The main songs of Joe Coker Photo: Cosmin ifTode / demotix / Corbis / All Over Press On December 22, at the 71st year of life, British musician Joe Cocker died. The main talent of a cocker, whose flipped baritones cannot be confused with any other, were fresh readings of other people's songs: in its performance, the composition found not only a new meaning, but often a new life.

Komsomolskaya Pravda published an interview with a person who claims to have witnessed the flights of Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft on July 17, 2014, the day of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 crash. KP did not name this person. In the announcement of the material, he was recommended as “an airbase employee who fled to Russia.” KP editor-in-chief Vladimir Sungorkin said that the source himself contacted the editorial office. “He showed me his documents... Everything is very convincing.

Shot: Eldad Hagar / YouTube Eldad Hagar, founder of the Hope for PAWS project, found in November 2013 in Miley’s garbage dump, a Husky breed dog. A month later, he published a video that talked about the salvation of Miley: they washed the dog, cleaned and provided her with the necessary veterinary assistance. That video managed to gain more than 18 million views.

Petersburg residents on social networks reported a number of cases of restrictions on the sale of tokens in the metro. According to passengers, cashiers refused to sell more than two tokens in one hand. The fact that the sale of tokens was limited in the St. Petersburg metro was also reported by the REGNUM and Dialog agencies , as well as the Fontanka.ru and Gazeta.spb websites .

The musician Joe Cocker died. He died in Colorado , where he lived recently. The cocker was 70 years old. As stated in the official statement of Sony Music, Joe Coker had lung cancer. Photo: MediaPunch / Rex Features / All Over Press “Joe Coker was unique, and it is impossible to fill in the place that he occupied in our hearts,” said artist Barry Marshal. (English. BBC News Joe Cocker was born in 1944 in Sheffield.

Screenshot of the official group REN-TV VKontakte The publication TJournal analyzed the news on the REN-TV website in 2014 and divided their information into categories. It turned out that “truthful” stories about well -known historical figures and modern celebrities often appear on the site, for example, the material that Hitler “sat on drugs”. In addition, the REN-TV website regularly talks about UFOs and proves that aliens are among people.

Why is the murder of police in New York not related to recent protests: The Atlantic Photo: Paul Martinka / Splash News / All Over Press In New York on December 20, 28-year-old Ismail Brinley shot the police, 32-year-old Wenjiang Liu and 40-year-old Rafael Ramos. Before the murder of Brinley, he wrote on his Instagram that he was going to shoot law enforcement officers to take revenge on Eric Garner, strangled during the detention in July 2014.

State Duma deputies spoke negatively about the meeting of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Kyiv. The head of the parliamentary committee on international affairs, Alexei Pushkov, recalled the “dangerous experience” of Slobodan Milosevic, Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein, who “tried to be friends” with the United States.

The police detained Timur Isaev, who is known for sending information to schools about the homosexual orientation of certain teachers. Isaev was detained in the area of ​​Prosveshcheniya Prospekt. During the arrest, he did not deny that his real name was Bulatov, and since 2005 he has been on the wanted list. In what case is not specified. On the Moshennikov.net website Timur Gabdylmalikovich Bulatov is mentioned as a "swindler and thief". It also says he has been on the run since 2005.

In the case of Born, the defendant Volkov and Witness Goryachev were interrogated: the report "Medusa" Figure: Victoria Lomasco / "Medusa" In the case of the “combat organization of Russian nationalists” on Monday, December 22, they interrogated the defendant Mikhail Volkov and witness Ilya Goryachev. Volkov with his story completed a list of episodes that are charged with a gang.

At the Belarusian customs detained more than 30 trucks heading from the Kaliningrad region to the main part of Russia. The cars contain electronic equipment, which is produced by regional companies. The State Customs Committee of Belarus reported that those goods for which the documents are correctly drawn up pass through the Belarusian section of the border of the Customs Union freely.

Facebook is subject to the laws of the countries in which it operates. The social network restricts access to content (posts, pages, events) at the request of local authorities. State authorities refer to local laws. If Facebook does not comply, the social network could be blocked completely. For example, India, Turkey and Pakistan have strict laws against insulting religious feelings and criticizing the state. These countries are the most likely to require Facebook to block content.

Photo: Innafetisowa / Instagram The Bigpicture project has studied what photographs are published by Russian Instagram users with a hashtag #corporate party. The "pre -crisis" selection of three dozen pictures was called "for the last time." The completely photo gallery is available on the Bigpicture website.

Economist Konstantin Sonin has resigned as Vice-Rector of the Higher School of Economics, the university's press service told Meduza. According to HSE representative Vadim Vorobyov, the corresponding decision was made on December 22. Vorobyov explained this by the fact that the university is moving from "administrative management" to managing the university through committees. Konstantin Sonin will lead the international recruiting committee, that is, he will do the same thing as now.

Sony Pictures hired anti -crisis manager Judy Smith, who works with celebrities and politicians who found themselves in a difficult situation. She should help the film company restore the reputation after a hacker attack. Smith's task is to reduce the wave of criticism of Sony after refusing the premiere of the film of Set Rogen "Interview." In particular, the company was convicted by US President Barack Obama.