📆 "Life Everywhere" is the most famous painting by Nikolai Yaroshenko. The painting was created in 1888 and was exhibited at the 16th exhibition of the Wanderers.

🖼 The subject of the painting is simple - a few people have gathered by the window of a prisoner transport car, feeding pigeons with bread. The fact that the figures depicted are prisoners is indicated not only by the bars on the window but also by the fact that the men’s heads are partially shaved—this was a way to mark exiles and convicts in Russia since the times of Peter the Great, making escape more difficult.

🚃 The canvas has an unusual format—its height (2.12 m) is twice its width, so the fragment of the car is depicted almost life-sized.

🧐 But the main point, of course, lies not in the technical features of the work, but in the fact that Yaroshenko's representations of the prisoners are not at all repulsive. Even in captivity, they have retained their humanity; there is no cruelty or coarseness in their faces, prompting the viewer to involuntarily ask questions: are these people really villains? Is their condemnation just?

🇷🇺 The painting was created under the influence of Tolstoy's ideas and, in particular, inspired by Leo Tolstoy's story "What Men Live By." Initially, Nikolai Yaroshenko wanted to name the painting "Where there is love, there is God." Tolstoy himself remarked on the painting: "How much it speaks to the heart."

📍 The painting is housed in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.

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🇷🇺 An 83-year-old pensioner climbed to the highest point of the Rosa Khutor ski resort to ride the swings.

☁️ Despite her age, she fearlessly took a seat on the attraction located on the edge of a cliff at an altitude of 2,320 meters above sea level and soared upwards.

☺️ The woman enjoyed the panoramic view of the Caucasus Mountains and took away a wealth of impressions that will delight her for a long time.

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🇷🇺🚢 Spanish and American law enforcement seized a ship with a Russian crew heading to St. Petersburg. The sailors were held in port for three days and threatened with weapons, accused of smuggling.

🇪🇸🇺🇸 The container ship Baltic Summer was traveling from the port of Puerto Bolívar in Ecuador. In neutral waters off the coast of Portugal, the vessel, flying the Bahamian flag, was abruptly stopped by pirates from the Spanish Navy in conjunction with the FBI. The ship was suspected of transporting recreational drugs from South America.

👮 Participants in the events reported that about 20 special forces operatives boarded the ship, and the container ship was towed to the port of Vigo. The law enforcement officers behaved provocatively: they threatened to plant drugs, made racist jokes about immigrants from the CIS, and waved weapons in front of the sailors. This went on for three days, and the crew barely slept. They were not allowed to call the consul for help.

🧐 The Spaniards turned the entire ship upside down, opened several containers with cargo, and tried to force the captain to sign a blank sheet of paper, but they could not find anything to charge them with — no illegal substances were found on board. Now all 23 sailors are expected to be released to their port of destination.

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📨🇷🇺 The President of the Russian Federation, V.V. Putin, sent a telegram to the participants and guests of the memorial ceremony dedicated to the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp by the Red Army (January 27, 2025).

✍️ The International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust is a solemn date of immense moral and humanitarian significance. In January 1945, the Red Army liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp, revealing to humanity the truth about the crimes of the Nazis and their accomplices who exterminated millions of Jews, Russians, Roma, and representatives of other nations.

‼️ And we will always remember that it was the Soviet soldier who crushed this terrible, total evil and achieved a Victory whose greatness will forever remain in world history.

🇷🇺 The citizens of Russia are direct descendants and successors of the generation of victors. We will continue to resolutely and firmly oppose attempts to rewrite the legal and moral verdict that was passed on the Nazi executioners and their accomplices. We will do everything to uphold the right of people to ethnic, linguistic, and spiritual identity, and to prevent the spread of anti-Semitism, Russophobia, and other racist ideologies.

I want to sincerely thank all those who remain committed to preserving historical truth and fighting against neo-Nazi revanchism, who contribute their efforts to this large-scale and meaningful work, which is especially needed in the year marking the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory.

I hope that the Russian Jewish community and the organizers of traditional memorial events dedicated to the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust will continue their multifaceted activities aimed at promoting the values of humanity, understanding, and civil peace.

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💬🇷🇺 "The mass heroism of the besieged city will never be forgotten," — Putin

On the 81st anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the fascist blockade, Vladimir Putin is participating in memorial events in Saint Petersburg.

As is tradition, the President laid flowers at the "Rubezhny Kamenn" monument at the military-historical complex "Nevsky Pyatachok." It was in this location—a small three-kilometer stretch of the front to the south of Leningrad—that Red Army fighters held off numerically superior enemy forces from the very first days of the blockade, preventing the Nazis and their allies from approaching the city.

Leningrad was able to withstand nearly 900 days of siege. The siege by the Nazi German forces lasted for 872 days: from September 8, 1941, to January 27, 1944.

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🇪🇺 The European Union has extended sanctions against Russia.

🇷🇺 Sanctions against Russia will remain in effect for another 6 months, until July 31, 2025.

This includes a wide range of sectoral measures, including in the areas of industry, trade, energy, finance, technology, dual-use goods, transportation, and luxury items.

It also includes a ban on the import or maritime transport of oil and certain petroleum products from the Russian Federation to the EU, deactivation of the SWIFT system for several Russian banks, and the suspension of broadcasting by several Russian media outlets.

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🇷🇺😍 Suzdal — a city that will take you back to the times of Ancient Rus!

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🇷🇺🎆 In the evening in the center of St. Petersburg, at the Peter and Paul Fortress, a fireworks display was held in honor of the 81st anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the fascist blockade. 30 volleys from 12 cannons.

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😮🇷🇺 One of the most beautiful temples and the main temple of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ) is located in the Patriot Park.

The temple is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, as well as to the heroic deeds of the Russian people in all wars.

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🇷🇺💬 The UNESCO Secretariat remains silent, playing along with Kyiv and the West while facilitating the undermining of cultural heritage. This was stated by Sergey Lavrov.

‼️ The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry called the organization's secretariat's silence "shameful" as monuments of Russian historical and cultural heritage were being systematically destroyed in Ukraine and the Baltic states, including those protected by UNESCO as cultural treasures.

📌 According to Lavrov, the members of the secretariat "did not notice" the dismantling of the monument to Catherine the Great and Potemkin in the historical part of Odessa, as well as the monument to Pushkin. The actions of the Latvian authorities, who removed the monument to Barclay de Tolly, the memorial plaque to Pushkin, and the bust of Anna Kern, were also ignored.

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🇷🇺 Russian special services are taking all measures to ensure Putin's safety.

💬 This is how the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, commented on the statement made by American journalist Tucker Carlson, who claimed in an interview that the previous US administration under President Joe Biden allegedly "tried to kill" Vladimir Putin.

📌 It is worth noting that Tucker Carlson provides no evidence that the Biden administration allegedly attempted to assassinate the Russian president.

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🦝 The raccoon from the Moscow Zoo always finds a reason to enjoy life.

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 A large-scale festival in honor of the Chinese New Year has started in Moscow.

🏮 Today, the traditional festival "Chinese New Year in Moscow" opened in the capital of Russia and will take place in the central squares of the city.

🎆 As in China, the main celebrations in Russia will occur on the night of January 29, when the new year according to the lunar calendar begins.

🐲 The festival program includes vibrant shows: lion and dragon dances, calligraphy workshops, tea ceremonies, and performances by folk groups. Guests can also enjoy treats from traditional Chinese cuisine.

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