the Kremlin confirm.
• Salvador became the first country in the world to recognize Bitcoin by official currency. On the same day, his course collapsed.
• In Richmond, a monument was demolished by General Lee, who commanded the Army of the Confederation.
• "Taliban"* forbid women playing sports.

* 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

In Moscow, a headquarters are being built for the second special regiment of the police, which works at rallies. She will cost 10 billion rubles

The second special regiment, as the Moscow Police website says, is able to "effectively solve the most difficult official problems related to ensuring public order and public safety during various mass events." For him , a new complex is being built on Ryabinova Street in the west of Moscow. There are three tenders for a total of about 9.6 billion rubles, several hundred million will be required to connect the object to communications. The purchase is carried out in closed mode, the documentation is not available, there is almost no information about the project in the public domain.

"Captain Volkonovov fled" - the main Russian film in Venice

The drama of Natasha Merkulova and Alexei Chupov is presented in the main competition and will fight for the main award of the Venice Film Festival. This is a surreal film about the captain of the NKVD Fedor Volkonovo, who should achieve forgiveness from one of his victims so as not to get to hell. Anton Dolin talks about the main Russian premiere in Venice:

The “captain of the Volkogonov” was unique in a combination of nightmares and frivolity, adventurism and depth, psychologism and conventions. First of all, this is an unprecedentedly brave film.

Podkast "What happened"

We speak with the son of the former Khabarovsk governor Sergei Furgal Anton. To free his father from prison, he went into politics

Former Governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Sergey Furgal has been under arrest for more than a year. He is accused of organizing two murders and one attempt that occurred, according to investigators, in 2004. The arrest of Furgal caused mass protests in the region - local residents went to street actions for several months. And the son of the former governor Anton Furgal in 2021 decided to run for the State Duma. He went to the elections as a self -nominated person, collected the necessary signatures, but the election man had rejected 18% of them and refused to register. In the new issue of our podcast, Anton Furgal tells how his campaign was held to nominate to the State Duma and what is happening with his father now.

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Photo of the day

In the Nekrasovsky garden in St. Petersburg this morning, graffiti appeared with Maria Kolesnikova, one of the leaders of the Belarusian opposition. She showed her corporate gesture, folding her heart -shaped fingers, next to the inscription "For your and our freedom." A few hours later, utility workers painted over the image. In 2020, Maria Kolesnikova became one of the main people in the Belarusian protest. On September 6, the court in Minsk sentenced her to 11 years in prison.

For your and our freedom. And for the freedom of Maria Kolesnikova. Your "Medusa"