Moscow police have opened a criminal case in connection with the attack on Kommersant photojournalist Anatoly Zhdanov. As Kommersant reports, the case was opened under the article “Battery by a person subject to administrative punishment for a similar act.” During the investigation of the case on November 13, Moscow police made their first arrest.

Roskomnadzor has demanded that the legal community "Team 29" remove from its website an article by "Bolotnaya case" defendant Alexei Polikhovich about prison life by November 17, otherwise the site will be blocked. As reported on the Team 29 website, the article in question was titled “Blue Light in the Dark: How to Establish Communication in Prison,” which was published in January.

The St. Petersburg Office of Rospotrebnadzor has suspended the activities of Zoom cafe on Gorokhovaya Street due to violation of anti-coronavirus restrictions, Fontanka reports , citing the sanitary service protocol. It is not specified for how long the cafe will be closed. Zoom cafe was closed after a special operation by Rospotrebnadzor and the police, the cafe owner Pavel Shteynluht said in an appeal to the Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights in St. Petersburg, Alexander Abrosimov.

The wife of Tomsk Mayor Ivan Klyayn — the general director of the company “Tomskoe Pivo” (Tomsk Beer), Galina Klyayn — reportedly threw a pillowcase full of her family’s banking records out of a window moments before investigators searched their home on Friday, November 13. This was first reported by the news outlet Mash on the day of the search. Sources later confirmed these reports to the newspaper Kommersant.

The authors behind two separate packages of amendments to Russia’s Family Code have withdrawn their initiatives from the State Duma following backlash over proposed changes that would impact child protective services and the rights of transgender people.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the Russian Defense Ministry to sign an agreement with the Republic of Sudan on the establishment of a logistics center for the Russian Navy in that country. The corresponding order was published on the legal information portal. Earlier in November, the Russian government approved a draft of a corresponding agreement between Russia and Sudan. TASS indicates that the document was preliminarily worked out with the Sudanese authorities.

What you need to know about Moldova’s 2020 elections and first woman president Sergey Gapon / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Maia Sandu. November 16, 2020. On Sunday, November 15, Moldova held a second round of voting in its 2020 presidential elections. Opposition candidate Maia Sandu won , becoming the first woman president in the country’s history.

David France's documentary "Welcome to Chechnya" became available to users from Russia on the official pages of the BBC Russian Service on YouTube and VKontakte . BBC News - Russian Service In addition to Russian users, the film is available for residents of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. The BBC Russian Service announced that it had received the right to distribute the film in these countries.

Every night, a resident of Canada James Blackwood from the province of New Scotland feeds raccoons living in local forests, after which it uploads a video about this on the UTUB channel Raccoon Whisperer (“Raccoon Caster”). Recently, Blackwood published a video that, unlike other videos, watched millions of users. In this record, he feeds raccoons with sausages, after which he brings another treat - cookies, and then dog food. You just look at how raccoons react to treats!

Jan Pitman / AP / Scanpix / Leta AC / DC at a concert in Munich. From left to right: Brian Johnson, Malcolm Young, Phil Radd, Angus Young and Cliff Williams. June 17, 2003 On November 13, 2020, the Power Up album was released-the 17th in the AC/DC discography, the most loud group on the planet. As they succeeded, it seems that the musicians themselves do not fully understand.

In the city of Kirensk, Irkutsk region, human remains were found on one of the roads. They were in the sand, which was sprinkled on the road in mid-November to protect against ice. Photos posted on social media show the skull and other bones. On November 15, police launched an investigation into the incident.

U.S. stocks rose after Moderna announced that its coronavirus vaccine was 94.5% effective. Thus, the S&P 500, one and a half hours after the opening of trading, rose to 3624 points, (+1.1%), Dow Jones - up to 29924 points (+1.3%), and Nasdaq-100 - up to 12020 points (+0.85 %). The gains in major stock indices were less significant than a week earlier , when another US company, Pfizer, announced that its joint vaccine with BioNTech showed a 90% effectiveness.

Moderna announced the 95 percent effectiveness of her vaccine. The first Russian region introduced tough restrictions. Christmas trees are canceled in the Kremlin, and in Belgium-quarantine for Santa Claus 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 .

Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has filed a defamation lawsuit against Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov. The claim has been sent to Moscow’s Presnensky District Court, which has yet to set a trial date.

Jennifer Lorenzini / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Players of the San Marino national team congratulate each other after the match with Gibraltar The San Marino national football team is the weakest football team in the world, in the FIFA ranking it takes the last 210th place. San Marino does not just lose almost all of his matches, but loses with a devastating score. For example, the team met with the Russian team four times and missed 25 goals.