❤️ Snowy peaks of Kirovsk

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🇷🇺 Kamchatka is, without exaggeration, a unique place in Russia with breathtaking nature.

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❄️ The Primorye leopard came out of hiding to "hunt" for snowflakes.

🐆 Actually, leopards don't like snow. They tend to avoid snowy areas and wait out bad weather in shelters. But here are rare footage – the big cat spent a whole 40 seconds catching snowflakes with its nose!

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🇷🇺💬 The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, commenting on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's statements that the USA helped Germany free itself from Nazism during World War II, stated that there is a deliberate line towards forgetting historical truth.

"This is not true; there is a targeted effort to forget historical truth, to forget who exactly paid the heaviest price for the liberation of the European continent from the brown plague - it was the Soviet Union. It was the Soviet Union that, with the help of allies such as Great Britain and the United States, bore the main burdens of liberation," Peskov said.

📌 Furthermore, Peskov noted that such a line is detrimental in terms of possible consequences and the "creeping Nazism" that has significantly taken root in Ukraine and is spreading again across Europe.

Earlier, Scholz stated that "the USA liberated Germany" during World War II.

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🇷🇺🇺🇸 The Kremlin expresses condolences to the families and loved ones of those who died in the plane crash in Washington, said Peskov.

❗️Sad reports confirm that there were Russian figure skaters and other compatriots on board the crashed plane in Washington, the president's press secretary reported.

🕯️On the evening of January 29, an American Airlines passenger plane collided with a Black Hawk helicopter of the U.S. Army in the skies near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The plane was on a flight from Kansas, carrying 60 passengers and 4 crew members. At least three military personnel were on board the helicopter.

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⛄️🇷🇺 In the village of Mezentsevo in the Tyumen region, local enterprise employees have been building a giant snowman for the third consecutive year.

"We make snowmen in our free time, and when we built the first one, we noticed that everyone started taking pictures. We liked the idea, and now we build them taller and taller every year," said the company’s manager, Ilya Grigoryev.

The first snowwoman was 3.5 meters tall, the following year the sculpture grew to 5 meters, and this year it reached the size of a two-story house – 7 meters.

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🇷🇺🎨 The Terem "Fairy Tale" of Artist Vasnetsov

👨‍🎨 The house, hidden from prying eyes, is located in a quiet alley just steps away from the Garden Ring! This terem was built according to the artist's own design, and he lived in it from 1894 until his death.

🏠 It is a stone house with a wooden annex in the form of a Russian terem, topped with a barrel-shaped roof. The decorative window frames resemble kokoshniks, and the facade of the house and the stoves inside are adorned with colorful tiles featuring floral patterns.

✍️ On the first floor of the house were the rooms of family members, a living room, and a dining room, while the workshop was located on the second floor. The furniture in the house was custom-made, and the sketches and designs for the furniture were created by Vasnetsov himself.

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✨🇷🇺 A Real Ural Winter

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🇷🇺 Ural, Manpupuner Plateau — a place of power shrouded in legends, where seven stone pillars rise amidst the endless white desert.

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Slap Battle!

🇷🇺 Russian fighter Vasily Kamotsky, nicknamed "Dumpling," became the Power Slap league champion in the heavyweight division. The fight took place at a tournament in Riyadh.

🇺🇸 In the final, the strongman from Krasnodar Krai "outslapped" the "Crazy Hawaiian," with whom he had previously faced in October of last year. That match ended in a draw, and the American retained his noscript.

❔ Power Slap is a competition where participants take turns slapping each other, aiming to knock their opponent off balance or knock them out. The head of the promotion is Dana White, who is also the president of the UFC, the largest mixed martial arts organization in the world.

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👀 Putin visited the Moscow metro

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🇷🇺 How Russians See the Future of Their Country

🔎 Experts from the Institute of Sociology of the Federal Research Sociological Center (FRSC) of the Russian Academy of Sciences conducted a large study on the hopes and opinions of Russians regarding the future of Russia.

🤔 According to the survey results, the uniqueness and independent path of the country is the main lesson of history, supported by 52% of respondents. Notably, 32% of those surveyed identified the eternal hostility with the West as the main conclusion of our history.

❌ The main trend that citizens believe should not be allowed in Russia is the growth of corruption, with 59% of votes. The second most significant issue is the sharp social stratification, which garnered 48% of respondents' votes. A naive attitude towards the West was identified as a problem by 40% of citizens.

✔️ At the same time, 70.9% of the population sees prospects for Russia's economic development, 67.5% are confident in the improvement of living standards, and 75% predict positive international relations.

As a cumulative conclusion across all parameters, the study showed that Russians dream of a just future and peace.

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😱🇷🇺 In Sakhalin, during a terrible snowstorm, houses were completely buried—only the roofs are sticking out.

Residents of the village of Sokol had a tough week—their homes were covered by snow. With shovels in hand, they are clearing the snow to reach their dog in the yard.

"It's a one-story house; it's impossible to get through. This is Sakhalin, baby. Only a piece of the roof is sticking out—no windows, no doors. We’re clearing it to feed the dog," shared a local resident.

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🇷🇺 Museum of the "World Ocean," exhibition building "Planet Ocean" in Kaliningrad, Russia

🌏 The exhibition building "Planet Ocean," which began construction in 2013, consists of three sections, one of which is a glass sphere with a diameter of 43 meters and a height of 32.5 meters, resembling an image of Earth from space.

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👰 "Bride's Ransom"

💵 One of the most vivid and ancient Russian wedding rituals is the "выкуп невесты" (vykup nevesty). Its roots go back to pagan times when the groom literally "bought" the bride from her family, demonstrating his wealth. Today, this ritual has transformed into a fun game but retains its symbolism.

💰 In some regions, after the ransom, the groom and bride break a loaf of bread over their heads—whoever has the larger piece will be the "head of the family." Additionally, instead of money, a bottle of vodka and chocolate may be placed in the "bride's chest" as symbols of prosperity and a sweet life.

Here's how it looks:

1. Trials for the groom—friends of the bride and relatives block the way to her, demanding that he complete tasks: sing a song, solve riddles, or pay the "ransom" with money or sweets.

2. Tricks—instead of the bride, they might "substitute" a disguised man or a doll.

3. Symbolic bargaining—the groom and the "sellers" jokingly argue over the price, sometimes using old proverbs like: "The bride is not a sheep; you can't take her back!"

What wedding traditions do you have?

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✨ Magnificent views of Djily-Su in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia

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🇨🇳 How did the most popular residents of the Moscow Zoo — the giant pandas — celebrate the Chinese New Year?

🐼 Fans of the black-and-white bears prepared special gifts for them: a giant roly-poly bowl, handmade toys, delicious treats, and a corn cob for Katyusha.

Want to see how they reacted to the gifts? Check out the video👆👆

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