Convict Ildar Dadin, who spoke about torture in IK-7 in Karelia, met with independent doctor Vasily Generalov on the night of November 12. As Generalov himself told Meduza through the founder of the Sitting Rus' project, Olga Romanova, Dadin refused some medical procedures. “The results indicate that Dadin’s health was damaged, but it is quite difficult to assess its scale,” Romanova said.

The Russian Investigative Committee asked the Ministry of Health to oblige doctors to report to investigators about teenagers who had sex before the age of 16. As stated in the UK, this will help to solve more crimes under article 134 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Sexual intercourse and other acts of a sexual nature with a person under the age of sixteen”).

Belgorod university was accused of cashing money with the help of students Photo: denis kh. / Photo Bank Lori Belgorod State Technological University (BSTU), where more than a thousand students study, are accused of cashing money from the scholarship fund. The essence of the accusations is this: students allegedly pay increased scholarships or transfer money to pay for services, and then demand to return it back - only in cash.

Former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul said that Russia imposed sanctions against him and banned him from entering the country. According to him, the reason for imposing sanctions was his closeness to US President Barack Obama. The former ambassador considered the sanctions against himself a compliment. “As far as I know, the last US Ambassador to the USSR/Russia who was denied entry was George Kennan . Well, I'm in good company! I hope I’m not blacklisted forever,” McFaul wrote.

In St. Petersburg, they began to disassemble the third floor of one of the buildings of the “House of Naryshkin” described in the novel “War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy. This was stated in the St. Petersburg branch of the All -Russian Society for the Protection of Monuments. Photo: St. Petersburg branch of VOOPIIK In 2011, the city administration gave the building of the Talion company businessman Alexander Ubalidze for “adaptation for modern use”.

Kiev pensioner Volodymyr Chaika restored his porch in the Rococo style. The 65-year-old man decorated the stairwells with stucco and photo wallpaper, and made an antique column out of the garbage chute. He also hung pictures and placed flowers. “Dad is just in love with architecture and painting. It's all his doing! He did all the beauty not in one day. It took 15 years of hard work! I helped him a little financially with materials and stucco casting.

“Interstellar” or “Solaris” - what does Denis Vilnev’s new film look like? Photo: Sony Pictures Denis Vilnev’s “arrival” is released in the Russian rental-a science fiction film, which critics around the world write poetic reviews. At the request of Medusa, the film faces Egor Moskvitin tells why this film was so good, who made it and what the audience is now waiting for from a fantastic genre (without spoilers). 12 cobblestones hang above the ground! What's happening?

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called The Guardian staff "liars of the day" for an article about the apology of the head of the Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, for the Russian organizers of the coup in Montenegro. “This is a classic provocation, consisting in the dissemination of deliberately false information.

Deputy Mayor of Moscow Pyotr Biryukov asked the townspeople not to leave their homes without "emergency" due to "anomalous weather". According to Biryukov, "severe black ice is possible" on the streets. It's raining in Moscow right now with temperatures around zero. In the evening it will snow all over the city. Yandex estimates traffic jams in Moscow at 7 points.

The leadership of the social network for business communication and job search LinkedIn sent a letter to Roskomnadzor asking for a meeting, Vadim Ampelonsky, spokesman for the department, said. At the moment, he said, the letter from LinkedIn is being considered by the leadership of Roskomnadzor. Ampelonsky declined to comment further. “I can’t say anything more yet,” he added.

In Russia, it is planned to create "Cossack cyber squads" that will protect the Russian segment of the Internet from dangerous content. The creation of such structures is supposed to be a cooperation agreement concluded between the Safe Internet League and the Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technology and Management (First Cossack University).

The Russian government has decided to give out fewer woolen clothes to the military. This follows from the decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of November 4, 2016, which was published a week later. According to the document, in the next five years (until June 1, 2022), officers, ensigns and midshipmen in the Navy will not be issued woolen tunics, trousers and caps. At the same time, the ceremonial analogues of these things will be issued as before.

In South Africa, a flock of mongoose burst into the golf field during the game of the European tour of the professional association of golf. zombieannihlator15 “About 20 mongoose invaded the field. But they know that there is no need to intervene in the game, ”the European round official twitter reports . Animals interrupted the competition for a while. Where the flock moved after the golf field crossed, it is unknown.

Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev apologized for the Russian coup in Montenegro during a visit to Belgrade, unnamed sources close to the Serbian government told The Guardian. The interlocutor of the publication stressed that, according to Patrushev, the conspirators acted independently without the sanction of the Kremlin. After the visit of the head of the Security Council, adds The Guardian, the Russians were deported from Serbia.

The former head of the Odessa Regional State Administration, Mikheil Saakashvili, announced his decision to create a new political movement with the aim of changing power in Ukraine. “Our goal is to change the current so-called political elite, but in fact the hucksters and dregs of society that control the Verkhovna Rada, the Cabinet of Ministers and all branches of power in Ukraine,” Saakashvili said.