A former separatist spoke out against the abuse of an opposition activist in Chechnya. Then Chechen law enforcement arrested his relatives. Martin Argles / The Guardian / Camera Press / Vida Press Akhmed Zakayev On September 10, former Chechen separatist commander Akhmed Zakayev told the media that his relatives were kidnapped and detained in Russia’s Chechnya, after he spoke out against the humiliation of a teenager involved in running the opposition Telegram channel 1ADAT .

One of the most delicate and noble films of the year received the Golden Leo and Golden Globe La Biennale di Venezia The final of the Venetian festival showed one of the main premieres - the American film "Land of Nomads" directed by Chloe Zhao. The producer and performer of the main role in this Road-Muy is the owner of the two Oscars Francis McDormand. Her heroine lost her husband and house and went on American roads where her eyes look.

Nominal opposition parties join forces to take on Russia’s ruling party in the town of Shuya At the beginning of August, a billboard with the words “Farewell, United Russia” went up in the town of Shuya in the Ivanovo Region (population: 57,000). It was accompanied by two other billboards, with the slogans “United Russia, get out of town” and “Shuya has a future, United Russia does not!” A billboard with the slogan “Farewell, United Russia.” Shuya, Ivanovo Region. August 29, 2020.

Kristoffer TripPlaar / Alamy / Vida Press On September 8, 2020, it became known that Roszdravnadzor issued a warning to the UNINITA company, which imports the OraQUick HIV express test. This document, according to the Speed ​​Center Foundation, says that the test is registered in Russia for professional use, and the instructions indicate that it can be used independently, and this violates the law. At the same time, Oraquick is registered as a house use test.

Russian politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned by a stronger version of Novichok than his previously known variants. According to Der Spiegel, this was announced last week during a secret meeting by the head of the German Federal Intelligence Service, Bruno Kahl. The publication does not specify where it received such information. Der Spiegel notes that according to the plan of the poisoners, Navalny was supposed to die on the plane.

In Russia, the third day the number of infected is growing. The number of infections in England is doubling every eight days. Russians do not believe in a pandemic Good evening, This is Meduza's mailing list about the coronavirus during the pandemic. It comes out on weekdays instead of Evening Medusa. If this letter was sent to you by someone you know and you have not yet subscribed to the mailing list, subscribe here .

Emin Jafarov/ Kommersant The Ministry of Finance of Russia has developed a new draft budget for the next three years. It is compiled taking into account a new reality: Russia is experiencing a severe crisis caused by coronavirus, which aggravated the drop in oil prices. Like many other countries, she responded to a crisis in the growth of budget expenditures, which due to which a significant deficit was formed in the budget.

Updated . Apple clarified that it has not yet removed applications from the store, but only notified the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company of the relevant requirements of the Ukrainian authorities. Four applications of the Russian media holding VGTRK have been removed from the Ukrainian version of the AppStore app store.

Kira Yarmysh / EPA / Scanpix / LETA Maria Pevchikh was among the group of six people who accompanied opposition figure and anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny on the trip to Siberia that ended with his poisoning . Now, the Transit Police Department for Russia’s Siberian Federal District is claiming that Maria Pevchikh — or as they’ve mistakenly called her, “Marina” Pevchikh — is refusing to testify.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. A department will appear in the UK to combat the rehabilitation of Nazism and the falsification of history. This is strange (even for security forces) and the initiative dangerous for citizens The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, announced the creation of a special department in the department.

In the suburbs, a Delivery Club courier molested an 11-year-old girl, Mash reported, citing the girl herself and her older sister. 11-year-old Valeria took an order from a Burger King restaurant from a courier, and later began to receive messages from him on WhatsApp. The courier offered the girl to "make friends", although, according to him, he knew that she was "small". Valeria blocked the courier. He deleted the correspondence, but the girl's older sister managed to take screenshots.

Studio Warner Bros. On September 9, she published the first trailer for the science fiction film “Dune” Denis Vilnev (“Running Blade 2049”). This is a film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novels, which tells about the struggle for power over the deserted planet Arrakis. There they extract a valuable substance called spice - it prolongs life, it is added to food and even used for cosmic navigation. Arrakis deserts are plowing giant sandworms, which spice produce.

The head of the Russian Center for Forensic Medical Examination, the chief freelance specialist in forensic medical examination Andrei Kovalev resigned of his own accord. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Health. RBC, citing sources, writes that the reason for Kovalev’s dismissal was a violation of labor discipline. The center headed by Kovalev took part in the study of Alexei Navalny's poisoning with organophosphorus compounds.

Gennady Soloviev / Shutterstock.com Mediazona published the story of a resident of Chita, who became the accused under the article on the justification of terrorism due to publication on VKontakte.

On September 10, 2020, an order of the Russian Ministry of Health was published on the official legal information portal, which establishes general rules for visiting patients in medical organizations, including intensive care units. In 2019, the first draft of this order was much criticized; since then it has changed , but in the final version some controversial provisions remained. Yes, in fact , since 2011 you can visit patients, and you can be with children all the time.