Combatant from the Russian mercenary group tied to 'Putin's chef' grants Meduza the first interview of its kind Marat Gabidullin’s personal archive The Wagner private military company (PMC) entered the war in Syria in 2015. Since then, it has been involved in a dozen localized conflicts around the world. Despite its hundreds of mercenaries killed in action, direct confrontation with the U.S. military, and reported links to the Kremlin , it remains a very secretive formation.

"Krasnodar" in the match of the fifth round of the group stage of the Champions League defeated the French "Rennes". The meeting, held in Krasnodar, ended with the score 1:0. The only goal was scored by Markus Berg in the 71st minute. Thanks to the victory, Krasnodar secured third place in the group and access to the spring part of the Europa League. Before Krasnodar's victory over Rennes, Russian clubs have never won a match (excluding qualifying games) in the current European Cup season.

South Korea's parliament has approved a bill allowing K-pop stars to receive a deferment from military service. In South Korea, military service is compulsory for all males between the ages of 18 and 28. Under the previous law, exceptions were allowed only for famous actors, athletes and classical musicians - they were allowed to defer service for up to 30 years.

Carnegie Moscow Center focus-group study finds consensus among Russians on social spending, but strongly divergent views when it comes to economic and foreign policy Kremlin Press Service In a November research paper for the Carnegie Moscow Center, Denis Volkov, Andrei Kolesnikov, and Alexey Levison summarized the results of their focus-group study examining Russians’ expectations for the country’s foreseeable future.

By the end of December, Pobeda Airlines canceled 110 flights to airports in seven cities due to the commissioning of a new air navigation system. Such calculations were carried out by RBC, their accuracy was confirmed by the airline itself. The airline canceled 30% of flights to Astrakhan, Izhevsk, Kirov, Kurgan, Magas, Petrozavodsk and Yaroslavl.

Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov signed a decree tightening anti-coronavirus restrictions for the period of the New Year holidays. It is posted on the city's website. In accordance with Beglov's decision, all catering establishments will be closed in the city from December 30 to January 3. The ban on work will not apply to cafes at train stations and airports, as well as industrial canteens. At the same time, catering establishments will be able to operate take-out.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Karabakh after the victory of Azerbaijan: Armenians leave, but before that they burn their homes and take the remains of loved ones from the graves. Says journalist Alexander Chernykh The war in Nagorno -Karabakh ended three weeks ago. Armenia and Azerbaijan came to an agreement on a truce.

On the Utuub channel of the Literary critic of the "Medusa" Galina Yuzefovich, an interview with the writer Zakhar Prilepin was published. Within an hour they talked about the new book of Prilepin “Yesenin. Promising the meeting ahead ”, about politics, including about the Donbass, and about Prilepin’s relationship with Eduard Limonov.

Sumudu Mohottige / Unsplash Security Expert from Google Project Zero Ian Bir found a vulnerability into iOS, which allows you to grab control over the device at a distance. He described the details on his blog. In the BIR scheme, the vulnerability of the patented Apple AWDL protocol was used, with the help of which, in particular, the Airdrop function used to transmit photos works. At the same time, the expert managed to make AWDL turn on even on the iPhones on which he was disabled earlier.

The US Secretary of State under Bayden will be Tony Blinken. This is how he will change the American external course (and what to wait for Russia) Chandan Khanna / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Three weeks after the election of the US President, the current President Donald Trump finally initiated the process of transferring power. An important part of it is the selection of candidates for members of the new administration.

Putin said that large-scale vaccination in Russia will begin in a week. The UK approved Pfizer's vaccine ahead of the Americans. The Supreme Court allowed not to serve customers without masks 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 .

Spotify musical streaming service summed up the results of 2020. True, in the case of Russia, this is rather the results of six months, given that the service officially launched only in July. Spotify forms special cards, from which you can find out what songs, genres and which performers each specific user listened to the most in 2020. And some of the personal cards with the results look insulting-primarily because of the names of the songs themselves.

Anatoly Chubais leaves the post of head of the state corporation Rosnano. Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to head Rosnano to Sergey Kulikov, deputy chairman of the Military-Industrial Commission, Interfax reports. “Sergey Alexandrovich, you know that you are invited to head one of our largest development structures, Rusnano.

Stas Reshetnyak page in VKontakte Stas Reshetnyak Law enforcement agencies launched an audit on the death of a woman during Stream Yetyub-blogger Stas Reshetni. It is reported by TASS. Stream led from a private house in the village of Ivanovka Ramensky district. As Life writes , the remitter and his friend consumed alcohol and mocked a woman - in particular, the blogger sprayed her in the face of a pepper spray. Then the Signac drove her out into the street without outerwear.

Disney On December 3, Anna Melikyan Melikyan “Three” is released on December 3 - a film about a pair of successful wealthy Muscovites and one Petersburger, between which a love affair is tied. The main characters were played by Konstantin Khabensky, Victoria Isakova and Julia Peresild. In addition to them, no one appears in the frame - for the operator work on the last “Kinotavr” they awarded Nikolai Zheludovich, who shot the picture.