It’s a crazy time to be a reporter in Russia. But these journalists can’t imagine themselves doing anything else. Zoi for Meduza Elena Kostyuchenko 2021 has been a bad year for Russian journalism. Numerous independent media outlets were declared “foreign agents,” security officials raided the homes of reporters and editors, several media projects shut down entirely, and dozens of journalists left the country, fearing unlawful persecution.

Egor Mostovshchikov, the founder of the samizdat “My friend, you are a transformer,” announced on his Facebook that the project would be closed on December 31. According to Mostovshchikov, he made this decision a long time ago and worked all year to implement it. The founder of "Batenka" points out that he could not afford to close the publication before he paid off all his debts. Mostovshchikov expects to make the last payments before the end of the year.

Russia’s federal media regulator, Roskomnadzor, has refused to register the website Gubernia Media as a news outlet on the grounds that its editor-in-chief, Denis Kamalyagin, has been designated as “foreign agent.” Journalists learned about the agency’s position from records filed in Kamalyagin’s lawsuit against Roskomnadzor.

Film critic Anton Dolin stated that the magazine “Art of Cinema”, of which he is the editor-in-chief, has lost funding from the state Cinema Fund at the request of the general director of Channel One, Konstantin Ernst. He learned about Ernst’s request from those who were present at the statement of the channel’s general director, Dolin said in an interview with the Dozhd TV channel. The reason, according to Dolin, was his review of the film "Union of Salvation", which was published on "Meduza".

ETH Zurich views of reactors installed on a plate of a reflector. The orange point on the right is a reflection of the cerium core of the chamber, where the reaction of the restoration of carbon dioxide occurs. The combined group of Swiss and German engineers developed an autonomous installation for the production of alcohol (well, or other green fuel) from almost nothing - from air and sunlight. We warn, this is a real scientific article, but really about the production of alcohol from the air.

Roskomnadzor appealed to the prosecutor's office with a request to check the songs and YouTube channel of the singer Alena Shvets for calls for suicide. This was reported to RIA Novosti in the press service of the department. The check was initiated by the children's ombudsman in the Saratov region Tatyana Zagorodnyaya.

On November 4, 1979, Iranian students supporting the Islamic Revolution broke into the US Embassy in Tehran and took diplomats, technical employees and marine infantrymen who were there. The United States tried to organize a military operation to free hostages, but it failed. The embassy was released only as a result of negotiations on January 20, 1981. 52 people spent 444 days hostage. In Iran annually celebrates the anniversary of the capture of the American embassy. See how it looks in 2021.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko have inked a package of 28 “union programs” aimed at integrating their two countries. The two leaders agreed upon the programs following talks in the Kremlin on September 9. The stamp of approval came during a meeting of the Union’s Supreme State Council on Thursday, November 4, which took place via video link.

Roskomnadzor refused to register the publication “Pskovskaya Guberniya” as a media outlet because its editor-in-chief Denis Kamalyagin was given the status of “foreign agent.” This follows from the objections of the department, which were received by a journalist who challenged the refusal to register "Pskovskaya Gubernia" in court. A fragment of the document was published by the "Network Freedoms" project. Roskomnadzor refers to Article 19.1 of the Law on Mass Media.

Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko at a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Belarus and Russia approved 28 union programs. The meeting was held via videoconference. “I am signing. I see that your signature (Putin) is under the decree, all members of the Supreme State Council. If you don't mind, I will sign the decree. But everyone will answer, not only me,” Lukashenka said before signing (quote from Belta ).

US law enforcement agencies arrested Russian political scientist and analyst Igor Danchenko, who was called one of the main sources of information for the "Trump dossier" about a possible collusion between the headquarters of the former US president and the Russian authorities. Danchenko, according to The New York Times, was taken into custody following an investigation by Special Counsel John Durham.

Maxim Shipenkov / EPA / Scanpix / LETA On Thursday, November 4, Moscow police arrested around 20 people in the Pushkinskaya Subway Station. The detainees were suspected of planning to take part in an unsanctioned nationalist rally — the annual “Russian March” that usually takes place on Unity Day. According to Dozhd television, another four suspected demonstrators were detained at the Oktyabrskoye Polye Subway Station, which is located near where the Russian March took place in past years.

The Chertanovsky District Court of Moscow has arrested artist Farkhad Israfilli-Gelman, who took part in the Pussy Riot action on Manezhnaya Square a year ago, for 15 days for disobeying police officers. Pussy Riot representatives told Meduza about this. The artist was detained on the night of November 4 in the area of ​​the Sevastopolskaya metro station, OVD-Info reports .

Maxim Shipenkov / EPA / Scanpix / Leta in Moscow on November 4 at the Pushkinskaya metro station , about 20 people were detained. On this day, the campaign of the Russian march, which the city hall did not agree on, was supposed to be held. Four more alleged participants in the “Russian march”, according to the Rain TV channel (declared the media by the media), were detained at the Oktyabrskoye Field metro station, not far from which nationalists also took place in previous years.

In Denmark, the research vessel "Akademik Ioffe", owned by the Institute of Oceanology named after A. P.P. Shirshov of the Russian Academy of Sciences. According to the Russian embassy in Denmark, the ship was detained on November 1 at the roadstead of the port of Skagen "as an interim measure in a third party claim related to the previous activities of Akademik Ioffe." The vessel, the report says, sails under the Russian flag, is owned by the state and is used for scientific purposes.