Culture and leisure

A jazz musician from Kyrgyzstan, Vikram Ruzakhunov, who was detained on suspicion of terrorism, was released from custody.

Video game addiction has been officially recognised as a disease. 

The Mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko congratulated the residents of the city on the New Year holidays, showing a cartoon about himself and about St. Nicholas.

Modern TV shows with Russian artists Leontiev and Rotaru are watched by the same audience that celebrated the New Year under these programs back in the eighties.

The circumstances and causes of the celebrity's death are not specified.

The Russians named the main words of the year, in particular, "coronavirus" and "QR codes", said the general director of VTsIOM Valery Fedorov.

"Shape of You" from the British artist's third album ÷ ("divide") reached the 3 billion listens milestone on Spotify on 22 December.

Showtime has posted the trailer for the anthology series Super Pumped on its YouTube channel.

Adele and Ed Sheeran lead in the number of nominations.

The founders of the award for the best debut called the novel brilliant, written with linguistic virtuosity.

The cause of death of the 62-year-old musician was multiple myeloma, which is a type of blood cancer.

She pointed out that the lifestyle of circus animals reminds her of a horror movie.

Hollywood star actor Keanu Reeves has revealed that some action scenes that were already filmed have been removed from The Matrix: Resurrection.

A court in Minsk sentenced the leaders of the Belarusian fantasy-folk music band Irdorath Vladimir and Nadezhda Kalach, who performed at the protests in Belarus in 2020, to two years in prison.

This was announced by the editor-in-chief of the publication, Edward Felsenthal.