Willy Sanjuan / Invision / Ap / Scanpix / Leta Hank Azaria Actor Hank Azariya refused to voice the Indian seller of the 24-hour Kwik-E-Mart store Au Nahasapimapepetylon in the animated series "Simpsons". He did not directly name the reason for this decision, but made it clear that this may be due to the criticism of the character as a stereotypical resident of the United States of Indian origin. Azaria voiced APU from his first appearance in the show in 1990.

Employees of the Center for Combating Extremism in Rostov-on-Don installed hidden cameras in the bedroom of Open Russia activist Anastasia Shevchenko, who is a defendant in a case of participation in the activities of an undesirable organization. The activist's daughter Vlada Shevchenko wrote about this on Facebook. “For six months before my mother’s arrest, there was a video camera in her bedroom, installed there by court order to monitor a dangerous criminal,” wrote Vlada Shevchenko.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has dropped to second place on Forbes magazine's real-time list of the world's richest people. The richest man in the world, according to the publication, is now Louis Vuitton President Bernard Arnault. Forbes estimates the fortune of Arno and his family at 117 billion dollars, the fortune of Bezos at 115.6 billion. Third place with a fortune of 110.6 billion is occupied by Bill Gates.

This can protect it from extradition, but it will prevent you from running for the presidency of Angola Toby Melville / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Isabelle soul Santush, January 2020 The richest woman in Africa Isabelle soul Santush turned out to be a citizen of Russia. In Angola, she is accused of withdrawing more than a billion dollars from state -owned companies and an attempt to transfer 10 million euros to Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that veterans of the Great Patriotic War will receive a one-time payment of 75,000 rubles by Victory Day on May 9. “We [in 2020] have 75 years of Victory, so we will provide assistance related to this date,” Putin said. The president promised to pay home front workers 50,000 rubles apiece. Annual payments to veterans on Victory Day in recent years amounted to 10 thousand rubles, to home front workers - five thousand.

Disney, the owner of the 20th Century Fox film studio, has announced its renaming. The word "Fox" will be removed from the name and logo, the studio will be called 20th Century Studios. Disney will also rename Fox Searchlight to Searchlight Pictures. Officially, the reasons for this step are not called. The New York Times notes that in this way, Disney probably wants to distance itself from the Fox media corporation, which previously owned the studio.

What do people say to single pickets in defense of the constitution Today, January 18, single pickets were held near the Presidential Administration against introducing the amendments proposed by Vladimir Putin during his message to the Federal Assembly. The fact that pickets will be held from 12 a.m., journalist Ilya Azar said, calling other caring people also to take part. The administration gathered about 30 people, including journalists and protesters.

Near the presidential administration building in the center of Moscow on the afternoon of January 18, single-person pickets were held against changes to the constitution. The action was attended by about three dozen people who took turns replacing each other. The action was also attended by activists of the pro-Kremlin movement SERB, who came into conflict with its participants. Two SERB activists were detained by police after they tore up posters of protesters.

Mikhail Mishustin, appointed by the Prime Minister on January 16, has a week to submit the composition of his government. According to Interfax, this will be done no later than Tuesday, January 21. RBC, citing sources close to the Kremlin and the government, writes that Konstantin Chuychenko, Olga Golodets and Konstantin Noskov will not enter the new office; According to Bloomberg, Maxim Oreshkin will not be in the government.

Notes of an oncologist about the life of the continent, multifaceted and amazing Literary critic Galina Yuzefovich tells about the "African book" by Alexander Stesin. In January, the author became a laureate of the Russian Literary Prize “Nos”-the award was awarded for his previous work, “New York Bypass”. Zesin wrote both books based on his own experience: the first-as an oncologist living in the USA, the second-as a volunteer working and traveling in Africa.

Igor Nizov / Photobank Lori The new Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at a meeting with deputies of the Communist Party faction in the State Duma said that one of the priorities of his government would be the creation of a "register of household revenue". After that, according to Mishustin, who quote the deputies, "each income will be tracked from beginning to end." "Medusa" figured out whether after this statement it was worth being afraid of total control by the state.

The Standard & Poorʼs rating agency has confirmed Russia's sovereign credit rating at BBB- with a stable outlook. Analysts of the agency noted that they expect continuity in macroeconomic policy and strict adherence to the budget rule from the new government. At the same time, Standard & Poorʼs stressed that they do not rule out a downward revision of the ratings if new serious sanctions affecting the banking sector are introduced against Russia over the next 24 months.

He told how much a person is working on the project and where investments are spent Tatan Syuflana / AP / Scanpix / Leta In early January, employees of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) interrogated the founder of Telegram Pavel Durov for two days. During the interrogations, Durov told how much money went to the development of Telegram and the Ton blockchain platform and why he decided to conduct ICOs.

Alexey Koshelev / TASS Saratov residents carry soft toys and flowers to the garage complex, where Lisa Kiseleva was found. October 11, 2019 In 2019, the murder of Lisa Kiseleva in Saratov was discussed by the whole country. Later, her parents organized a group that is engaged in the safety of children in the city In October 2019, Medusa wrote that the nine -year -old Lisa Kiseleva from Saratov went to school in the morning and did not return.

Ultra -short reviews (140 signs!) On the main films of the week Every weekend at Medusa, ultra -short reviews come out - approximately 140 signs each - from the film critic of Anton Valley, which help to navigate in the box office. This week in the cinemas they will show a thriller with Robert Pattinson and William Defoe Mayak, the film “Special” with Vincent Kassel, anti-utopia Pon Zhong Ho 2013 “Through the Snow” and a film about a woman-cosmonaut with Eve Green-“proxima”.