Russia’s censorship agency, Roskomnadzor, has ordered the social networks TikTok and VKontakte to prevent “the involvement of minors in unauthorized rallies.” This was announced in two separate statements on the agency’s website on Wednesday, January 20.

The ex-cops who tried to frame a Meduza journalist for drug dealing defend themselves in court by going after him again Press service of the Moscow City Court / TASS / Scanpix / LETA Ivan Golunov in court (center) The Moscow City Court held a second hearing on January 18 in the case against police officers for the Western Administrative District (ZAO), who illegally detained Meduza special correspondent Ivan Golunov in the summer of 2019 and planted drugs on him.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service granted the petition of the son of billionaire Alexei Mordashov, Kirill, to increase his stake in KN-Holding from 50% to 100%. This is reported by Interfax, referring to the decision of the FAS . The KN-Holding company is equally owned by Mordashov's two sons: 21-year-old Kirill and 20-year-old Nikita. Through the holding, they own shares in the Nordgold gold mining company and the TUI tour operator.

Brendan McDermid / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta The 46th President Joe Biden and the 49th Vice President of Kamal Harris officially took office. The ceremony by tradition was held on the western porch of the Capitol. In 2021, due to the pandemic of coronavirus and safety measures, only a limited number of guests were present on it. Among them are members of the Congress and former presidents and vice presidents with their wives: George Bush-the youngest and Laura Bush, Vice President of Bush Sr.

The Investigative Committee for the Moscow Region opened a criminal case under the article on the provision of services that do not meet safety requirements after the mass poisoning of schoolchildren in Krasnoarmeysk. According to the investigation, on January 19 and 20, 91 students of two city schools and two employees of canteens asked for medical help. The regional Ministry of Education said that 96 schoolchildren who complained of feeling unwell turned to doctors.

The European Parliament will demand that the European Union immediately halt construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and impose sanctions on Russia over the detention of Alexei Navalny, Der Spiegel reports, citing a draft resolution of the European Parliament.

Police officers who threw drugs to the Medusa specialist Ivan Golunov were looking for contradictions in his testimony. This is what came of it Anton Novoderezhkin / TASS / Scanpix / Leta On Wednesday, January 20, the third meeting was held in the Moscow City Court in the case of operatives of the Internal Affairs Directorate in the Western Administrative District (CJSC) of the capital, which are accused of that in the summer of 2019 they threw drugs to the Medusa specialist Ivan Golunov.

Subscribe to our YouTube on January 20, 78-year-old democrat Joe Biden officially took office as president. The inauguration was under the small number of spectators due to the pandemic of coronavirus and possible riots. 25 thousand fighters of the National Guard were pulled to Washington, and the city center was blocked

Thousands of suspicious accounts target Russian opposition figures linked to Alexey Navalny on Instagram Thousands of suspicious Instagram accounts have begun following Russian opposition figures linked to jailed anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny. This comes after his Anti-Corruption Foundation published a major investigation about a billion-dollar luxury mansion built for Vladimir Putin on the Black Sea.

In Russia, they are forbidden to spread anime. In the USA - the new president. They continue to protest at Shies station Good evening, This is the daily newsletter "Medusa" about the main news of the day. We try to always start it with something good. And today it is ... weather forecast. From David Lynch himself! The director turned 75 years old, and we decided to recall the favorite issues of this mysterious sight (Lynch began to talk about the weather in May last year).

Facts "Medusa" Sergey Malgavko / TASS / Scanpix / Leta On January 19, 2021, the Ministry of Health said that he developed the rules for vaccination, which must be followed in Russia. In particular, these rules contain a memo for people who want to get used to a “companion V” - or they have already vaccinated. Medusa checked the validity of recommendations regarding behavior after vaccination.

Update. Roskomnadzor demanded that VKontakte stop "the involvement of minors in unauthorized rallies." Roskomnadzor sent a request to TikTok to remove “materials calling on underage users of the social network to participate in illegal protest mass events.” This was reported on the website of the department. The RKN clarified that the request came from the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. It is not specified what actions are being called for.

Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Joe Biden took the oath on January 20 and officially became the 46th president of the United States. The ceremony was held with a very limited number of spectators-due to the pandemic of coronavirus and fears about the possible riots that the supporters of the 45th President Donald Trump could arrange. Trump himself, contrary to tradition, did not appear at the ceremony.

Joe Biden delivered his first speech as the 46th President of the United States during his inauguration ceremony in Washington. His words are quoted by The Guardian. “It's America's Day. This is Democracy Day,” Biden said at the start of his speech. He recalled the storming of the Capitol in early January and noted that what happened underscored the value of American democracy. “We learned again that democracy is valuable. And in this hour, my friends, democracy has triumphed,” Biden said.

Yuri Kochetkov / EPA / Scanpix / Leta Queen for a vaccine from coronavirus in Moscow GUM, where vaccination has opened. January 19, 2021 On January 18, President Vladimir Putin said : “We have already moved to large -scale vaccination ... We need to move from large -scale vaccination to mass.” The first day of this "mass vaccination" was to be January 18. On the same day, Medusa asked readers to tell how vaccination takes place in their regions.