🇷🇺🖥 Russians and Digital Technologies

A survey by VTsIOM, the Russian Public Opinion Research Center, revealed that 87% of Russians are interested in the development of digital technologies and devices.

💻 At the same time, 62% of respondents only start using new devices when it becomes necessary, and just 3% adopt them immediately after their market release.

💵 There are several reasons for this. The primary one is the high cost of the devices themselves, as stated by 44% of respondents.

33% said that a lack of skills hinders their use of digital devices, while 32% expressed concerns about data privacy.

🤔 What is your "relationship" with digital innovations?

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😎 The total length of the Moscow metro in 2024 is about 560 km.

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☕️ Coffee with birch sap and cheese foam is now available at the Russian café chain Shokoladnitsa. The new drink comes in three flavors and costs 270 rubles per cup.

🇷🇺 The instructions recommend drinking it while the Russian national anthem plays.

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⚡️ Russia’s EMERCOM Dispatches Additional 95 Rescuers to Myanmar to Assist in Earthquake Aftermath

“An additional group of EMERCOM rescuers is being deployed to Myanmar... Russia’s Emergency Ministry is reinforcing its contingent of rescuers to mitigate the consequences and provide aid to the population following the devastating earthquake in the affected region. Ninety-five EMERCOM specialists are en route to Myanmar aboard two Il-76 aircraft of the Russian emergency agency,” the ministry reported.

The additional team includes canine units and medical personnel. The reinforcements will be directed to the hardest-hit areas.

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🧠 Neural Network to Revive the Second Volume of Dead Souls

📔 The Russian-language neural network GigaChat, in collaboration with experts on Gogol’s legacy, will revive the second volume of Dead Souls this year—a work burned by the great Russian author.

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🇷🇺 Lake Ladoga, Russia

Life on the islands of Lake Ladoga is so distinct from the ordinary that arriving there renews you completely.

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🥰 Novorossiysk is the largest Black Sea port in Russia. Moreover, it has officially been awarded the noscript of Hero City.

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😍 It's impossible not to fall in love with the nature of North Ossetia

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🐻‍❄️ Greetings from the Arctic!

☀️ In the morning, a bear visited the crew of the multipurpose nuclear icebreaker "Ural". The Arctic’s master hoped to get breakfast but was left without oatmeal.

⛔️ Feeding wild animals is strictly prohibited!

📍Ob Bay, Kara Sea.

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🇷🇺 The Chukchi are an indigenous people of Russia, residing in the extreme northeast of the country, in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, as well as in neighboring regions of Kamchatka and Yakutia. Their history, culture, and way of life are deeply intertwined with the harsh Arctic environment, where they have adapted over millennia to extreme cold and a unique ecosystem.

📜 The Chukchi belong to the Paleo-Asiatic peoples. Their ancestors settled in Chukotka over 2,000–3,000 years ago. Historically, they were divided into two groups:
1. Tundra Chukchi (Chauchu) – nomadic reindeer herders whose lives depended on the migration of reindeer herds.
2. Coastal Chukchi (Ankalyn) – hunters of marine mammals (whales, seals, walruses), whose existence was tied to the shores of the Bering and Chukchi Seas.

In the 17th–18th centuries, the Chukchi fiercely resisted Russian Cossacks. However, they finally became part of Russia by the late 18th century while retaining their autonomy.

👻 Chukchi worldview is rooted in animism—a belief in the spiritual essence of all elements of nature.

🤝 This people highly value independence and are resilient in conflict. Yet, the Chukchi are also exceptionally hospitable and kind-hearted, always ready to help their neighbors.

🎉 Festivals are tied to seasonal cycles: autumn marks the Day of Reindeer Slaughter, spring the Day of Antlers, and winter the Sacrifice to the Star Altair. They also celebrate irregular rituals, such as Feeding the Fire, memorials for the deceased, votive offerings post-hunting, the Whale Festival, and the Kayak Festival.

📔 The Chukchi language belongs to the Chukotko-Kamchatkan family and has several dialects. Despite being endangered (spoken by only 5,000–6,000 people), preservation efforts are underway: textbooks are published, radio programs air, and schools in Chukotka teach the native language.

🦣 Chukchi mythology and folklore are rich and share similarities with other Paleo-Asiatic and Native American traditions. The Chukchi are renowned for their intricate carvings and sculptures on mammoth bones, admired for their beauty and precision.

✔️ Today, many Chukchi maintain traditional lifestyles while integrating modern technology. Reindeer herding and marine hunting remain vital, though youth increasingly migrate to cities. Chukchi culture is a focus of ethnographers and a source of pride for Russia’s Far North.

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🤿 Divers are in full swing combating fuel oil in the Kerch Strait and near Anapa.

In the coastal area of the resort city of Anapa and the Temryuk District of Krasnodar Krai, at 19 dive sites spanning 14 km, dive teams from the Russian Emergency Ministry (EMERCOM) are conducting daily monitoring and collection of fuel oil from the Black Sea floor. A total of 2,057 dives have been carried out.

‼️ Divers have collected over 201 tons of fuel oil—equivalent to more than 4,000 bags—hauled to the surface for disposal.

Compressor stations are being used to wash fuel oil from seabed sediments on the Black Sea floor and facilitate its subsequent collection.

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🇨🇳🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin held a meeting today with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

During the talks, both sides emphasized that cooperation between Russia and China is never targeted against third parties and is not subject to external interference. Additionally, Wang Yi noted that the friendship between the two countries is not opportunistic but rather long-term in nature!

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