The Shaolin Buddhist monastery in central China dates back to the 5th century, but owes its worldwide fame to popular culture. Literature, cinema and popular music have made its name almost a household name and synonymous with the very concept of “martial arts”. Modern Shaolin is often condemned by advocates of traditional values, who believe that the monastery pays too much attention to the commercial side of its work - paid kung fu schools and entertainment for tourists.

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The publication Afisha.Eda was criticized for the alleged political overtones of a selection of borscht recipes On the morning of May 31, an announcement of an article about “six proven borscht for Sunday” was published on the Afisha.Eda publication’s Facebook page. The text of the announcement indicated that outside of Ukraine the dish is most often called Russian, and this outraged the page’s subscribers.

The microblogging service Twitter hid some tweets with content banned in Russia for Russian users after representatives of the company and the department held another round of negotiations in Moscow. Roskomnadzor reported this on its page on VKontakte . Meeting between Twitter and Roskomnadzor, December 2014. Photo by Roskomnadzor In total, Twitter removed 32 tweets with prohibited content.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has begun an investigation into the photograph of TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak: it may show signs of insulting the feelings of believers. This was reported by the publication " Paper ". Updated June 2 at 11:26 : Sobchak again commented on the inspection in the Investigative Committee after the media drew massive attention to it. Are believers not offended that the beard and golden outfit are sold in the company "carnival costumes"?

Companies, celebrities and social media users celebrated International Children's Day online Every year on June 1, International Children's Day, established in 1949, is celebrated. In the cities of Russia, festive children's events are held on this day: for example, in Moscow, entertainment programs will be held on Krasnaya Presnya, on Tsvetnoy Boulevard and in Sokolniki, and in St. Petersburg - on Palace Square and in Alexander Park.

On June 1, some Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users received an offer from Microsoft to reserve a free, but “limited” copy of Windows 10: the corresponding icon appeared on the taskbar. The company later announced the release date of Windows 10: July 29. TJ figured out what exactly Microsoft offers users. Release date and cost of Windows 10 On June 1, Microsoft officially announced the release date of the new operating system: it will be released on July 29.

The first day of the Australian winter in some regions of the country began with snowfall, rare in these latitudes. in the southeast of the country in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales On June 1, winter officially began in Australia, with snow falling . Ski resort operators noted snow depths of up to 30 centimeters.

State Duma Chairman Sergei Naryshkin said that the popular perception of the Russian parliament as a “mad printer” is either wrong or supported financially from abroad. He spoke about this in an interview with the TASS agency. Sergey Naryshkin. Photo by RIA Novosti According to Naryshkin, some of the critics of the Russian government receive money from abroad, but do not want to understand the process of how laws are adopted in Russia.

Roskomnadzor blocked a page of the Polytrington website with a ringtone in which Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev allegedly explains how to give bribes correctly. reports this RBC . Dmitry Medvedev. Photo: government.ru The page with the entry “Medvedev - a useful guide to giving a bribe” was blacklisted on May 29. Access to it is not yet limited, but these measures will follow if the head of the site, Mikhail Sinelnikov, does not remove the prohibited content.

Head of Rostec Sergei Chemezov on sanctions, import substitution and plans for YotaDevices On June 1, the head of Rostec, Sergei Chemezov, gave an extensive interview to Vedomosti : about sanctions, import substitution and plans for YotaDevices. TJ chose the most interesting statements from the general director of a state corporation. Sergey Chemezov. Photo: Rostec About sanctions According to Chemezov, it was not his company that was subject to Western sanctions, but only himself.

Roskomnadzor has added two domains of the popular torrent tracker The Pirate Bay to the register of banned sites, the Vedomosti newspaper reported. The domains thepiratebay.se and thepiratebay.mn were blacklisted (access to both is closed), but the "mirrors" in the gd, cd and la domain zones continue to function as usual.

The head of the Open New Democracy Foundation criticized Yandex's position on the issue of the “right to be forgotten” On May 29, a bill on the “right to be forgotten” was introduced into the State Duma , if introduced, search engines will have to remove links to outdated, illegal or unreliable information at the request of citizens. Yandex opposed the initiative in Russia more actively than other IT companies.

On June 1 and 2, public figure Ilya Varlamov in his blog criticized the authorities of Arkhangelsk for the fact that the entire city is “strewn with rotten emergency barracks.” To prove his words, Varlamov, who personally visited the city, published a series of photographs of crumbling houses drowning in a swamp. There are no drunks here, no gopniks or rednecks. There are ordinary Russian people here: polite, kind, neat.

tvrain.ru The books were confiscated at the Or-Avner Jewish gymnasium. The Tanakh, as well as the Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim were seized for “the presence of extremist materials in these books.” Tanakh is the Hebrew name for the Jewish Holy Scripture, an acronym for the names of three collections of sacred texts of Judaism.