🚂 Retro Train "Ural Express"

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🚉 By Train to China and North Korea

🇨🇳🇰🇵 Starting December 15, Russian Railways (RZD) will resume passenger services from Primorye to China and North Korea.

Trains from Primorye to the Chinese city of Suifenhe will run daily, while trains to the North Korean city of Tumangang will operate three times a week.

✈️🚌 Currently, travelers can reach China from Primorye by bus and flights, while travel to North Korea is only available through regular flights from Vladivostok to Pyongyang.

We remind you that passenger services between the countries were suspended in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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🇷🇺 Today, on International Human Rights Day, the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, held the annual meeting of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights.

💬 In his speech, he emphasized the importance of the Council's work in protecting citizens' rights and advocating for human interests.

"You are always on the side of truth, on the side of human and citizen interests. In the Russian language, there is a wonderful word 'advocacy.' It fully applies to your activities. I thank you for your unwavering response to our citizens' requests, for your compassion and generosity," said Vladimir Putin.

‼️ During the meeting, special attention was given to human rights issues in the liberated territories. Since 2022, the Council has been actively sending materials regarding human rights violations and the killings of civilians committed by Ukrainian forces and nationalist organizations to international bodies such as the UN, EU, OSCE, as well as to international human rights organizations and leading global media. To date, 21 bulletins have been prepared in Russian and English, covering more than 1,800 recipients.

"You regularly visit our historical territories of Donbas and Novorossiya and are aware of the needs of their residents. I want to emphasize the importance of your work in documenting violations of the rights of civilians by the Kyiv regime, as well as the war crimes it commits. You continue to inform the international community about this," the president stressed.

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🇷🇺 The state is obliged to assist homeless people, stated the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, at a meeting of the Human Rights Council. He instructed to develop a procedure for providing medical assistance to citizens without a permanent residence.

➕ Human Rights Council member Olga Demicheva proposed to develop a procedure and standards for providing medical assistance to homeless people and citizens without documents in Russia.

"This needs to be done in collaboration with regions and municipalities; only in this way can we build this work to make it effective. Such an instruction will definitely be given," Putin supported.

✔️ He agreed that people without permanent residence belong to the most vulnerable category:

"And here, a lot needs to be done to support them. If we strive to help homeless animals, then we are obliged to assist people who find themselves in such a difficult life situation. If, of course, we are human ourselves."

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😮🧊 A unique natural phenomenon due to the water level change in Primorye, in the Vrangelya Bay, Russia

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⛸ At the ice rink in Sokolniki, 1960s

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🐘❤️ Here’s someone we didn’t expect — Filimon the elephant from the Kazan Zoo is having fun in the snowdrifts!

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🇷🇺🇭🇺 At the initiative of the Hungarian side, a telephone conversation took place between Vladimir Putin and the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban.

✅ A number of current issues regarding bilateral trade and economic cooperation were discussed, which is generally progressing positively. Attention was particularly given to the further advancement of mutually beneficial projects in the energy sector.

✅ A thorough exchange of views on the Ukrainian issue was conducted. Viktor Orban expressed interest in facilitating a joint search for political and diplomatic solutions to the crisis, taking into account his contacts with several Western leaders.

✅ For his part, Vladimir Putin outlined his principled assessments of the current development of the situation around Ukraine and the destructive line of the Kiev regime, which continues to exclude the possibility of a peaceful resolution to the conflict.

✅ The tense situation in the Middle East region was also discussed in the context of recent events in Syria.

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🤩 Artists from the Kirov region performed a New Year’s program at the Kurskaya station in the Moscow metro.

😀 The metro in Moscow is not only beautiful but also entertaining.

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😀 Ded Moroz was spotted in Kazan as he climbed onto the roof of one of the houses with gifts.

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🇷🇺🇺🇸 A conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and elected U.S. President Donald Trump is not currently being prepared. As stated by the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, there have been no initiatives from Washington so far.

“At least, maybe until the inauguration, and then we will see,” added the Kremlin representative.

📌 Let us remind you that even before the U.S. presidential elections, Trump promised that if he won, he would call Putin to discuss the resolution of the situation in Ukraine.

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🇷🇺 Russian President Vladimir Putin opened the plenary session of the international conference on artificial intelligence and machine learning, “Artificial Intelligence Journey 2024,” which is taking place in Moscow from December 11 to 13.

🌎 The event features developers and business representatives from Russia, China, the United Arab Emirates, India, Indonesia, and other countries.

👀 The conference has already established itself as one of the most authoritative and anticipated international events in the field of science and technology. According to the organizers, millions of citizens, both from Russia and abroad, are following the discussions and presentations online.

✉️ In his speech, Vladimir Putin noted that the pace of significant changes in the world continues to accelerate, and in order to effectively respond to challenges, it is necessary to propose innovative and unconventional solutions.

⚡️ The President also emphasized that artificial intelligence has a significant impact on engineering, opening up new opportunities for robotics and the creation of unmanned vehicles. He added that the sanctions imposed on the Russian economy are driving the search for creative solutions and the development of new technologies.

🇷🇺 Russia must become a global leader not only in the creation but also in the scale of application of artificial intelligence in all areas of life.

💬 The creation of digital platforms with generative artificial intelligence across various sectors should be ready by 2030, the president stated.

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🇷🇺🪖 December 11th in Russia is the Day of Remembrance for Russian Soldiers who died in Chechnya.

🕯️ This day is dedicated to the battles fought and the losses suffered by the Russian armed forces during the conflicts in Chechnya, particularly on the first day of the First Chechen War - December 11, 1994.

The First Chechen War began with the aim of restoring constitutional order in Chechnya and combating terrorist groups. It lasted for a year and a half and ended in August 1996 with the peaceful Khasavyurt agreements.

However, the terrorist threat did not subside as a result of the war, and in 1999, the Second Chechen War began, which continued until 2009.

The outcomes of the two wars resulted in a achieved peace in the Chechen Republic, as well as an end to the rampant crime, drug trafficking, and human trafficking in the Caucasus.

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🥶 Tired of winter landscapes?

🪷🇷🇺 Take a look at the Lotus Valley in the Krasnodar Krai – a natural gem of southern Russia, where you can enjoy the beauty and tranquility of nature.

☝️ This is definitely a place to visit next summer!

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🇷🇺 The President's workday continues: Vladimir Putin is holding a video conference with members of the Government.

The main topic of discussion is the development of the coal industry. At the beginning of the meeting, a number of current issues are being addressed. The first is a unified service for issuing licenses and permits through the government services portal.

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🥹 The main New Year tree of the country has been delivered to the Moscow Kremlin.

🚚 The beautiful fir tree arrived from the Shchyolkovsky urban district of the Moscow region. The festive convoy passed through the Spassky Gates to Cathedral Square, where the 25-meter tree will be installed. The installation and decoration are scheduled for the 20th of December.

🎅 The delivery was not handled by an ordinary driver, but by none other than Father Frost himself.

📆 The tradition of installing a live fir tree in the Kremlin dates back to 1996. For a while, it was replaced by an artificial substitute. Since 2007, the tree has been consistently brought from the forests of the Moscow region.

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😍 New Year’s Moscow looks like a fairy tale.

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