Florence Welch, leader of the band Florence + the Machine, performed unexpectedly on the London Underground, The Sun reports, citing eyewitnesses. On the evening of January 20, Welch went into the subway, returning from a concert by Californian rapper Kendrick Lamar. The carriage was full, and although the singer initially tried to remain unnoticed, passengers recognized her and began singing her hit “You've Got the Love,” from her 2009 album Lungs.

TV presenter Oksana Pushkina announced on January 22 that she would leave her job at NTV in connection with a new project on Channel One. about this She wrote on her microblog on Twitter. Oksana Pushkina, the author of the weekly program “Women’s View,” aired on the NTV channel since 1999, will work on the talk show “I’m filing for divorce!” on Channel One, according to the website 7days.ru.

The administrative case against the deputy head of the Golos association, Grigory Melkonyants, regarding violation of the law on personal data during the elections of the Opposition Coordination Council has been terminated. Openinform reports this. The case was closed due to lack of evidence of a crime.

Ring, lakes, and sing, taiga The authorities of Karelia quarreled over the prospects of the region Kondopoga Pulp and Paper Mill. Photo: Alexander Chizhenok / Kommersant If for most Russians Karelia is a forest, lakes and funny Finnish place names, then for the residents of the republic themselves everything is more complicated. For them, judging by the statements of the local Minister of Economic Development Valentin Chmil, this is a subsidized “gap region” that has no prospects.

The ministries of economic development and finance agreed to create a fund to insure the pension savings of Russians. newspaper writes about this in its issue dated January 22 The Vedomosti , citing sources in federal structures. According to the publication, the protection of pension savings will be handled by the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA), which already ensures the safety of the population’s deposits.

Fired journalists from the Russian service of Radio Liberty sent a letter to the new president of the radio station, Kevin Klose, asking for their jobs back. The letter was published on January 22 on the BBG Watch website. The letter says the fired journalists do not represent the “grotesque caricature” painted by the station’s former president Stephen Corn, vice president Julia Ragona and head of the Russian service Masha Gessen.

In an attempt to achieve democracy in Russia and ensure fair elections, the authorities encountered an unexpected problem. The number of parties has suddenly increased several times, elections are approaching, and no one knows how to fit all these parties into the ballot, because “electronic ballot boxes” are not able to process sheets that are too long.

In Paris on January 21, charges were brought against a suspect in the murder of three Kurdish activists, reports Agence France-Presse . He turned out to be the personal driver of one of the murdered women. According to investigators, 30-year-old Omer Guney is an ethnic Kurd. He was born in Turkey and lived in the suburb of Paris - Courneuve. For the past two years he has been a member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.

Blizzard Studios explained why it has not yet released its Blizzard All-Stars MOBA game, which it has been working on in recent years. In an interview with Eurogamer, StarCraft II production director Chris Sigati said that the game has not yet been released because the company has not yet decided on a way to monetize it.

Tim Burton and his wife, Helena Bonham Carter, have decided to take a break from their film career. The actress told The Daily Express at the London Film Critics Circle Awards. The actress explained that she and her husband made this decision in order to devote more time to their family. She also admitted that parenting is challenging for her and she always feels like she's doing something wrong. The couple has two children. Billy Ray, their eldest son, is currently nine years old.

Pop singer Justin Bieber has surpassed singer Lady Gaga in the number of followers on Twitter. At the time of writing, Bieber had 33 million and 322 thousand subscribers, and Lady Gaga had 33 million and 320 thousand. As The Hollywood Reporter notes, Bieber became the most popular Twitter user on Tuesday night PST (the morning of January 22 Moscow time). According to the Twittercounter service, singer Katy Perry is in third place in the number of subscribers, followed by 31.5 million users.

Former head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, Vladislav Piotrovsky, took the position of adviser to the general director of the Baltic Fuel Company on economic security. This was reported in a company press release . According to BTK General Director Stanislav Korneev, the new position filled by Piotrovsky was created in connection with the expansion of the company's geography and business diversification.

In Indonesia, 56-year-old British woman Lindsay Sandiford was sentenced to death for drug smuggling, writes BBC News. The woman was arrested back in May in Bali during a routine customs check. Police found 4.8 kilograms of cocaine in the lining of her suitcase. Sandiford claimed she was set up and forced to bring drugs to the island. Prosecutors asked the court to sentence her to 15 years in prison.

The Commission of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on National Security will open a “hotline” for military personnel on innovations in uniform. Izvestia writes about this. “I don’t know if Shoigu and his deputies ever wore foot wraps, with all due respect to them, but you have to ask the guys.

The Indian Navy on Monday, January 21, commissioned the patrol boat Sanryu (Sanryu OPV), the first of four ships of the same type. reports Jane's . The patrol boat was built at the Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) shipyard under the NOPV (Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel) program. The patrol boat is based on the Sankalp patrol boat project that GSL is building for the Indian Coast Guard. "Sanriu" reaches 105 meters in length and has a displacement of 2230 tons.