Evening Medusa

It will be the presidential administration that will convince the Russians to get vaccinated. How the attack of the authorities on Memorial is connected with foreign policy. In Russia, tests of a cure for covid began

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This is Meduza's daily newsletter about the most important things of the day. Let's start traditionally with good news: there is a chance that when the uprising of machines begins, robots will not enslave people in Tatarstan. Because they will remember the good deed of the locals who freed the delivery robot from the snowy rubble. Thanks to such people! And just in case, thank the robots!

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Pulse

The main thing for the day - point by point

• Migrants on the border of Belarus threw stones at Polish border guards. Those in response used stun grenades and water cannons . Watch the video from the border.
• In Russia, clinical trials of Paxlovid, a Pfizer pill against covid, have begun.
• The Ministry of Health has clarified the validity period of the QR code for vaccinated people with covid. It will operate for six months .
• The United States accused Russia of testing anti-satellite weapons that posed a threat to the ISS. as part of "successful tests" The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation confirmed: the Russian military shot down a satellite in orbit .
• Armenia turned to Russia for help because of the fighting on the border with Azerbaijan. As later stated in the Armenian parliament, 15 people died in these battles .
• Ilnaz Galyaviev, who attacked a school in Kazan, was declared sane .
• Emmanuel Macron changed the blue color on the French flag. But no one noticed.

Texts of the day

We continue to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter film - and this time we are trying to figure out what the magic of John Williams' music is

Williams has five Oscars, he wrote music not only for the Potter series, but also for the films Home Alone, Schindler's List, Jaws ... and also for Star Wars! In general, he is, of course, a great master. But what is the secret? Why does the music from "Harry Potter" seem magical to us and is associated with the New Year? How is it organized? Meduza special correspondent Alexandra Sivtsova asked the composer and music teacher Anna Vilenskaya all these and other questions . By the way, if you missed it, read another interview with Vilenskaya about music.

Marilyn Manson tortured women for years, sang about it in his songs - and got away with it

The musician made a name for himself on fear: his work at any stage of his career was permeated with quite frank aggression - mainly towards women. For a long time, everyone perceived this aggression as a metaphor. But soon women (among them, for example, actress and model Evan Rachel Wood) spoke up and accused Manson of psychological and sexual abuse. Rolling Stone magazine released a long text about the musician, based on 55 interviews with people from his environment and materials filed against him lawsuits. We have reviewed this material .

How the attack of the authorities on Memorial * is connected with foreign policy

The Kremlin's threat to destroy the country's main human rights organization is perceived as a heavy blow both to human rights in today's Russia and to free conversation about the terrible events of the past, for which the state bears the blame. A society that has an organization like Memorial and a society that does not have such an organization are societies at different stages of maturation. Russian society is mature. Bye. But the political leadership of Russia does not care about the maturity of society. Editor of the "Ideas" column Maxim Trudolyubov talks about how the Russian state plays war and peace .

* "Memorial" has been declared a "foreign agent" in Russia.

Dozens of Russian and international organizations spoke out in defense of Memorial. Read some of their submissions.

Podcast "What Happened"

Russia promises to build more roads. Are they really needed? And why new high-speed routes are paid?

Russia is promising large-scale infrastructure projects, including roads. Are they really needed or are they ineffective political projects? How Russian transport policy works is explained by researchers Tatyana Kulakova and Egor Muleev in a new episode of the podcast.

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The coronavirus

As Meduza found out, the Kremlin is going to restart the mass vaccination campaign. However, the authorities are afraid that this will bring down Putin's rating.

So far, low vaccination rates remain in Russia: only a third of the population has fully vaccinated. The Kremlin is aware of this and, according to Meduza's sources, wants to change the situation . The presidential administration is responsible for restarting the vaccination campaign. Its employees complain that “anti-vaxxing has become mainstream” on the Russian Internet, but at the same time they understand why Russians do not believe in vaccination. The “waverers” are hoped to be persuaded “gently” – but not “attached” to the campaign of Vladimir Putin, because this can damage his rating. Therefore, all responsibility will go to the governors.

Other news about coronavirus:

• From December 1, Russia will resume flights with Argentina and Brazil. Trains to Finland will run from December 12.
• Rospotrebnadzor allowed those vaccinated against coronavirus not to observe isolation after contact with sick people.
• Zelensky promised to pay 1,000 hryvnias ($38, or 2,750 rubles) to Ukrainians fully vaccinated against covid.

Success of the day

The co-owner of the studio "Cube in the cube" has become an "influential Russian person" in Norway

The secret is simple: it was only necessary to glorify the dancing Norwegian on the entire Russian-language Instagram. Olga Kravtsova was flipping through the Reels feed, stumbled upon a dancing guy in a suit, and gave him a like. Soon the guy, whose name is Kjetil Krogstad, thanked Kravtsova and wished her a good weekend. And he said that he personally thanks everyone who likes his video. Kravtsova, without thinking twice, turned to her 300 thousand subscribers and asked them to give hearts to the Norwegian. Soon Krogstad was in the spotlight and in the spotlight of the Norwegian press. It was the journalists who called Kravtsova (and several times) "an influential Russian person . "

Wherever you are, you are the most influential people for us! Your Medusa