Sergey Guneyev / Sputnik / Scanpix / LETA Like many high-ranking government officials, Alexander Bastrykin, the head of Russia’s Federal Investigative Committee, has a verified account on the social media network Vkontakte, where photos from state ceremonies are shared, along with posts about various aspects of life as one of Russia’s top cops: meeting celebrities, attending important meetings, congratulating famous public figures on things, and celebrating different holidays.

Explain in five schemes On August 31, the new series “Super Nepagod” , shot through the Marvel comics, is released. For those to whom this name does not mean anything, Meduza, together with IMAX, has prepared a brief visual guide for the confusing universe of the Heroes of Marvel. What studios owns Marvel Heroes In the late 90s, the Marvel comics studio began a new round of sales of rights to film adaptation of its own comics.

25-th of August. Bastrykin writes poetry about Navalny Main In the Krasnodar Territory, a bus with people fell into the sea , 18 people were killed . The bus was carrying workers to their shift, they were supposed to carry out repairs on the pier. But on the descent from the mountain, the brakes of the car failed, and the bus fell off the pier into the Kerch Strait.

The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, writes poetry and publishes it under the pseudonym Stanislav Strunevsky. Bastrykin-Strunevsky's poetry, as found out , is dedicated to love, Navalny, Ekho Moskvy, and Barack Obama. Meduza Readers of Meduza who have read this material do not seem to appreciate the work of the head of the Investigative Committee: at best, they compare him with battle rappers (in particular, with Purulent, also known as Valentin Dyadka).

The Russian group "Aigel" released a video for the song "Tatar". The main character of the clip is a former prisoner who left prison and goes to his beloved. “He does not want evil to anyone, he just wants to take a walk home,” the authors of the clip write. Do not believe them: along the way, the hero managed to beat and rob several people.

The leader of the Humpty Dumpty hacker group, Vladimir Anikeev, admitted that he partially forged the correspondence of Russian officials, which he then put up for auction. RBC reports this with reference to a source familiar with the investigation and lawyer Khazret Bizhoev.

Audio version of Vera Shengelia's report about people locked up in PNI About 150 thousand people live in Russian psycho-neurological boarding schools (PNI). Some get there from orphanages; others are sent to the PNI, having been declared incompetent (this means that a person is deprived of almost all civil rights). A year ago, the government announced the reform of the PNI.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Life in a boarding school. Report about people locked in stumps About 150 thousand people live in Russian psychoneurological boarding schools (PNI). Some get there from orphanages; Others are sent to PNI, recognizing incompetent (this means that a person loses almost all civil rights). A year ago, the federal government announced the reform of PNI.

"Gogol Center" will hold the premiere of the production "Little Tragedies" by the artistic director of the theater Kirill Serebrennikov, despite his house arrest. This was reported on the website of the theater. The premiere of the performance will take place on September 15-17 and October 28-29. “We thank all our viewers, friends and partners for their support. Your words and deeds are incredibly important to us, ”the message says.

"First Patent Company" / YouTube Anatoly Aronov Muscovite Anatoly Aronov has been inventing crazy cafes, tours and brands for several years, and then tells the media about them. For some reason, journalists believe in Aronov and talk about his initiatives from time to time. And even interview experts and officials. The BBC correspondent Nina Nazarova talked with Aronov, and found out why he was doing this.

"Russia 1" Andrei Malakhov left Channel One and became the host of the Live Air program on Russia. He replaced the host of this program Boris Korchevnikov, who will lead the Orthodox television channel "Spas". Malakhov invited his predecessor on his first air, and this is what came of it. Most of the statements of the presenters, we did not convey to the brevity literally, but retained their meaning. Some phrases, however, were just that. Most likely, you will easily recognize them.

Russian investigators are reviewing the death of Ivan Skripnichenko, the activist who died roughly a week after a pro-Putin thug attacked him while he was guarding the makeshift memorial to Boris Nemtsov at the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge. Police are reportedly treating the attack as a “fight,” not an assault. A forensic expert has been appointed to review his case, though it’s unclear if investigators are examining the attack a week before Skripnichenko died, or just his death on August 23.

NKOREAN travel agency, which was announced on August 24 as the "first official" North Korean travel agency, is actually a Russian company that has received a regular license to operate tours in the DPRK. Yulia Mukhtakhipova, Sales Director at NKOREAN, told Meduza about this. She explained that NKOREAN is not a tour operator, because it is not yet registered in this status with the Federal Tourism Agency.

Alexander Orlov, who hit the NTV journalist live, was sentenced to correctional work. Report "Medusa" Anton Novoderezhkin / TASS On August 25, 2017, the magistrate court sentenced Alexander Orlov, who accused Nikita Razvozhaev, who accused of attack on NTV journalist. Three weeks before, when Razvozhaev went out of Gorky Park to tell about the celebration of the Airborne Forces Day, Orlov approached the journalist and began to swear with obscenities, promising to “capture Ukraine”.

Lawyers for director Kirill Serebrennikov appealed against his house arrest. This was reported to Interfax by the press secretary of the Basmanny Court of Moscow, Yunona Tsareva. She clarified that the date for the consideration of the complaint has not yet been set. Kirill Serebrennikov was placed under house arrest on August 23. The defense asked to be released on bail. The director was forbidden to use the Internet, telephone and go outside.