Five years after Russia decriminalized domestic violence, women’s aid groups are busier than ever. Officials continue to sweep the problem under the rug. Ivan Kleimenov for Meduza Exactly five years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that decriminalized some forms of domestic violence.

Tennis player Peng Shuai, who a few months ago accused former Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of forcing her to have sex, gave an interview to Western journalists for the first time since. In an interview with French publication LʼEquipe in Beijing, Peng Shuai retracted her claims, saying she was misunderstood and that she "never said anyone molested" her.

A shameful question for the thirtieth anniversary of the United Europe Michael Leckel / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Young Austrians rejoice at the results of a referendum on the entry of Austria in the EU in 1994 Exactly 30 years ago, on February 7, 1992, in the Netherlands of Maastrich, 12 European countries signed an agreement that united several economic agreements existing since the fifties and laid the foundation for the European Union.

A court in Stavropol Krai has ruled that the refusal to register 71-year-old Nikolai Mitkin for housing at the place of residence of his mother, who was repressed in 1941, was illegal. This was reported by International Memorial lawyer Grigory Vaipan. Now Mitkina will be required to be put on a waiting list for housing in Stavropol Krai. According to Vaipana, this is the first court decision where officials who refused to register the children of the repressed were forced to do so.

At school and administrations, they deny everything Page of Seraphim Saprykina in VKontakte Former employee of the St. Petersburg gymnasium No. 168 of Seraphim Saprykina said that at the end of 2021 the director of the school in which she worked “ordered” her to quit. The reason, according to Saprykina, was that in the lesson Saprykina read the verses of Alexander Vvedensky and Daniil Harms to tenth graders. In the gymnasium and the administration of the Central District of St.

Covid's incidence is reduced. The petition was launched for the resignation of Kadyrov. The Russians first take the medal in jumping from the springboard 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.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Russia and China have agreed on cooperation in the “opposition to the West”. Is this something like a pact? And Moscow in these relations - "younger brother" of Beijing? Russian President Vladimir Putin visited China for the first time in three years. The visit was dedicated to the beginning of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, but even before the opening ceremony, Putin and Xi Jinping managed to negotiate and release a joint statement.

The Russian government approved a draft of an indefinite agreement with Belarus on the deployment of a Belarusian military contingent of up to 200 people in Syria. The document was published on the official Internet portal of legal information. As noted in the draft agreement, the Belarusian contingent will participate in humanitarian activities outside the combat zone, it will be deployed at the location of the Russian aviation group - at the Khmeimim air base.

Only memes - about elections in Novosibirsk, followed by the whole country Orangutan Batu, perhaps, lost the election of the New Year's Talisman in Novosibirsk (although it would be more correct to say that he was not allowed to win) - but he certainly won the hearts of the Russians. What evidence do we have? Memes, many memes! EDEMIFF This chain of events is so much similar to real that it is even scary.

Movies about Las Vegas often show how the security service uses surveillance cameras to figure out fraudsters in the casino gaming room. But in life everything happens and vice versa. On January 8, Arizona tourist Robert Taylor hit the jackpot on a slot machine at the Treasure Island Casino. The winning amount is almost 230 thousand dollars, but due to a failure, the machine did not announce the victory and did not give out the prize.

Presidents of Russia and France Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron began negotiations in Moscow. The main topic of the talks will be the situation around Ukraine. After the public introductory part, the presidents will go to a working lunch and then hold a joint press conference. Macron flew to the Russian capital on the afternoon of February 7. After Moscow, he will travel to Kyiv, where he is scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on February 8.

The head of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, Sergei Kravtsov, spoke in support of a teacher from St. Petersburg, Serafima Saprykina, who said that she was fired for reading poems by Alexander Vvedensky and Daniil Kharms to schoolchildren. About this with reference to the press service of the department reports RIA Novosti. The ministry is checking the situation with the dismissal of Saprykina together with the regional authorities, Kravtsov said.

Latvian police are conducting a criminal investigation into letters with used condoms and pornography that were sent to Russian chess players. This was reported to Delfi by FIDE Managing Director Dana Reizniece-Ozola. What are these letters? On February 7, Meduza released an article stating that for many years, Russian chess players have received letters containing used condoms and pornographic photographs.

Kadyrov and his associates - Chechen officials and security officials - record a video in which they promise to deal with the Yangulbaev family. This is how it looks like Carefully! The video contains calls for violence that Medusa considers categorically unacceptable . We show them because these are important evidence.

Explains Diana Barsigyan from Violence. Ivan Kleimenov for "Medusa" Exactly five years ago, Vladimir Putin signed the law decriminalizing domestic violence. Criminal punishment is now assumed only for the second and subsequent cases, for the first time the aggressor threatens only a fine of 5 to 30 thousand rubles.