Activision Blizzard, one of the largest in the field of computer games and entertainment, has fired 37 people from last July after complaints about sexual harassment and incorrect behavior at work. Another 44 people are brought to disciplinary liability. Reuters writes about this with reference to the company's statement.

Opinions Diplomacy "Iskander". What is Putin achieved by putting forward the West obviously impossible conditions 18 January 2022 Pavel Lusin Expert on Russian foreign and defense policy, political scientist All the January negotiations of Russia with the United States, NATO and OSCE was expectedly not ended with anything specific: Moscow put forward obviously unacceptable conditions and defiantly drove the opponents.

The younger brother of the former president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev Bolat left Kazakhstan. It is reported by Radio Azattyk. According to these data, on January 6, he and five or six people crossed the Kazakh-Kyrgyz border, and then flew from Kyrgyzstan to Dubai. The press secretary of the Airport Manas Aliya Kurbanova confirmed Radio Azattyk that on January 6, a private plane flew out of Dubai to Bishkek.

The term of quarantine in coronavirus in Russia has been reduced from two weeks to seven days. According to RBC, the Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova announced this at the Government meeting with the Government with the Covid-19 situation. “As in other countries, we optimize the approaches to quarantine and laboratory examination of citizens,” she said. According to Golikova, the authorities will observe the situation, and the terms will again be adjusted, if necessary.

Singapore company Tiktok PTE. Ltd., which owns the social network of the same name, began the execution of the "Law on Landing." This was reported by Roskomnadzor. The company complied with one of the three main requirements of the law, placing the feedback form on its website. The other two - the opening of the office in Russia and the institution of the Personal Account on the website of Roskomnadzor - have not yet been completed.

In Kazakhstan, after riots, 695 criminal cases were instituted with serious and especially serious crimes. This was announced by the senior assistant to the Prosecutor General Azamat Sargazin. “According to serious and especially serious crimes, 695 pre -trial investigations have been launched. Including 44 on acts of terrorism, 15 - on the murders, six cases on the facts of propaganda and calls for the seizure of power, ”said Sargazin.

The diplomats of Russian consulates in Kyiv and Lviv were ordered to prepare for leaving the country. It is reported by The New York Times with reference to an unassumed high -ranking employee of the Ukrainian Security Service. According to the publication, on January 5, wives and children of Russian diplomats - only 18 people - got on buses and went to Moscow. Also, about 30 more Russian diplomatic agents left Ukraine, and the rest were ordered to prepare for departure.

On January 18, the Investigative Committee took out the former convicted person Yevgeny Yurchenko, who was the first to declare the massive torture of prisoners in the Irkutsk region, in the Angarsk SIZO-6, which also complained about mass beats and rape. He fears for his safety, since operatives, whom Yurchenko associated with massive torture, still work in the Angarsk pre -trial detention center. About this writes Tayga.info with reference to the human rights activist Peter Kuryanov.

News The security forces of the post-facts detained hundreds of people who came to rallies using the technology of faces recognition-the OVD-Info report 18 January 2022 The OVD-Info project has published a report on how security officials use persons recognition technology to detain participants in mass shares post-facts. In 2021, after the end of rallies and shares, 454 people were detained in Russia. 363 of them - after a rally in support of Alexei Navalny, which took place on April 21.

European lawmakers elected Robert Metsol, a representative of Malta, despite criticism of her position on the issue of abortion. This was reported by the France Press agency. Metsola gained 458 votes and became the third woman who headed the European Parliament. Starting from January 11, she temporarily performed the duties of the chairman in connection with the death of the former chairman of the parliament David Sassoli. Robert Metsola is the mother of four children.

Responding to numerous appeals to me and in connection with the publications in the media I report that in 2019 I transferred the powers of the president Kasimu-Zhomart Tokaev and since then I have been a pensioner, and I have been on a well-deserved rest in the capital of Kazakhstan and have not gone anywhere. President Kasim-Zhomart Tokaev has the full power. He is the chairman of the Security Council. Soon the president will be elected chairman of the Nur Otan party.

Minzifra concluded with Rostelecom a contract for integrating the public services website with the state biometric system. According to Kommersant with reference to sources in order to accelerate the collection of biometric data, the remote receipt of part of public services may limit for those who have not passed the samples of the face and votes to the system.

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) published a report on an emergency landing in Minsk Ryanair, following the route of Athena-Vilnius, on board the former head of the NEXT Telegram channel Roman Protasevich with his girlfriend Sofia Saopega. The corresponding document is at the disposal of Novaya Gazeta. According to the report, the testimony of the Belarusian authorities about the time of receiving an anonymous letter, due to which the landing was made, is not true.

In early January, a letter of the general director of Russia Sergei Alexandrovsky was published in social networks. It says that “in connection with the mistake made”, starting from December, excessively paid funds in the amount of 26.7 million rubles will be withheld from the salary of the carrier, of which 17.7 million from flight attendants. They will subtract until the amount of the excess is repaid, the appeal said.

The Swedish company Spotify AB opened a personal account on the website of Roskomnadzor in accordance with the requirements of the Law on "Landing" of foreign Internet companies. It is reported by Interfax. Spotify became the fifth company, which proceeds to fulfill the requirements of the law, which is called the Law "On landing" of foreign companies. In total, such companies, which are included in the Roskomnazdor in a special register, 13.