Matthias Hangst / Getty images Argentinean footballer Lionel Messi, who moved from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain in August, scored the first goal for PSG-during the match with Manchester City in the second round of the Champions League. The game ended with an account of 2: 0 in favor of PSG.

Acropolis Bank, bought by Yandex, changed its name to Yandex Bank. This information was confirmed to Interfax by the company's press service. The bank received a new name on September 28. Yandex bought Akropol Bank in July 2021. The transaction amount is 1.1 billion rubles, which is approximately equal to the value of the bank's assets. The premium to capital for the purchase amounted to 75 million rubles.

Venues in Russian cities where rapper Face (real name Ivan Dremin) planned to perform as part of his autumn tour have begun to cancel his concerts due to pressure from the authorities. The performer reported this on Instagram. For five years now, my performances have been under constant pressure from all possible authorities, but the vast majority of concerts have somehow been held. But not this time.

Meduza looks back on the RuNet’s golden age of Dmitry Medvedev memes At a United Russia congress ten years ago, on September 24, 2011, it was announced that Vladimir Putin — after four years as prime minister — would be running for president once again. As for then-President Dmitry Medvedev, he would be heading up the ruling party’s list for the State Duma elections. This switch was quickly termed “castling” — as in the eponymous chess move, the country’s two top dogs would simply swap places.

At the age of 35, the director of the Kopeysk television and radio company, the former editor-in-chief of the Kopeysky Rabochiy newspaper, Anna Vikalyuk, died. This was reported on the publication's website. The cause of death of the journalist is not named. Ura.ru writes , citing a source in the administration of Kopeysk, that last week Vikalyuk fainted and was hospitalized with a high fever. She later fell into a coma. “Until now, doctors are establishing a diagnosis.

A KGB officer was killed in Belarus, the agency’s press service reported. Law enforcement officers were conducting "special measures to work out addresses where individuals involved in terrorist activities could be located." In one of the apartments, a shotgun was opened at them. A KGB officer was fatally wounded. The shooter was killed by return fire. The KGB did not specify in which city this happened.

He has been accused of sexual violence against women and teenage girls for decades-but only now they found guilty Jane Rosenberg / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta The R&B-Moizant and the author of the hit I Believ I Can Fly found women and teenage women and girls' sexual exploitation. The accusations of violence accompanied the singer for more than 25 years, but only now he is waiting for the first criminal punishment - up to a lifelong opinion.

RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan said on Tuesday, September 28, that YouTube blocked RT Deutsch (RT DE), the German edition of the Russian state-controlled television network. In a post on Telegram, Simonyan wrote that YouTube blocked RT Deutsch’s channel permanently, without offering an explanation. She also called the incident “a real media war declared by Germany against Russia,” though she didn’t specify what the German authorities have to do with YouTube’s decision.

Video game company Activision Blizzard will pay $18 million as part of the settlement of a lawsuit by the US Employment Equity Commission (EEOC). According to CNN, the EEOC lawsuit against Activision Blizzard went to court on September 27.

Jung Yeon-JE / AFP / Scanpix / Leta cage on a farm for breeding dogs in Korea President of South Korea Moon Jae in proposed to consider the possibility of a ban on eating dog meat. This was reported by the Renhap agency.

A new criminal case against Navalny. What does the Kremlin want from the Communists? 30 years "Monstam Rock" in Moscow Good evening, This message (material) was created and (or) widespread by a foreign media that performs the functions of a foreign agent, and (or) a Russian legal entity that performs the functions of a foreign agent This is the daily Medusa newsletter about the most important thing that happened during the day.

The YouTube administration has blocked the RT DE channel, the channel of the German edition of RT (Russia Today). This was announced by the editor-in-chief of RT Margarita Simonyan. Simonyan said that the channel was blocked without the possibility of recovery, but did not explain the reasons for the blocking.

In Moscow, the incidence of Covid is growing. As Medusa found out, business awaits new restrictions Vladimir Gerdo / TASS / Scanpix / Leta an ambulance employee at the hospital in Kommunarka. September 23, 2021 Since mid -September, Moscow has been fixed in Moscow by Covid's incidence. On September 28, the city operational headquarters said that more than 2.5 thousand new Covid-19 cases were identified per day. A day earlier in Moscow, there were 3387 new sick.

Alexander Lukashenko agreed with the opinion of the Constitutional Commission that the issue of the death penalty in Belarus should be put to a separate referendum. This was reported by the Belarusian agency BelTA. "The range of the death penalty is large. If we raise this issue now... I still think that the majority is for preserving [the death penalty]... If it comes down to it, consider it separately in a referendum," Lukashenko said.

How to protect yourself from a "convicted citizen"? The simplest instruction for the former president Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta In early February 2021, Dmitry Medvedev complained to reporters that Twitter recommends that the Russians subscribe to Alexei Navalny. Almost nine months have passed. Alexey Navalny is in prison. And Twitter still recommends subscribing to him! The former president is very upset by such an intervention in the political life of Russia.