The Russian Embassy’s (rather conspiratorial) theory of the Skripals’ poisoning Ben Stansall / AFP / Scanpix / LETA A hazardous materials team works near the bench in Salisbury where the Skripals were found after being poisoned. March 8, 2018 The Russian Embassy to the United Kingdom has published a press release in response to local media reports about the lives of Sergei and Yulia Skripal since their poisoning.

Update. About an hour after the cessation of flights, Heathrow announced the resumption of work. London Heathrow Airport has suspended all flights due to a drone found in the area of ​​the airfield. The police are checking whether the drone could pose a danger. According to Sky News, only the northern runway of the airport is closed, while the southern one, parallel to it, is still working. The last flight from Heathrow took place at 20:15 Moscow time, Flightradar24 notes .

Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya has been formally charged in New York with attempting to obstruct an investigation into money laundering by Prevezon Holding . As stated in the indictment, during the investigation of the case, the US Department of Justice requested assistance from the Russian authorities, but was refused.

Ben Stansall / AFP / Scanpix / Leta specialists in chemical protection near the bench in Salisbury, where they found Skripals. March 8, 2018 The Russian Embassy in the UK issued a press release in response to publications in local media about the life of Sergei and Julia Skripaley after poisoning. According to The Telegraph, the Russians are still watching doctors, but they are no longer in isolation.

American video blogger Anna Brisbin taught her dog Rimus to respond to Harry Potter spells. The dog falls on his back if he pronounces Avada Kedaur, brings the ball on the command “Actzio” and turns on the light in the room, it is worth her mistress “Lyumos”. Brizzy Voices

DDP Images / AA / ABACA / VIDA Press Bayer appointed the German chemical concern the head of the department for public relations and government structures of the 47-year-old Matthias Beringer. In 1994, he was elected the youngest in history as a deputy of the Bundestag from the green faction. Bernings worked in the German parliament for 13 years. In 2001-2005, he worked as a parliamentary state secretary of the German Food and Agriculture Ministry.

Turkish authorities plan to ask the United States to transfer bases in Syria to them after the completion of the withdrawal of American troops from the country, the Hurriyet newspaper writes, citing sources. Also, Turkey will be satisfied with the option in which the American bases will be destroyed. The main thing, the newspaper writes, on which Turkey will insist is that the Kurdish formations do not get the bases.

David Gray / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta In September, Apple cost more than a trillion of dollars. Now - only 700 billion On August 1, 2018, Apple published a financial report that turned out to be better than analysts' predictions - the company for the first time in its history has risen in price to a trillion dollars. Then one share of the corporation cost $ 207, but investors did not even think to stop: by the end of September they raised the value of securities to $ 232.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Peter and Paul Fortress - and during a meeting with the honorary builder of Russia Vladimir Bendet, he said that he received the title of lieutenant as an artilleryman. The message that Putin was the commander of a lifting platoon of howitzer artillery contributed to users of social networks, because before that this information was not mentioned in his official biography.

Japan took first place in the new version of the passport index, which is compiled by the consulting company Henley & Partners. According to the authors of the index, Japanese citizens can visit 190 countries without a visa. Second place is occupied by Singapore and South Korea (189 countries), the third - Germany and France (188 countries). Russia ranks 48th with 119 countries (a year ago there were 110).

Pascal Vila / Sipa / Scanpix / Leta Veran Tomich in 2017 In 2010, 42-year-old Veran Tomich robbed a Museum of Contemporary Art in Paris, stole a picture of Picasso, Matisse, Modigliani, Lege and a total cost of tens of millions of euros from there. The thief, whom the press began to be called "Spider-Man", was arrested a year later; He and his accomplices were convicted, but the location of the paintings is still unknown.

An unthinkable new holiday comedy, more about Paul Whelan, and Russian journalism's latest #MeToo scandal Tuesday, January 8, 2019 This day in history (42 years ago): On January 8, 1977, three terrorist bombings ripped through Moscow, reportedly killing seven people and injuring 37. No one ever claimed responsibility for the attacks, but the Soviet authorities later responded by executing three members of an Armenian nationalist group.

Pascal Pavani / AFP / Scanpix / Leta march "Yellow vests" in Toulouse, December 29, 2018 Quotes "The Prime Minister of France announced the need to punish for inconsistent shares" "The French authorities are preparing a law against aggressive participants in manifestations" "In France, they plan to begin to punish for inconsistent rallies" So the leading Russian media describe new legislative initiatives, about which French Prime Minister Eduar Philip spoke about on the evening of January 7.

British troops dismantle the roof of Sergei Skripal's home in Salisbury, where he was allegedly poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok. According to the Press Association , local authorities sent a letter to residents of the area, notifying them that work would begin in the near future. The building will be covered with a special dome, after which the roof will be completely dismantled and replaced with a new one. The authorities described the health risk to residents as "low".

At the end of 2018, border guards did not release Maxim Ivanov from Russia from Russia-due to the debts of his full namesake. Then we asked the readers of Medusa, whether they had to face similar situations. A total of about a hundred letters came to us-it turns out that because of namesakes you can not only not leave the country, but also face a lot of other problems.