Everett Collection / Vida Press American actor El Jolson in the 1935 film “Start on Dance”, considered one of the samples of “BlackFais” Blackfeis - from English BlackFace ("Black Face"). Short. The makeup that white people apply in order to portray blacks. This practice has spread in the USA in the 19th century, when there was slavery. In modern America (and not only America), he is considered a manifestation of racism in this way.

Thailand's King Vajiralongkorn has spoken out against the nomination of his sister Ubol Ratana for the post of prime minister. According to the king's statement, "the participation of senior members of the royal family in politics is a violation of national traditions, customs and culture and is therefore considered highly inappropriate." The country's constitution also requires neutrality from members of the royal family, the monarch said.

We explain in koubs Meduza journalist Sultan Suleimanov believed until the very end that Russia would be represented at Eurovision 2019 by the group Little Big , which you will probably remember from the title of one song: "Skibidi." His hopes were not fulfilled - but he decided to prove that this was a big omission. Skibidi wa-pa-pa! Little Big are freaks. In a good way. It is no secret that Eurovision is not a singing Olympics. The song plays a far from the main role in determining the winner.

Veterans of Russia’s federal Investigative Committee (SK) plan to install a 10-foot-tall statue of the archangel Michael outside the bureau’s headquarters in Moscow. The SK’s current director, Alexander Bastrykin, has already given his official support to the plan to honor his agency’s patron saint. The cost of the project has been estimated at 13 million rubles (nearly $200,000), and SK officials have agreed to collect some those funds from the agency’s current employees.

A bot that capable of performing any ditty appeared in Telegram. Just send him the text, wait a few seconds - and get audio. About what a ditty will depend on your imagination - for example, about mother -in -law a house, units in the army or even American GDP.

On February 8, a notice was sent to the Moscow City Hall about a march in memory of Boris Nemtsov on Sunday, February 24. The organizers were the movement "Solidarity", "Parnassus", "Yabloko", FBK, the human rights center "Memorial", as well as the Party of Changes, the December 5 Party and the Libertarian Party. The march is supposed to start at 14:00 on Strastnoy Boulevard. Like last year, the participants will walk along the boulevards to Turgenevskaya Square and turn onto Sakharov Avenue.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Ticket for war. What brought Alexander Rastorguev, Orhan Dzhemal and Kirill Radchenko in the Tsar On July 31, Orkhan Dzhamal , Alexander Rastorguev and Kirill Radchenko , who came to the Tsar, were killed in the Central African Republic to make a documentary about mercenaries from Russian private military companies. Elena Vanina, Polina Eremenko and Ilya Zhegulev told Konstantin Benyumov the history of dead journalists.

British actor Albert Finney has died at the age of 82. Finney's most famous roles include detective Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express in 1974, lawyer Ed Masry in Erin Brockovich, and the elderly Ed Bloom in Big Fish. He also played Winston Churchill in the TV movie The Gathering Storm. Finney has received several Oscar nominations, including for his roles as Poirot and Masri. His career began in 1956; He played his last film role in 2012.

Mladen Antonov / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Dennis Kristensen in the court of the city of Oryol, February 6, 2019 A member of the Jehovah's Witnesses community from Denmark lived in Russia for 20 years. He was arrested in Orel - and called the leader of the prohibited organization 46-year-old Dennis Kristensen-from Copenhagen, at the age of 17 he received baptism in the Church of “Jehovah's Witnesses”. In 1995 he arrived in St.

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the appointment of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Investigative Committee and the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Major General Oleg Ilinykh became the head of the main department for countering extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Timur Valiulin, the previous head of the CPE, resigned in December 2018 after six years in office.

Journalist Darya Burlakova says she completed an investigative report for TASS about food services in Moscow’s public schools and kindergartens, but the Russian state news agency refused to publish the text because it mentioned Evgeny Prigozhin and his catering company “Concord.” The independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta later agreed to publish Burlakova’s report, but her supervisors at TASS told her she would need to resign, she says, if her name appeared in the byline.

Bernard Weil / Toronto Star / Getty images investigators collect evidence on the Bruce MacArthur section In Canada, the court sentenced Bruce MacArthur to the long -term conclusion of the serial killer. He killed eight people and was probably preparing to kill the ninth when the police came to his house to arrest. MacArthur was born in 1951 in a small town in Ontario. In his youth, he was married, his son and daughter were born in marriage.

Rapper Guf (Aleksey Dolmatov) entered into a settlement agreement with the man who beat him at the Bunker-42 club in October. This was stated by his lawyer Sergei Zhorin. According to the lawyer, the attacker apologized to Guf, and the rapper withdrew the statement from the police. He did not name the attacker; he previously named a man named Yegor Mokin as a suspect. Zhorin also stressed that businessman Igor Sosin and his security service were not involved in the beating.

"Love and Doves", "The Golden Calf", "The meeting place cannot be changed" Actor and director Sergei Yursky died on February 8 at the age of 83. During his life, he played about a hundred roles in dozens of performances, films and television films. Meduza recalls his most interesting roles. In memory of Sergei Yursky Actor and director Sergei Yursky died on February 8 at the age of 83. During his life, he played about a hundred roles in dozens of performances, films and television films.

Alexey Druzhinin / Sputnik / Scanpix / Leta Viktor Medvedchuk in the Kremlin, May 25, 2016 The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine opened a criminal case against the pro -Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk. He is accused of criminal articles on encroachment on the territorial integrity of the country and Gosizman.