Yuri Kochetkov / EPA / Scanpix / Leta in Russia in the evening of May 9, fireworks took place in honor of the anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. One of the most spectacular fireworks, according to tradition, was Moscow. 72 installations located in different areas of the city launched 12 thousand charges, the press service of the Western Military District told RIA Novosti. In the photo, salute on the background of the Moscow State University building.

We have chosen several of those that are rarely mentioned in the “official canon” about the Great Patriotic War - but documented The administration of the Luga municipal district of the Luzhsky line. July 1941 In Russia, a new official canon of the image of the Great Patriotic War is gradually being formed, which is becoming more and more difficult to retreat from.

The Czech Republic plans to demand compensation from Russia in the amount of one billion crowns (around 47 million US dollars) in the case of the explosions in Vrbětice . This was announced on Czech Television by the country's Finance Minister Alena Šillerová. In particular, this concerns the costs of clearing the area after the ammunition explosions, which were paid for from the budget.

Doctors in India have reported an increase in cases of mucormycosis, also called "black fungus", in patients who have had COVID-19, writes BBC News. Mucormycosis is a rare disease caused by fungi of the Mucorales family, commonly found in soil, plants, manure, and rotting fruits and vegetables. Mucormycosis, which most often affects the sinuses or lungs, usually occurs in people whose immunity is reduced, including due to certain medications.

The cousin of Queen Elizabeth II was accused of trying to earn at a meeting with Putin Jason Dawson / DDP / Vida Press Prince Michael Kentsky The British channel Channel 4 and the Sunday Times published personnel from a meeting with Prince Michael Kent, cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, and his friend Marquise Reding.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. How did Yekaterinburg become the center of street (including protest) art and how did local authorities help this? We are talking with special commander Andrei Pertsev The special correspondent of Medusa Andrei Pertsev tells how Yekaterinburg declared himself the capital of Street Art (it would seem, at first without any reason), and then really became the center of street art .

Negotiations on the supply of the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V to Germany are becoming more and more complicated, writes the German tabloid Bild, citing sources close to the discussion. According to one of the interlocutors of the publication, the negotiations actually reached an impasse. Russia, sources told Bild, most likely will not be able to deliver the vaccine to Germany in June-July.

Medusa recipe (or rather, "Associations of real Neapolitan pizza") Here is such a pizza with anchovies, the editor of Medusa Alexei Kovalev turned out to be the editor of Medusa on the seventh attempt. "More oil!" Pizza is very simple: flour, water, yeast, fillings, stove.

Update: The press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Omsk region confirmed that the missing person, who is being searched in the Bolsheukovsky district, is Alexander Murakhovsky. The Minister of Health of the Omsk Region, Alexander Murakhovsky, went missing during a hunt, local media write, including MK in Omsk.

In Scotland, the results of the parliamentary elections held on May 6 have been summed up. Most of the seats in Parliament will be taken by representatives of the ruling Scottish National Party and their Greens allies. Together they received 72 out of 129 mandates, although, according to BBC News, they showed a worse result than political scientists expected.

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a speech at the Victory Day parade. Noting the "valor of Soviet soldiers, the steadfastness of civilians" during the Great Patriotic War, Putin said that "history demands that conclusions be drawn and lessons learned." Unfortunately, many of the Nazi ideology, those who were obsessed with the delusional theory of their exceptionalism, are once again being put into service. And not only by various radicals and groups of international terrorists.

What is now inside? And what remains of the building with a centenary? Olga Alekseenko for "Medusa" In April, after seven years of restoration in Moscow, “art” was opened - one of the oldest cinemas of Russia. For his more than centenary history, this is far from the first update, at the beginning of the 20th century, the “artistic” was reconstructed by the architect of the Yaroslavl station Fedor Shekhtel (some elements of his project have been preserved today).

The founder of SpaceX and the head of Tesla, Ilon Musk, said that he has an asperger syndrome - a disorder of psychological development, in which a person experiences difficulties with socialization and non -verbal communication, but he does not have a noticeable lag in the development of speech and intelligence. Musk made such a recognition in the introductory word to the release of the Saturday Night Live (SNL) humorous program on the NBC television channel, in which he was an invited host.

A fragment of Ben Orlina's book “Time of Varishes” (with bad pictures!) Nanxi Wei / Unsplash We will be honest: at school and university, many fell asleep in mathematics lessons. But it seems that the problem is solved. The mathematics teacher and the author of the blog “ Mathematics with bad pictures ” Ben Orlin writes (and draws!) So that I don’t want to sleep - on the contrary, the brain comes into motion, although sometimes with a creak.

Sergey Ilnitsky / EPA / Scanpix / Leta in Moscow passed a parade in honor of Victory Day. About 12 thousand people took place along Red Square in the foot: military personnel of various military branches, cadets of military academies and schools, units of the Ministry of Emergencies, the Russian Guard and the border troops of the FSB. At the parade, which was observed by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, military equipment and aviation were also represented.