the singer's official website, which had disappeared on the morning of 10 February 2014 was a means to express her discontent over the issue. Ernst's 55th anniversary On 10 February 2016, Slava Taroshchina, columnist for Novaya Gazeta, highlighted in her article on Ernst's 55th anniversary that "this time Vladimir Putin had not gone to Ostankino in person as it had happened five years earlier" and that "Katya Andreeva did not read in a blank voice the president's congratulations message for the lack thereof". The article ended with the comment that "at 50, Ernst had a dozen of first-class personal projects, with its top-hit Prozhektorperiskhilton, whereas at 55, all Ernst had to offer is Urgant, balancing on the edge of the limit". Assessment of user content development prospects On 22 December 2016, Ernst said in an exclusive interview to Gazeta.Ru that "user-generated content on the Internet refers mainly to gags and news, and only those who are able to aggregate their creative and financial resources to create a product can deal with all the system-based things. It's almost impossible to achieve that on one's own. Yes, you can shoot a film with your iPhone, but it'll still have nothing in common with mass production". Changes in the air policy On 13 January 2017, Ernst announced live in 'OK na svyazi!', a Russian online show, that Channel One Russia would not air Andrey Kravchcyuk's Viking in 2017, adding that this film was meant to be shown in movie theatres and that it would be most inappropriate to show it on a TV screen. At the same time, Viking was the first Russian movie that grossed 1.25 billion rubles, making it the third highest-grossing film in Russian history and the tenth highest-grossing film worldwide. On 4 September 2017, Ernst said that Channel One Russia had no plans to put matches of the Russian Football Championship on its broadcast schedule, because "television is designed differently" and "it makes no sense to air some individual matches". Pandora Papers leaks The Pandora Papers leaks revealed that Ernst was a secret shareholder in a $1 billion project where Ernst obtained his stakes through a loan with a state-connected bank, which meant that he put up none of his money. Ernst concealed his involvement in the project through lawyers and partners. Private life Ernst is an avid collector of comic books. Ernst has never been officially married. His