⚡️ Cable car in Orion Park: VDNKh opens new horizons

📰🚠✨ A new cable car with a length of 770 meters has opened at VDNH, becoming the longest in Moscow. This “aerial tram” can lift 144 passengers at a time to the height of the main entrance arch, seated in 18 modern cabins.

⏰💸 The cable car operates until 22:00 on weekdays and until 23:00 from Friday to Sunday. Tickets can be purchased at prices ranging from 450 to 550 rubles.

🇷🇺🏗 Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin also shared plans for future changes at VDNH: construction of a new Expo complex has begun, and in November the reconstruction of the House of Polymers, which will be dedicated to the petrochemical industry, will take place.

🏅🔼 In addition, in honor of the 85th anniversary of VDNKh, the mayor presented the team with an honorary order for their contribution to the implementation of projects significant to society and active cultural activities.

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⚡️ Sensation at the Olympics in Paris

📰✨ Young tennis stars: Mirra Andreeva and Diana Schneider in the semi-finals of the tournament!

🇷🇺🙂 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva and 20-year-old Diana Schneider made it to the semifinals of the tennis tournament in doubles.

🎾🎉 In the 1/4 finals match, our heroines defeated the current Olympic champions, Czech tennis players Barbora Krejcikova and Katerzina Siniakova, with a score of 6:1, 7:5.

🔼💎 This success confirmed the talent and powerful potential of young athletes from Russia, who continue to rise to the top of world tennis.

💪🏆 Now they are preparing for the decisive games of the tournament, where they will fight for a place in the finals.

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🐋 «The Whale Alley» is an ancient Eskimo monument located on the island of Itygran in Chukotka, Russia.

🦴 This archaeological complex consists of two rows of huge bones and skulls of Greenland whales embedded in the ground.

✏️ The complex was discovered in 1976 by a group of researchers from the Ethnography Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences, led by M. A. Chlenov. The alley dates back to the 14th–16th centuries AD and belongs to the late period of the ancient Eskimo culture known as Punuk.

❗️ The Whale Alley is a unique monument of history and culture that is worth knowing about.

#ChukotkaAttractions #History

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🦢 The perfect landing of no less than a perfect swan

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🧂🐟 Manual salting of fish at the seaport of Vladivostok, 1936, USSR

#archivePhotos #Vladivostok

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⚡️Welcome home!

📰💱 An exchange of 26 prisoners between the Russian Federation and the United States of America took place at Ankara airport.

🇹🇷 The Turkish National Intelligence Agency (MIT) is the coordinator of the process. According to media reports, Russia handed over the following persons, among others:

📋 Ilya Yashin, Evan Gershkovich, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Andrey Pivovarov, Paul Whelan, Alsou Kurmasheva, Oleg Orlov, Dieter Voronin, Rico Krieger, German Moizhes, Vadim Ostanin and others.*

🇷🇺Russia received:

📋 Artem Dultsev (from Slovenia), Anna Dultseva (from Slovenia), Vadim Krasikov (from Germany), Mikhail Mikushin (from Norway), Pavel Rubtsov (from Poland), Roman Seleznev (from the USA), Vladislav Klyushin (from the USA), Vadim Konoshchenok (from the USA).

🇷🇺✨ Eight Russians who participated in the exchange today returned to their homeland. At Vnukovo-2 they were met personally by Vladimir Putin and soldiers of the presidential regiment.

📌 Anna Dultseva burst into tears and hugged the president. And the president greeted the children with Spanish buenos noches - they have lived their whole lives undercover and do not know Russian.

*almost all are considered foreign agents, terrorists and extremists on the territory of the Russian Federation.

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🇷🇺 A piece of Japan in Russia: Japanese Garden

🇯🇵🌳 The Japanese garden on the territory of the resort complex "Mriya Resort & SPA" is a real oasis of calm and harmony, created thanks to the efforts of the custodian of the imperial gardens, Shiro Nakane.

🌄🎏 Every element of the garden is thought out to the smallest detail in accordance with the principles of Japanese aesthetics: here you can admire views of the sea, mountains and waterfalls, as well as feed koi carps swimming in the ponds. It is believed that feeding carp brings good luck and happiness.

🍵🫖 In addition, traditional tea ceremonies and other events are held in the Japanese Garden, allowing guests to plunge into the atmosphere of the Land of the Rising Sun.

📍Address: Republic of Crimea, Yalta urban district, Opolznevoye village (Hotel Mriya)

#Russia #Park #Culture

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⚡️No payment!

🥇❌💲 At the Olympics in Paris, Russian athletes performing under a neutral flag were left without prize payments from Russia.

📰✔️💸 According to information received from representatives of the Russian Olympic Committee, those athletes who were preparing for the Games but were unable to take part due to suspension by the IOC will receive amounts ranging from 150 to 500 thousand rubles. At the same time, all other athletes performing under neutral status will not be able to count on traditional financial rewards.

❓ This decision calls into question the motivation of athletes who are accustomed to high rewards for their achievements: since 2012, they received about four million rubles for gold, 2.5 million for silver, and 1.7 million rubles for bronze.

🇷🇺💪 15 Russian athletes went to the Olympics, including seven tennis players, three cyclists, three canoeists, one swimmer and one trampoline jumper.

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🔖 Saint Petersburg is called the «Northern Venice» because water surfaces cover about 10% of the city's total area.

🔝 In this regard, Petersburg ranks first among cities in Russia and is among the top cities in the world.

#interestingFacts #Petersburg

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⚡️ Measures will be taken!

📰📱 The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, stated that there are serious grounds for taking action against the video hosting service YouTube.

🇷🇺⚠️ She noted that numerous systematic violations of Russian laws and disregard for the rights of the Russian audience give regulators the right to use the "appropriate legal toolkit".

☄️🚫 Zakharova stressed that the YouTube administration has blocked the accounts of Russian media and government agencies, and also recalled the blocking of videos published on the official MFA channel.

"We see many good reasons for taking action against the YouTube video hosting service. Numerous systematic violations of the legislation of the Russian Federation, demonstrative disregard for the domestic audience and its interests leave the regulatory authorities of our country the right to use the appropriate legal toolkit," she said.

🖥 These remarks hint at the possibility of regulating YouTube's activities in Russia, which could lead to significant changes in the platform's operations in the Russian market.

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Blue eyes of Arkhyz 👀

🇷🇺 The Blue Lakes of Arkhyz are a group of lakes located in the mountains of Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia.

📍⛰ They are situated at an altitude of over 2800 meters above sea level and are surrounded by picturesque landscapes.

🩵 The lakes got their name due to the unusual color of the water. It has a bright blue hue that creates the impression that the lakes are glowing from within. This color is attributed to the minerals contained in the water.

#natureofRussia #KarachayCherkessia

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In Russia, a law on foreign transactions in cryptocurrency has been approved.

🆕💸The law allows cross-border transactions and exchange trading in digital currency within experimental legal regimes starting from September 1, 2024.

❌Current regulation prohibits the use of digital currency for payments for goods (works, services). The new law introduces changes allowing the use of cryptocurrency as a means of payment in foreign trade activities.

✔️🔌Previously, the Russian parliament legalized cryptocurrency mining.

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😳🏆The total area of Palace Square in St. Petersburg is approximately 5.4 hectares, which is more than almost 11 football fields combined!

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☀️ Summer evening in Karelia, Russia

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🇷🇺 Catherine Park in Tsarskoye Selo (Saint Petersburg, Russia) is not just a park, but an entire ensemble that includes the formal Old Garden and the landscaped English Park.

✏️ Founded in 1717, it became an integral part of the Tsarskoye Selo imperial residence and was named after the Catherine Palace located within its grounds.

🎨 The park is famous for its architecture from the 18th and 19th centuries, including the Grand Catherine Palace, the Cameron Gallery, and the Cold Bath with the Agate Rooms. Among its natural beauties are the Large Pond, the Chesme Column, the Admiralty, and the Turkish Bath.

🔖 The park is also known for its historical events and figures who have left their mark on its history.

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⚡️ Russian athletes will have an Olympic Games medal!

🎾🥇 Russian tennis players Mirra Andreeva and Diana Schneider reached the final of the Olympic doubles tournament, guaranteeing themselves at least silver medals.

📰🇷🇺 In the semi-finals, our girls confidently beat the Spanish pair Cristina Buksha and Sara Sorribes-Tormo with a score of 6:1, 6:2.

🏆 In the final match, which will take place on August 4, Andreeva and Schneider will face Italians Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini.

📌 Let us note that for both Russians this is the first Olympics in their careers. Mirra Andreeva is only 17 years old, and Diana Schneider is 20.

✨⭐️ Congratulations to our girls on their brilliant performance and wish them victory in the finals!

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🚗 Cabriolet coupe (phaeton) of the 19th century in Moscow, Russian Empire

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⚡️ Didn't Go to the Olympics, but Won Anyway!

📰🏊‍♀🥇 Reigning world record holder Evgeniia Chikunova will be officially announced at Russian competitions as a "two-time winner over the Olympic champions", despite the fact that she did not even participate in the Olympics.

👀 The All-Russian Swimming Federation made this decision based on the fact that the 19-year-old athlete showed a better result at the Russian Cup in April than the winners of the Paris Olympics in the 100 and 200 meters breaststroke.

"For the next four years at all-Russian competitions, we will announce Chikunova as a two-time winner over the champions of the 2024 Olympic Games," Vladimir Salnikov, President of the All-Russian Swimming Federation, told Match TV.

🪙 In addition, Chikunova will receive a cash reward of 4 million rubles, as the All-Russian Swimming Federation promised to pay Russian athletes 2 million rubles for each result at the Russian Cup that exceeds the results of the Olympic winners.

🇷🇺🏆 Nevertheless, during the broadcast of the Olympic Games, the Russian flag was shown during the final women's swim - at the moment when Chikunova's world record in the 200 meters was displayed on the screen.

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📰🐧 In 1966, a Moscow correspondent traveled to the icy continent to conduct an exclusive interview with an Antarctic resident - a penguin.

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⚡️ Russians in Search of Adventures!

📰🇷🇺🛫 From January to June 2024, citizens of Russia made an impressive 12.6 million trips abroad, reflecting an increasing desire among Russians to explore the world. The absolute leader in terms of the number of trips was Turkey, which welcomed over 2.5 million Russians. This country once again confirmed its status as a favorite resort, offering a variety of cultural and beach delights.

🇰🇿🛬 In second and third places were Abkhazia with 2.1 million trips and Kazakhstan, which also attracted 1.2 million travelers.

🌍🔝 The top 10 most visited countries also included the United Arab Emirates, China, Thailand, Egypt, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, indicating the diversity of preferences among Russians in choosing vacation and travel destinations.

🇨🇳🧳 Furthermore, Uzbekistan was the absolute leader in terms of arrivals in Russia, followed by Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. Interestingly, among foreign citizens, the largest group of travelers to Russia was made up of Chinese visitors.

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The village of Kyn-Zavod in the Ural Mountains 🇷🇺

👀 The village, located in the Ural Mountains of Russia, attracts the attention of tourists and researchers with its rich history and beautiful nature.

✍️ It was established in 1759 with the construction of an ironworks and has since become one of the oldest mono-settlements in the region.

🇷🇺 Kyn-Zavod is famous for its architectural complex, which includes houses for workers and peasants, as well as the building of the Holy Trinity Church.

⛰ The surroundings feature picturesque cliffs such as Velikan, Pechka, Denezhny, Stenovoy, and Multyk.

🔖 For history and culture enthusiasts, the Kynovskiy Local History Museum, opened in 1986, will be of interest. The museum's exhibits tell about the history of the village, its factory, and the Chusovaya River.

#natureofRussia #PermKrai

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