Evening Medusa

A new trial of Navalny began. The Duma asks Putin to recognize the DPR and LPR. Valieva wins a short program

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This is the daily Medusa newsletter about the most important thing that happened during the day. At the Olympics today, perhaps, the most anticipated event of all games was a short program for skaters. Kamila Valieva, in spite of everything, showed the class and took first place (although she almost fell in the first jump). The arbitrary program is the day after tomorrow. We hold the fists for Valieva, as well as Anna Shcherbakova (she is still the second) and Alexander Trusova (fourth). We will return to figure skating at the very end, but for now to more serious topics.

Conflict around Ukraine - by points

• The State Duma turned to Vladimir Putin with a request to recognize the independence of the DPR and LPR. The president replied that "we must do everything to solve the problems of Donbass."
• The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the return of part of the military from the exercises. But not everyone.
• Putin met in Moscow with German Chancellor Olaf Sholts (yes, all at the same table ). At the press conference of the Russian president, they directly asked if there would be a war. This is what he said .
• Ivan Urgant joked about a possible invasion of Ukraine. And this joke, shown on the air of Channel One, is very similar to an anti -war statement .

New trial over Navalny

On the morning of February 15, the Lefortovo Court of Moscowbegan to consider two new cases against the opposition Alexei Navalny. He is accused at the same time of fraud and disrespect for the court. The process takes place in the correctional colony of the city of Pokrov, the Vladimir region.

We analyzed in detail whether it is legal to judge a person in the colony, whether it is normal to combine such different articles, and also how many years a politician will sit if he is condemned.

In the new issue of “What happened” we are discussing the court with the lawyer of the first department “First Department” Valery Vetoshkina (we are forced to indicate that she was declared a “foreign agent”). Listen to Podkast on Medusa and Yetube , as well as subscribe to Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Castbox , Yandex.Musica and other podcast services.

And - text of the day

Eteri Tutberidze is the most discussed coach of Russia. Her athletes are at the highest level, but many fans require her to remove her. Why?

Since February 11, the hashtag #shamertutteridze led the trends of the Russian Twitter for several days. The Honored Coach of the Russian Figure Skating, Eteri Tutberidze, who already raised three Olympic champions and was preparing to speak at 2022 games in Beijing Alexander Trusov, Anna Shcherbakova and Kamil Valieva, began to criticize after the news about the results of doping tests of the 15-year-old Valieva, in which the prohibited substance was discovered by the Trimetasidin. Medusa briefly tells the story of Eteri Tutberidze - a coach who divided the fans of figure skating into two implacable camps.

Navalny - Freedom, Valieva - a medal, all of us - the world. Your "Medusa"