The German literary agency Wiedling Literary Agency refused to represent the interests of Zakhar Prilepin in the West, according to the BBC and Kommersant . According to them, the company decided to stop working with the Russian writer, since he joined the battalion in the DPR. According to the head of the agency, Thomas Widling, his company will fulfill its obligations to publishers, but will transfer its possible profits from Prilepin's works to Amnesty International.

Photo: Nurphoto / Sipa USA / Vida Press On February 13, Kim Jong, 45-year-old son Kim Jong Ira and brother of the DPRK leader Kim Jong-un, was killed at the Kuala Lumpur Airport. On suspicion of involvement in the murder, three people were arrested, unofficial data indicate that agents of the North Korean special services could kill Kim Chen Nam. "Medusa" says that it is known about the murder of his son Kim Jong -un - and why he could be killed.

The leader of the Leningrad group, Sergei Shnurov, composed a poem about the transfer of St. Isaac's Cathedral under the control of the Russian Orthodox Church and read it. Update: The video was later removed from Shnurov's Instagram. However, a copy of the video remained in the accounts of the musician's fans. Caution, the video contains profanity. Now in St. Isaac's Cathedral, which is managed by the administration of St. Petersburg, there is a museum.

On February 16, analysts from Sberbank's investment division suggested that the rise in the ruble exchange rate was due to Rosneft selling currency. As analysts pointed out, the oil company needed rubles to pay minority shareholders of Bashneft. Rosneft press secretary Mikhail Leontyev rejected this assumption . “How did Sberbank, such a respected major Russian bank, end up with analysts who don’t understand anything about macroeconomics? Or do they have some other motives?

Photo: Alexander Podgarchuk / Kommersant In mid -February 2017, in Russia, they again spoke about “death groups” - VKontakte communities, where “tasks” are distributed to young people, which supposedly lead to suicides.

Nearly 2,000 people marched in Minsk against the parasitism tax, Reuters reports. The Belarusian edition of Naviny.by estimated the number of participants at three thousand people . A procession under the slogans "Kukish you, not a tax" and "The chief parasite is the president" took place in the city center. The police did not interfere with the participants of the action, although it was not coordinated with the authorities.

US President Donald Trump says “binh” very often. With this onomatopoeia he describes a huge number of things - from the use of Twitter to shootings and statements of his opponents. Vice News collected all the examples of the use of “bin” from Trump’s mouth in one video. Trump goes BING VICE News on all the things that go "bing" with President Donald J. Trump. Published by VICE Video on February 7, 2017.

The rating of the best restaurants by Michelin by mistake included a bistro of a small French city of Bourgeo. Le Bouche à Oreille confused with the prestigious restaurant of the same name. According to the mistress of Le Bouche à Oreille Veronik Jacques, she laughed when she found out that Bistro had received a Michelin star.

Shot: Pewdiepie / YouTube The Swede Felix Chelberg, known as the video blogger Pewdiepie, is undergoing a difficult public crisis. Disney refused to cooperate with him; YouTube has ceased to actively promote his videos. The reason for this was the jokes of Chelberg, which many considered anti -Semitic - video blogger is accused of sympathy for Nazism.

Photo: Anton Vaganov / TASS One of the most famous employees of the Russian National Library in St. Petersburg, critic and publicist Nikita Eliseeva threatens a disciplinary sanction-or even dismissal-because he incorrectly handed over the keys and hit the door of the deputy director of the RND Elena Tikhonova. To begin with, Eliseev was forced to write an explanatory.

Law enforcement agencies of North Ossetia have detained four coordinators of "death groups" in social networks, the government of the republic reported. The detainees, including two minors, "sent messages to acquaintances with an offer to join the game." Their act, according to the message of the government of North Ossetia, they explained "the desire to play comrades." What charges threaten the detainees, in the message of the republican government is not specified.

Warner Bros. Published by the trailer for the comedy "House" with Amy Poter and Will Ferrell in the main roles. Comedy Central "The House" Official Trailer The film tells about parents who open an illegal casino in the basement of their home to pay for their daughter’s studies at a prestigious university. "House" is a director's debut of producer and screenwriter Andrew J. Cohen. In the world rental, the picture will be released on June 30, 2017.

In recent days, many high-profile headlines have appeared in the media in the spirit of “Scientists have discovered an underwater continent” or “New Zealand turns out to be the seventh continent.” It all started with the fact that on February 16, Nature published a note about the work of New Zealand scientists who propose to consider New Zealand not just two large islands, but the tip of a submerged continent.

Anton Dolin talks about the main films of the competition Photo: Berlinale In Germany, there is a Berlin film festival. The winners of Berlinale will become known soon - February 18, and so far the “reverse side of hope” aka Kaurismaki is considered the main favorite. However, on the last competitive day in Berlin, an incredible Chinese cartoon was shown, capable of violating the entire premium alignment.

Five years ago, a referendum on language passed. How was it? Photo: Ints Kalnins / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Five years ago, on February 18, 2012, a referendum was held in Latvia to grant the Russian language the status of the second state. More than a million people participated in the vote, this is 70% of the country's population with the right to vote (such a large turnout before only once happened - during a survey on the independence of Latvia from the USSR in 1991).