Vladivostok businessman Dmitrii Makarenko owns six companies, including one currently constructing Kalina Mall, a large new shopping complex in the city. A man by the same name was arrested in the Northern Mariana Islands on December 29 and charged in the United States with money laundering and conspiracy to export defense articles without a license.

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has pardoned Cyntoia Brown, who was sentenced to life in prison for prostitution and the robbery and murder of a client. Brown will be released in August 2019 after serving a 15-year prison sentence. She will be required to comply with parole conditions for the next 10 years. "Cyntoia Brown, by her own admission, committed a heinous crime at age 16. However, the sentence of life in prison for a minor <…> was too harsh, especially in light of the steps Ms.

On January 3, Yekaterina Fedorova, a journalist for the Radio Europe/Radio Free Liberty project Sibir.Realii , alleged in a Facebook post that Aleksey Migunov physically and sexually assaulted her in her home on October 13, 2018. Migunov is a co-founder of PrimaMedia, a conglomerate of news agencies covering several eastern and southern Russian regions. He is currently on voluntary leave.

World Bank (WB) President Jim Yong Kim tweeted that he will step down on February 1. The General Director of the organization, Kristalina Georgieva, will become the acting president of the WB. The World Bank announces that Jim Yong Kim will join a company that specializes in investments in infrastructure projects in developing countries. The name of the company is not specified.

Thai Immigration Bureau / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Rahaf Mohammed al-Kunun with an employee of the Thai immigration service and representative of the UN Supreme Commissioner for Bangkok Airport January 7, 2019 The 18-year-old citizen of Saudi Arabia Rahaf Mohammed al-Kunun flew to Bangkok on January 5 from Kuwait, where she rested with her family. Al-Kunun wanted to fly to Australia from Thailand and ask for asylum there.

A risky new film takes aim at the Siege of Leningrad Alexey Krasovsky Earlier this month, Russian filmmaker Alexey Krasovsky’s new movie, “Holiday,” premiered exclusively on YouTube. Paying for the experience is completely voluntary — willing audience members can make charitable donations. This is the first time a well-known Russian director (Krasovsky made the 2016 thrill “Collector” starring Konstantin Khabensky) has released his work like this.

On December 21, a horror film “Bird Box” (Bird Box) with Sandra Bullock in the title role was released on Netflix. The heroes of the picture wear special dressings in front of our eyes, which help not to succumb to the influence of a mysterious and very dangerous creature, whose appearance causes people a desire to immediately commit suicide. Because of this, the characters have to blindly drive cars, travel through the forest and even swim in a boat.

Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe / Getty Images January 7 in the Nantakuta District Court (Massachusetts) was a preliminary hearing in the case of sexual harassment against Kevin Spacey. The actors are accused of the fact that in the summer of 2016, in one of the restaurants of Nantakate, he touched the genitals of an 18-year-old young man. Spacey does not admit guilt. It was expected that during the hearing on January 7, the actor will be officially charged with an obscene attack and beating.

On January 5, the Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maedzava wrote on his Twitter: “I will distribute one hundred million yen - a million yen per person (this is about ten thousand dollars - approx. Medusa). To participate [in the draw], you need to subscribe to me and retreat this message. You can take part until January 7th. I will write a personal message to the winners.

Specialists from the Magnitogorsk Institute for Design of Metallurgical Plants (Magnitogorsk Gipromez) did not record any displacement of the building structures in Magnitogorsk, where the entrance collapsed . The experts' conclusion was published on the city administration website. Magnitogorsk Mayor Sergei Berdnikov said that the building had been inspected at the request of the residents.

The 29-year-old American comedian Danny Vega shot a satirical video about his hometown of Cas-grand (Arizona). In the video, he ridicules the merits of Cas-Grande, illustrating them with shots of ruins and closed shops. Danny Vega Here are some of his jokes: “This is my hometown-Cas Grande. Or, translated from Spanish, “victim of the housing crisis” ”; “Cas-grand provides unique opportunities.

Russian citizen Dmitry Makarenko, arrested on the island of Saipan at the request of the US FBI, is the namesake of a businessman from Vladivostok who is a co-owner of six companies, The Bell reports, citing SPARK-Interfax data. Makarenko's companies are primarily involved in real estate and logistics, The Bell writes. In particular, the namesake of the arrested man owns the company "Artayar", which plans to open the shopping center "Kalina Mall" in Vladivostok.

PrimaMedia co-founder Alexey Migunov decided to suspend his work in the holding company after accusations of rape from the journalist of the Siberia.Realities project Ekaterina Fedorova. Migunov said he was going on vacation "for the duration of all the investigations" and would also suspend his membership in all public organizations he is a member of. "I consider this necessary in order not to drag the company and organizations into this story of individuals," he wrote on Facebook.

Updated . The Russian Embassy in Ankara denied the information that there were Russians on board the ship that sank off the coast of Turkey. According to the embassy, ​​the crew consisted of citizens of Ukraine and Azerbaijan, RBC reports . In the Black Sea off the coast of Turkey, the Volga-Balt cargo ship sailing under the Panamanian flag sank. This was announced by the administration of the Turkish province of Samsun.

During the 76th Golden Globes, HBO aired a four-second clip from the eighth (and final) season of Game of Thrones. In it, Jon Snow introduces Daenerys Targaryen to his half-sister Sansa Stark, who greets the Dragon Queen with the words, "Winterfell is yours, your highness." The clip also features an updated opening sequence for the series, featuring Winterfell itself and, presumably, Daenerys's troops at its gates.