The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Paxlovid, a tablet for patients with COVID-19 manufactured by Pfizer. about it Writes Associated Press. US citizens who become infected with the coronavirus will be able to take the medicine at home to prevent a severe form of the disease. It is believed that the drug is effective against the new strain of coronavirus "omicron". The FDA based its approval on the results of a study involving 2,250 patients.

Memory of Dmitry Zimin Dmitry Zimin. Photo: Evgeny Reasonable / TASS We agreed with Dmitry Borisovich Zimin unexpectedly: he called, invited him and for pies and glasses of vodka proposed composing a prize for Russian -speaking scientific enlighteners. You need to understand that 15 years ago there was no scientific scientist written in Russian. It was - the residual - Soviet, reprinted by decades, and was a new, translated. “Nothing will appear,” he took the objections.

Volunteers of the Moscow Kozhukhov municipal shelter for homeless animals reported that they plan to relocate it to the territory of the Malinka training ground. On a post on Instagram, she drew the attention of Mediazona*. According to volunteers, now three thousand dogs and 400 cats are contained in the shelter in the Eastern Administrative District of Moscow.

Nine relatives of the blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov, who criticized the Chechen authorities, were kidnapped. this He himself announced in the telegram channel. According to Abdurakhmanov, it happened last night. The blogger specified that his cousins ​​Movldy, Musa and Movsar Abdurakhmanov, his mother's brothers Salambek and Muslim Khasarov, cousin Takhmina Abdurakhmanov, cousin Deni Abdurakhmanov, second cousin Mohmad Abdurakhmanov and cousin Mohmad Tsukaev were abducted.

Employees of the State Security Committee of Belarus have detained a Russian living in Gomel on a case of terrorism. about this The Belarusian state agency BelTA writes . The head of the KGB Alexander Melnikov said that the detained Russian set fire to the personal car of the first deputy head of the department for the execution of punishments in the Gomel region “for extremist, political reasons” and punctured the wheels of 39 trolleybuses “in order to stop public transport” in Gomel.

The Academic Council of the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) demanded to reconsider the appointment of Anatoly Chernyaev to the post of interim director. The corresponding statement was published on the institute's website. It was planned that Andrei Smirnov, who had headed the institute since 2015, would be reappointed to the position, but in the end, Chernyaev was appointed acting director.

The mayor of Krasnodar Andrei Alekseenko, who was previously detained in the case of receiving a bribe, continues to fulfill his duties. This was reported by RIA Novosti in the city administration. Andrey Alekseenko / Instagram “Andrei Alekseenko returned to the city hall in the evening and continued to fulfill his duties,” the press service told the agency. The mayor of Krasnodar was detained today in the case of receiving a large bribe in the form of an expensive gun for 1.6 million rubles.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow arrested the rector of the Kazan Federal University (KFU) Ilshat Gafurov, who became a defendant in the murder case. This was reported in the telegram channel of Moscow courts. Photo: The press service of the Basmanny Court. The measure of restraint Gafurov was elected until February 21. The defense asked not to detain him. According to media reports, the case is about a custom-made murder that was committed in the 1990s.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has amended the law "On the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation", which gives the head of the Investigative Committee new powers to organize work in the department. The document was published on the website of the Parliament.

In the 89th year of life, the founder of the Beeline operator and the philanthropist Dmitry Zimin died. This was announced by journalist Sergei Parkhomenko in his telegram channel. Photo: Wikipedia Commons “I just received a message about a terrible grief. Dmitry Borisovich Zimin died. The greatest philanthropist in Russia. A man of extraordinary, unique nobility and kindness. Absolutely permanent, ”the journalist wrote.

In Krasnodar, in two months, all officials were lifted by the construction complex The mayor of Krasnodar Andrei Alekseenko, detained on suspicion of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale. Photo: Admkrai.krasnodar.ru There is a sequel Previously detained Andrei Alekseenko returned to the duties of the mayor The head of the Krasnodar administration Andrei Alekseenko on December 22 was detained on suspicion of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale.

In France, they put a video of violence from the "capital torture" - Krasnoyarsk on the conveyor Photo: Nikolai Moshkov / ITAR-TASS On the morning of December 16, Carter was detained from Krasnoyarsk at the last moment-the side was on the rise-almost 4 hours, until noon: people in civilian clothes and the police were looking for someone, but they did not find it. From the mean explanations: someone registered, passed passport control and disappeared into the drive.

A amount equal to 6% of Russia's GDP is spent on kickbacks in the field of public procurement. So officials are insured by any surprises Photo: Vedomosti / TASS “The figure of the day”: 6 trillion 600 billion rubles - the volume of bribes in the field of public procurement. Scientists from the Institute of State and Municipal Administration of the Higher School of Higher Professional Education calculated the hellish figure.

The State Duma committee approved the candidacy of the chairman of the Supreme Council of United Russia Boris Gryzlov to the post of Russia's ambassador to Belarus. This was reported by TASS with reference to a source familiar with the course of the meeting. Photo: Vladimir Andreev / Ura.ru / TASS According to the agency, the issue of the appointment of Gryzlov was considered at a closed meeting of the State Duma committee on the CIS, Eurasian integration and relations with compatriots.

What and how are those who are to determine the life of the scenes tomorrow today Closing the V festival "Lessons of directing" Biennale of theatrical art. Photo: Anton Novoderezhkin / TASS In Moscow, the festival "Lessons of directing" Biennale of theatrical art ended. In the competition program - performances of young directors.