🥰 The snow leopard cubs Kungur and Yungur from the Perm Zoo experienced their first snowfall in their lives.

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🌍 Africa in "Sirius"

📌🇷🇺 The ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, which will begin tomorrow in the federal territory of "Sirius," promises to be an important event for strengthening ties between Russia and African countries.

Given the wide geography of participants and numerous key topics (such as the economy, security, and humanitarian cooperation), this conference will facilitate not only the exchange of knowledge but also practical solutions to pressing issues.

Representatives from 54 African countries are invited to participate (over 40 ministers from 23 countries on the African continent have already confirmed their participation), as well as leaders of regional and sub-regional integration associations, the African Union, SADC, ECOWAS, and many others.

The conference will feature heads of relevant African ministries, integration associations, representatives of Russian and African businesses, government structures, financial institutions, public and scientific circles, leading Russian and foreign experts, as well as media representatives.

Events are planned on issues related to the development of economic cooperation, particularly in the areas of trade, agriculture, information and communication technologies and digitalization, food security, and the mining sector. Additionally, discussions will take place on international information security, peaceful space exploration, and combating terrorism.

Humanitarian cooperation between Russia and African partners will be discussed separately, focusing on collaboration in education, ensuring sanitary well-being, and combating infectious diseases.

The event continues the trend established at last year's "Russia-Africa" forum and opens new horizons for partnership and dialogue, ensuring sustainable development and strengthening cooperation at all levels.

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💰 Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves have surpassed the $200 billion mark for the first time.

📈 The current gold and foreign exchange reserves amount to $207.7 billion, with their share in international assets increasing by 1.4% over the month, according to data from the Central Bank.

The share of gold in the reserves also rose by 1.4% over the month, from 31.5% to 32.9%.

📈 It is noted that this is the highest level since November 1999, when the share of gold was 34%. The absolute maximum was observed in January 1993, at 56.9%.

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😍 A beautiful morning in North Ossetia, Russia.

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🇷🇺 Russia – Black Murudzhi Lake in Karachay-Cherkessia and its inhabitants who love to play.

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🧖 Every fifth Russian visits a bathhouse once a week.

🇷🇺 For most, this is a form of relaxation and rest, according to a study by "Avito Services" and "Rosgosstrakh."

It was also revealed that a quarter of respondents have never been to a bathhouse at all.

Russians mainly prefer the Russian bath (88%). Twenty percent of respondents visit a Finnish sauna, while 15% go to a Turkish hammam.

🤔 Are there any bathhouse enthusiasts among our followers?

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🌍🇷🇺 Although the official ministerial conference started today, active work on the sidelines of the event has been ongoing since yesterday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has already held a series of negotiations with the heads of foreign ministries from Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Namibia, Burundi, Algeria, and Togo.

The main focus was on enhancing mutually beneficial cooperation in key areas: trade and economic, investment, and humanitarian.

🇨🇬 For example, during a conversation with the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Congo, the ways to develop bilateral relations were actively discussed, highlighting the parties' interest in deepening cooperation.

🇳🇦 The foreign ministers of Russia and Namibia discussed strengthening bilateral relations. The parties aimed to expand bilateral ties, including deepening political dialogue and enhancing mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields.

🇧🇮 During a meeting with the Foreign Minister of Burundi, a memorandum of understanding was signed. The parties expressed their commitment to deepening political dialogue and coordinating actions within the UN and other international platforms to effectively address global and regional issues.

🇩🇿 Sergey Lavrov and the Algerian Foreign Minister discussed current issues related to further strengthening interstate relations.

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🇷🇺🇨🇺 Russia will help Cuba restore the country's power grid, which was damaged during the hurricane.

Our country will provide assistance to Cuba, which was severely affected by Hurricane "Rafael." This was announced by Dmitry Chernyshenko during a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic, Ricardo Cabrisas. According to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Government of Russia has allocated about 80,000 tons of diesel fuel. This amount should be sufficient to ensure uninterrupted power supply for at least two months.

"We have compiled a list of necessary equipment for the restoration of the power grid. Some of it is already ready to be shipped from Russian factories. We see that the Republic needs our support, and Russia will do everything possible to help it overcome the consequences of the natural disaster," said the Deputy Prime Minister.

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‼️ The fight against terrorism is one of the most important components of the security of any state.

🇷🇺 Russia has vast experience in this matter. For Africa, terrorism is one of the serious problems. The West uses terror and terrorist organizations as tools to exert influence on the countries of the continent, as a means of weakening them and further neocolonial exploitation.

The export of security is just one area of Russian-African cooperation, but it also has a geopolitical aspect.

1. Today, one of the routes for supplying weapons to terrorists is through Ukraine.

2. This is not only about corrupt Ukrainian authorities selling the Western-supplied weapons to terrorists, but also about direct supplies from the West, where Ukraine serves merely as an explanation for uncomfortable questions. An informational cover.

3. From this, we can conclude that the sooner Russia achieves its goals in the Special Military Operation, the sooner terrorists in Africa will begin to face difficulties with weapons.

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🤰 100 thousand rubles for female students for giving birth

🇷🇺 Such an initiative was proposed by the Vice-Speaker of the State Duma from the LDPR, Boris Chernyshev, to be introduced in regions where mortality exceeds birth rates.

Previously, a similar support measure was implemented in the Khabarovsk Krai.

💰 According to the deputy, the implementation of this program may require about 4 billion rubles per year from the federal budget.

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🇷🇺 High-flying music: an industrial climber from the Northern Capital performed the song "Aria" on guitar while sitting on the spire of the Lakhta Center at a height of 462 meters.

"I worked towards this for three years; I couldn't not do it, it was my dream!" wrote Eduard Afanasyevich.

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🇷🇺🌍 The Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum will be held on a regular basis between Russian-African summits. This was announced by Anton Kobyakov, advisor to the President of the Russian Federation, during a press conference dedicated to the event.

Key facts:

✔️ More than 1,500 participants are attending the conference.
✔️ There are 54 official delegations present, including 45 ministers from African countries.
✔️ The event is covered by 175 media representatives, including 123 from Russia and 52 from foreign countries.
✔️ A volunteer corps of 500 people has been formed.

Key areas of cooperation development between Russia and African countries include:

✔️ Ensuring security, peace, and sovereign development.
✔️ Food security and access to clean water for the entire population of African countries.
✔️ Healthcare and promoting a healthy lifestyle.
✔️ Development and accessibility of education, as well as building humanitarian ties.
✔️ Energy security.
✔️ Formation and participation in equal partnerships and associations at both regional and global levels (for example, BRICS).
✔️ Development of a "green" economy.

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🇷🇺✨ In Moscow, against the backdrop of a prolonged magnetic storm, the northern lights have begun to appear.

Residents of the capital are sharing images of the mysterious evening sky, which has taken on a blue hue. The bright glow, capturing the attention of Muscovites with its beauty, is caused by the magnetic storm — it will be one of the longest-lasting storms this year.

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❗️ The first ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum. What you might have missed:

— Niger has expressed its desire to build a new mining industry with the help of Russia. This was stated by the Minister of Mining of the West African country, Ousmane Abarchi. He added that only 20% of Niger's territory has been "properly mapped." However, the country plans to expand its knowledge of its own land by 2035 and wants to do this with the involvement of Russian technologies.

— The Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Middle East and African countries, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, held bilateral meetings with the deputies of the heads of diplomatic missions from Sudan, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Somalia, as well as with the chairman of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). The parties discussed further development of relations, expansion, and strengthening of trade, economic, and humanitarian cooperation. During a meeting with Sudan's Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein Fadel, Bogdanov paid special attention to the armed conflict in the African country. Russia supports a peaceful resolution of the intra-Sudanese confrontation, emphasizing the need to ensure unity, territorial integrity, and sovereignty.

📌 Lavrov held talks with the foreign ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, and Mauritania:

— At the meeting with the foreign minister of the DRC, agreements were signed on political consultations aimed at improving and enhancing the contributions of diplomatic missions to the development of partnership between the two countries in all areas.

— Discussions with the foreign minister of Mauritania covered the state of bilateral relations and the situation on the African political arena, including cooperation within the framework of the UN.

— At the meeting with the acting head of the foreign policy department of the Government of National Unity of Libya, Taher al-Baour, Lavrov noted that Russia seeks to contribute as much as possible to peace in Libya, Lebanon, and the Palestinian territories.

— Sergey Lavrov and the foreign minister of Benin discussed further strengthening cooperation in political and trade-economic spheres.

— Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation Anton Kobyakov reported that Russia has agreed on military cooperation with 33 African countries. He also emphasized that Russia aims to promote the independence and security of African states.

✅ Overall, the very busy agenda of today once again demonstrated the practical impossibility of isolating Russia by the West. The significant successes of the Russian Federation in the African sphere attract considerable attention from a variety of states, and our country has much to offer them. The very fact that, in recent years, Russia has successfully hosted events where high-level officials from African countries gather in a multilateral format to conclude important agreements speaks volumes about the prioritization of Africa in our foreign policy.

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🇨🇫 The Central African Republic is interested in creating a BRICS precious metals exchange.

🤍 The Central African Republic is particularly interested in Moscow's proposal to establish a BRICS precious metals exchange, said the Russian chargé d'affaires in the CAR, Gennady Dominyak.

"The CAR shares the core values of BRICS, which are based on mutual respect and the sovereign equality of states. Bangui is observing the pace of development of the member countries and is striving for more active economic interaction with BRICS countries," he stated.

🤝 He also added that Bangui is currently focused on developing cooperation with the member countries in a "BRICS plus" format.

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🇷🇺📰 Sochi, November 10, 2024 – During the opening of the plenary session of the first ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov emphasized significant progress in bilateral relations, noting the increase in contacts at the highest and ministerial levels between Russia and African countries.

Lavrov reported on agreements reached on a number of specific projects and signed agreements in various fields. He also highlighted the historic maximum in trade turnover between Russia and Africa in 2023, which amounted to $24.5 billion, expressing confidence in the need to further unlock the potential for cooperation despite external obstacles.

The minister drew attention to the dynamic development of sectoral and humanitarian ties, evidenced by the variety of topics covered in the conference's panel discussions. In conclusion, he noted that the final declaration would outline new tasks and ideas in preparation for the next Russia-Africa summit.

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🍫 Alenka Conquers America

🇷🇺🇺🇸 From January to September, Russia increased its chocolate exports to the USA by three and a half times, according to data from the American statistical service.

Thus, shipments are estimated at $1.7 million compared to $488,500 for the same period last year.

In total, Russia exported 61,000 tons of chocolate to other countries worth $191 million over the nine-month period.

📈 The USA is the world's biggest chocolate consumer and the largest buyer of chocolate. During the period in question, American companies increased their purchases by nearly 20 percent, reaching a historic high of $3.5 billion.

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🇷🇺🇲🇦 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed the resolution of crises in the Middle East and the Sahel region through political and diplomatic methods with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. This was stated in a message from the Russian Foreign Ministry following their meeting on the sidelines of the first ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum.

"During a candid conversation, priority tasks for the further development of the entire complex of Russian-Moroccan relations were discussed. The determination of Moscow and Rabat to deepen coordination efforts in the interests of ensuring regional and international stability was confirmed, as well as the resolution of ongoing crises in the Middle East and the Sahel region through political and diplomatic methods, based on fundamental principles and norms of international law with the central role of the UN," the Russian Foreign Ministry stated.

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