Carnegie Moscow Center experts explain why Russia is setting up a naval base in Sudan Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Port Sudan on the Red Sea. February 24, 2014. In recent years, the main indicator of Russia’s military presence in Africa has been the activities of mercenaries and political consultants associated with Kremlin-linked oligarch Evgeny Prigozhin . But now, for the first time since the Soviet era, Moscow is set to make its presence official.

Khadizhat Kadyrova, the 20-year-old daughter of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has become the head of the department of preschool education in Grozny. This was announced on Instagram by the head of the Chechen government committee on preschool education Aslanbek Dzhunaidov. “This appointment, of course, is evidence of trust on the part of the leadership of the republic, recognition of the managerial talent and business qualities of the leader,” Dzhunaidov wrote.

In the Moscow region, from December 31 to January 10, it will be possible to enter cafes, restaurants and entertainment venues only if there is a negative test for coronavirus. The corresponding decree ( .pdf ) of Governor Andrey Vorobyov is published on the website of the Moscow Region government. The same requirement is valid in hotels of the region from December 28 to January 15.

The new episode "Tell Gordeeva" The new heroine of Yetyub-Show “Tell Gordeeva”-Diana Vishneva, the prima of the Mariinsky Theater and the first Russian ballerina after the collapse of the USSR, which received worldwide recognition. For more than 10 years, she was an invited soloist of the American ballet theater, performed at La Scala and the Paris Opera.

Former girlfriend of actor Shia LaBeouf, singer FKA twigs (Talia Debrett Barnett) filed a lawsuit against him in a Los Angeles court. This writes the New York Times (NYT). In the lawsuit, Barnett accuses LaBeouf of sexual assault, emotional distress, and deliberately infecting her with a sexually transmitted disease.

Zohra Bensemra / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Front Polisario Front in Western Sahara On December 10, US President Donald Trump announced that Morocco and Israel, with his mediation, had agreed to establish diplomatic relations - Morocco has already become the fourth Arab country over the past few months that recognized the Jewish state.

Putin says that the murders of Boris Nemtsov and Galina Starovoitova have been solved. Is that true? Anatoly Maltsev / EPA / Scanpix / LETA During a meeting with the Human Rights Council on Thursday, December 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the high-profile murders of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov and State Duma deputy Galina Starovoitova have been solved. In particular, he said that in addition to the perpetrators, the people who ordered the killings have been found.

How isolation and loneliness affect people. Excessive mortality in Russia continues to grow. ASTRAZENECA and Hamalei Center will conduct clinical research on the combination of their vaccines 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 .

Defense Team of Brandon Berbard / EPA / Scanpix / Leta Brandon Bernard (in the foreground) in anticipation of the death penalty in the Terre-Hot Smo-Hot Smares in Indiana, December 10, 2020 On December 10, the 40-year-old Brandon Bernard, convicted of complicity in double murder and robbery, was executed . Bernard committed a crime at the age of 18 and spent more than half of his life in prison, having not received a single penalty in all this time.

Russia’s response to school shootings has overlooked underlying causes, says new ‘Mediazona’ report In a new article published by Mediazona, journalist Elizaveta Pestova argues that Russia’s response to increasingly common school shootings has been too heavy-handed. She spoke to multiple scholars who say the country’s authorities are ignoring the phenomenon’s underlying problems: bullying and a lack of support from parents and teachers. Meduza summarizes Pestova’s report.

The Russian pipe-laying vessel Fortuna has begun the completion of a section of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. The construction is carried out in the exclusive economic zone of Germany at a depth of about 30 meters. As part of the stage that has begun, Fortuna will lay a 2.6-kilometer section. The construction of Nord Stream 2 was suspended in December 2019 after the United States imposed sanctions on the project.

We tell how they tried to find him when he stopped in touch Gavan / Getty images On December 11, the South Korean film director Kim Ki Duk died in the 60th year of his life. This happened in the Latvian hospital, among the reasons the complications after Covid are called. For several years, the director has shot films in the post-Soviet space after in 2017-2018 several actresses in South Korea accused him of sexual violence on the set.

That's what we will watch in the next five years! Marvel teasers and trailers "Loki" The series about the adventures of Loki in alternative reality - its tie was shown in the film “Avengers. Final ". The god of treachery runs away with a magic cube, travels in time and changes the history of mankind, until it finally encounters consequences. Marvel Entertainment "Wanda/Vizhn" The most mysterious series of Marvel of all presented.

The Prosecutor General's Office has begun checking the rise in prices for basic food products, according to the agency's website. Unreasonably, according to the prosecutor's office, sugar (by 75.1%), sunflower oil (by 23.8%), flour (+12.9%), bread (+6.3%) rose in price. “If violations are detected, a decisive and principled response will be provided to cases of unjustified increases in food prices and strict suppression of cartel collusion,” the Prosecutor General’s Office said in a statement.

Facts "Medusa" Anatoly Maltsev / EPA / Scanpix / Leta Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Human Rights Council stated that cases of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov and State Duma deputy Galina Starovotova were disclosed. Quote The well -known murder of Starovoytova Galina, everyone was found, planted and responsible. The murder of Nemtsov.