On the afternoon of May 21, the independent television channel Belsat reported that security officers had broken into their studio in Minsk. The officers detained a number of support staff, including a sound engineer, four cameramen, and the studio administrator. The detainees were taken to the notorious Okrestina Street remand prison. Belsat is still seeking clarification on the reason for the arrests.

Maxim Trudolyubov on why Russia considers China its ally in а new cold war with the West — and why the feelings aren’t mutual Valery Sharifulin / TASS The Russian Foreign Ministry building in Moscow When it comes to analyzing the state of international affairs today, people in both Russia and the West often rush to use Cold War rhetoric (and, in the process, make accusations that stoke conflict).

Why in Moscow they consider this organization not terrorist, but almost “charitable”? Mikhail Japaridze / TASS Deputy Head of the Politburo Hamas Musa Abu Marzuk (left) at a meeting with Sergey Lavrov. Moscow, January 16, 2017 From the very beginning of the next aggravation of the conflict in the Middle East, Russia tried to act as an arbitrator between Israel and the Hamas movement, which controls the gas sector.

In Russia, mass production of combat robots with artificial intelligence has begun, which can fight on their own. This was stated by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, speaking at the New Knowledge forum. There were no longer just experimental samples, but robots that can really be shown in science fiction films when he is able to fight on his own.

Representatives of the Belarusian security agencies have arrived at the Belsat TV channel studio in Minsk, where the program "Each of Us" is being filmed. This was reported by the TV channel itself. The security forces detained several technical workers of the TV channel. Filming was not underway at the time of their arrival. The reason for the security forces' visit is still unclear. It is also not reported why the officers were detained.

In the Murmansk region, two employees of the Russian Guard were killed during the exercises. It is reported by RBC with reference to the regional department of the department. Officially, the causes of death of employees are not called. The Russian Guard reported that the department was conducting an inspection and promised to provide the necessary assistance to the relatives of the victims.

The Law Against the FBC will be softened and tightened. Elon Musk spoke at the Russian educational forum. We recall the life of Andrei Sakharov - a scientist, human rights activist and dissident Good evening, This is the daily newsletter of "Medusa" about important news of the day. To begin with, the news marked "Lightning": Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov shaved his mustache! Look at his upper lip right now - this can be done for the first time since 2017.

Photographs from the life of Andrei Sakharov, the nuclear physicist and human rights advocate who fought to make the Soviet Union a free country One hundred years ago today, on May 21, 1921, Andrei Sakharov was born in Moscow. He went on to become a renowned nuclear physicist and one of the Soviet Union’s top developers of thermonuclear weapons — then he joined the fight against nuclear weapons, advocating for disarmament in the midst of the Cold War.

HBO / Everett Collection / Vida Press In 1984, the HBO channel showed a film about Andrei Sakharov (it was called “Sakharov”), filmed by David V. Rintell's script, directed by Jack Gold. The role of the famous physicist and human rights activist was played by Jason Robards (played in the films “Once in the Wild West”, “The whole presidential army”, later starred in the “enemy of the state”).

The Russian national team won the opening match of the Ice Hockey World Championship, which takes place in Riga. The Russians won against the Czech Republic with a score of 4:3. The pucks for the Russian team were scored by Anton Burdasov, Artem Shvets-Rogovoy, Alexander Barabanov and Mikhail Grigorenko. Grigorenko's puck, which became the winner, was abandoned with a score of 3:3 19 seconds before the final siren. In the next match, Russia will play with Great Britain.

Why in Moscow they consider this organization not terrorist, but almost “charitable”? Mikhail Japaridze / TASS Deputy Head of the Politburo Hamas Musa Abu Marzuk (left) at a meeting with Sergey Lavrov. Moscow, January 16, 2017 In the first months of the full-scale invasion of Russia to Ukraine, against which Russian-Israeli relations were noticeably cooled, it seemed that Moscow’s connections and the Hamas movement were activated.

The law banning people involved in the activities of an extremist or terrorist organization from running for elective office will not have retroactive effect.

Moscow is developing measures to regulate the movement of electric scooters, unicycles, gyroscopes and other means of individual mobility. This was announced to TASS by the chairman of the Moscow City Duma Alexei Shaposhnikov. According to Shaposhnikov, in the near future the Moscow government may develop a draft regulatory legal act that will regulate the procedure for moving on electric scooters in city parks and other public spaces.

He accuses her of racial discrimination when placing advertising Brendan McDermid / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Two companies of Media Magnate Byron Allen accused McDonaldʼs of discriminating with blacksmiths. According to The Wall Street Journal, they filed a lawsuit against McDonaldʼ, demanding compensation for damage in the amount of $ 10 billion.

"Medusa" publishes the script of the uninhabited film by Andrei Loshak about Soviet dissidents AFP / Scanpix / Leta Andrey Sakharov in exile in Gorky. April 1, 1980 On May 21, 2021, the 100th anniversary of the birth of academician and human rights activist Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov, one of the most famous Soviet scientists, creator of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, marks.