Interview with the author of the book Rich Russians: from Oligarchs to Bourgeoisie Elizabeth Shimpfesl Elizabeth Shimpfesl - the sociologist of the University of Astona in Birmingham - is engaged in the study of social inequality and the state of elites in the post -Soviet space. Over the past few years, Shimpfesl talked with dozens of Russian oligarchs, trying to understand their values, lifestyle and views on the future.

UPDATE 23:38 The representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova called the material "unscrupulous", but she did not dispute the originality of the correspondence, her words are quoted by the editor-in-chief of "Echo of Moscow" Alexei Venediktov. In her opinion, the author deliberately did not mention the work done by the staff of the diplomatic mission to deliver the bodies to Russia, and before publication, he did not contact the Foreign Ministry and the UK for comments.

The director of Krasovsky was summoned to the police after the donations of the audience paid off three quarters of the costs Frame from the filming of "Holiday" / "Kinopoisk" The scandal around the film by Alexei Krasovsky “Feast” about how a privileged family celebrates the New Year in the besieged Leningrad does not subside. Thanks to the persecution, the film has already caused an increased interest in the audience. More than a million views, people willingly transfer money to the authors.

In France, the National Commission for Information Technology and Human Rights (CNIL) fined Google LLC 50 million euros for violating the personal data law (GDPR), according to the website of the regulator. The commission explained its decision by the fact that Google violated the GDPR norm, which requires companies to inform users in detail about the method of collecting and processing personal data, as well as obtaining their consent to this collection.

Children's medical institutions are closed to fulfill May decrees: parents in Saratov went out into the street Photo: Nadezhda Andreeva / "New Gazeta" For two years, three hospitals for babies have been optimized. Now parents are trying to defend a children's clinic. They protest against the closure of an infectious diseases hospital for infants and a children's clinic.

The Chechen authorities proposed creating an apology section on local television as part of the fight against "hooligans who sow panic on social networks." This was stated by the Minister for National Policy, Foreign Relations, Press and Information Dzhambulat Umarov on the air of the radio station "Moscow speaking". According to him, usually violators can be easily found and brought to justice, because the population of the republic is small - about 1.4 million people.

The head of RUSADA, Yuri Ganus, promised that the agency would carry out additional verification and educational work in relation to 13-year-old figure skater Anastasia Shabotova, who said that for stable performances, you need to "drink a lot of doping." It is reported by "Sport-Express". “But the main thing is that we all together must introduce a culture of intolerance towards doping in the country,” he said.

CONTINUATION & Nbsp The Investigative Committee brought a criminal case on causing death by negligence to two or more persons after a fire on ships in the Kerch Strait. UPDATE 20:32 & Rosmorrechflot announced ten dead, TASS reports . 14 people were saved, rescuers are looking for more seven. 21:28 The anchor parking of two ships was illegal, the explosion & occurred during the overload of fuel from one vessel to another, the unnamed source of & TASS in emergency services said .

The vote to award Patriarch Kirill and Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko the titles of honorary professors of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) has been canceled, Interfax reports , citing Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yury Balega. According to him, the Russian Academy of Sciences needs to decide on the status and procedure for conferring these titles: “Today, some academicians have questions about how this provision meets modern requirements.

Since January 2019, St. Petersburg clinics have stopped dispensing medicines to people with HIV infection, reports . Kommersant The publication notes that the issuance of medicines was suspended after an audit by the Chamber of Control and Accounts (CAP), which did not find any reason for the work of departments of chronic viral infections (CVI) in polyclinics.

Igor Yasin. Photo: Anton Carliner, especially for "New" The co-chair of the trade union of journalists and LGBT activist Igor Yasin, detained on the march of memory of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova, was fined 20 thousand under the article on violation of the rules of the mass event (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), his public defender Irina Irina Yatsenko told about this.

The head of the Pskov branch of the Yabloko party, Lev Shlosberg, asked the prosecutor's office to check the actions of the leadership of the Pskov-Caves Monastery for arbitrariness (Article 19.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), according to the website of the political organization. Starting January 1, excursions for pilgrims are held upon request sent to the e-mail of the monastery.

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny has released recordings of telephone conversations discussing the case of Anastasia Vashukevich, known as Nastya Rybka; the politician claims that allegedly the voices of businessman Oleg Deripaska and people associated with him are heard on the recordings. about this The opposition spoke on his website. On one of the published recordings, a conversation between two male voices and one female voice is heard.

In Moscow, in the Sakharov Center, public hearings were held on “The latest events around the “Network case”. The parents of the defendants in the "Penza case" and human rights activists commented on the verdict on the defendant Igor Shishkin and Vladimir Putin's statement about the "Network case". Earlier, the court sentenced Igor Shishkin to 3.5 years in a penal colony under the article on participation in a terrorist community (part 2 of article 205.4 of the Criminal Code).

The Department of Private Security of the Russian Guard in the Moscow Region will spend 51 million rubles on the purchase of fuel from Rosneft, the tender is posted attention to it . drew on the public procurement portal, MBH-media The only participant in the competition, the newspaper notes, was the RN-Kart company, which received the contract.