Aleksi Laiho, lead singer of Finnish metal band Children of Bodom, has died at the age of 42. This was reported on the group's website. The report said Laiho passed away at his home in Helsinki last week. “One of the most famous guitarists in the world, Alexi Laiho, has passed away. <...> In recent years, Laiho has had serious health problems," the group's website said in a statement. Death metal band Children of Bodom was formed in 1993.

How protest Belarusians live in Moscow. Interview with the coordinator of the Moscow diaspora In December, the embassies of the new, Nelkashenkovo ​​Belarus opened throughout Europe. People’s embassies, as activists call them. There was such an attempt in Moscow, but it did not work out: the old works, but there is no new one - the laws do not allow. And in general, the situation is not very Frendley.

In 2012, the current chairman of the KGB of Belarus, Vadim Zaitsev, discussed organizing the murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet, who died in 2016, and other Belarusian political emigrants. This is reported by the Belgian publication EUObserver, which received an audio recording of the conversation from Igor Makar, a former employee of the Almaz special unit of the Belarusian Interior Ministry, who moved abroad.

President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to work out the issue of issuing international certificates to Russians who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus. A complete list of the instructions of the head of state is published on the Kremlin website. Until January 20, the Cabinet will have to submit its proposals to Putin. We are talking about Russian vaccines.

The Minsk City Executive Committee canceled the tour certificates for the performances of the Belarusian stand-up comedian Slava Komissarenko, which were supposed to take place in early April. TUT.by was informed about this by the organizer of the concerts. Roman Bollonikov, head of Wonderland Events, a concert organizer, explained that the Minsk City Executive Committee makes “strange comments” about the reasons for canceling the certificate.

Parents of special children themselves are engaged in their adaptation to life. And where do billions from the Available Environment program go? Study Photo: Evgeny Kurskov / TASS They did not have a manual According to Rosstat, almost 12 million disabled people live in Russia. Among them, only according to official figures, are more than 31 thousand people with autism. Employees of charitable foundations call other numbers - at least 300,000.

The Central Criminal Court in London refused to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States. It is reported by Sky News. Assange will remain in custody as the US files an appeal against the court's decision. He spent the last year in Belmarsh High Security Prison. The WikiLeaks portal was created by Australian Assange in 2006. The site published top-secret materials received from anonymous sources.

People's Artist of the USSR Oleg Basilashvili was hospitalized with coronavirus in a hospital in St. Petersburg. This was told to RBC by his daughter Ksenia. The state of health of the 86-year-old artist is assessed by doctors as stable. “According to the doctors, given the age, it’s calmer and better to be in the hospital and get the necessary therapy there,” Basilashvili’s daughter explained.

A foreign language was excluded from the list of subjects for which school graduates are required to pass the unified state exam (USE). The corresponding order of the Ministry of Education is published on the portal of legal information. Thus, examinations in the Russian language and mathematics will remain mandatory. English, French, German, Spanish or Chinese at the end of grade 11, students will be able to pass at will.

In Russia, 23,351 cases of coronavirus infection were detected per day. This is reported by the capital's operational headquarters for the fight against infection. For the first time since the end of November, the number of new cases does not exceed 24 thousand. In Moscow, 3591 new cases were recorded, in the northern capital - 3657. Petersburg for the first time overtook Moscow in the number of infected per day.

Rescuers have stopped searching for crew members of the Onega fishing vessel that sank last week. This was reported to TASS in the press service of Rosmorrechflot. “No casualties or search objects were found. Search work is closed, ”the agency quotes the press service. The very next day after the disaster, rescuers told Novaya Gazeta that there was no chance of finding the missing sailors from the Onega alive. According to those who escaped, the sailors were washed overboard by a wave.

Democratic candidate Nancy Pelosi, who has been in office since 2019, is the Speaker of the US House of Representatives. This was reported on the website of the chamber. 216 people voted for Pelosi, and 209 for her rival, Republican Kevin McCarthy. Pelosi will turn 81 in March. She chaired the House of Representatives from 2007-2011, and then from 2019. Pelosi is the first and so far the only woman to hold such a post.