Patrick Semansky / Mediapunch / Ap / Scanpix / Leta Amanda Horman at the inauguration ceremony of Joe Biden. Washington, January 20, 2021 Univers publishing house refused the services of translator Viktor Obols, who was supposed to translate the poems of the 23-year-old African poet, Amanda Gorman into the Catalan language. In an interview with CNN, Owls said that Gorman representatives initially approved his candidacy, but later changed his opinion.

On March 13, the Baikal-GVD deep-sea neutrino telescope was officially put into operation on Lake Baikal. It is reported by TASS. The telescope is installed at a distance of 3.5 kilometers from the shore at a depth of 750-1300 meters in the southern part of Lake Baikal. Its construction began in 2015 and cost 2.5 billion rubles.

The launch vehicle Soyuz-2, which will be launched on March 20, will be painted in new colors for the first time in history. This is reported by Roscosmos. The traditional coloring of the Soyuz - gray-orange - will be replaced with a white-blue combination. As noted in the state corporation, the design was inspired by the prototype of the Vostok launch vehicle located at VDNKh, on which Yuri Gagarin made his first flight into space.

The cost of bitcoin during trading on March 13 exceeded 60 thousand dollars for the first time in the history of cryptocurrency. Over the past day, bitcoin has risen in price by 6%. The previous record for the value of the cryptocurrency was recorded on February 21 - then one bitcoin cost 58 thousand dollars.

Western experts - about why it was not possible to bring down Twitter in Russia The chief editor of the international version of Medusa Kevin Rotrok in the podcast The Naked Pravda speaks with European researchers about the attempt of Roskomnadzor (RKN) to slow down Twitter's work. How successful did it turn out to be? And how does Russian and American regulation of content on the Internet differ in general? Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element.

Bertrand Guay / Panorami / Imago Images / Scanpix / Leta Korina Masire during the presentation of the Cesar Prize. March 12, 2021 In Paris, on the evening of March 12, the main French film award was awarded - the Sezar Prize. The best film was the painting “Happy to Stay” directed by Albert Dupontel, Laure Kelams (the film “Antoinette in Sevenna”), for the best male - Boisila himself (“Son”), was a prize for the best female.

Subscribe to our YouTube police in the morning of March 13 tore off the forum of independent deputies "Municipal Russia" in Moscow. Employees said that the event should stop work, and all its participants will be detained, as it is conducted by an “undesirable” organization. In total, about 200 people were delivered to the police branches.

Your browser does not support the audio element. Russia’s failed Twitter throttle Russia and Twitter haven’t really gotten along for years now. In fact, since 2017, federal censors at Roskomnadzor (RKN) have filed more than 28,000 takedown requests with the social network, and the agency complains that Twitter still grants Russian users access to 3,168 of these materials containing supposedly illegal information.

At the forum "Municipal Russia" in Izmailovo, about 200 people were detained. This is stated in the press release of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow. The department said that the event was held "in violation of established sanitary and epidemiological requirements", and most of those present did not have masks.

In Kazakhstan, an An-26 plane crashed at the Alma-Ata airport. The press service of the airport reported that the plane was flying from the city of Nur-Sultan and crashed on landing. There were six people on board. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan, four people died. Two victims were hospitalized .

The illumination installed in Moscow by the New Year will remain on the streets and squares of the city until April 1. This was stated by Deputy Mayor of Moscow Pyotr Biryukov. We usually leave light decorations until March, as it gets dark early in winter, and they serve as an additional source of lighting and create a good mood for residents and guests of the capital. This year, by decision of the Mayor of Moscow, the work of these structures was extended until April 1.

In Moscow, the police came to the forum "Municipal Russia" . It was held in the Izmailovo Hotel. According to the organizers, the event was supposed to help independent deputies organize their current work and organize a re-election campaign; lectures and master classes were planned for it. In total, according to the organizers, independent deputies from 56 regions signed up for the event.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Putin once said that he was a "farm". What will he do now that people are poor, and prices for food are rising? And besides, elections to the State Duma on the nose? Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly spoke about the increase in food prices. For example, in December 2020, he called on exporters, retail chains and manufacturers of food “Do not get into public” and instructed his subordinates to deal with pricing.

Supernova director Harry McQueen criticized the actions of a film distributor in Russia who cut out a scene where a gay couple tries to have sex. The director's statement leads the edition of The Advocate. We, the filmmakers, object in the strongest terms to the censorship of Supernova in Russia. It is deeply disturbing that the film was edited against our will and without our permission.

Axelle / Bauer-Griffin / Filmmagic / Getty images The famous American actress, director and screenwriter Elizabeth Banks begins to shoot a film about smuggling of cocaine and a bear, which became his involuntary victim. This was the first to report the publication by Variety. Banks signed a contract with Universal Pictures to shoot a film called “Cocaine Bear”, which is described as “a thriller, inspired by real events,” the newspaper writes.