🖼 "Preparation for Christmas" - a painting by the Russian artist Sergey Vasilievich Dosekin, created in 1896.

🔴 The preparation for the New Year and Christmas celebrations was once perceived by people as a family ritual aimed at bringing the family closer together. In many ways, these traditions continue to be observed today, although in different forms.

💕 The painting depicts the process of making paper ornaments for the Christmas tree.

🎄 Looking at Sergey Dosekin's painting, one can imagine that this family has a long process of preparation ahead of them. The most important event is yet to come — decorating the tree, which will, of course, be live, lush, and fragrant. It will be brought in from the cold into the large room, where it will thaw and await the true celebration.

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⛸ The capital's GUM ice rink – an embodiment of magic and wonders on any winter evening.

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👣🎄 Fairy-tale and picturesque Karelia

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🇷🇺 The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry and volunteers have collected over 86,000 tons of contaminated soil in Crimea and Kuban.

🛢 The agency stated that, at present, 715 square kilometers of the Kerch Strait's water area have been surveyed. A total of 25 tons of oil-water mixture has been collected.

In Crimea, 15 kilometers of the coastline are being cleaned.

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«Do you seriously think that Russia can influence the US elections? It is not a banana republic, it is a great power. If I am wrong, correct me».

🇷🇺 President of Russia Vladimir Putin, 2016.

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🍪 Evening Atmosphere of Barnaul

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🇷🇸🇷🇺 Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić intends to request a phone conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin regarding the sanctions imposed by the United States against the company "NIS Gazprom Neft" (NIS). He stated this during a meeting of the Serbian government, as reported by TASS.

🇺🇸 According to Vučić, the US sanctions against NIS will be "comprehensive," placing Serbia in an extremely difficult position. At the same time, he noted that he would discuss this issue with the US ambassador to Serbia, Christopher Hill.

"I expect to have a conversation with Putin and plan to request it around January 25-27," the Serbian leader explained.

🧐 Vučić clarified that by that time, it will be clear what results have come from negotiations with the new American administration and whether Belgrade has any chances of changing anything.

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🇷🇺 "Russia has been talking about this for many years," — Maria Zakharova reacted to Blinken's revelations.

💬 The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, commenting on US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's statement that Washington armed Kyiv long before the start of the special military operation, emphasized that this is precisely why one of the objectives of the operation is the demilitarization of Ukraine.

"Russia has been talking about this for many years. About the pumping of Ukraine with weapons by the US and the UK, about the endless NATO exercises in the Black Sea region that violate Russian borders, and about the dangerous proximity of military aviation from Western countries to civilian aircraft in our country's airspace," noted Maria Zakharova.

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🇷🇺 Monument to the Defenders of the Soviet Arctic during the Great Patriotic War, Murmansk, Russia.

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☠️ «The aggressor must know: retribution is inevitable, he will be destroyed anyway. And we, as victims of aggression, we, as martyrs, will go to heaven, and they will simply die. Because they will not even have time to repent».

🇷🇺 President of Russia Vladimir Putin on nuclear war, 2018.

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🇷🇺 Russia demands that the murder of Russian journalists by the Ukrainian Armed Forces receives an appropriate response from UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

"We demand that yet another brutal murder of a Russian war correspondent receive an appropriate response from Audrey Azoulay, as mandated by her responsibilities. We also expect equally strong condemnation of this atrocity from all other human rights organizations and bodies," the diplomat stated. "Attempts to hide behind meaningless excuses and general phrases cannot be considered an adequate response from the authorized institutions. International officials advocating for human rights will have to directly point out those responsible for these murders."

‼️ Zakharova reminded that on January 4, as a result of a targeted drone attack by forces of the Kyiv regime, freelance correspondent Martemyanov from "Izvestia" was killed, and at least four employees of Russian media, including journalists Kevkhiev and Romanenko from RIA Novosti, were injured with varying degrees of severity.

📌 The death of the Russian war correspondent is a consequence of the deliberate ignoring by relevant international bodies of the atrocities committed by the Zelensky regime, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry stated.

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"There are currently no such plans."

💬🇷🇺 The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, denied claims that meetings between Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, as well as with elected U.S. President Donald Trump, are being prepared at this time.

📌 Earlier, Bundestag deputy Roderich Kiesewetter stated that Scholz may visit Moscow before February 23, and the meeting between Trump and Putin is "scheduled for March."

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⚛️ In eight regions of the Russian Federation, nuclear power plants will be built in the next 15-20 years.

This was announced by Alexey Likhachev, the CEO of the state corporation "Rosatom."

🇷🇺 The specific regions were not named, but the discussion included, in particular, the Far East, the European North, and Siberia.

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🇷🇺 Russia is organizing an educational expedition to BRICS countries in 2025

📰 In 2025, Russia will conduct a unique educational expedition to BRICS countries, during which participants plan to visit Iran, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Egypt. This was announced by Diana Kovela, project leader and deputy head of the project office for international youth cooperation "Russia - BRICS."

💬 According to Kovela, the main goal of this mission is to raise awareness among young people about the values and principles of BRICS.

😀 Participants can expect a rich program covering issues of interaction among the member countries of the alliance. Russian and foreign experts will introduce the youth to the history of BRICS, its key values, and the economic aspects of its activities.

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