☃️ A snowman of incredible size in Penza, 1966

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🩰 Russian love for the arts

⏳ Tickets for the New Year’s ballet "The Nutcracker" at the Bolshoi Theatre sold out in just two minutes.

Sales started on the official website at 10:00 AM on December 2nd.

Almost immediately after sales began, the Bolshoi Theatre's website became temporarily unavailable due to heavy traffic, and soon all tickets were sold out.

📺 In total, the Bolshoi Theatre will present 18 performances of "The Nutcracker" in December, and on December 31st, on New Year’s Eve, the ballet will be broadcast live on Channel One.

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🇷🇺✔️ Signals from the testing of Russia's medium-range missile systems "Oreshnik" and statements by Vladimir Putin regarding this have been heard by everyone in the West, including Donald Trump's team. This was stated by the speaker of the Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko.

🇺🇸 She noted that the signal has been "received by all recipients in the West" and it has already been "decoded by specific individuals who will determine both the policy on Ukraine" as well as the security policy and international policy of the United States after January 20 of next year.

Matviyenko added that Trump's loud statements regarding the resolution of the Ukrainian conflict have quieted down.

"But this does not mean that Trump's team has distanced itself from the Ukrainian issue. That is not the case. Trump has not abandoned this topic. Confirmation of this is the recent announcement of the special envoy for Ukraine, former National Security Advisor Keith Kellogg," said the speaker of the Federation Council.

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🇷🇺 Obi-Wan Kenobi in Russia

👀 May 2004. Hollywood actor Ewan McGregor arrived in Barnaul during his round-the-world journey.

🏍 On May 16, a group of bikers stopped at the "Siberia" hotel while filming a documentary series. Barnaul impressed them with its green streets, right-hand drive cars, and numerous girls in mini skirts.

🗣️ McGregor described the city as “a crazy place with a gold rush atmosphere,” noting the reckless drivers. They spent the evening at the "Rock-n-Roll" restaurant, enjoying Mexican cuisine.

🏍 The group spent two days in the city, topping up their phone accounts, shopping for motorcycle gear, getting tick-borne encephalitis vaccinations, and stocking up on immunoglobulin. Then they headed to the Altai Mountains, Mongolia, and China, and from there to America.

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🌃 The polar night has begun at the latitude of Murmansk and will last until January 11. During this time, the sun will not rise above the horizon, and the day will consist of twilight.

📆 In the Murmansk region, the polar night begins at different times depending on geographical location. In Pechenga, the northernmost settlement, it lasts for 47 days. At the latitude of Vaida Bay, the polar night started on November 26 and will end on January 16. In Kandalaksha, located in the southern part of the region, there is no polar night.

🎉 The end of the polar night is traditionally celebrated by the residents of the city. For the past 10 years, locals have gathered on January 11 for the "First Dawn" event at "Sunny Hill," the highest point in Murmansk, to witness the first rays of the sun.

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💻 Today, an axolotl named Luntik was caught working at the Moscow Oceanarium.

🧐 What do you think he is working on?

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🛢 There are no borders to friendship!

🇷🇺🇷🇸 A project for a pipeline that will connect Serbia to the Russian "Druzhba" pipeline through Hungary is planned to be implemented by 2026.

Serbia has turned to Russia for assistance in realizing this pipeline, which was discussed back in 2022.

📄 By the end of this year, it is planned to complete the feasibility study for the construction of the pipeline.

With the construction of this pipeline, Serbia will be able to diversify its oil supplies to the country.

🇭🇷 Currently, raw materials are delivered to Serbia through Croatia via the JANAF pipeline.

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❄️ Fairytale winter in the depths of Perm

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📸 Samara Bank, 1895 - 1904

🏰 Doesn’t it look like a castle?

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🐻🥰 The Malay bear cub from the Moscow Zoo started its morning with cuddles with its favorite stuffed toy.

We know you've missed him 😉

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🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin on modern children at the Congress of Young Scientists:

"Just now, your colleague, a mathematician, was talking about how smart children are. Perhaps this accumulation of knowledge and experience from previous generations is in the genes, which is why we are increasingly amazed when we talk about children. They are somehow completely different," the president stated at a meeting with the participants of the Congress of Young Scientists.

💻 During this meeting, Vladimir Putin was informed about an 8th-grade student who developed a program that scores 90 points out of 100 on the Unified State Exam (USE).

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🎅🇷🇺 New Year’s Spirit in Russia

Analysts from the media holding Rambler&Co. surveyed over 50,000 Russians to find out what most often brings us the New Year’s spirit.

🎄 The most popular answer (36%) was decorating the New Year tree.

💰 Receiving a December bonus at work was important for the mood of 25% of the respondents.

📺 16% immerse themselves in the holiday with New Year’s movies and music.

🎁 8% take a vacation for this purpose, and the same number start buying gifts for their loved ones.

🍊 For 7%, simply including tangerines and sweets in the menu is enough to instantly improve their mood.

What brings you the New Year’s spirit?

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