French writer David Diop won the International Booker Prize for Literature for his novel Soul Mate (Frère d'âme, Eng. At Night All Blood is Black). This is stated on the website of the award. Diop became the first French author to win the International Booker Prize. Together with translator Anna Moskovakis, he will receive a prize of 50,000 pounds. The novel "Soulmate" tells about the times of the First World War and colonial rule.

The Belarusian state television channel ONT has shown footage of Roman Protasevich, former editor-in-chief of the telegram channel NEXTA, talking about the landing of a Ryanair plane in Minsk and his detention. At the same time, there are mounting glues in the video. In the video, Protasevich says that he did not immediately understand that they were going to detain him at the exit from the plane.

* A court in Krasnodar sent ex-coordinator of Open Russia*, Andrey Pivovarov, to a pre-trial detention center for two months on the case of carrying out the activities of an “undesirable” organization (Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code), which had been liquidated by the time the case was initiated. The reason for the persecution was Pivovarov's Facebook post last year. The defense links the case to the politician's intention to run for the State Duma.

As a political career Dmitry Gudkov, they want to stop criminal prosecution Photo: Victoria Odissonova / "New Gazeta" In 2016, Dmitry Gudkov was the last independent deputy of the State Duma, trying to stop the work of a “crazy printer”. Since then, he acted as the organizer of a successful campaign of Moscow municipal deputies (“Political Uber”), and also tried to develop his own political project - “Party of Change”.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a draft law "On preventing threats to national security associated with excessive influence of persons with significant economic or political weight in public life (oligarchs)". This was reported on the website of the head of state.

The German airline Lufthansa received from Russia all the missing permits for flights from Moscow and St. Petersburg to Frankfurt am Main and back. This was reported to Novaya Gazeta by the company. Permissions came immediately after the Ministry of Transport of Germany said that it would not coordinate the flights of Russian airlines until Russia approved the new routes.

New Newspaper Explainer Although in recent weeks, the news about the conflict of Russia and Ukraine has subsided, countries that called each other “fraternal peoples” have been fighting for 7 years. According to Vladimir Putin, recently the current leadership of Ukraine "has taken a lot of steps destroying Russian-Ukrainian relations." “War with Ukraine” - this phrase has long been familiar, although it would shock many before the Euromaidan and the so -called Russian spring.

The largest ship of the Iranian naval forces, the Kharg, sank near the port of Jask in the Gulf of Oman, 1,270 kilometers southeast of Tehran. This was reported by the Iranian news agency Tashim. A fire broke out on board the ship conducting a naval training operation. The team had to be evacuated to shore. According to the Associated Press, 33 people on the ship were injured. Firemen were unable to cope with the fire: as a result, the ship sank. What caused the fire is unknown.

The Russian consul met with 20-year-old Russian citizen Yegor Dudnikov arrested in Belarus. about this RIA Novosti writes with reference to the press secretary of the Russian embassy Alexei Maskalev. “The citizen of Russia feels generally normal; in a conversation with an embassy representative, he did not express any particular complaints about the conditions of detention.

On the restoration of the national economy Photo: Alexey Dushutin / "New Gazeta" The government report in the State Duma about its activities over the past year is one of the most important events of the country's socio-political life, which traditionally causes increased interest from the Russian media. We consider it very important its high -quality and objective lighting and thank the journalistic community for published detailed materials.

The German aviation authorities refuse to coordinate flights of Russian airlines, as Russia does not issue permits for Lufthansa flights bypassing Belarus. This was reported by the RIA Novosti agency with reference to the response of the Ministry of Transport of Germany.

In the previous series of the podcast, “until the snow fell,” the journalists of the New Lena Kostyuchenko and Yura Kozyrev arrived from Moscow to Norilsk to get from there to the village of Ust-Avam and find out how the northern people of Nganasana lives after the spill of the diesel fuel. Tickets for a helicopter - there are certificates that the guys do not suffer from coronavirus - there is, the rejection - is.

Opposite the writer’s house in Khamovniki, two buildings of the XIX century are ruining to build another business center The house of Leo Tolstoy. Photo: Arden Arkman / "New Gazeta" On Sunday, I came to Khamovniki to Tolstoy. He entered the gate in a wooden fence, walked around the courtyard in the garden. At the entrance to the garden, they were waiting for me, as always, - Lev Nikolaevich and Sofya Andreevna.

Whom the metallurgists actually Andrey Belousov. Photo: Alexander Ryumin / Photo Church Agency TASS On Monday, RBC published an extensive interview with Deputy Prime Minister Belousov.

The government has submitted to the State Duma a bill on the application of sanctions for violating the rights of Russians to all foreign citizens, and not just US citizens. The document was published on the website of the lower house of parliament.