Valery Fyodorov, the general director of VTsIOM, Russia's state-owned and government-operated polling agency, defended against criticism a new survey conducted in Crimea on New Year's Eve. According to Fyodorov, the results would have been no different, if the poll had been conducted before or after Russia's biggest holiday celebration of the year.

How the Kremlin's manipulation of politics and public perceptions weakened the nation's minds Photo: Kremlin Press Service The mediasphere was one of Russia's most-discussed topics in 2015. As lawmakers accelerated the push to drive out foreign interests and saddle the news industry with more regulations, the political establishment also managed the remarkable swap of a war in Ukraine for an intervention in Syria.

Beginning today, the “right to be forgotten” takes effect in Russia, allowing Internet users to demand that search engines remove hyperlinks to “unverified or irrelevant” personal information. Individuals can request the takedown of links to content about anything that happened more than three years ago.

«Медуза» предлагает самый верный способ узнать, что будет в 2016 году Что будет в 2016 году? Да кто его знает, но хочется верить, что будет лучше, чем в прошлом. Вытяните лотерейный билетик с тремя эмодзи от «Медузы» и узнайте, что вас ждет в ближайшем будущем. И помните: если выпало что-то неудачное, это вина не лотереи, а интерпретатора. Для игры использованы Apple Emoji , эмодзи от VisualPharm и другие.