🇷🇺 Prison at Auction: The Famous "Crosses" May Go Under the Hammer

The starting price for the complex of buildings at the auction is 1 billion rubles. Applications to participate in the auction are accepted until February 17, 2025, with the auction scheduled for February 21.

The "Crosses" were built in the late 19th century in St. Petersburg, designed by architect Antoniy Tomishko. Over the years, notable figures such as Joseph Brodsky, Lev Gumilyov, Anatoly Lunacharsky, and others served their sentences there. The name of the complex is related to its configuration: the two buildings are shaped like crosses.

City authorities hope that a modern cluster will be established in place of the "Crosses."

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🇷🇺 Today, Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Council under the President for Strategic Development and National Projects at the Kremlin.

The main topic of the meeting was "On the Agenda for the National Development of the Russian Federation for 2025–2030."

President's statements:

✅ Over the past six years, roads in Russia have objectively become better;

✅ Plans to bring Russian roads to regulatory standards are ahead of schedule;

✅ In six years, 157 major landfills have been eliminated in Russia, which literally "poisoned people's lives";

✅ The share of air travel between Russian cities, bypassing Moscow, has exceeded 50%, "progress is noticeable";

✅ The appearance of Russian healthcare is changing for the better.

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🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin:

"We cannot become successful by relying on someone from the outside. We must be strong, confident, and self-sufficient ourselves, ensuring all types of sovereignty – economic, social, state, and technological. This was precisely what was stated in the Address to the Federal Assembly at the beginning of the year and then outlined in the May decree in the form of national development goals for the country. <…> The main tool, a kind of roadmap for achieving these goals, will be new national projects. They will be launched next year and are planned for implementation over six years."

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🇷🇺 "We must do everything that depends on us" — Putin on changing the demographic situation in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated at a meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects that the government must achieve an increase in the birth rate in the country and do everything within their power. According to the president, it is extremely necessary to ensure a confident growth in the birth rate moving forward.

He noted that overcoming the demographic crisis is a complex task, where not everything may depend on the actions taken. At the same time, the president stated that family issues should be a common thread throughout all national projects aimed at improving the well-being of families with children.

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🇷🇺 "Your help proves that we are one big family. This is the key to our successes, including on the front," said Putin while speaking at the volunteer forum "We Are Together."

💬 Vladimir Putin stated at the civil participation forum "We Are Together" that 2/3 of Russians are engaged in volunteer and charitable activities. It is important that young people are also helping, as they carry on what was in the souls of our ancestors. Volunteering strengthens our country from within and proves that we are all one big family.

What else the Russian leader stated:

— The most important direction of volunteer work is supporting fighters in the special military operation zone. Soldiers carry more than 3 million letters sent by children;

— Volunteers have gone through difficult trials while working in liberated regions of Russia, and when the situation escalated in the border areas, they went there as well.

During the ceremony, distinguished volunteers were awarded. The awards went to:

— Maria Karpenko from Kurchatov, head of the "Second Life" foundation, received the noscript of "Volunteer of the Year";

— Volunteer from the ONF, Fyodor Gerashchenko, who showed courage in evacuating residents of the Kursk region, was awarded the Order of Courage by Putin.

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🇷🇺 "It’s not difficult to implement, we will definitely do it!": Vladimir Putin participated in the nationwide event "Tree of Wishes."

❤️ The President of Russia will fulfill the wishes of three children who left their dreams on the "Tree of Wishes." The children asked the president to try being a pilot on a flight simulator, to attend a rehearsal of the Moiseyev Folk Dance Ensemble, and to see St. Petersburg with their own eyes.

The event has been held annually since 2018 as part of the "Dream with Me" project. Its goal is to fulfill the New Year's wishes of children who are in difficult life situations.

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🇷🇺‼️ The world is facing the threat of the "cold war" transitioning into a hot phase. This warning was made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov while speaking at the OSCE Foreign Ministers' Meeting, which is taking place in Malta this year.

😀 The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry reminded how the USA and its allies discarded various security agreements. "The question is, for what purpose? The answer is obvious to us – to cater to the desire to bring NATO back to the political forefront. After the disgrace in Afghanistan, a new unifying enemy was needed. As a result, we see the reincarnation of the 'cold war,' but now with a much greater risk of it transitioning into a hot stage," Lavrov stated.

🇺🇸 The Russian Foreign Minister pointed out the tragedies that occurred in different regions of the world when the USA intervened. "When Uncle Sam came in, he broke things and then watched what was happening, forcing others to clean up after him," Lavrov noted. He urged that this should not be allowed to happen again in the Asia-Pacific region. According to him, Washington is promoting NATO infrastructure there.

"Military blocs are being created, including those with nuclear capabilities, and military exercises involving NATO are being increased in the South China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, and around the Korean Peninsula. There is an obvious attempt to destabilize the entire Eurasian continent," Lavrov emphasized.

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❄️🚂 A fairy-tale train journey through the Guamsky Canyon in the Caucasus, Russia.

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🎙 🇷🇺 Interview of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov with American commentator Tucker Carlson

Key points:

— Officially, we with the USA are not at war. Some call what is happening in Ukraine a hybrid war. I would also describe it that way. It is obvious that the Ukrainians could not do what they are doing with modern long-range weapons without the direct involvement of American military personnel.

— We do not want to exacerbate the situation. However, since ATACMS and other long-range weapons are being used against Russian territory, we are sending signals.

We hope that the latest one (from a couple of weeks ago) regarding the new "Oreshnik" system was taken seriously.

— In his latest statement, President V.V. Putin made it clear that we are ready for any development of events. We prefer a peaceful resolution through negotiations based on respect for Russia's legitimate security interests, respect for the Russian-speaking people living in Ukraine, their basic rights, language and religious rights, which have been destroyed by a number of laws passed by the Ukrainian parliament.

— If you want to respect the UN Charter, you must respect it in its entirety. I remind you that this document states, among other things, that all countries must respect the equality of states and the right of nations to self-determination.

— People in the East and South of Ukraine, in Donbas and Novorossiya do not consider Zelensky's regime to represent their interests. How can they represent them when their culture, language, traditions, and religion are all prohibited?

— Take any conflict, the USA, the UK, and the EU intervene, claiming that human rights are being grossly violated <...>. In Ukraine, they never talk about "human rights" because they see that these very human rights for the Russian and Russian-speaking population are completely prohibited by law.

— Westerners are fighting to maintain their hegemony in the world, in any country, region, on any continent. We are fighting for our legitimate security interests. <...> They are fighting for a regime that is ready to sell or give away all natural and human resources to the West. We are fighting for the people living in these lands, whose ancestors have developed them for centuries, built cities and factories.

— Historically, the USA in foreign policy has sought to create some problems and then see if they can "catch fish in troubled waters": Iraqi aggression, the Libyan "adventure," or, in essence, the destruction of a state, the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

— In eastern Syria, the Americans are "feeding" some Kurdish separatists, using profits from the sale of oil and grain – resources they are exploiting.

— The North Atlantic Alliance, at least under the Biden Administration, is eyeing the entire Eurasian continent. These "Indo-Pacific strategies," the South China Sea, and the East China Sea are already included in NATO's "agenda."

— The Americans say they cannot allow Russia to win in Ukraine because it would undermine the "rules-based order," which is American dominance.

⚠️ As for the USA, we do not want war with anyone. <...>

⚠️ Talks about limited nuclear strikes are an invitation to a catastrophe that we do not want.

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🐻 And here’s our Malaysian bear cub again!

Just look at this fierce battle between the bear cub and the cone.

Let’s not forget that the little one is a true predator ☝️

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🇷🇺🇧🇾 Vladimir Putin is working in Minsk today. A few minutes ago, the presidential aircraft landed at the airport of the Belarusian capital.

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🇷🇺 Statements by Vladimir Putin at the Palace of Independence in Minsk during the meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus:

✅ Security guarantees between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus involve the use of all forces, including Russian nuclear weapons;

✅ Russia and Belarus are increasing cooperation in the fields of defense and security;

✅ The creation of a single electricity market for the Russian Federation and Belarus will reduce prices for end consumers in both countries;

✅ Russia has invested more than $4 billion in the Belarusian economy;

✅ The agreement between the Russian Federation and Belarus on a unified electricity market will reduce costs for consumers;

✅ The economic agencies of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus are conducting a coordinated macroeconomic policy;

✅ Russia and Belarus provide each other with genuine allied support in global affairs, despite external pressure;

✅ Russia has invested more than $4 billion in the Belarusian economy;

✅ The decision to introduce comfortable tariffs for communication services between the Russian Federation and Belarus will come into effect on March 1, 2025.

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