An inside look at Russia’s rental friendship industry Olya Levina for Meduza In the early 2010s, posts advertising so-called “friends for hire” began appearing on Russian-language websites. They allowed Internet users to pay an hourly fee for an apparently ordinary person to listen to them, give them emotional support, or simply chat for a while as though they really were an understanding longtime friend.

Ruslan Gorring, former deputy head of Rosgeologia, has been detained on suspicion of large-scale fraud, Interfax reports with reference to the Investigative Committee. “Gorring was detained at the capital's Vnukovo airport. Currently, he is being brought to the investigator for interrogation as a suspect in committing fraud on an especially large scale, ”the press service of the Moscow Region Department of the Investigative Committee said. Update.

Richard Gir - about his role in the television thriller "Mother" Fabio Mazzarella / Sintesi / Photoshot / Vida Pressi On March 6, the BBC Two British television channel and on March 7 at Amediatk began to be released by the Mother Mother. This is a psychological thriller about a family relationship that has an influential media imperial. The main role is the Max Finch Magnata - the American actor Richard Gir grunted.

Ruslan Gorring, the former deputy director of the Russian state-owned geological holding Rosgeo, was detained by federal agents at a Moscow airport on March 8, according to the television network REN TV . Gorring apparently planned to fly to Sochi, buying tickets on three different flights, in an apparent effort to evade the authorities. When he finally tried to board the third plane, FSB agents were waiting for him.

A US court has jailed WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning for refusing to testify before a grand jury as part of an investigation into the organization, the Associated Press reports. The judge said she will remain in custody until she testifies or until the jury has completed its deliberations. Manning declined to testify because the trial was closed and said she told everything she knew when she appeared before the tribunal.

The creators of The Simpsons have decided to retire the 1991 episode The Totally Mad Dad , in which Michael Jackson voiced one of the characters. The decision came after the release of the HBO movie Leaving Neverland, in which two men revealed they were sexually harassed by the singer as children. The episode will not air on television and will be removed from streaming services. She will also be excluded from future DVD and Blu-ray releases of the series.

This Thursday, on the eve of International Women’s Day, members of the pro-Putin organization “Set” (Network) barged into a feminist cafe in St. Petersburg, filming themselves handing out flowers and shouting holiday chants, while ignoring repeated demands that they leave.

On March 6, journalists drew attention to the fact that US President Donald Trump at a meeting at the White House addressed the head of Apple, Tim Cook, "Tim Apple". The president praised the businessman for the fact that Apple is investing in the US economy, and ended the speech with the words: "We really appreciate it, Tim Apple." The word apple sounded like a surname - although what Trump really wanted to say is unknown. The president himself did not comment on the reservation.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. “Everyone did it, but this is not normal.” How the offshore empire "Troika-Dialog" worked OCCRP journalist Olesya Shmagun tells Konstantin Benyumova how she worked on an investigation of the offshore empire of the Troika Dialog Investbank.

Oppositionist Ilya Yashin said the police officer advised the administration of the nursing home where his grandmother lives to “return her” to her relatives.

In celebration of International Women’s Day, Meduza in English is highlighting the work of eight women who write literature in Russian but are poised to make major breakthroughs in English translation. Each of these miniature profiles includes a taste of the author’s writing, a brief description of her career, and a list of key translations or interviews that have already brought her voice into English. Galina Rymbu Опубликовано Иваном Овсянниковым Вторник, 26 июля 2016 г.

Members of the Prooputin organization "Network" on March 7 staged an action in the St. Petersburg feminist cafe Simon, where men are usually prohibited for men. Activists came with tulips buckets in the hours when the institution was closed for men, and announced that they wanted to congratulate women on March 8. They shot the action on the video. They ignored the requirements to leave until they left flowers indoors and shouted in chorus “congratulations”.

TBS Since February, the first season of “miracle workers” (“Miracle Workers”) - a light, cheerful and life -affirming multi -part sitcom about the ejacusive god, his obstinate subordinates and the approaching end of the world has been published on the American TBS and in the Russian Kinopoisk. The main roles in it are played by Daniel Radcliffe and Steve Bushemi.

The Crew Dragon spacecraft, developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX to carry astronauts to the International Space Station, has undocked from the ISS after a five-day joint flight. It is expected to splash down in the Atlantic Ocean in about six hours. Update. Crew Dragon has successfully parachuted to the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. Now the only means of delivering crews to the ISS are the Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

In Kislovodsk, a court has suspended MMA fighter Alexander Emelianenko 's driving license for a year and a half for refusing to undergo a medical examination for intoxication. Emelianenko was also fined 30 thousand rubles. Emelianenko is under administrative arrest after he was detained in Kislovodsk on March 1 for drunk driving and causing an accident. He was found guilty of failing to comply with a police officer.