Auction house Christie's sold a digital painting "Everydays: The First 5000 Days" by artist Mike Winkelmann (Beeple) for a record $69.35 million. This was reported on the website of the auction house. The painting was sold as a non-fungible token (NFT). The auction lasted two weeks, bidding began with a starting price of $100. The work is a collage of pictures that the artist has been publishing on the Internet since 2007.

To the anniversary of the quarantine The flesh is saddened, and the books are tired. Run ... Stefan Mallarme Peter Sarukhanov / "New Gazeta" Not a single cataclysm left as much evidence as a covid year. In part, two universities took care of this, in Connecticut and Rh. Aleland, which from the first days of quarantine organized the Pandemia Diary project. 6500 entries of 750 participants are an X -ray picture of a sick society.

The founder of the opposition telegram channel Belarus Brain and blogger Igor Losik went on a dry hunger strike and tried to cut his hands in front of the investigator after he was charged with new charges. about this . * writes Radio Liberty Under what article the charges were brought, it is not specified. The 28-year-old blogger was detained in Baranovichi on June 25 after a search.

Armenian President Armen Sarkissian for the second time refused to sign Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's proposal to appoint Artak Davtyan as Chief of the General Staff. This was reported by the press service of the President. The statement also said that Sargsyan will not sign the draft decree and will not apply to the republic's Constitutional Court to challenge the government's proposal for appointment.

* The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against the murdered father of the Khachaturian sisters Mikhail. The sisters' defense has not yet been notified of the commencement of office work. Investigators conducted a check under Art. 132 of the Criminal Code (“violent acts of a sexual nature”), art. 133 of the Criminal Code (“compulsion to act of a sexual nature”) and art. 117 of the Criminal Code ("torture").

The Orenburg Regional Court upheld the appeal against the decision of the Central District Court of Orenburg to declare prohibited the announcement of the sale of Chinese cabbage from Poland on the website Agrobook.ru. This was reported to Novaya Gazeta by the general director of the Krestyanin publishing house, which owns the site, Irina Samokhina. Ekaterina Shmygina, a lawyer with the Center for the Protection of Media Rights, said that the court sent the case for a new trial.

Irina Prokhorova, editor-in-chief of the New Literary Review magazine, will hold an online lecture on March 12 entitled “Unexpired nostalgia for the Soviet” as part of the series “Sakharov. Intellectuals and power,” the Sakharov Center reported. The lecture will begin at 19:00, the broadcast can be viewed on the YouTube channel of the Sakharov Center.

In October, a 13-year-old schoolgirl told her father that her teacher, Samuel Paty, showed a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad in class, which, in particular, caused him to be killed near Paris soon after. Later, the girl admitted that she had lied - that day she was not in class, reports Le Parisien. According to the publication, the schoolgirl did not want her father to know that she was suspended from school due to absenteeism.

Explains the Special Corps Irek Murtazin: Video A four -month intrigue ended, who will take the position of First Deputy Director of the FSB. A serious struggle unfolded behind the chair. According to our information, five candidates were considered. Among them are three immigrants from the FSO and two Colonel General of the FSB. The 58-year-old Sergey Korolev won as a result.

Petersburg authorities do not want to open resource classes for children with developmental features The exhibition “History that has not been” in the Moscow Museum in the program of the inclusive festival “Different people - the new museum”. Photo: Vedomosti / TASS “Our children want to study and have the right to it! Do not deprive the children of the school! " - It is said in the text of the petition , which was composed by the parents of children with an autistic spectrum disorder (RAS).

The Moscow Arbitration Court declared bankrupt the founder of the chocolate factory "A. Korkunov" and Andrey Korkunov, the main shareholder of the Kazan "Anchor Bank". It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the file cabinet. The court also opened the procedure for the sale of his property. Other details are not reported. The court began the first bankruptcy proceedings against Korkunov in September at the request of the Deposit Insurance Agency, filed on behalf of Ankor Bank.

A court in Vienna sentenced one of the members of a group of Chechens who tried to force their compatriots in Austria to live according to Sharia law. It is reported by Die Presse. The defendants in the telegram chat shared information about Chechens, who, in their opinion, do not observe the traditions and laws of Islam. Further, the men threatened the "guilty" girls, intimidated them and, in some cases, used violence.

In Chelyabinsk, the Investigative Committee did not find corpus delicti in the actions of a security official who, during an unauthorized rally in support of politician Alexei Navalny, pushed 65-year-old Elena Arefyeva. This is reported by the "Apology of Protest" with reference to the response of the Investigative Committee, which the woman received. The document was signed by Igor Shamurin, deputy head of the SO for the Central District of Chelyabinsk, the regional SU of the IC.

The European Broadcasting Union (EUS) said that he could not allow the group “Galasi Zesta” with the song “I will teach you” to participate in the Eurovision-2021 music contest. This is stated in the message of the organizers. “We came to the conclusion that the song casts doubt on the apolitical nature of the competition. In addition, a recent reaction to the song and the proposed participation of groups can question the reputation of “Eurovision”, ”the statement said.

In the Nizhny Novgorod region, it was forbidden to sell pancakes with filling at Shrovetide events due to the threat of the spread of coronavirus. The decision on restrictions was approved by the governor Gleb Nikitin. “Sale (implementation) of pancakes is possible under the following conditions: the dough for pancakes is made in stationary conditions; when preparing pancakes, gloves and masks are required; the use of the filling is not allowed, ”the message says.