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Sergei Loznitsa's painting “Mister Landsbergis” won the IDFA festival in Amsterdam was awarded the Best Film Prize at the IDFA Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam. Reported by Variety. “The winning film is a monumental achievement that comprehensively explores the role that one person, one nation, and one moment in history can play in the still relevant history of the global struggle for freedom and the right to self-determination, ”the festival jury said in a statement. Loznitsa, receiving the prize, noted that“ Mister Landsbergis ”is important not only for Lithuania, but for the whole world. In the center of his 246-minute film is the figure of the Lithuanian politician Vytautas Landsbergis, Chairman of the Supreme Council of Lithuania at the time of the adoption of the declaration on the restoration of independence of the state in 1990. Prizes for the best camera work and for the best debut at IDFA were

Head of AmCham Rodzianko: US businessmen asked the State Department to recognize Sputnik V for travel Sputnik V vaccination certificates. This was stated by the President of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Alexis Rodzianko in an interview with Izvestia. The entrepreneur said that the organization has applied to the State Department with a proposal. He noted that the department accepted an appeal for consideration. The answer to our request was this: while we think Alexis RodziankoThe head of AmCham Rodzianko also explained that at the moment, in order to travel from Russia to the United States, two things are needed: a visa, which is now impossible to obtain, and an inoculation with that vaccine. which is recognized by either Washington or the World Health Organization (WHO). Therefore, American businessmen called on the US authorities to approve a number of vaccines for business travel to the country, including the Russian

BBC News: Turkish and Mexican police used tear gas at rallies for women's rights took to the streets on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which is celebrated annually on 25 November. This was reported by BBC News. On the streets of Istanbul, participants in mass actions clashed with security officials who urged citizens to disperse. Some of them demanded the resignation of the government due to Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, an international treaty aimed at protecting women's rights. In Mexico, police used tear gas and smoke bombs to disperse rallies. According to the newspaper, some demonstrators pelted the security officials with bottles, stones and flares. Law enforcement officials said at least 17 people were injured during the demonstrations. Ten female police officers were among the injured. According to the human rights organization Amnesty International, at least ten women and girls are killed every day

A 19-year-old transgender man spoke of regular insults to haters because of his breasts An Ohio transgender man with female breasts complained about the difficulties of life … The corresponding video on TikTok was noticed in the Daily Mail. 19-year-old Adonis Zeigler (Adonis Zeigler) shared a video, where he talked about the difficulties he faced in the process of changing sex. The hero of the material explained that due to financial difficulties, he was not able to complete his transition completely, so his appearance began to raise questions from others. So, for example, haters regularly insult him because of the presence of breasts. “I'm confused, why do you have a beard?”, “What the hell, why do you have breasts?” – they write. Zeigler is known to have started his transformation in 2017 with hormones, which gave him abundant vegetation all over his body and face. However, he did not have

Moscow Mayor Sobyanin urged to plan for the future and be optimistic despite COVID-19 Because of COVID-19, society will live in conditions of restrictions. Despite this, it is necessary to plan for the future and be optimistic, said Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, quoted by RIA Novosti. “It is becoming obvious that the pandemic will, unfortunately, not go away in a short period of time. We will live in conditions of restrictions, but we still have to live, “the mayor emphasized. He added that Moscow is a city that cannot stop. The capital has always won, lived and developed, Sobyanin noted. Earlier, the mayor said that, despite numerous negative forecasts that the economy would collapse due to a pandemic and everything would be very bad, Moscow enterprises are adapting to difficult conditions. He also added that the overwhelming majority of the capital's economic sectors “feel fine.”

Roskosmos: Progress MS-17 spacecraft was sunk in the non-navigable part of the Pacific Ocean Russian spacecraft Progress MS-17 »Successfully deorbited and sunk. This was reported on Twitter by the state corporation Roscosmos. “The Progress MS-17 cargo ship, which undocked from the ISS this afternoon, was sunk in the non-navigable part of the Pacific Ocean,” the message says. < p> Earlier, Roskosmos reported that the undocking of the Progress MS-17 spacecraft from the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for November 25 at 14:18 Moscow time. On November 26, the Progress M-UM module spacecraft with the Prichal nodal module will be docked to the ISS. On Sunday, the state corporation announced preparations for the launch of the Soyuz 2.1b launch vehicle, which injected into orbit “Progress M-UM” and “Prichal”. In October, it became known about the preparation of the record-breaking flight “Progress”. The Progress MS-19 spacecraft, which will be launched in

Miner Ilchuk: two explosions thundered at the Listvyazhnaya mine in Kuzbass not a fire – an explosion thundered there. Then the locals heard a second pop. Such details of the accident in a conversation with “Lenta.ru” were revealed by Alexander Ilchuk, an underground electrician who worked in Belovo. When the rescuers were already at the scene, all the locals heard that at 15:44 there was a second explosion. Half an hour later Tsivilev [the governor of the Kemerovo region Sergei Tsivilev] announced that the work had been suspended due to gas pollution. Nobody talked about the second cotton, but all the locals already knew everything. Alexander Ilchuk underground electrician According to him, the workers who were at the epicenter of the explosion died immediately. If the fans were stopped in time, those who were further from the explosion site could have been saved, Ilchuk said. “The fan was stopped later,

Deputy from Servant of the People: Martial law will be introduced with a full-scale invasion “Oleg Seminsky called the condition for the introduction of martial law, reports” Ukraine 24 “. “ Yes, there are such conversations, this is being discussed. [First Vice Speaker of the Rada] Oleksandr Kornienko spoke about the introduction of martial law only with a full-scale invasion of the territory of Ukraine by the Russian Federation beyond the demarcation line in our direction, “Seminsky said. He urged not to panic and” be ready to the fact that it can actually happen. ” “If this happens, we as a state must fight to the end. Once again, I want to note that martial law will be introduced only in the event of a full-scale invasion, “the deputy concluded. Earlier, the leader of the Radical Party, Oleg Lyashko, said that Zelensky plans to introduce martial law for two months