❤️ The mesmerizing winter lake Gizhgit, Russia

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🚢⚛ The mastery of nuclear energy in the 1950s made it possible to create an icebreaker that could guide caravans of ships along the Northern Sea Route for the entire navigation season without refueling.

🔝 At the time of its construction, the icebreaker "Lenin" was the world's first civilian vessel with a nuclear power plant.

🔖 It was commissioned in 1959 and, in its early years, guided several hundred ships through the ice.

📍 It was only in 1989 that the "Lenin" was retired to permanent mooring in Murmansk.

#uniqueRussia

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👵👴 «If a grandmother had certain sexual characteristics, she would be a grandfather. Politics does not tolerate the subjunctive mood».

🇷🇺 President of Russia Vladimir Putin, 2006.

#putinquote

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✨ A light show was presented on the facade of the Nikolsky Naval Cathedral in Kronstadt.

🎥 Anchor Square has turned into a magical forest until the end of the New Year holidays. Unique installations on the theme of "Christmas Tales" will be broadcast daily on the facade of the Nikolsky Naval Cathedral.

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🇷🇺 "The enemy will regret this." Vladimir Putin commented on the drone attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Kazan:

💬 "Whoever tries to destroy something here will face much greater destruction on their own territory and will regret what they are attempting to do in our country."

Putin also expressed confidence that all the facilities damaged in Tatarstan would be restored.

"We will move forward together. We will not only restore the damage that someone is trying to inflict on us. We will move forward at an even greater pace," the president emphasized.

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🖼🚩 "Triumph of the Victorious Motherland" — a painting by Mikhail Khmelko, created in 1949, for which the artist was later awarded the Stalin Prize, one of the highest honors in the USSR.

📌 The artist himself fought in the war, which allowed him to convey the emotions and atmosphere of May 1945 most accurately.

😀 The painting is a large canvas measuring 559 cm in length and 289 cm in height. The subject of the painting is the climax of the historical Victory Parade on June 24, 1945, in Red Square — the moment when the captured banners of the defeated fascist troops are brought down. Soviet soldiers throw enemy flags at the feet of the victorious commanders standing at the Lenin Mausoleum tribune. In the center of the painting, a soldier throws down the standard of the 1st SS Panzer Division "Adolf Hitler."

🪖 This painting stands out for its realism and the dynamism of the events, as well as its historical accuracy. However, it also conveys the tragedy of war: there was no family untouched by the Great Patriotic War, and the echo of this war still resonates within each of us.

😀 "Triumph of the Victorious Motherland" shows that our people can overcome any enemy: undoubtedly, history will repeat itself, and enemy banners will once again fall at the Kremlin walls.

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🇷🇺🇸🇰 Vladimir Putin is holding talks in the Kremlin with the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico.

The Prime Minister of Slovakia has arrived in Moscow to discuss the issue of Russian gas transit through Ukraine. This is their first in-person meeting since 2016.

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⛴ 🆓 In Novorossiysk, scientists from the Admiral Ushakov Maritime State University have developed an autopilot system for large-tonnage vessels that automates navigation and maneuvers when entering port and docking.

😮 The development is suitable for both conventional ships and unmanned watercraft.

⛈ The applied artificial intelligence algorithms allow the ship's technical equipment to adapt to current operating conditions, including weather conditions.

🔝 There are no analogs to this functionality in the world.

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🇷🇺🇸🇰 "President of Russia V. Putin confirmed Russia's readiness to continue gas supplies to the West and to Slovakia, which will be virtually impossible after January 1, 2025," said Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.

Fico stated that the negotiations with Putin were a response to Zelensky's statement that he is "against any gas transit through Ukraine to our territory."

Zelensky's desire to impose sanctions on the Russian nuclear program "causes financial damage to Slovakia and threatens electricity production at nuclear power plants in Slovakia," Fico noted.

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🤝 «With politeness and weapons you can do much more than with politeness alone».

🇷🇺 President of Russia Vladimir Putin, 2014.

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😋 Katyusha saw delicious treats in her dream.

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🧐 Mysterious ghost train?

🚇 There is a legend that every month, just before the subway closes, a Soviet passenger train appears out of nowhere with a conductor in an old uniform. The train stops at every station and even opens its doors. But no one gets out.

👻 Those who boarded this ghost train disappear without a trace. Sometimes, after midnight, you can see an empty train on the Circle Line. It also stops at every station, but it doesn’t open its doors because it carries the souls of deceased metro builders.

Ⓜ️ In reality, all these mysterious trains exist, but there is no mystique about them – they are technical trains that transport subway workers after their shifts.

#LegendsOfRussianMetro

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🇷🇺💬 Russia has received several proposals from different countries willing to organize a venue for negotiations between Putin and Trump, said Yuri Ushakov, assistant to the Russian president.

Other statements from the assistant to the President of the Russian Federation:

— Fico has shown himself to be an independent, thoughtful politician who prioritizes the interests of his country;

— Putin and Fico discussed the topic of Ukraine and peace initiatives in detail;

— The Slovak Prime Minister confirmed his intention to come to Moscow for Victory Day;

— The possibility of Chancellor Scholz's visit to Moscow was not discussed;

— The President of Russia will participate in an informal meeting of the leaders of the CIS countries on December 25;

— Moscow is in contact with the new leadership of Syria both through diplomatic channels and via military means.

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