Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced the acquisition of American video game studio Bungie. This was said in a statement. According to GamesIndustry.biz, the deal was worth $3.6 billion. Sony representatives noted that the developers will remain independent and will not be limited in the choice of platforms for the release of future projects.

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has deemed it legal to issue housing subsidies to Russian officials who already have their own apartments. This is stated in the department's response to an appeal from the Yabloko Anti-Corruption Policy Center. The government decree made an exception to the rules for high-ranking officials, the Prosecutor General's Office emphasized.

Mikhail Prokhorov's ONEXIM Group sold 82.47% of the shares of the energy company Quadra to a structural unit of the state corporation Rosatom - Rusatom Infrastructure Solutions. This is reported by Interfax and RBC with reference to the parties to the transaction . The deal was closed on the day the agreement was signed between the parties. According to an Interfax source, it amounted to about 26 billion rubles.

Ukrainian police arrest two suspects over alleged plot to orchestrate violent unrest in Kyiv and regions near border with Russia Ukraine’s National Police have arrested two suspects on charges of attempting to orchestrate violent unrest in Kyiv and other parts of the country, the Interior Ministry announced during a press conference on Monday, January 31.

The crew was saved on helicopters In the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands, the Juliet D dry truck collided with the Pechora Star tanker and drifted for eight hours, losing control. This was reported by the coastal guard of the Netherlands. Both vessels were on an anchor parking lot in the port of the port of Eimeiden . On the morning of January 31, during the Corri storm, the anchor of the 190-meter Juliet D tore off, which was due to which the ship crashed into a tanker.

Russia’s primetime coverage of the impasse over Ukraine, in brief A month and a half after Moscow presented the United States and NATO with demands for sweeping security guarantees, tensions between Russia and Western countries remain high. Diplomatic negotiations have made little progress and with upwards of 100,000 Russian troops still concentrated near Ukraine’s borders, Washington has repeatedly warned that a full-fledged invasion is imminent.

A mercenary who worked for the Wagner Group in Syria was pressured not to publish his memoir. He published it anyway. In January 2022, the Yekaterinburg-based publisher Gonzo released the memoir of Marat Gabidullin — the first combatant from the Wagner private military company (PMC) to speak openly about his experience in the secretive organization.

The Shcherbinsky District Court of Moscow arrested Alexander Popov, the husband of Miss Kuzbass 2010 Ksenia Sapozhkova, on suspicion of her murder. RIA Novosti was told about this in the press service of the court. The case against Popov is being investigated under Part 1 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder), follows from the court's report. The maximum penalty under this article is up to 15 years in prison.

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The UN Security Council met on Monday, January 31, for a meeting on the situation around Ukraine. The decision was made during a procedural vote, TASS reports. The United States came up with the initiative to hold a meeting on Ukraine within the framework of the UN Security Council. In order for the discussion to take place, nine “yes” votes were needed, the agency notes (in total, the Security Council includes 15 countries).

Now the little cafe is facing a lawsuit The German Giessen, with a population of 75,000, has attracted the attention of football fans. And no, they didn't sign Cristiano Ronaldo - it would be difficult for the city without their team. It's just that the local establishment Pizza Wolke decided to diversify the menu with mushroom pizza Champignons League (Champignons League) and even registered such a trademark (oh, in vain!).

The average age among Russia’s political elite is almost on par with the Brezhnev era. But Putin’s top officials are still younger than their American counterparts. Sergey Chirikov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA When Vladimir Putin came to power in Russia, the mandatory retirement age for government officials was 65 years old. During Dmitry Medvedev’s presidency in 2010, this age limit was lowered to 60.

The archivist restores the video of a student who learned about the secret cult and died in a fire Netflix The first season of the Horror “Archive 81” - a series based on the podcast of the same name, was published on Netflix. The main character is the archivist Dan Turner, who restores the video of a student who died in a fire in the mid-1990s. It seems that shortly before her death, she was able to calculate the underground cult, worshiping either the demon or the ancient God.

The Prime Minister of Canada left the residence in the center of the capital. Store owners are afraid of pogroms Adrian Wyld / The Canadian Press / Scanpix / Leta In Ottawa for several days, a large -scale protest of truckers continues, dissatisfied with the toughening of anti -oral rules. Residents of the city, at first loyally related to the protesters, are now afraid for their safety. The new requirements, which served as a reason for the protest, began to act on January 15.

This is a joint work of the artist and artificial intelligence It seems that the question of how cartoon characters would look in real life has been worrying artists for quite some time. Often the answer to it looks creepy , but there are pleasant exceptions. These include the work of the Brazilian artist Idreley Diao, which he posts on his Instagram . Take, for example, Carl Fredricksen from Up. hidreley Ariel from The Little Mermaid. hidreley Aladdin.