MTS and Channel One have agreed to create a joint venture and strategic partnership, within the framework of which MTS will distribute Channel One content on the Internet. This is stated in a press release from the companies received by Meduza.

The Norwegian Academy of Sciences has awarded the Abel Prize to Israeli Hillel Furstenberg and Russian-American Gregory Margulis. The scientists were awarded the prize for their "pioneering use of methods from probability theory and dynamics in group theory, number theory, and combinatorics." They applied random walks to study objects such as groups and graphs. Grigory Margulis was born in Moscow in 1946 and graduated from the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Moscow State University.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. The old man graduated from the journey. "Medusa" tells the story of Eduard Limonov - from youth to this day On March 17, the writer and opposition politician Eduard Limonov died . Throughout his life, he was almost always an exception to the general rule. In the 1960s-an officially unrecognized poet.

Sony has revealed the technical specifications of its next generation PlayStation 5 console. The console will receive an 825 gigabyte SSD with a transfer rate of up to 5.5 gigabytes per second, which is almost two orders of magnitude more than the basic version of the PlayStation 4. The new console will be equipped with a 10.28 teraflops graphics chip (the PlayStation 4 has 1.84 teraflops ) and 16 gigabytes of RAM.

Can Russia’s healthcare system handle the coronavirus outbreak? Evgeny Ilnitsky / EPA / Scanpix / LETA As the Russian authorities continue to report relatively low numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases, state officials have already started enacting emergency measures, such as closing schools nationwide and asking senior citizens to stay at home.

In a March 18 meeting with residents of Sevastopol, Crimea, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed concerns that holding a nationwide vote on his proposed constitutional changes amid the COVD-19 pandemic would pose risks to voters’ health. The vote, which would set the stage for Putin to hold the presidency until 2036, is currently scheduled for April 22.

Update. On March 19, the Growth Party recommended that Sergei Shnurov be nominated for by-elections to the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. Musician Sergei Shnurov, who joined the Party of Growth in February, submitted documents to participate in by-elections to the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly in the 21st district. Writes about this "Kommersant".

A student from California, Edward Haas, based on data from Johns Hopkins University, compiled a map of the spread of coronavirus in different countries of the world. He published the source code and the finished visualization on GitHub . The map shows how for a long time the virus did not spread outside of one region of China, after which it spread to Western Europe and the Middle East. Photo in the announcement: STR / AFP / Scanpix / LETA

Many Russians cannot return to the country due to the closure of borders and the abolition of flights. This is what they say Swns / Scanpix / Leta Marrakesh airport On March 17, the Russian Foreign Ministry admitted that many Russian citizens who went abroad before the start of mass cancellation of flights and closing borders due to coronavirus were now “in a difficult situation” and cannot return home.

Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov personally visited the chain store to check the availability of goods on the shelves. The check showed: there are a lot of products, there are no queues. This information was confirmed on camera by the customer, with whom the governor spoke. Coincidence or not, but the customer turned out to be an extras actress Nadezhda Mikryukova. She can be seen in such series as "Secrets of the Investigation", "Sea Devils. Tornado 3" and "High stakes".

The total number of cases of coronavirus infection COVID-19 exceeded 200 thousand people. This was announced by the Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Ghebreyesus. The number of deaths, according to WHO, has exceeded 8 thousand people. Now the countries with the largest daily increase in cases are Italy, Germany, Spain, the United States and Iran. Every day, more than a thousand new cases are recorded in each of these countries.

An interview with the CEO of Russia’s largest medical equipment company on the country’s coronavirus prospects and his own struggle to get a test approved Evgeny Sofiichuk / TASS / Scanpix / LETA On March 16, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova announced plans to multiply the number of coronavirus tests available in Russia and start free testing throughout the country.

We were so happy that Little Big will go from Russia to Eurovision. But the competition was (quite expectedly) canceled due to the coronavirus. It's a shame? Still would! It is difficult to imagine what the members of the group are feeling now - for example, the leader of Little Big Ilyich, aka Ilya Prusikin. Blogger and friend of Prusikin Eldar Dzharakhov recorded a tiktok with the musician’s reaction and the caption “When you go to Eurovision, which was canceled.” “Ilyu-yu-yuha!

Valentin Ogirenko / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta in Kyiv from March 18 for two weeks closed the metro. Such a measure for the fight against coronavirus was proposed by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. In the city with a population of 3.7 million people, a transport collapse began, huge lines lined up at the stops of ground transport. The restrictions on the number of passengers in bus and trolley bus salons, as well as the requirements for protective masks, were not respected.

The US dollar exchange rate during the daytime trading on the Moscow Exchange exceeded 80 rubles. Since the beginning of the day, the US currency has strengthened by more than 4 rubles. The last time the dollar was worth more than 80 rubles on February 11, 2016. The euro exchange rate on the evening of March 18, shortly before the close of trading, rose above 88 rubles. The depreciation of the ruble occurs against the backdrop of falling oil prices.