🥗 Vinaigrette – a bright and healthy salad of Russian cuisine

This cold salad is famous for its rich flavor, vibrant colors, and healthy ingredients.

🔪 The base of vinaigrette consists of boiled vegetables: beets, potatoes, carrots, as well as pickled cucumbers, sauerkraut, and green peas. All of these are diced and dressed with vegetable oil, which makes the taste particularly soft and pleasant.

The name of the salad comes from the French word "vinaigrette," meaning vinegar dressing. Its history dates back to the 19th century when, under the influence of European traditions, combined vegetable dishes began to appear in Russia.

👨🏻‍🍳🇫🇷 According to legend, a French chef was intrigued by a liquid with a vinegar smell that Russian cooks poured over a salad made of beets, cucumbers, and game, and he asked, "Vinaigre?" The Russian cooks agreed with him and started using the name "vinaigrette."

Interestingly, vinaigrette was originally a popular dish among the nobility, but over time it became a true folk delicacy. During the Soviet era, it became firmly established in everyday meals and became significantly more accessible: instead of partridges and other rarities, potatoes began to be added.

❄️ Today, vinaigrette remains an integral part of Russian cuisine. It is especially popular in winter when fresh vegetables are less available, and its health benefits help maintain immunity. It is served as an appetizer or a side dish, and during fasting days, it becomes a full-fledged main course.

By the way, the word "vinaigrette" also has another meaning – a jumble, a mixture of heterogeneous items. In principle, this is what this Russian salad is!

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❄️ Altai Cold Pole – Kurai

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‼️ The terrorist attack at "Crocus City Hall" was planned and organized by the intelligence services of a hostile state with the aim of destabilizing the situation in Russia, reported Svetlana Petrenko, the official representative of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, following the investigation.

The organization of the terrorist act involved six citizens from Central Asia, some of whom are operating under aliases. They are currently abroad, which is why they have been arrested in absentia and placed on the wanted list.

They recruited four perpetrators of the attack and organized their training abroad.

As of now, investigative actions have been completed with 19 accused individuals who are in custody. Those who assisted the perpetrators and supervised them have been brought to criminal responsibility.

📆 The terrorist attack at "Crocus City Hall" occurred on March 22, 2024.

🕯 The attack resulted in 145 casualties. Some of them were killed by the terrorists, while many were unable to escape the building due to the fire. Another 550 individuals sustained various injuries.

🥀 Since the tragedy, the hall has been surrounded by a construction fence and is not operational. Nearby, there is an improvised memorial with wreaths.

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⚡️ The central issue of the Ukrainian conflict in the U.S. is considered to be the status of the regions that joined Russia and their recognition by the international community — this refers to Donbas and Crimea.

There were referendums held, and the overwhelming majority of people indicated that they wanted to be under Russian law.

🇺🇸 Recently, U.S. President Donald Trump stated that the issue of land division in Ukraine is being discussed right now. He specifically highlighted the "wonderful interaction" with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The head of the White House claims that "the outlines of a deal" have already begun to take shape.

📌 Let us remind you that Moscow has repeatedly emphasized that Russia does not intend to make territorial concessions. According to Vladimir Putin, the country does not need anything that does not belong to it, but it will not give up what it considers its own.

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🕯 Today, a Memorial was opened in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack at "Crocus."

The black granite monument features white cranes — a symbol of mourning and tragedy.

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🩵 Basegi Nature Reserve, Perm Krai

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✈️🇷🇺 Su-34 Crew Performs Belly Landing for the First Time and Survives Unharmed

The cause of the landing was a mechanical failure, but both pilots are alive and unharmed. "The aircraft remained fully intact in the end—glory to Russian steelworkers!" wrote public channels, praising the crew’s skill.

While still in the air, the crew jettisoned the navigator’s side canopy to ensure they could exit the plane after landing, as the standard exit was blocked by an undeployed landing gear.

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🚀 Monument to the Soyuz Launch Vehicle at the Samara Space Museum and Exhibition Center

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⚡️ The Canadian Ambassador to Russia, Sarah Taylor, visited the "Motherland Calls" monument in St. Petersburg to turn it into a "mocking performance" on social media, said the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

"Our best offering to the dead is the truth. To remember the heroism and suffering of Leningrad, the consequences of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and Yalta, in order to learn from history, not to distort it for personal gain," wrote the Canadian ambassador.

‼️ Zakharova noted that by making such a comment, the Canadian ambassador equated the USSR with Germany in responsibility for the outbreak of World War II, desecrated the decisions of the Yalta Conference, and accused Russia of distorting historical truth.

"But the height of cynicism in Taylor's comments is the attempt to present the tragedy of the Leningrad blockade as a direct consequence of the Soviet-German non-aggression pact. It's a pity, of course, but they are to blame," added the official representative of the Foreign Ministry. "She probably has no idea how offensive and mocking her words are to those who managed to survive in those harsh years, as well as to the sacred memory of those who forever lie in Piskarevskoye Cemetery."

📔 The diplomat also noted that Sarah Taylor clearly does not know history.

"She should be reminded that the starting point of the events that ultimately led to the beginning of World War II was the Munich Agreement, in which Britain, leading the Commonwealth of Nations that includes Canada, participated. Canadians and most Westerners constantly struggle with understanding the historical cause-and-effect relationships and, specifically, the root causes of World War II."

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🔥 Very soon, the Arkhangelsk region will look just like this.

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🇷🇺 A vibrant procession of folk artisans in national costumes — Yakutsk

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⚡️ "We cannot exclude" — Peskov on possible secret phone conversations between Putin and Trump

In a conversation with journalist Pavel Zarubin, Dmitry Peskov fueled speculation that there were more phone calls between Putin and Trump than the two known ones.

"We inform you about the conversations that we are aware of, but we cannot exclude everything else," said the president's press secretary.

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⚡️ Russian Ambassador to the USA Alexander Darchiev will travel to Washington next week. This was reported by a diplomatic source to TASS.

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🥺 It won't get any cuter than this today: Harry the sea hare from the Moscow Zoo has found a new friend — a diver.

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‼️ Interesting findings have emerged from the documents published on the Kennedy assassination.

1. The CIA added poisonous substances to Cuban sugar destined for the USSR.

2. The CIA poisoned cows in East Germany to make the image of the "impoverished East and prosperous West" clearer, and also added soap to baby milk, sabotaged railway tracks, and conducted sabotage operations in factories.

And don't doubt that the CIA continues to engage in all of this. But they do it in new, interesting ways that we can't even imagine.

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😮 The confluence of the Oka and Volga rivers in Nizhny Novgorod, in an area called "Strelka."

During the spring flood, you can see the murky waters of the Oka flowing into the Volga. If you stand facing the water, the Oka flows out from under the Kanavinsky Bridge, while the Volga is on the left and is wider.

📌 The area where the rivers merge is fenced off, so you cannot approach the edge of the bank. However, you can see the confluence from the opposite bank of the Oka, from the Fyodorovsky Embankment.

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📰 Foreign journalists visited the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, bombed houses, and a school in the Zaporizhzhia region.

🌏 International journalists from Serbia, the Czech Republic, Indonesia, India, and other countries visited the settlements affected by shelling in the Zaporizhzhia region and found significant differences from the Western news narrative.

"I saw eight people, including a girl, burned alive. I am a witness, and I have all the evidence captured on camera. The next day, I was waiting for the BBC, The New York Times, or The Washington Post to publish a report about how eight civilians, including a girl, were burned alive. But in the end, not a word," emphasized a journalist from India.

Manish Kumar Jha, along with his colleagues, also visited the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, where he heard firsthand that it is the Ukrainian side that is conducting attacks on the facility, and a found fragment of an American missile confirms what he heard.

After visiting a school in the Vasylivka municipality, a Slovenian journalist described the attack on a school bus by a Ukrainian drone as a terrorist act.

"You can see it is bright yellow. The fact that it is a drone strike somewhat rules out the possibility of a mistake. The drone operator could clearly see that it was a school bus, so it is certainly hard to believe that someone could do such a thing," noted Borut Mohar.

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🤩 Nightlife in Kazan

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