French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrault today confirmed in a conversation with the BBC the words of a Novaya Gazeta source that France is giving permission to Kiev to use its long-range SCALP missiles to strike targets on Russian territory “in logic self-defense." “We will support Ukraine as intensively and for as long as necessary. Why? Because our safety is at stake.

A questionnaire that female students were required to fill out, indicating their names. Photo from the telegram channel of Ekaterina Mizulina On November 12, students at the Perm Polytechnic University branch in Lysva complained about a mandatory survey about their sexuality, sexual intercourse and contraceptive preferences. The survey could not be refused; it was not anonymous, the students told Ekaterina Mizulina, head of the Safe Internet League.

Edward Charlotte. Screenshot from apology video Patriarch Kirill sent a letter to the judge of the Samara Regional Court Dmitry Volozhaninov with a request to release the singer Eduard Charlotte from criminal liability in connection with the reconciliation of the parties. Kommersant writes about this after receiving information from the press secretary of the Russian Orthodox Church, Vakhtang Kipshidze. Charlotte apologized to Kirill twice while under arrest.

French cognac producers not only put up with Armenian cognac, but also lose revenue in the EU trade war with China and fearfully await the arrival of Trump Photo: Alexander Ryumin / TASS Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan uttered a phrase about cognac that grated on the ears of old fans* of strong drinks in Russia, a country where other people’s intellectual property is not very respected.

How does “Armenian cognac” differ from French (as well as one useful piece of advice on what you shouldn’t drink these drinks with) Photo: Ivan Vodopyanov / Kommersant Simplicity is worse than theft. Especially if you don't even think you stole anything. You acted “in a simple way” and say: think about it, why so-and-so? This is roughly how “Armenian cognac” or “Soviet champagne” appeared.

Gazprombank card of the UnionPay system TASS reports that banks refuse to process Gazprom plastic cards. Gazprombank itself stopped issuing cards on November 23, at least on the website the opportunity to issue them has disappeared. The day after the introduction of a new package of American sanctions, Gazprombank was already warning its clients about imminent problems. Users reported receiving a message advising them to “withdraw cash soon” to pay for necessary purchases.

Vitya Ivko’s family is raising money for a very expensive drug Vitya Ivko. Photo from the family archive Novaya rarely advertises to raise money for seriously ill children. Today is the time when we will do this. Vitya Ivko’s family is raising money for a very expensive drug. The boy was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a serious disease that gradually but quickly destroys Vitina’s muscles. Vitya can still walk (with effort), but some movements are no longer easy. Time is against you.

“Greatness” by Sergei Mostovshchikov, drawings by Pyotr Sarukhanov Residents of transitional periods! Beware of cats and hasty conclusions!

GITIS students showed his fate 18+ THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) WAS PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED AND (OR) SENT BY FOREIGN AGENT ALEXANDER VIKTOROVICH MINKIN OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT ALEXANDER VIKTOROVICH MINKIN Scene from the play “The Good Man from Sichuan.” Photo: Alina Koval On November 17, I watched the play “The Good Man from Szechwan,” student work, GITIS. Or maybe not a performance, but a declaration of intent.

A brief history of the PERMM gallery, which was searched on November 21 Photo: permm.ru On November 21, searches took place in the Perm Museum of Contemporary Art PERMM. On the same day, security forces came to the home of museum director Naila Allahverdieva and “her commercial partners,” and a sign “The museum is temporarily closed for technical reasons” appeared on the official website.

Punishment for the image of Buddha on a brush, a search for “involvement in anti-Russian structures” and a disrupted protest at the Ural plant Photo: Ivan Vodopyanov / Kommersant The conveyor belt of criminal cases for military “fakes” and “discredit” continues to churn out sentences one after another. Every week there are new arrests on extremist and terrorist charges, including treason. Almost all of these cases are political and those involved in the cases receive huge sentences.

Russia, in the context of the armed conflict in Ukraine, tested a medium-range ballistic missile. What is it and what is it for? Photo: AP / TASS On Thursday, November 21, Vladimir Putin resolved all the doubts of the expert community about the type of weapon used to strike the Yuzhmash plant in Dnepr. It turned out to be not “Rubezh”, not “Pioneer” and not “Kedr” (this version was later disseminated by Ukrainian intelligence), but a new medium-range missile (RSM) “Oreshnik”.

Lev Shlosberg. Photo from personal archive The arrest of Lev Shlosberg on the morning of November 23 was reported by the Baza telegram channel close to the security forces. Schlosberg was returning from Moscow; in the evening he gave an interview in the Moscow studio of the Living Nail. After some time, the police released Schlosberg, confiscating all his equipment, said the politician’s wife, Zhanna Shlosberg, as quoted by the Agency*. The reason for the detention is still unknown.

Lesson in kindergarten. Photos from open sources The Parliamentary Newspaper writes about this.

Krasnoyarsk residents regard attacks on the writer as disdain for Siberia. What threatens the zeal of the capital's patriots Writer Viktor Astafiev (center) during a walk in his native village of Ovsyanka, Krasnoyarsk Territory, 1994. Photo: Vladimir Medvedev / ITAR-TASS The scandal, not as loud as it is foul-smelling, around the name of the great Russian writer Viktor Astafiev, is gaining scale. And in its development, in the statements of the statesmen who join it, and the so-called.