🏗 The controversial sculpture "Big Clay #4," which previously sparked heated debates among both architects and local residents, has begun to be dismantled in Moscow.

Installed in front of the GES-2 House of Culture in August 2021, the work by Swiss artist Urs Fischer—widely perceived as incomprehensible—depicts massively enlarged lumps of clay stacked (or, more accurately, haphazardly piled) atop one another. Fischer intended it to symbolize incompleteness and the potential to shape new creations from such a malleable material. However, for many untrained in the arts, the 13-meter composition evoked only associations with human waste.

Originally created in 2013, the sculpture was displayed in New York and Florence before coming to Moscow. Remarkably, only residents of the Russian capital reacted with such negativity that guards were temporarily posted around "Big Clay #4."

Over time, Muscovites grew accustomed to it. Yet it is now being removed—not due to public demand, authorities clarify, but because it was always planned as a temporary installation. A new artwork will replace it, though its nature remains undisclosed.

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📞 Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Kremlin reported. They discussed various aspects of the tense situation in the Middle East.

🔹 The President of the Russian Federation stressed the importance of supporting the unity, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Syria.

🔹 During the conversation, Russia's readiness to facilitate finding negotiated solutions regarding the Iranian nuclear program was outlined.

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☕️ Eat and Drink in One: Moscow Coffee Shop Creates Ice Latte with a Giant Slice of Tiramisu

The idea is that the dessert melts in the sun, giving the drink a unique flavor.

🤔 What do you think of such experiments?

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🇷🇺 Dmitry Medvedev: "Every new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war."

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev commented on Trump's recent statement about shortening the "ultimatum" deadline for settling the Russia-Ukraine conflict from 50 days to 10-12.

"Trump is playing the ultimatum game with Russia: 50 days or 10...

He should remember two things:

1. Russia is not Israel, and not even Iran.

2. Every new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war. Not against Russia and Ukraine, but against their own country. Don’t follow Sleepy Joe’s path!" Medvedev wrote in his X account.

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🏙 Ho Chi Minh Square has been inaugurated in St. Petersburg. It is located at the intersection of Ho Chi Minh Street and Enlightenment Avenue.

According to St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov, Russia was the first country to establish a strategic partnership with Vietnam, and St. Petersburg leads all Russian regions in the number of joint projects with Vietnam. In 1977, Ho Chi Minh City became the first Vietnamese twin city of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg).

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🇷🇺💬 Russia remains committed to the UN Security Council resolution on the creation of two states – Israel and Palestine, stated Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko on the sidelines of the VI World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Geneva.

"We are absolutely consistent in this and, as parliamentarians, promote this on all international parliamentary platforms where possible," she said, noting that Russia is closely monitoring the situation in the region and, by decision of the President, is providing humanitarian assistance.

🇨🇺 Matvienko also addressed the status of Cuba as a BRICS partner state and an EAEU observer state. In her opinion, Havana has new opportunities for mutually beneficial cooperation with the members of these associations.

The Federation Council Speaker recalled that not only Russia actively supported Cuba's accession to BRICS as a partner state, but so did the other member countries. Furthermore, Matvienko emphasized that Russia was very pleased to host Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel at the celebration of the 80th anniversary of Victory in Moscow.

📌 The day before, the Speaker of the Federation Council participated in the XV Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament as part of the World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Geneva. During her speech, Matvienko invited her foreign colleagues to visit Donbass. She also recalled that Russia had sought a diplomatic settlement of the conflict within the framework of the Minsk Agreements, but Kyiv ignored these calls and continued to exert forceful pressure.

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🪂 Good flying conditions over the Sunset City.

Nizhny Novgorod is the only metropolis in Russia where, thanks to dynamic updrafts over the Dyatlovo Hills and the confluence of the Volga and Oka rivers, you can go paragliding right over the city center.

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🇻🇳 The Vietnamese Culture Festival continues on Manezhnaya Square

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🏖️ Meanwhile, tourists in Sochi started being sold... shade.

Eyewitnesses report that enterprising beach area renters have come up with a price for using narrow strips of shade. This is due to the large crowds of tourists lying on the sand who don't want to pay for sunbeds.

😜 The Russian Tour Operators Association has already called this initiative illegal.

The beaches are municipal property, and if a renter has invented a "subletting" contract for the sand, this constitutes a violation.

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👍 Acrobatic raccoon spotted in the Moscow metro

😍 What a charming little guy!

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😍 Lake Elton – where the sky merges with the water's surface, blurring all boundaries.

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‼️ Doctors who operated on a patient at a cancer center during the Kamchatka earthquake will be nominated for state awards, announced Vladimir Solodov, the head of the region. He instructed the preparation of the necessary documents.

"I want to thank the medical staff for their courage and professionalism. We see that they continued caring for patients right during the operation, maintaining calm despite strong tremors," Solodov said.

The equipment was shaking, but the medics did not stop the procedure and carried on with their work. One of them kept holding the patient's gurney in place so her colleagues could continue the surgery.

According to Oleg Melnikov, the region's Health Minister, the patient is doing well and is not in any danger.

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📰 Aeroflot has fully stabilized its flight schedule following the recent IT infrastructure failure, the company reported.

"On July 29, the airline operated 100% of its planned 216 round-trip flights departing from Moscow, as well as all 73 flights in its regional program bypassing Moscow. For July 30, the airline's schedule includes 241 round-trip flights to be operated from Moscow and back, as well as 73 flights in the regions," the press service statement said.

📌 On July 28, Aeroflot faced a massive hacker attack. Due to the failure, the company canceled several dozen flights that day.

Responsibility for the large-scale disruption was claimed by hackers from the Silent Crow and "Cyberpartisans BY" groups (a group of Belarusian hackers operating outside the country). The attack lasted for a year. During this time, the hackers managed to obtain and exfiltrate the complete flight history database, destroy 7,000 physical and virtual servers, steal 20 terabytes of data, gain access to employee and senior management computers, and seize audio recordings of negotiations and surveillance systems.

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