Inside Russia’s beauty pageant industry Kirill Shuchalin / 7x7 The “Miss Syktyvkar” contest, December 9, 2017 Every year, there are hundreds of beauty pageants staged throughout Russia, where women in towns, businesses, professional associations, and fanclubs battle to be crowned the prettiest. Local entrepreneurs run most of these contests using their own money or funds from sponsors. Only some of the winners go on to compete nationally and internationally.

Teacher of the Taganrog Metallurgical College, Honored Teacher of Russia Viktor Makarenko was fired shortly after he and his colleagues complained to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev about low salaries. This is reported by the Rostov website 161.ru.

Vyacheslav Prokofiev / TASS On February 2, writers, editors, publishers and librarians wrote an open letter to children's Ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova. A day earlier, speaking at a conference in the Russian State Children's Library, she introduced a list of 16 books that are not recommended for children and “even to show adults scary”. Perhaps Kuznetsova simply found this list on the Internet.

February 2. Ulyanovsk cadets - reprimand, Peskov - remark News The cadets of the Ulyanovsk Institute of Civil Aviation were reprimanded for the Satiffaction viral video, which gave rise to the most powerful and mental flash mob in Russia lately.

Human Rights Ombudsman in Russia Tatyana Moskalkova asked Deputy Interior Minister Alexander Romanov to transfer the case of Oyub Titiev, head of the Grozny branch of the Memorial human rights center, to the main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the North Caucasus Federal District. “According to [Moskalkova], this will contribute to greater objectivity and cause greater trust in society,” the press service of the commissioner added.

Ar / scanpix / leta Drowning and other reasons At the end of November 1981, the Hollywood actress Natalie Wood (also known as her roles in the “rebel for no reason” and “Wesets history”) went with a small company to ride a yacht near the island of Santa Catalin, not far from the California coast. A ship called Splendour belonged to Wood and her husband, actor Robert Wagner.

Alphabet Corporation (the parent company of Google) on February 1 published its financial report for 2017. It follows that the company's revenue for the year amounted to 110.9 billion dollars - 23% more than in 2016. But the most interesting number in the report is different. Alphabet has announced that it will buy back approximately $8.5 billion worth of its own shares. To be more precise, for 8589869056 dollars. And this is Google's Easter Egg.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Who is Klara Budilovskaya? In any post -Soviet city, there are mysterious inscriptions on the streets and walls, and sometimes exciting personal stories are hidden behind them.

The Afisha publication has discovered that the Russian lodge of Masons has account an Instagram . It is led by politician Andrey Bogdanov, who ran for president of Russia in 2008. Bogdanov's Facebook page indicates that he is the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Russia. Andrey Bogdanov Basically, Bogdanov uploads photos from congresses, assemblies and celebrations.

In Hamburg, an elite residential complex was built on the site of the Gestapo building. It is picked by anti -fascists Rasande Tyskar / Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) Construction of Stadthöfe, OKTBYAR 2014 The multifunctional Stadthöfe complex with an area of ​​100 thousand square meters was built in the very center of Hamburg. Its owners - a large developer company Quantum Immobilien - offer to buy 88 luxury apartments and rent a total of 15 thousand square meters of office premises.

Matt Damon - about the movie "In short", Ben Affleck and George Clooney Jacopo Raule / Gc Images / Getty images The anti -utopian satire of Alexander Payne “shorter” was released on the screens - about how people learned to decrease to several centimeters. The main role in this phantasmagoria was played by Matt Damon. Before the premiere of the film, the actor gave an interview to the film critics of "Medusa" to Anton Valley. - For the whole world, the movie star is a big man.

Louis Lanzano / AP / Scanpix / Leta The Republicans found a way if not to close the commission to investigate the relations of Donald Trump's entourage with Russian officials, then at least cast doubt on the objectivity of the investigation. In fact, the White House and the Republican Party declared the FBI war. Medusa says that it is known about the main political scandal in the United States of 2018. Update . On the evening of February 2, David Nunes’s secret note was published .

Against the law that prohibits talking about the involvement of the Poles in the Holocaust, the Poles themselves opposed KACPER PEMPEL / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Death Camp Aushvitz-Birkenu, located near the Polish city of Auschwitz. International Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust Victims, January 27, 2018 The Senate - the upper house of the Polish parliament - February 1, without amendments, adopted amendments to the Law on the Institute of National Memory.

In the city of Spas-Demensk, Kaluga region, a seventh-grade student attacked a classmate at school with a knife, after which he jumped out the window. It is reported by Interfax with reference to the RF IC. The victim received several injuries. After providing medical assistance, he was allowed to go home. The assailant, who jumped out of a classroom window on the third floor, is in the hospital with a suspected spinal fracture. There is no information about possible motives for the attack.

The Ministry of Justice published a new procedure for registering acts of civil status, which entered into force on January 1, 2018. The document, in particular, describes the procedure for marriage - from filing an application and appointing the date to the ceremony. If earlier, all formalities were required for 92 minutes, now it is 113.