🚂 Trans-Siberian Railway and Lake Baikal

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🇷🇺💬 Zakharova Responds to Stubb’s Comparison of Finland in 1944 and Ukraine

Earlier, Finnish President Alexander Stubb stated that Finland has experience in dealing with Russia during WWII and "found a solution in 1944."

Zakharova wrote: "Stubb is right about one thing. In 1944, a solution to the Finland issue was indeed found. It was called the Moscow Armistice."

At that time, Helsinki broke with Hitler and the Nazis and entered the war on the side of the USSR. Zakharova cited historians’ views that Finland had no choice, so the "clever Finns decided to sign a separate peace with the USSR to avoid emerging as a defeated nation after WWII."

"If Stubb intends to act like in 1944, he must oppose his recent Nazi allies and start fighting the Kyiv regime," Zakharova stated.

The diplomat reminded that the actions of German occupation forces and their collaborators, including Finnish armed units, are recognized in Russia as "war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide against national and ethnic groups representing the population of the Soviet Union."

"This is the ‘experience of interaction’ Helsinki invested in during 1941–1943," Zakharova emphasized. "Is this what Stubb is referring to?"

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‼️ Russia is not abandoning any formats of work on Ukraine, neither bilateral nor trilateral, stated Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

"We are not abandoning any formats of work — neither bilateral nor trilateral, the president has spoken about this repeatedly. The main thing is that any formats — '1+1', '1+2', multilateral formats, of which there are also many, including within the UN — that all these formats are used not for the purpose of someone writing in the newspapers the next morning, or showing on TV in the evening, or later gossiping on social media in an attempt to skim off the propaganda cream," he said on the Rossiya 24 TV channel.

"But for the purpose of moving step by step, gradually, starting from the expert level and then going through all the necessary stages to prepare summits — this is the approach we will always support," the minister added.

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⚡️ Russia Hands Over 1,000 Deceased Soldiers to Ukraine

Russia, which had previously handed over more than 7,000 bodies of enemy soldiers to Ukraine, has transferred another 1,000 bodies to the Ukrainian side.

In exchange, Kyiv sent 19 bodies of Russian soldiers back to Moscow.

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📱 "Digital Rehabs" Could Appear in Russia

This proposal was put forward by State Duma deputy Tatiana Solomatina.

😮‍💨 Experts at such rehab centers would help citizens break the desire to constantly sit on social media and watch short videos, like Reels, Shorts, or TikTok.

"People really do stop enjoying real life and escape into a virtual one, where they feel comfortable because they get what they want there," Solomatina noted.

What do you think, is it a good idea?

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Ministry of Education and Science Reports Sharp Reduction in Additional University Admissions

Nearly all state-funded places in Russian universities for the2025 academic year were filled by applicants during the main admission round. As a result, the additional intake has been reduced by almost three times. This was stated by the Minister of Science and Higher Education, Valery Falkov, at the All-Russian Pedagogical Congress.

"A total of 441,988 state-funded places were allocated this year, and over 435,000 people were enrolled immediately. During the main round, universities filled 98% of the places," Falkov reported.

According to the Minister, this indicates an improvement in the quality of planning and career guidance work. Engineering, teaching, and medical specialties remained the most popular among applicants.

😜 Changes in Paid Admission

Falkov also announced changes to the rules for paid admission to universities, which will come into effect next year. He noted that until now, this process, especially in the social sciences and humanities, was practically unregulated and left to the discretion of the educational institutions themselves.

Now, the number of paid places in certain fields of study will be limited. The Minister emphasized that paid admission "should work for the state's objectives" and be built "taking into account the needs of citizens."

😜 Trends in Secondary Education

Speaking at the same congress, the Minister of Education, Sergey Kravtsov, reported that teacher training has become the second most popular field among graduates.

He also provided data on trends in secondary education: —62.5% of ninth-grade graduates decided to continue their studies in colleges. —31% of high school students chose a natural science or mathematics track (for comparison, this figure was 19% in 2019). —The proportion of underperforming schoolchildren has decreased from 25% to 15%.

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A new zone in Galitsky Park is open - entrance near the rotunda!

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🎬 On August 23, Moscow will host the "Night of Cinema" event – an occasion that has become a beloved family tradition for millions of viewers over the years.

Russian films will be shown in BRICS and CIS countries, as well as other foreign states: from India and China to Mexico and Angola. Non-commercial screenings of Russian box office hits will be held in cinemas, cultural centers, libraries, and parks, as well as at venues abroad. These include the war drama "Blood Type," dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, and the family fantasy "The Wizard of the Emerald City."

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🇷🇺 Kinozerye, Arkhangelsk Oblast

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🇷🇺 Zoologists gave Katyusha a bamboo balalaika in honor of the upcoming birthday of the young panda.

🎉 She will turn 2 years old on August 24.

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🎶 21 countries will take part in the "Intervision" music contest, which will be held this year in Moscow.

This was confirmed by the Director of the Department for Multilateral Humanitarian Cooperation and Cultural Relations of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexander Alimov.

Besides Russia (our country will be represented by Shaman), the contestants will include representatives from the Republic of Belarus, Venezuela, Vietnam, Egypt, India, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Kenya, China, Colombia, Cuba, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, the United States, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ethiopia, and South Africa.

📌 It was previously reported that Michael Jackson's daughter, Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson, could be the US representative at "Intervision".

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✔️ Russia agrees that security guarantees for Ukraine should be provided on an equal basis with the participation of China, the US, the UK, and France, stated Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

The Minister emphasized that seriously discussing security guarantees for Ukraine without Russia is a dead-end street.

At the same time, Lavrov continued, Moscow currently sees only an aggressive escalation of the situation from Europe and clumsy attempts to change Washington's position on settling the Ukrainian conflict.

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Russia Presents Its Vision for Security Guarantees for Ukraine: Neutrality and "Indivisible" Security

The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergey Lavrov, outlined Moscow's position regarding potential international security guarantees for Ukraine. The Russian approach is based on a principle the Kremlin considers fundamental: security must be "indivisible" and equal for all, including Ukraine's neighbors, and first and foremost, Russia itself.

Lavrov appealed to a historical precedent—the negotiations in Istanbul in the spring of 2022. Back then, he stated, the Ukrainian side itself proposed a framework for a settlement that Moscow was prepared to support. Its key elements were to be:

— Ukraine's renunciation of joining NATO and any other military alliance. —Granting Ukraine a permanent neutral status, modeled on Austria or Switzerland. —The provision of security guarantees by the permanent members of the UN Security Council (Russia, the USA, China, the UK, France), as well as other interested states such as Germany and Turkey.

"In that context, the Ukrainian proposal unambiguously meant that these guarantees would be equal. The security of all interested parties, including Ukraine's neighbors, would be ensured on an equitable, equal, and indivisible basis," the minister emphasized.

However, the current Western plans for guarantees, actively discussed in connection with initiatives from Britain, France, and Germany, are viewed differently by Moscow. Russia insists that any guarantees must not turn into an instrument of military-political pressure on itself under the guise of protecting Kyiv.

Specific disagreements concern two main aspects:

— Weapons supplies. Western countries view the continuation of large-scale weapons supplies as a key part of the guarantees. Russia resolutely condemns this practice, considering it a direct prolongation of the conflict.

— Troop deployment. The possibility of sending Western military instructors or support forces (air force, air defense) to Ukraine is being discussed. While the US officially denies plans to deploy its troops, French President Emmanuel Macron has already stated the readiness of a number of countries (UK, France, Germany, Turkey) for such steps. For Moscow, this is a "red line," a direct violation of the principle of "indivisible security."

Thus, Lavrov clearly outlined the dilemma: Moscow is ready to discuss guarantees, but only in the format of an inclusive dialogue that considers its interests, and not as a unilateral military alliance of the West with Ukraine against Russia. The 2022 Istanbul agreements are presented here as a missed opportunity that could have formed the basis of a mutually acceptable compromise, while the current Western initiatives are assessed as escalation.

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🫎 Moose went for a stroll along the Entuziastov Highway in Moscow. They walked leisurely down the road and then went back into the forest.

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