20 important events of the past month in Russia and the world
EVERY DAY WE HAVE A GREAT NUMBER OF NEWS, in the flow of which is easy to get lost and miss important. Therefore, every month we remember the most significant events of the past 30 days, which have affected life in Russia and other countries. Today we tell what people, events and initiatives have changed our world in September.
American athletes responded to doping charges
The hacker group, which calls itself "Fancy Bears", has published data proving that WADA allowed several American athletes to use illicit drugs for medical purposes. Hackers revealed confidential information relating to the health of American tennis players Williams sisters and gymnasts Simone Biles, who became the heroine of the last Olympics in Rio. The athletes commented on the doping charges, saying that they were allowed to use illegal drugs by experts from WADA: all women underwent a formal procedure confirming the need to take drugs from the black list. More about the scandal in big sports endocrinologist Nikita Taler told us.
Anna Kuznetsova became a new ombudsman
Vladimir Putin dismissed the children's ombudsman Pavel Astakhov, who wrote a statement of his own accord. His place was taken by Anna Kuznetsova - the founder of the Pokrov charity foundation, the head of the ONF executive committee in Penza. Shortly after the appointment, the journalists learned that the new ombudsman believes in “uterine memory”, and at the end of September Kuznetsova supported the idea of banning abortion and stated that “the entire civilized world” is fighting with them.
Angelina Jolie divorces Brad Pitt
The actress filed for divorce after two years of marriage and 12 years of relationship. The official reason for the separation was irreconcilable contradictions in regard to the upbringing of children: Jolie is unhappy with Pitt as a parent and demands that all six children permanently live with her, and the ex-spouse has only the right to visit. Sources of the publication claim that Jolie named September 15 as the date of the final separation, in a statement she indicated that she did not need financial support from her former spouse. Shortly after the news of the divorce, Pitt was accused of child abuse, the actor denies the charges.
In Poland, may adopt a law on the complete prohibition of abortion
The Polish Parliament is discussing a bill to ban abortions completely. If accepted, even minors who have experienced rape and women for whom childbirth can be fatal will not be able to terminate the pregnancy. The law provides criminal liability for those who are trying to or have already had an abortion, prison sentences of up to five years for the women themselves and those who carry out the procedure. In protest, the polkas took to the streets with demonstrations and launched "Black Protest" - women and their supporters dress in black, expressing solidarity with the victims of the future law.
Qlean and The Question apologize for sexist advertising
Offensive social network users have been offended by advertising by the Moscow Qlean cleaning service: The Question appeared on the Question branded Qlean question: "Which is cheaper: get married or hire a cleaner, a cook and go to prostitutes?". By mutual decision, The Question and the Qlean service quickly removed the question from the site, and published an apology on behalf of the company on The Question’s official account on Facebook. Personal apologies were offered by Qlean marketing director Roman Kumar Vias.
The ceremony of the television award "Emmy-2016"
This year the creators of the Game of Thrones series were victorious in the ceremony: the fantasy saga won the award for the best drama series, and also set a record for the number of Emmys statuettes - in its history, the series received 38 awards. The satirical "Vice President" with Julia Louis-Dreyfus was recognized as the best comedy show, the American Ministerial Story mini-series was the best mini-series, and the new episode of Sherlock and The Ugly Bride was the best television movie. Also, awards were received by actors Tatiana Maslani, Rami Malek and Jeffrey Tambor, who played a transgender woman in the TV series "Transparent".
Mother Teresa canonized
On Sunday, September 4, the canonization ceremony of Mother Teresa, a Catholic nun who was famous throughout the world for her missionary work and the organization of medical care in poor countries, took place in the Vatican. The saint received the name Mother Teresa of Calcutta. The festive mass, which was attended by about a hundred thousand people, was held on Pope Francis Square in St. Peter's Square.
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The government supported the project Mizulina banning baby boxes
Senator Elena Mizulina told on her website that the government supported her draft law banning baby boxes - specially equipped windows in medical institutions where mothers can leave their child anonymously. The author of the bill believes that baby boxes encourage mothers to abandon newborns and create an "illusion of an easy, humane solution to the problem." In addition, Mizulina spoke about the problem of domestic violence: the politician said that Russian men lacked "affection and respect", and in our country some of the most progressive laws that protect victims of violence are in force. It is not enough to respect the husband, according to the politician, much worse than beating his wife.
For Playboy for the first time a Muslim woman appeared in a hijab
In the October issue of Playboy magazine, for the first time in its history, a photo of a woman wearing a hijab will appear. The heroine of the shooting is a 22-year-old American journalist Nur Taguri, who has worked as a TV presenter on the Newsy channel since June. Since childhood, Taguri has dreamed of working on television and, thanks to her dedication, became the first Muslim to become a commercial TV channel in the United States. An interview with Taguri was part of the Renegades series, a Playboy project dedicated to people who break stereotypes and follow their dreams.
Aviasales publish racist branding on behalf of Brad Pitt
SMM companies of the company wrote an offensive advertising post, "inspired" by the divorce of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. The text, written on behalf of Pitt, says that the actor will use the services of Aviasales to take his foster children from their grandmothers in Cambodia, Vietnam and Ethiopia. In this case, the author of fasting calls foster children "extras" and plans to "save money on grandmas." Later, the founder of Aviasales, Konstantin Kalinov, made a few obscene and sexist statements to the Wonderzine editor-in-chief Olga Strakhovskaya, who criticized the company's strategy in the commentary on Lera Shvets. As a result, Strakhovskaya launched on the Internet a flash mob to boycott the service with the hashtag #boycottaviasales.
Transgender Russian woman demanded to be suspended from work in elections
Petersburg woman Ekaterina Messorosh unexpectedly for herself was in the center of attention of the press after she made a transgender transition. The interest of journalists was caused by the fact that Messorosh is a member of the election commission at one of the polling stations where the elections to the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and the State Duma of Russia took place on September 18. Vitaly Milonov, known for his hostility towards LGBT people, and activist Timur Bulatov, were expected to speak out against the participation of Messorosh in the work of the PEC. Messorosh told Wonderzine about herself and her election work.
Non-profit partnership "EVA" raises funds for the project "Equal protects equal"
NP "E.V.A." opened the fundraising for the project "Equal protects the equal", which existed at the end of September with the funds of the Presidential grant. As part of this project, six human rights defenders who have undergone special training advise people with HIV, viral hepatitis and tuberculosis, helping them to receive medical and social assistance, to establish a constructive dialogue with doctors and defend their rights. All consultants working in the project are really "equal": they, like the people applying to them, live with HIV.
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After blocking large porn resources on Facebook, we launched a flash mob # rossnobzor
In response to the blocking by Roskomnadzor of two popular pornographic resources YouPorn and Pornhub, a flash mob #produktor was launched in the Russian-speaking Facebook. The action was initiated by digital director of Esquire Russia and former editor-in-chief of the Afisha magazine Daniil Trabun, as well as Daniyar Shekebaev, Tarlan Abdullayev and journalist Mikhail Levin. They were the first to post videos in which they watch porn and retell what is happening in the frame, calling on other users to protest in the same way. The organizers called "to train their own openness" and oppose bigotry.
The results of a study on the movement of AIDS dissidents in Russia are published.
The Candle Charitable Foundation, supported by the Treatment Preparedness Coalition, conducted the first Russian study analyzing the anti-scientific movement of HIV / AIDS dissidents on social networks and its negative impact on the opinions of people living with HIV. Researchers studied the largest community of AIDS dissidents "VKontakte", found out who constituted the core of the movement and how its members are interconnected, and also collected data on the rhetorical strategies of the movement, through which they influence the "newcomers" who only learned about their diagnosis , and "doubters" - those who have not accepted either one or the other point of view.
Marina Abramovich lost in court Ulai
Performance artist Marina Abramovich lost in court to her former lover and co-author Ulai. The artist filed a lawsuit in November last year, accusing Abramovich of wanting to “strike him out of history”, without specifying his name at joint work shows, and not paying the money due to him. Amsterdam District Court found the artist guilty and ordered her to pay Ulai 250 thousand euros. Marina Abramovich and Ulay have been working together for more than ten years and have created many famous performances inspired by their uneasy relationship.
Launched a site about literature "Bitter"
The founder of the bookshop "Falanster" Boris Kupriyanov and the former editor of "Posters" Nina Nazarova (last year she told us about her favorite books) launched a website about the literature "Gorky". The editor-in-chief of the publication was Nina Nazarova. "Gorky" will write about both new and old books - according to Nazarova, now most of the media only talk about new products, with all the information "fragmented and built on the" marketing "principle. About the need for a new website about books, Nazarova told in an interview with Wonderzine.
Product Director Hopes & Fears Rita Popova starred in the Monki campaign
Product Director Hopes & Fears, as well as permanent author and friend of Wonderzine, Rita Popova, took part in the Global Manifesto for Women's Rights, a new campaign by the Swedish brand Monki, the heroines of which are outstanding women who break stereotypes. Rita spoke about one of the tenets of the campaign, “Knowledge is Power,” and shared her experience: at 21, Rita had already worked as the editor-in-chief of Look At Me on innovation and technology, and was a woman in an exclusively male world where many did not believe in her professionalism.
The action "Children instead of flowers" raised more than 7.5 million rubles
The Vera Charitable Foundation announced that this year, thanks to the action “Children instead of flowers”, in which schoolchildren and parents participate on Knowledge Day, they managed to raise at least 7.5 million rubles. Flashmob "Children instead of flowers" was invented in 2014 by a teacher from a Moscow lyceum Asya Stein. She offered parents of her students not to bring flowers on September 1, so that the money that could be spent on the bouquet, the parents and their children would be transferred to one of the charitable funds. Now the action takes place annually: parents agree and give one beautiful bouquet to the teacher from the whole class, and the remaining money pledged to buy flowers in the family budget is transferred to the Vera Foundation and other charitable organizations.
Former Somali president runs for refugee Fadumo Dayib
The only woman to take part in the upcoming presidential elections in Somalia is 44-year-old Fadumo Dayib, who was forced to leave her home country in 1990 and lived in Finland for many years, becoming a well-known activist and public health expert. Dayib, who has received widespread support in the country, considers herself an optimist and believes that Somalia will be able to come to stability and peace if she gets rid of the current government. Among its priorities is the destruction of the traditional clan system and the eradication of cruel traditional practices, including female circumcision, the fight against corruption and the restoration of the country's sovereignty.
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Scientists have found that women over 40 enjoy sex more
Cleveland scientists have published the results of a new study on the sexual life of women, according to which women over 40 get much more pleasure from sex than in their youth. A survey of more than 500 American women from 40 to 75 years showed that with age women get more pleasure from sex, although they do it less often. Researchers attribute this to the fact that mature women are more self-confident, able to talk openly about their preferences, bring diversity to their sex life in different ways and persuade their mature partners to take medicines for erectile dysfunction.