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Will Alexander Beglov resign? Morgenstern is again suspected of promoting drugs. Putin quotes "Red mold"

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This is Meduza's daily newsletter about the most important things that happened during the day. But first, let's see if Vladimir Putin listens to Red Mold. This question arose after the Russian president uttered the phrase “If you like it or not, be patient, my beauty,” which appeared in one of the songs of this group, at a press conference after a meeting with Emmanuel Macron. Dmitry Peskov assures that Putin does not listen to Red Mold, and opinions are divided on the Internet .

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The main thing for the day - point by point

• In Beijing, the award ceremony of Russian figure skaters was delayed. The reason could be the doping test of Kamila Valieva . She is called the main sensation of the Olympics.
• Vladimir Zhirinovsky was hospitalized with covid . In general, in Russia, after two days of falling, a new record of incidence is 183,000 cases per day.
• Morgenstern was again suspected of promoting drugs - because of the tattoo with marijuana in the videos.
• Tina Kandelaki was appointed acting director of TNT.
• "Memorial" (we are forced to point out that the Russian authorities declared this organization a "foreign agent") recognized the 1000th person as a political prisoner.

Texts of the day

It seems that Alexander Beglov was finally destroyed by snow, garbage and "influential people." Will the governor resign?

For the governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov, 2022 did not start in the best way. The politician, who had been constantly criticized before, could not organize the removal of snow and debris from the streets. Moreover, it seems that now not only the townspeople, but also the local elites are dissatisfied with the governor. Meduza special correspondent Andrei Pertsev tells whether this means Beglov's imminent departure from the post of governor and whether the Kremlin is ready for a successor to the post of head of St. Petersburg .

A series about the brightest couple of the 1990s - Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee

On February 2, the Hulu streaming platform released the first episodes of the Pam & Tommy mini-series about the relationship between actress and Playboy model Pamela Anderson and Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee. At first glance, the show seems like a light retro comedy with detective elements, but soon turns into a story about misogyny and cruelty, where Tommy Lee loses his tough guy charisma, and Pamela Anderson falls into the trap of her own fame .

"What's happened"

As part of the import substitution policy, the Russian authorities are actively trying to transfer state-owned enterprises to domestic electronics. The first domestic computers and laptops appeared back in the USSR, but why is Russia now having to re-develop computing devices?

In the new episode "What happened" we are talking about domestic technologies with the historian of science and technology, a teacher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Vyacheslav Gerovich.

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