✨ Winter in the depths of Russia looks like a fairy tale

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😍 Solovetsky Islands, Russia

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🐻 Young Masha from the Moscow Zoo is a young, actively growing bear, and she needs a lot of activities.

🍎 Zoologists are constantly coming up with new activities for Masha. She especially enjoys searching for treats. The specialists hide them around the enclosure, wrap them in paper, and place them inside toys. It turns out to be both tasty and entertaining!

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🇷🇺 Moscow positively assesses U.S. President Donald Trump's opinion on the mistake of involving Ukraine in NATO.

🇷🇺 This was reported by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

🇺🇸 Trump stated for the first time in one of his speeches that one of Washington's main mistakes was involving Ukraine in the alliance. He expressed this opinion while criticizing the actions of former U.S. President Joe Biden's administration regarding the Ukrainian crisis.

For the first time, a Western leader, not just any Western leader but the leader of the United States, has uttered these words, which we welcomed, as the issue of NATO has been identified as something the States are ready to discuss seriously, Lavrov noted during a meeting in Moscow with heads of diplomatic missions.

📌 Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized that Moscow intends to seek the exclusion of Ukraine's potential NATO membership. This was stated by Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko. According to him, Russia will demand "ironclad guarantees" that Kyiv will not join the North Atlantic alliance.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Vladimir Zelensky is, in fact, an illegitimate president of Ukraine; nevertheless, Russia is ready to negotiate with him. This was stated by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov.

‼️ At the same time, he added that contacts between Russia and the United States through various agencies are ongoing and have intensified recently.

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🇷🇺 Invited states have confirmed their participation in the upcoming celebration of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War on May 9 in Moscow, announced Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

‼️ He emphasized that May 9 is the main date and reminded about the planned Victory Parade.

✉️ Earlier, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, noted that leaders of foreign states, not only from the CIS, have been invited to Moscow to participate in the celebration of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin stated that formalism and a race for numbers are unacceptable when preparing events for the anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. He pointed out the need to focus on specific actions. According to the president, congratulations to veterans should be tailored to their age and health, and projects for the youth should be honest, meaningful, and interesting for the new generation.

"It is also necessary to carefully and thoroughly analyze the condition of military memorials, to bring monuments, mass graves, and individual burials from the war to impeccable order, ensure their accessibility, and maintain them in a manner worthy of the memory of the victorious soldiers," the president noted.

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🇷🇺💬 The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, responded to the statement from the White House National Security Council regarding the U.S. intention to obtain rare earth metals from Ukraine as compensation for the support provided.

"That's why the price of dishes should be clarified before you eat them," the diplomat remarked ironically.

🇺🇸 Earlier, the head of the U.S. National Security Council press office, Brian Hughes, stated that the Trump administration is counting on access to Ukrainian rare earth resources to offset costs for military and financial assistance to Kyiv.

📌 This concerns deposits estimated to be worth trillions of dollars; however, they do not take into account that a significant portion of these resources is located in territories of the DPR, LPR, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions, which are controlled by Russia.

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🇷🇺🛩 Passenger air transportation in Russia is growing, despite issues with spare parts and a limited fleet of aircraft.

‼️ The industry currently faces the challenge of maintaining the air mobility of the population and ensuring flight safety. The manufacturing sector must provide airlines with domestic aircraft. Even if sanctions are lifted, there is no turning back, as too many resources and efforts have been invested in reviving aircraft manufacturing, assured Anton Alikhanov, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, at the National Exhibition-Forum of Civil Aviation Infrastructure (NAIS).

📈 The passenger traffic of domestic airlines increased by 5.9% last year, reaching 111.7 million people. The plans for this year are to transport no less than 109.7 million passengers by air.

"For us, the number one task is not only to maintain aviation mobility but also to ensure flight safety. This primarily involves maintaining the airworthiness of our fleet," said Transport Minister Roman Starovoit.

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🇷🇺 Why don't Russians pass things through the threshold?

🏠 In Russian culture, the threshold is not just a part of the door, but a sacred boundary that hides ancient mysteries and superstitions. Here are a few reasons why it's better not to pass anything through it:

1. The ashes of ancestors beneath our feet
In pagan times, Slavs buried the ashes of deceased relatives under the threshold, believing that their spirits would protect the home from evil. Passing items through this "tomb" could disturb the deceased and deprive the living of their protection.

2. The boundary between two worlds
The threshold was considered a boundary between the world of the living and the supernatural. Any interaction through it (talks, handshakes, passing items) would disturb the "veil" and attract evil spirits or household spirits that could take items for themselves.

3. Loss of health and luck
It was believed that passing things through the threshold could "give away" one's well-being, resulting in illness or quarrels in return. Even money passed this way was thought to bring financial problems.

Today, these superstitions exist more as a tribute to traditions, but who knows — perhaps there is a hint of magic in them? Do you believe in such omens?

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🇷🇺 The Chuya Steppe is a picturesque intermontane basin located in the southeastern Altai, in the upper reaches of the Chuya River, in the Kosh-Agach District of the Republic of Altai.

Here, the vastness is such that it feels like the steppe has no end or edge.

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