Timm Schamberger / DDP Images / Vida Press In early February, CNN published a large investigation dedicated to the circumstances of the death of James Brown, one of the most popular American performers of the 20th century, and his third wife Edrienne. The publication suggests that they could be killed - although there are no direct statements about who exactly could stand behind the crime.

Detachments of the Syrian Democratic Forces (an armed formation that operates with the support of the United States) launched an attack on the city of Baguz, the last fortified base of the Islamic State terrorists in Syria. According to Reuters , the operation is scheduled to be completed by the end of February 2019. Between 400 and 600 Islamic State fighters are believed to be in Baguz. In addition, from 500 to a thousand civilians remain in Baguz.

Several chimpanzees escaped from a zoo enclosure in Belfast using a branch they broke from a tree as a ladder. The zoo administration suggested that the branch was damaged by a strong wind, so the monkeys were able to break it. One of the monkeys walked along the path where visitors walk. The rest sat on the wall of the enclosure. The representative of the zoo said that in the end the chimpanzees behaved rather cowardly and soon after the escape they themselves returned to the enclosure.

In Vladimir, traffic police officers, trying to detain the offender, blocked the road with cars with other drivers. Eyewitnesses published a video on which the actions of the police were shot.

Evgeny Feldman for "Medusa" In Moscow and St. Petersburg, on February 10, processions were held in support of Anastasia Shevchenko, activists of Open Russia, which investigators did not let go of house arrest to the dying daughter. In the Moscow “march of maternal anger”, not coordinated by the city authorities, about a thousand people took part, one of them was detained. In St. Petersburg, according to Open Russia, the police detained seven people.

Gordon Timpen / 2018 Bombero Int. / Warner Bros. Ent. / Berlin International Film Festival At the International Film Festival in Berlin showed the film by the German director Fatikh Akin "Golden Gloved". It is based on the history of Fritz Honka-a maniac who in the 1970s killed four women in Hamburg and hid their remains in his apartment.

Zamir Usmanov / TASS Process in St. Petersburg May 1, 2014 On February 1, several activists of the People’s Defense anarchist movement were detained in Moscow. Weapons were seized from them - not a fighting one, but for playing airsoft. Most activists later released, but the graduate student of the Mehmat MSU Azat Miftakhov, who was accused of making explosives, was detained again. The anarchists themselves believe that a political business is being prepared against them.

Interview with the artist Viktor Pivovarov on how to understand contemporary art Sergey Bobylev / TASS / Vida Press On February 14, an unusual family exhibition opens in the Jewish Museum and the Center for Tolerance in Moscow: more than 30 masterpieces of modernism from Russian and European museums and private collections, from the works of Pablo Picasso and Vasily Kandinsky to Iva Klein and Maurizio Kattelan, form a labyrinth in which children and adults will look for hidden paintings and

In Moscow and St. Petersburg, the police detained participants in the March of Maternal Wrath, a rally in support of the Rostov activist of Open Russia, Anastasia Shevchenko, who is involved in a criminal case on the work of “undesirable” organizations. In St. Petersburg, according to information from Open Russia, seven people were detained. There is at least one detainee in Moscow.

In the Bashkir city of Sibay, near which a mothballed quarry of a mining and processing plant is on fire, an almost 23-fold excess of the maximum permissible concentration of sulfur dioxide in the air was recorded. On March 8 Street, the MPC was exceeded by 22.8 times, on Nurimanov Street - by 14 times.

The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine said it had received numerous complaints over the past three days from Ukrainians who had been denied entry into Russia by Russian border guards. According to the Ukrainian side, more than 90 people were refused at the Nekhoteevka checkpoint alone.

Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA is transferring the accounts of its joint ventures to Gazprombank. This was reported by Reuters, citing unnamed sources and an internal company document. Among the partners of PDVSA are the Norwegian Equinor, the American Chevron and the French Total. According to Reuters, Venezuela requires partners to formally decide whether they will continue to work on joint projects.

Fragment of Willa Storra's book “Selfie. Why are we fixated on ourselves and how it affects us " New York Times Co. / Getty images In the publishing house Individuum and the Bookmate service was published by the book of British journalist Will Storra “Selfie. Why are we fixated on ourselves and how it affects us.

"Medusa" chose 10 best songs and clips of the week Every week, Medusa employees listen to new songs, watch new clips - and take the best. In this issue: Ariansa Grande love affairs, dancing from The Chemical Brothers and guitar militants from the Pasosh group. Subscribe to our updated playlists in Apple Music and Yandex.Musik ! Ariana Grande "Break Up with your Girlfriend, Iʼm Bored" The singer, from whom he does not hide anywhere, continues to jam with hits.

Prince Philip, husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, relinquished his driver's license after an accident he was in in January 2019. This is stated in the message of Buckingham Palace. The police confirmed this information. On January 17, Prince Philip crashed his SUV into another car. The two women in it received minor injuries. Two days later, the prince was seen unfastened at the wheel of his car. The police warned him against such behavior. Prince Philip is 97 years old.