In the city of Conflans-Saint-Honorine, 27 kilometers from Paris, a history teacher at a local college was beheaded, according to Le Monde. According to Le Figaro and Actu17 , he showed students caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in class. Le Monde clarifies that the lesson was about freedom of speech. Updated. French President Emmanuel Macron called the assassination an "Islamic terrorist attack." The attacker was shot dead. He may be related to one of the students, adds Le Figaro.

The Human Rights Council (HRC) under the President of the Russian Federation asked Rospotrebnadzor to explain whether gloves are required in public places during the COVID-19 epidemic. The letter from the head of the council, Valery Fadeev, to the head of the department, Anna Popova, is quoted by the HRC website.

The family of Russian journalist Irina Slavina, who self-immolated outside of the police headquarters in Nizhny Novgorod on October 2, have published an open letter stating that they plan to continue work on the publication she founded, Koza.Press. “Regarding the fate of Koza.Press , the family declares that the publication will definitely exist. Margarita Murakhtayeva, Irina Slavina’s daughter and a philology student, is already working on the project at the moment.

The Russian Investigative Committee has declined to open a criminal case over the death of Russian nationalist Maxim Martsinkevich, reports the state news agency TASS. Better known by his nickname “Tesak” (Hatchet), Martsinkevich died in a prison cell in Chelyabinsk in mid-September.

Valery Sharifulin / TASS On October 16, it became known that Tinkoff Bank refused a deal with Yandex. The negotiations were officially announced a little less than a month ago, and Yandex investors perceived this news positively. But the quotes of the Tinkoff Bank began to fall, and this influenced Oleg Tinkov's mood. But the main thing is that he was not ready to completely give control over the bank, the interlocutors of the "Medusa" agree on the opinion.

Frame from the conference broadcast In Moscow, on October 16, a round table “Editing the genome of germ cells and human embryo genome was held: a socio -humanitarian examination”, which was led by Maria Vorontsova, the eldest daughter of Vladimir Putin. The round table took place as part of the conference “Bioetics and Genetics: Calls of the XXI Century”, which took place at the RIA Novosti agency’s press center with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

Belarusian security expert Yahor Lebiadok breaks down military cooperation between Moscow and Minsk “Vayar” / EPA / Scanpix / LETA The “Slavic Brotherhood” joint military exercises in Brest, Belarus on September 16, 2020 One of the defining turns that took place during the protests in Belarus was Russia abandoning its neutral, wait-and-see position in favor of throwing strong support behind Alexander Lukashenko.

Why are the masks still need to be worn. WHO named the drug for Covid ineffective. In Russia, income falls and the population is reduced Good evening, This is the Medusa newsletter about the coronavirus during the pandemic. She comes out on weekdays instead of the "evening jellyfish." If one of your friends sent this letter to you and you have not yet been subscribed to the newsletter, subscribe here . If you read this on the site, share a link on social networks.

The Chinese Academy of Electronics and Information Technologies has experienced a system of mass launch of drones-Kamikadze, writes Business Insider. From the installation, you can simultaneously release 48 drones. China Electronics Technology Group Corporation/YouTube/Thomas YbH Testing the Chinese Mass Starting Drones system of drones The drones are equipped with a retractable wing, as Business Insider writes, each drone carries a fragmentation and buffet shell.

During a video conference on Friday with members of Russia’s National Security Council, Vladimir Putin proposed offering to extend the New START treaty with the United States by another year “unconditionally” in order to salvage “substantive talks” on arms control. The New START agreement is due to expire in February 2021.

The Investigative Committee refused to open a criminal case into the death of neo-Nazi Maxim Martsinkevich (Tesak) in a Chelyabinsk pre-trial detention center. It is reported by TASS. “We have not yet received an official refusal, but today was the last day allowed by law to consider an application to initiate a criminal case, and a source in the Chelyabinsk investigation told me that the investigator had issued a refusal,” said lawyer Aleksey Mikhalchik.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. The Netherlands allowed euthanasia for all seriously ill, including children under 12 years old. In Russia, this is impossible - and the point is not in the law, but in basic values In the coming months, the Netherlands will be allowed to use euthanasia for seriously ill children aged one year to 12 years. After long discussions, the government came to such a decision and promises to issue this right legally.

District attorneys in Moscow have started reviewing local scientific and educational institutions, asking universities to provide information about any students involved in protests or publications about the difficulties of life in Russia. The “University Solidarity” student union first reported the new inquiry on Friday, citing orders addressed to RANEPA (the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation).

The family of journalist Irina Slavina, who set herself on fire near the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Nizhny Novgorod Region, published an open letter in which they stated that they would continue working on the KozaPress publication. Regarding the fate of KozaPress, the family says that the publication will definitely exist. Margarita Murakhtaeva, daughter of Irina Slavina and at the same time a student of the Faculty of Philology, is already working on the project.

The chain of events that led to Tinkoff Bank’s sale to Yandex falling through Sergey Bobylev / TASS / Scanpix / LETA September 22 ↓ TCS Group, Tinkoff Bank’s parent company, announces that it has reached an “agreement in principle” with Yandex on the sale of the bank. The deal will total $5.48 billion. The company’s press release emphasizes that they have yet to work out the final terms of the agreement.