How a Russian teenager faced years of abuse from her own mother and finally tried to escape Zhenya Rodionova’s VKontakte page On September 6, Zhenya Rodionova, a 15-year-old girl from the Moscow region, published a post on Instagram asking for help. A few days later, she reposted it in a group called Anonymous Haters on the Russian social media network VKontakte.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has ordered bonuses to be made available for law enforcement, military, and National Guard officers who work during mass protests. The bonuses will be issued on a month-to-month basis and will constitute up to 100 percent of the recipient’s salary for that month. They will apply to officers serving in Moscow and the Moscow region as well as St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region.

Russian governor draws criticism for forcing firefighter to leap for keys to new fire-engine Official online portal for the Chuvashia Republic authorities Update: Mikhail Ignatiev has been fired . Mikhail Ignatiev, the head of Russia’s Chuvashia Republic, is facing criticism in Moscow after he forced a firefighter at an official ceremony in Cheboksary to leap for the keys to a new fire-engine.

Astronauts Kristina Koch and Luke Pramitano will go down in history as the first to prepare a cookie in space. Their task was to test the stove for the ISS, designed for cooking in conditions of microgravity. This device can be useful for long space flights. At the end of December, at Christmas, Koch and Parmytano made five cookies. At the same time, they could not eat them - baking had to be sent to the ground on the SpaceX capsule. Therefore, the astronauts had to control themselves.

Aeroflot Airlines invited passengers without a commission to pass or exchange tickets for flights to China, scheduled for the period from January 24 to February 7.

How to correctly sort waste and not abandon this business in a week? Frank / Shutterstock From January 1, Moscow switches to separate collection of garbage. Moreover, the initiative applies not only to residents of apartment buildings, but also to shops, restaurants and other infrastructure and trade facilities. Governors of other regions are also entrusted with more actively introducing separate waste collection.

Russian investors ceased to cooperate with Andrei Zvyagintsev. The director believes that the matter is in self -censorship Sergey Fadeichev / TASS / Scanpix / Leta In Kommersant, a column of film critic and observer Andrei Plakhov “In -Reasonable Relations” came out, in which the author claims that producers and investors refuse to cooperate with Andrei Zvyagintsev.

Dmitry Rogulin / TASS / Scanpix / Leta The Kremlin wants to vote on amendments to the Constitution, initiated by Vladimir Putin, more than half of citizens took part. Moreover, most of them should vote for the changes proposed by the President in the main law of the country - that is, the voting results must comply with the requirements for the referendum.

How a Russian startup is changing Europe's vegetarian food market Evgeny Feldman for Meduza A decade ago, demand for vegan and vegetarian products began to grow rapidly across Europe and in North America. By 2018, the global vegan food market size was valued at $12.69 billion and expected to expand to over $24 billion by 2025. Vegetarians and vegans account for only part of this growing demand.

US Attorney / AP / Scanpix / Leta Participants in BAZ Brian Patrick Lamli and Patrick Matthew at the exit of a firearm store in Delaware January 1, 2020. Two weeks later, Lamli and Matthews were arrested Last week, the FBI arrested seven participants in the neo -Nazi group "Base" . Depending on the role of everyone, they were accused of illegal storage of weapons, preparing the murder and vandalism. These arrests attracted attention to the “base”, the existence of which became known in 2018.

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has established a bonus for police officers, military personnel, and employees of the Russian National Guard working at protests. An additional payment of up to 100% of salary is provided for work “in conditions of increased complexity” for law enforcement officers serving in Moscow and the Moscow region, as well as St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region.

Two cats of the American color-point breed died on the Aeroflot plane, which was flying from New York to Moscow on January 22. The owner of the animals Maksim Chumachenko told Baza about this. Cats were transported in the luggage compartment of the liner, the animals were injured and died from internal hemorrhage. Another cat Chumachenko flew by transfer, she got frostbite.

Two employees of the Russian Embassy in Bulgaria have been declared persona non grata. The corresponding official notes were handed to the Russian ambassador at the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry, the diplomatic mission reported on Facebook. The report notes that the ambassador was not provided with evidence of the illegal activities of diplomats. However, they will leave Bulgaria within the dates specified in the notes (which is not specified).

Leeds Museums & Galleries / Swns / Scanpix / Leta How did the voice of the ancient Egyptian priest sounded, who lived more than three thousand years ago? And so! Guardian News It became possible to hear the priest Nesiamun, who lived under the pharaoh Ramses XI, thanks to scientists from London and York universities. How they achieved this: to begin with the mummy, they made computed tomography.

Alexey Nikolsky / Pool / TASS / Scanpix / Leta Russian President Vladimir Putin during a visit to Bethlehem on January 23 raised a cap that fell from the head of an honorary guard officer. And then he returned it to its place! The video was the first to publish Mahammad Atik on his Facebook, a personal photographer of the Palestinian leader of Mahmoud Abbas, accompanying him with the signature of President Putin to the Palestinian Guard.