🐅 Every year on the last Sunday of September, the Amur Tiger Day is celebrated.

By the way, among the six existing subspecies of tigers, the Amur tiger is the largest and strongest. A wild cat weighs between 180-300 kg, has a body length of 1.5-2 m, and a tail length of 1-1.15 m.

The largest Amur tiger weighed 384 kg. In comparison, the Sumatran tiger is quite small: a large male weighs up to 140 kg.

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📰 Sandstorm attacks cities in southern Russia!

📍 The sandstorm is dominating the Stavropol Territory, the Republic of Kalmykia, and the Rostov and Volgograd regions.

Drivers traveling on the Elista-Arzgir-Mineralnye Vody highway are turning on their hazard lights and keeping to the right side of the road, as they can see absolutely nothing ahead except for sandy landscapes – visibility is literally zero.

Local residents say that you can even taste the storm — sand particles get stuck in your mouth.

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📰 Students from Mali will study in Russia in the field of nuclear energy.

🇷🇺🇲🇱 The Russian company "Rosatom" has provided scholarships for four Malian students who will travel to Russia in October. Additionally, there are plans to send another 15 students in 2025, as reported by Alousseni Sanu at the Russian Energy Week 2024 in Moscow.

He noted that it will take a minimum of seven years to launch a nuclear power plant: one year will be for discussions, about four years for cooperation with the Atomic Energy Agency and Russia through "Rosatom," and one and a half years for project implementation. This is why the training of students is starting now.

The official also added that energy cooperation with Moscow includes the transfer of skills and technologies, which will help Mali become more independent in this area.

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☕️ Salted tea with butter has a long history in Central Asia.

Imagine what it’s like to herd sheep all day in the cold wind without a lunch break! In such conditions, tea becomes the perfect solution: it invigorates, and the addition of butter increases the calorie content and makes the drink more filling. Salt helps maintain the body’s water-salt balance.

Buryats prefer coffee with butter and salt instead of tea. The preparation is similar, and the goal remains the same: to quickly provide the body with energy and recharge the person.

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⚡️ Russia will not abandon Africa!

“It has been proven that Ukrainians are working with terrorist organizations that are fighting against the legitimate government of Mali. Recently, there was an attack on a group of Malian soldiers resulting in many casualties, carried out by terrorists linked to Ukrainians,” noted the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergey Lavrov.

Lavrov also mentioned that the governments of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have appealed to the UN Security Council to condemn Ukraine's actions that threaten stability in the region.

“This is banditry. We will do everything we can to ensure that African countries, which want to think for themselves and choose their own paths of development, receive support in terms of security and defense capabilities. We are working on this,” the minister added.

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🎁🐯 The star of today's celebration is Stepan, the Amur tiger from the Moscow Zoo, who received numerous gifts.

The keepers prepared festive boxes filled with shavings of various scents for environmental enrichment.

Stepan was also given a toy — a life-sized model of a sheep made from burlap and wool, which he examined for a long time before quickly "chasing" it away.

🥩 And there was also a festive piece of select meat!

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📍Russia, Karachay-Cherkessia, Sofia Lakes in Arkhyz.

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❤️ Stylish Muscovites, 1970s

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📰🇷🇺 Moscow Increases Exports to BRICS+ Countries

💸 Moscow is actively developing export ties with BRICS+ countries, and the total amount of contracts has exceeded 21 billion rubles to date. This was announced by the mayor of the capital, Sergey Sobyanin, on his Telegram channel.

📈 He emphasized that, thanks to the support of the Moscow Export Center, the volume of contracts has significantly increased — from 3.1 billion rubles in 2021 to 8.5 billion in 2023.

🌏 Among the key export destinations, the mayor highlighted countries such as China, India, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, and Brazil. In these countries, the supply of various goods is actively developing, including cinema and animation, high technologies, software, VR solutions for medicine and education, as well as products for children and pets.

🤝 To support domestic exporters, Moscow offers a range of initiatives, including training, assistance in promoting on international markets, as well as financial instruments such as grants and preferential lending.

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🍽 An unusual visitor to a Moscow restaurant

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🇷🇺 On the Day of the Reunion of the DPR, LPR, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson Regions with Russia, the President participates via video link in the opening of social infrastructure facilities in the new regions of the country.

"To appreciate the scale of the implemented program, it is enough to say that since 2022, 5,800 apartment buildings and 3,500 kilometers of roads have been restored. In the field of education alone, more than 1,500 facilities have been built and renovated. These include 776 schools, 633 kindergartens, 68 additional education facilities, 56 secondary vocational education institutions, and 24 higher education institutions. Of these, 346 have been completed this year."

🎉 In the DPR and LPR, eight social infrastructure facilities are beginning operations.

In Mariupol, the Central School of Arts has been restored, and in Alchevsk, construction and installation work has been completed at the City Sports School No. 1.

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🐈 The most important employee of "Mostransavto"

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💃 Today in Moscow in Tsaritsyno Park there was a disco for the "forever young".

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😴 Michail falls asleep

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🇷🇺 The Vishera River running in the north of Perm Krai

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👀 How Russians in the 50s imagined the Moscow of the future

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🏙🇷🇺 Vologda is a city with a rich history and unique heritage, which can confidently be called a contemporary of Moscow. Both cities appeared on the map of Russia in 1147. Vologda was founded by the Orthodox monk Gerasim, who also established the Trinity Monastery, which became an important spiritual center for the region.

An interesting fact: Ivan the Terrible once planned to make Vologda the capital of Russia. However, his ambitious plans were interrupted by an unexpected incident — a brick that fell from the ceiling of the unfinished St. Sophia Cathedral. The tsar perceived this as a sign and abandoned his intentions, which may have changed the course of history.

Vologda also played an important role in the events of the early 20th century. In 1917, during the February Revolution and World War I, the Provisional Government decided to move all diplomatic missions from Petersburg to Vologda, fearing that the capital might be captured by the enemy. This step underscores the strategic significance of the city during turbulent times.

The area of Vologda Oblast is impressive — 144,527 km². This is three times larger than Estonia and Denmark, five times larger than Albania, and one and a half times larger than Portugal. Meanwhile, the population of the region is about 1.15 million people, which is approximately 11 times less than in Moscow alone.

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