Moscow Metro is celebrating the 88th anniversary of its opening on May 15.
The Moscow Metro is one of the oldest and largest subway systems in the world, with its history dating almost a century.
It maintains the shortest interval between trains compared to other metro systems worldwide, with trains running every 90 seconds during peak hours.
In the 1930s, when the first metro was being built in the capital, metro builders faced difficult hydrogeological conditions. At the time, a system to prevent ground collapse and other typical tunnel dangerous was implemented, which is still considered one of the most well-designed and reliable systems.
The Moscow Metro is also underground museum - every station is a work of art.
Take a look at Moscow's metro in Sputnik's archive gallery.
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The Moscow Metro is one of the oldest and largest subway systems in the world, with its history dating almost a century.
It maintains the shortest interval between trains compared to other metro systems worldwide, with trains running every 90 seconds during peak hours.
In the 1930s, when the first metro was being built in the capital, metro builders faced difficult hydrogeological conditions. At the time, a system to prevent ground collapse and other typical tunnel dangerous was implemented, which is still considered one of the most well-designed and reliable systems.
The Moscow Metro is also underground museum - every station is a work of art.
Take a look at Moscow's metro in Sputnik's archive gallery.
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🗣️”As we may be falling into a deeper recession, I predict, by the end of the year Biden and McCarthy are going to cut spending on social programs. They're not going to cut their war spending, they're raising the war spending”: Dr. Jack Rasmus, professor of Economics and Politics on the current state of the US economy
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In Blow to 💸 US Dollar, India and Bangladesh to Launch Trade in Local Currencies
🇧🇩 Bangladesh is 🇮🇳India’s biggest trading partner in South Asia and New Delhi is the second biggest trade partner of Dhaka in Asia. Bangladesh’s officials are of the view that the trade in local currencies would bring down cost of travel to India, given that many Bangladesh citizens visit the eastern neighbor for tourism, education, and availing medical treatment.
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🇧🇩 Bangladesh is 🇮🇳India’s biggest trading partner in South Asia and New Delhi is the second biggest trade partner of Dhaka in Asia. Bangladesh’s officials are of the view that the trade in local currencies would bring down cost of travel to India, given that many Bangladesh citizens visit the eastern neighbor for tourism, education, and availing medical treatment.
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Ukraine's 'fanatical' ex-envoy to Germany parachutes into Brazil to wreak havoc
Ukrainian diplomat Andriy Melnyk attracted controversy throughout his tenure as ambassador to Germany from 2014-2022, with German officials trying to avoid meeting him. Now, he’s been picked ambassador to Brazil, and that’s bad news for the country, says Brazilian journalist Lucas Leiroz.
The diplomat, known for causing scandal after scandal at his previous foreign posting, including telling Willy Brandt's son to "go to hell," and labeling German Chancellor Olaf Scholz an "offended liverwurst."
Check out more impulsive comments made by Melnyk and a review of the situation by Brazilian journalist Lucas Leiroz in an interview to Sputnik on our website
Ukrainian diplomat Andriy Melnyk attracted controversy throughout his tenure as ambassador to Germany from 2014-2022, with German officials trying to avoid meeting him. Now, he’s been picked ambassador to Brazil, and that’s bad news for the country, says Brazilian journalist Lucas Leiroz.
The diplomat, known for causing scandal after scandal at his previous foreign posting, including telling Willy Brandt's son to "go to hell," and labeling German Chancellor Olaf Scholz an "offended liverwurst."
Check out more impulsive comments made by Melnyk and a review of the situation by Brazilian journalist Lucas Leiroz in an interview to Sputnik on our website
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🗣️”So they don't like this directness. They like people who always are hypocrites. This is what we have been used to the Eurocrats in the corridors of Brussels”: Veteran war reporter Elijah Magnier on the position of the West in relation to countries that do not follow their will
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🔺Ukraine’s ‘Counteroffensive’ - Myth or Reality?
🔺Will there be runoff in the Turkish elections?
🔺Wave of protests in Japan: people say no to growing tensions in Asia
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🔺Will there be runoff in the Turkish elections?
🔺Wave of protests in Japan: people say no to growing tensions in Asia
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A decision has been made by President Vladimir Putin to return the icon of the Trinity, painted by Russian artist Andrei Rublev, to the Russian Orthodox Church, according to the church.
The icon has been housed in the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery since 1929.
The image will be exhibited for veneration in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior for one year and then take its historical place in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra.
Last year, the icon was exhibited at its historical location – in the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra - for the 600th anniversary of the discovery of the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh.
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The icon has been housed in the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery since 1929.
The image will be exhibited for veneration in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior for one year and then take its historical place in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra.
Last year, the icon was exhibited at its historical location – in the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra - for the 600th anniversary of the discovery of the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh.
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🥩🇳🇬 Nigerian chef set Guinness World Record for 'longest cooking time'
👩🍳 27-year-old Hilda Baci has been cooking over 250 recipes for the past 94 hours to break the 87 hours, 45 minutes record set by Chef Lata London in Rewa, India, in 2019
Now she has her eyes set on a 96-hour target before leaving the kitchen
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👩🍳 27-year-old Hilda Baci has been cooking over 250 recipes for the past 94 hours to break the 87 hours, 45 minutes record set by Chef Lata London in Rewa, India, in 2019
Now she has her eyes set on a 96-hour target before leaving the kitchen
📹 Watch the clip on how a good chef becomes a great chef
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Florida Professor Sets New Record for Living Underwater for 74 Days 🐳
On 1 March, Dr Joseph Dituri began his deep sea expedition as a part of his research at a 30-foot-deep lagoon in Key Largo at Jules' Undersea Lodge in Florida. He aims to complete 100 days, and will remain in his sub-aquatic abode until 9 June.
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On 1 March, Dr Joseph Dituri began his deep sea expedition as a part of his research at a 30-foot-deep lagoon in Key Largo at Jules' Undersea Lodge in Florida. He aims to complete 100 days, and will remain in his sub-aquatic abode until 9 June.
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US consumer debt stands at $17 trillion, credit card defaults at pandemic level
Total household debt in the first quarter of 2023 rose by $148 billion, or 0.9%, to $17.05 trillion, the report said, adding that balances were also $2.9 trillion higher than at the end of 2019, before the pandemic-triggered recession.
"The share of current debt becoming delinquent increased for most debt types," the report said. "The delinquency transition rate for credit cards and auto loans increased by 0.6 and 0.2 percentage points, respectively approaching or surpassing their pre-pandemic levels," the report said.
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Total household debt in the first quarter of 2023 rose by $148 billion, or 0.9%, to $17.05 trillion, the report said, adding that balances were also $2.9 trillion higher than at the end of 2019, before the pandemic-triggered recession.
"The share of current debt becoming delinquent increased for most debt types," the report said. "The delinquency transition rate for credit cards and auto loans increased by 0.6 and 0.2 percentage points, respectively approaching or surpassing their pre-pandemic levels," the report said.
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Zelensky's fighter jet coalition depends on Russian advancement
Zelensky embarked on a European tour to drum up support for the Ukrainian counteroffensive. The West's aid to the Kiev regime is inversely related to Russia's military successes on the battlefield, Viktor Litovkin, Russian military expert and retired colonel, told Sputnik.
"Zelensky understand that the offensive in its current form could end disastrously for Ukraine," "Because if there are no planes, no air cover (…) then all this equipment is open to attacks by enemy aircraft, missiles, and so on. Therefore, Zelensky understands that this is suicide for him, he cannot go anywhere. But they tell him: 'We paid you, go ahead, and comply with our will.' And he has to do this.Therefore, I think that, on the one hand, the West is primarily interested in the [counteroffensive], and, on the other hand, he thinks that, probably, all of a sudden, it could work," stated expert.
Read the military expert’s full assessment of the situation on our website
Zelensky embarked on a European tour to drum up support for the Ukrainian counteroffensive. The West's aid to the Kiev regime is inversely related to Russia's military successes on the battlefield, Viktor Litovkin, Russian military expert and retired colonel, told Sputnik.
"Zelensky understand that the offensive in its current form could end disastrously for Ukraine," "Because if there are no planes, no air cover (…) then all this equipment is open to attacks by enemy aircraft, missiles, and so on. Therefore, Zelensky understands that this is suicide for him, he cannot go anywhere. But they tell him: 'We paid you, go ahead, and comply with our will.' And he has to do this.Therefore, I think that, on the one hand, the West is primarily interested in the [counteroffensive], and, on the other hand, he thinks that, probably, all of a sudden, it could work," stated expert.
Read the military expert’s full assessment of the situation on our website
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Russia completes development of Ptitselov anti-aircraft missile system
A Rostec representative said that the short-range anti-aircraft missile system, with a Sosna combat module that was previously created based on the BMP-3, continues to be tested.
"A similar vehicle was developed in the interests of the Airborne Forces on the basis of the BMD-4M," the corporation said.
The Sosna combat module is equipped with two launchers for 12 Sosna-R missiles capable of hitting air targets at a range as far as 10 km and at an altitude of up to 5 km. The "Sosna-R" guided missile can reach speeds of up to 900 m/s steered by a laser beam, accompanied from the SAM combat module.
The main difference between the "Ptitselov" complex on the BMD-4M chassis and the similar BMP-3 based on the SAM is the possibility of dropping it from military transport aircraft by parachute.
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A Rostec representative said that the short-range anti-aircraft missile system, with a Sosna combat module that was previously created based on the BMP-3, continues to be tested.
"A similar vehicle was developed in the interests of the Airborne Forces on the basis of the BMD-4M," the corporation said.
The Sosna combat module is equipped with two launchers for 12 Sosna-R missiles capable of hitting air targets at a range as far as 10 km and at an altitude of up to 5 km. The "Sosna-R" guided missile can reach speeds of up to 900 m/s steered by a laser beam, accompanied from the SAM combat module.
The main difference between the "Ptitselov" complex on the BMD-4M chassis and the similar BMP-3 based on the SAM is the possibility of dropping it from military transport aircraft by parachute.
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Biden, congressional leaders to meet Tuesday for further debt limit talks
"In the afternoon, the President will meet with Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Leader Chuck Schumer, Leader Mitch McConnell, and Leader Hakeem Jeffries at the White House," the White House said in a press release said on Monday.
McCarthy said in earlier remarks that there has been no progress in negotiations since Biden and the four congressional leaders met last week to renew talks on raising the debt limit.
On Sunday, Biden said he is optimistic about negotiations to raise the debt limit, but McCarthy told reporters at a news conference on Monday that talks are not in a good place.
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"In the afternoon, the President will meet with Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Leader Chuck Schumer, Leader Mitch McConnell, and Leader Hakeem Jeffries at the White House," the White House said in a press release said on Monday.
McCarthy said in earlier remarks that there has been no progress in negotiations since Biden and the four congressional leaders met last week to renew talks on raising the debt limit.
On Sunday, Biden said he is optimistic about negotiations to raise the debt limit, but McCarthy told reporters at a news conference on Monday that talks are not in a good place.
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Growing debt to strip US of world's top economy status, investor warns
"In 100 years, it's going to be much worse. Young people in America are not going to have nearly as good a life as they had before. And some countries are going to rise to replace America as the number one," American investor Jim Rogers told Sputnik said.
Rogers recalled that 100 years ago, Britain was the number one country in the world, but then spent a lot of money, and went deep into debt. "America is going that way. But we don't have the North Sea oil to save us," stated expert.
When asked about what country could overtake the US's place, the investor said that "it should be China," but expressed belief that certain currency constraints may prevent the country from topping the list of world economies.
The US economy will experience economic issues by 2025 regardless of who is elected as the next president, Rogers added.
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"In 100 years, it's going to be much worse. Young people in America are not going to have nearly as good a life as they had before. And some countries are going to rise to replace America as the number one," American investor Jim Rogers told Sputnik said.
Rogers recalled that 100 years ago, Britain was the number one country in the world, but then spent a lot of money, and went deep into debt. "America is going that way. But we don't have the North Sea oil to save us," stated expert.
When asked about what country could overtake the US's place, the investor said that "it should be China," but expressed belief that certain currency constraints may prevent the country from topping the list of world economies.
The US economy will experience economic issues by 2025 regardless of who is elected as the next president, Rogers added.
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No encouraging prospects for grain deal extension now
"There are no encouraging prospects at the moment," the UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Monday when asked about the prospects for extending the grain deal.
"It's hard for me to say what will happen tomorrow. Perhaps progress will be made, but if we are talking about today, there are no [prospects]. But we all want and are determined to ensure that the work of the mechanism does not stop," the source said.
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"There are no encouraging prospects at the moment," the UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Monday when asked about the prospects for extending the grain deal.
"It's hard for me to say what will happen tomorrow. Perhaps progress will be made, but if we are talking about today, there are no [prospects]. But we all want and are determined to ensure that the work of the mechanism does not stop," the source said.
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Elon Musk commented on yesterday's rumors about the death of George Soros and compared him to one of the main villains in the Marvel universe, the mutant Magneto, who is obsessed with the idea of mutants being superior to humans.
"He wants to destroy the very fabric of civilization. Soros hates humanity," added the owner of Twitter.
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"He wants to destroy the very fabric of civilization. Soros hates humanity," added the owner of Twitter.
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🌍 How the USSR helped African countries in the 1960s: a retrospective
Archive footage shows Soviet deliveries of equipment and goods to the Republic of Congo and Guinea, as well as assistance in infrastructure projects in Somalia
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Taliban* 🏳️ attempts ‘raid’ on Afghan embassy in New Delhi 🇮🇳: Ambassador
The Afghan 🇦🇫 embassy in New Delhi became the target of an attempted “raid” by the Taliban, the nation's Ambassador to India, said.
❓Farid Mamundzay was absent in London on business, another diplomat – Kadir-Shah – assumed the position of chargé d'affaires and even introduced himself to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.
*under UN sanctions for terrorism
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The Afghan 🇦🇫 embassy in New Delhi became the target of an attempted “raid” by the Taliban, the nation's Ambassador to India, said.
❓Farid Mamundzay was absent in London on business, another diplomat – Kadir-Shah – assumed the position of chargé d'affaires and even introduced himself to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.
*under UN sanctions for terrorism
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Elon Musk subpoenaed in Virgin Island lawsuit against JPMorgan for Epstein connection
The US Virgin Islands has issued a subpoena for Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter and CEO of Tesla, as part of their lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase. The lawsuit alleges that JPMorgan Chase was involved in the sex trafficking ring operated by Jeffrey Epstein, who was awaiting trial for multiple sex trafficking crimes before his death.
The government believes that Epstein may have referred or attempted to refer Musk to JPMorgan Chase. The subpoena asks for Musk to provide all communications between him, JPMorgan Chase, Epstein, and any documents related to Epstein's involvement in human trafficking or procuring girls or women for sex.
The subpoena does not accuse Musk of any wrongdoing and does not require him to testify under oath. The US Virgin Islands is suing JPMorgan Chase over allegations that the company enabled and benefited from Epstein's trafficking activities.
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The US Virgin Islands has issued a subpoena for Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter and CEO of Tesla, as part of their lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase. The lawsuit alleges that JPMorgan Chase was involved in the sex trafficking ring operated by Jeffrey Epstein, who was awaiting trial for multiple sex trafficking crimes before his death.
The government believes that Epstein may have referred or attempted to refer Musk to JPMorgan Chase. The subpoena asks for Musk to provide all communications between him, JPMorgan Chase, Epstein, and any documents related to Epstein's involvement in human trafficking or procuring girls or women for sex.
The subpoena does not accuse Musk of any wrongdoing and does not require him to testify under oath. The US Virgin Islands is suing JPMorgan Chase over allegations that the company enabled and benefited from Epstein's trafficking activities.
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YouTube overuse may lead to loneliness & depression - study
Dr. Luke Balcombe and Emeritus Professor Diego De Leo from Griffith University's School of Applied Psychology and AISRAP initiated a study to explore the positive and negative effects of YouTube on mental health. The research determined individuals under 29 years of age and those who regularly watch content about other people's lives are particularly susceptible to negative effects.
Balcombe highlights that the development of parasocial relationships between content creators and viewers can be a cause for concern.
Researchers also raised concerns about YouTube's algorithms, which can inadvertently recommend suicide-related content to users, potentially leading them down a disturbing "rabbit hole." Although users can report such content, it often goes unreported due to the vast amount of content being uploaded.
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Dr. Luke Balcombe and Emeritus Professor Diego De Leo from Griffith University's School of Applied Psychology and AISRAP initiated a study to explore the positive and negative effects of YouTube on mental health. The research determined individuals under 29 years of age and those who regularly watch content about other people's lives are particularly susceptible to negative effects.
Balcombe highlights that the development of parasocial relationships between content creators and viewers can be a cause for concern.
Researchers also raised concerns about YouTube's algorithms, which can inadvertently recommend suicide-related content to users, potentially leading them down a disturbing "rabbit hole." Although users can report such content, it often goes unreported due to the vast amount of content being uploaded.
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