The relationship between Russian-language independent media and their sponsors is usually very opaque and confusing. Both sides avoid publicity and do not want to advertise their connections. Boris Zimin* is one of the few who finance media without hiding his name. But he also prefers not to disclose the amount of funding and the degree of his participation in the editorial policy of specific media outlets.

Illustration: atourov / Midjourney A chapter from the book by Alexei Solovyov “The Age of Burnout Superheroes: How self-development turned into a cult, and the pursuit of happiness led us to a dead end” (new from Alpina Publisher ). Imagine an unusual superhero - one who is tired of saving the planet every night and one day realized that he simply cannot get off the couch.

For several years, Syria fell off the world agenda. News about bombings, massacres and the capture of cities began to come from completely different regions of the planet. However, a week ago, the Arab republic again found itself in the center of world attention: the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group (recognized as terrorist in the Russian Federation) recaptured the second most important city in the country, Aleppo, from the Bashar al-Assad regime in three days.

List of Manola Dargis “The world of film is much broader than what the major studios offer. Excellent, amazing and even wonderful work often goes unnoticed. Here's a sneak peak at these treasures." 1. All We Imagine as Light , Payal Kapadia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTHmvfqvOXE This tender, touching story of empathy follows two nurses and a chef, friends who work in the same hospital in Mumbai.

Once upon a time, the Cairo Festival organized entire “Russian Seasons”. Here, on the banks of the ancient Nile, substantial landings of Russian filmmakers landed, and the Cairo public willingly went to look at the distant exoticism, expecting bears, snow, and girls in kokoshniks on the screen. Then they were always surprised if this was not in the films. There are no more “Russian Seasons”.

Moscow, December 6, 2024. Vladimir Putin speaks at the investment forum “Russia is Calling!” Photo: Grigory Sysoev, RIA Novosti kremlin.ru On the first day of the VTB Russia Calling forum, a significant discussion took place on the parameters of monetary policy. On the one hand are the head of the Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, and the Minister of Finance, Anton Siluanov.

Emmanuel Macron Panoramic / Keystone Press Agency / Global Look Press Last Wednesday, a coalition of deputies from the far-right and far-left parties of the Fifth Republic announced a vote of no confidence in the government of Michel Barnier, under whose leadership the cabinet of ministers had worked for less than three months.

Therapeutic vaccine Preclinical trials of the Russian mRNA cancer vaccine were completed at the Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after. Gamaleya. This is a so-called therapeutic vaccine - it will be administered to people who are already sick; There is no talk yet of creating a vaccine for healthy people to prevent cancer. “The vaccines will be individual, developed for a specific person.

Soldiers of the 810th brigade fighting in the Kursk region Photo: social networks The Kursk region, where Ukrainian troops have been stationed for four months, has not only become the main center of social tension in Russia due to its transformation into a war zone, military looting and lack of assistance to refugees from the authorities. This is also a region where a “special military operation” by the Russian Armed Forces has not yet been officially carried out.