Evening Medusa

Was there an electronic vote in Moscow honest. Whether the nuts will twist after the elections (spoiler: yes). How "new people" managed to get to the State Duma

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This is the daily Medusa newsletter about the most important thing that happened during the day. And today - also about what happened exactly ten years ago. So, stop! But no, everything is true: on September 24, 2011, the “castling” occurred - then President Dmitry Medvedev proposed to the then Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to run for the third presidential term. And he himself headed the list of "United Russia" in the Duma elections. Tell us what you felt when you learned about the "castling." And so that you are not so sad to remember her, look at the best vintage memes (and even demotivators!) With Medvedev.

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Pulse

The main thing is in the day - by points

• At the top of Elbrus in a blizzard and a 20-degree frost, a group of tourists from Russia was lost. Five died , 14 people managed to save.
• Roskomnadzor threatened with blocking the Communist Party of the Communist Party due to the announcement of a rally against election results. The action itself was not agreed - and the police and the prosecutor's office warned of the inadmissibility of participation in it.
• The prosecutor's office of Krasnoyarsk considered the logo of Navalny - the letter N with the exclamation mark inscribed in it - the symbols of an extremist organization .
• Two Kuzbass police officers were accused of negligence because of the murder of schoolgirls in Kiselevsk.
• In Russia , 828 people with Covid died per day - this is a maximum from the beginning of the pandemic.
• Sergei Galitsky reported his illness . Because of it, he will change the structure of the Krasnodar football club.
• The Taliban* announced their intention to resume bodily punishments in Afghanistan.

* 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

How the Party “New People” appeared, why is it needed at all-and due to which it still got to the State Duma

The ratings of the new party unexpectedly began to grow at the end of the election campaign, although famous characters, except for the head of the "new people" businessman Alexei Nechaev and ex-mayor of Yakutsk Sardana Avksentieva, were not in the lists. The “new people” faction in parliament will be 13 people - Nechaev has already promised that this was “enough to disheveze” the Duma. The Special Corps of “Medusa” Andrei Pertsev tells how and why the party project appeared , what role the friends of Putin are played by the Brothers Kovalchuk, thanks to which “new people” managed to circumvent many competitors in the elections - and as its leader Alexei Nechaev almost found himself in the Party of the Homeland.

We analyze the main political (and technological) discussion of these elections: are the results of electronic voting in Moscow or not?

The opposition is sure that yes: after all, eight out of fifteen candidates from the Sobyanin List were lost in a vote in “paper” sites. However, remote electronic vote (DEG) brought them a convincing victory. In addition, with the help of DEG it was possible to change your choice several times. And the system itself, according to the opposition and experts of the blockchain systems, is a “black box”, the filling of which is fully controlled by the authorities. The public headquarters on the observation of elections in Moscow conducted an audit and did not find traces of hacking and stuffing - which, of course, did not convince anyone. Disputes about whether the voting results falsified, continued all week. We dismantled the arguments of both sides .

Parliamentary elections will be held in Germany (already on Sunday). They promise to become the most unpredictable in recent years

However, one thing is known for sure: after 16 years in power, an angel Merkel will resign. But who will become a new chancellor is still incomprehensible . Until recently, a same-party, Merkel Armin Lesk, before that, a candidate from the “green” Annalen Berobok, and now the Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz, representing the Social Democratic Party, which many political scientists almost buried. But whoever won, he will hardly be able to quickly form a ruling coalition. As a result, negotiations threaten to be so long that, apparently, the Germans will meet the New Year under Angel Merkel.

Podkast "What happened"

You recently asked us whether the nuts would twist after the elections. Short answer - yes

In 2020–2021, repressions intensified in Russia - the opposition, a number of media and public organizations, which was completely defeated by the Kremlin, turned out to be finally defeated. But in fact, it all started with the same “castling” ten years ago. What became the regime by the end of its ten -year cycle? And what kind of stage has begun now? We are discussing with the analyst "OTD-Info" Grigory Okhotin.

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

Merch of the day

Together with the brands of Monolama and Friend Function, we release the “Press” collection - for those who believe in freedom of speech

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Preparing to follow the elections the second weekend in a row, your "Medusa"