Real Madrid lost 1-4 to Ajax Amsterdam at home in the second leg of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League and were eliminated from the tournament. In the first half, already losing 0:2, Real made two forced substitutions. Real Madrid defender Nacho was sent off in stoppage time. Ajax midfielder Dusan Tadic scored a goal and provided two assists. Real Madrid have won the Champions League three years in a row.

MVK, the distributor of the Russian animated film Gurvinek: The Magic Game, has criticized the promise of a number of cinema chains to boycott its screening due to the Ministry of Culture's decision to postpone the release of the Belgian animated film The Royal Corgi. “At the moment, the producers and distributors of domestic cartoons and children, who will be left without any fresh cartoons at all this coming weekend, are being held hostage,” the company said in a statement.

Google Maps says it’s “corrected an error that caused a small number of Russian iOS users to see incorrect information.” The announcement follows complaints from federal lawmakers that Google Maps recently started marking the Crimean peninsula as Ukrainian territory for some users in Russia.

When children become caregivers Kristina Brazhnikova for Meduza Svetlana Trubnikova and Igor Trubnikov in Igor’s grandmother’s home. Vorobyovka, Voronezh Oblast, December 2018 When a parent contracts a serious physical or mental illness, the responsibility of caring for that parent can fall to a teenager or even a young child. Such cases are especially common when children are raised by one parent or another older relative. In the United States, there are more than one million child caregivers.

Google, after complaints from State Duma deputies about the display of Crimea as part of Ukraine on electronic maps, announced the correction of “an error due to which a small part of users <…> on iOS saw incorrect information.” The company emphasized that it follows local laws when displaying borders and makes "every effort to objectively depict disputed regions." On January 24, State Duma deputy from the Liberal Democratic Party Alexander Starovoitov said that on the Google map "it is

For the past six months, a little-known YouTube channel called Studio 188 has been publishing homemade, low-budget versions of major Hollywood trailers and television intros. Relying on household items like socks, sausages, and cellophane, and sometimes an application of face paint that would get them fired from American network TV, the small team of Russian creators has reimagined some of the most famous teasers to grace the Internet.

At the end of 2018, the Soviet court of Krasnodar declared four clips of the rapper Husky banned in Russia - “Judas”, “Poem about the Motherland”, “Bullet-Fool” and “Pyroman 17”. According to Pravozashchita Otkrytka, this was revealed in the Tagansky Court of Moscow, where Husky is trying to challenge the blocking of the Judas clip.

On March 4, Meduza published an investigative report by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) about an offshore empire that belongs to Ruben Vardianian, the former director of the investment bank Troika Dialog. Based on the same research, other major news outlets including The Guardian and Suddeutsche Zeitung published similar reports on Monday. The next day, across Europe, figures and institutions named in OCCRP’s materials found themselves under scrutiny.

The offices of Waterloo station and Heathrow and London City airports received parcels in the mail containing "small improvised explosive devices" on March 5, according to Scotland Yard. The parcel was opened only by employees of Heathrow headquarters. As a result, the envelope burned down; no harm done. The incidents had almost no effect on the operation of airports and the station. For a while, communication with London City Airport via the DLR light rail system was blocked.

Judges of the Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow will be placed under guard due to threats related to the "New Greatness" case. This was reported by Znak.com, citing a source in Moscow law enforcement agencies. According to the publication, the threatening message is being distributed via the WhatsApp messenger. Its authors allegedly demand that criminal prosecution in the New Greatness case be stopped, threatening to blow up the court building.

Go Nakamura / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Congressman Jerry Nadler at a demonstration against Donald Trump, February 18, 2019 The Chairman of the Law Committee of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, Jerry Nadler, announced the beginning of the large -scale investigation of the business and the political activities of Donald Trump. According to the American press, this can lead to the beginning of the impeachment of the president.

Miss_yubari Twitter user drew attention to the little-known Russian Utuub channel Studio 188 . Its creators shoot budget versions of teasers and screensavers of popular films and series. Dumplings, socks, cellophane bags and other improvised means serve as decorations and details of costumes. For example, the hairstyle of Sansa Stark from the teaser of the “Game of Thrones” was depicted using ordinary sausages. At the same time, the original videos are recognized in amateur RIMACS.

Justin Sullivan / Getty images Michael Jackson leaves the Santa Barbara court during the process on charges of molestation of minors, June 2, 2005 HBO showed the second part of the two -part film “Leaving Neverland” on March 4. His heroes Wade Robson and James Seefchak told why they decided to report sexual harassment by Michael Jackson only 20 years after what happened.

HBO (finally!) The trailer for the last season of Game of Thrones published. In it, the heroes are preparing for the decisive battle with the king of the night and his army of the dead. Read our trial analysis . In Russian AmediaTeka In English GameOFTHRONES In Russia, the premiere of the first episode of the eighth season of “Game of Thrones” will be held at Amediatek on the morning of April 15, Moscow time. In total, there will be six episodes in the season.

Galina Yuzefovich recommends new Russian books for international readers The three reviews below describe books that Meduza ’s resident literary critic, Galina Yuzefovich, has recommended to translators as examples of contemporary Russian fiction that merit international attention. All finalists for major awards, all written by women, and all published by the same highly respected imprint, these books represent some of the best-received fiction written in Russian within the past year.