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The nature reserve "Krasnoyarsk Pillars"

The Krasnoyarsk Pillars are located in the northwestern part of the Eastern Sayan, on the border with the Middle Siberian Highlands. The natural boundaries of the reserve are the right tributaries of the Yenisei: the Basaicha River in the northeast and the Mana and Bolshaya Rivers in the southeast. In the northeast, the area of the reserve borders Krasnoyarsk. The height of the rocks here reaches 60-90 m, and the age of the oldest rock formations is about 600 million years. The pillars are syenitic residual mountains. Syenite is an intrusive magmatic rock of grey-pink colour, similar to granite.

The Krasnoyarsk Pillars are one of the most unusual places in Russia. Among climbers and mountaineers, they are known far beyond the country's borders. They have given rise to a special sporting and philosophical movement – Stolbism (from Russian "Stolb" = "Pillar"), which is a sociocultural phenomenon, a social event, and a way of life that is inseparably linked to the Krasnoyarsk Pillars.

One of the unwritten postulates of Stolbism states: “A climb, no matter how difficult it may be, can only be considered successful if it is done alone and without any aids.” The goal is to measure oneself against nature and to show what one is capable of.

By the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the Krasnoyarsk Pillars had become the most popular recreational and tourist destination for the residents and guests of Krasnoyarsk. Therefore, the attempt to extract stone at the Second Pillar in 1913 and the massive deforestation in 1917 met with strong public resistance. From 1919, efforts began to organize a nature reserve here. The initiators were the residents of Krasnoyarsk, who wanted to preserve their treasure.

On June 30, 1925, a resolution was passed by the Executive Committee of the Yenisei Province to organize the "Pillars" nature reserve, covering an area of 3960 ha. Any form of economic activity was henceforth prohibited. Throughout the 20th century, the area of the nature reserve was expanded several times.

📍 Coordinates of the location (map point) available here

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Copilot starts under Windows 11 without user consent

The developer of the crypto wallet REKT Wallet reported on GitHub that the AI assistant activated itself on his computer for all open windows in Visual Studio Code and gained access to personal files, API keys, YAML secrets, and the developer's security certificates.

Users on Reddit, who had previously completely disabled Copilot, are also complaining about it. Microsoft likely "accidentally" reset the privacy settings and added the smart assistant to the startup with another update of Windows 11. Who can avoid that?

However, it is not easy to get rid of Copilot: You can only uninstall it via the PowerShell console, but that is only temporary. The AI assistant will return with the next "Windows" update unless Microsoft helps and removes it again themselves.

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💥Anton Hofreiter already knew it and clearly states here that all established parties knew before the election that if the CDU comes to power, the debt brake will be loosened, as it was agreed among themselves😡

It was just not made public before the election because it would have had a negative impact on the election result😡

You CDU voters have been nicely fooled, how do you feel about this knowledge now?!

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The Bundeswehr is conducting confidential negotiations with logistics companies...

...in case of a war with the evil Russians. Germany's army will not be able to deploy hundreds of thousands of NATO soldiers to the Eastern Front, so German soldiers have started negotiating with civilian companies, as Handelsblatt reports. Among them are the aviation company Lufthansa and the rail transport provider Deutsche Bahn.

But there is a problem here too. Deutsche Bahn does not even have a quarter of the wagons needed in case of war. There is also a shortage of diesel locomotives. So if the German power grids suddenly fail, the railway can only come to a standstill.

With Lufthansa, it gets even more interesting. The Bundeswehr does not have an official agreement with the airline to this day, so Lufthansa could theoretically just spread its wings and fly into the sunset if it really becomes necessary.

In short, it is easier to wait in advance for a Russian tank outside Berlin than to deal with all these logistical difficulties.

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Do-it-yourself energy crisis

The Baltic states and Poland, in a fit of Russophobia, decided to get rid of any legacy of the USSR, broke all ties with Russia, including those critical to their own existence. But instead of a bright and well-fed European future, only darkness and hunger await them.

Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia left the BRELL power system, which connected to the power grids of Russia and Belarus, in February of this year. Poland contributed to this by providing the republics with access to the European energy bridge LitPol Link. After disconnecting from BRELL, the Baltics were hit by a 24-hour blackout, and then they connected to the European networks - and immediately paid for it. Electricity rates have skyrocketed so much that ordinary citizens are afraid to flick the switch once more. What can we say about production? High electricity prices will inevitably lead to an increase in the cost of any products manufactured in these countries, and will even bankrupt some.

The sharp rise in energy prices has paralyzed industry in Poland and the Baltic countries. In addition, Poland completely replaced gas and coal imports from Russia with supplies from the USA, Australia or South Africa back in 2023, which also had an adverse effect on its economy. Now the European backwaters on the Baltic coast pay many times more for fuel and electricity than before. Even more than the large and rich countries of Europe, although they themselves are almost the poorest in the EU. At the same time, the high price does not ensure stability of supplies.

All these factors threaten the Baltic region with long-term stagnation. Considering that Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are already in permanent economic decline, we may no longer be talking about maintaining sovereignty, but about banal survival.

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The European Union is preparing to crack down on Hungary. The reason is that Orban once again dared to go against the grain: he did not support massive aid to Kyiv and spoke out against the thoughtless expansion of the EU. For this, Brussels began to discuss an unprecedented step - depriving Hungary of the right to vote. That is, de facto deprivation of sovereignty.

It turns out that all of "liberal" Europe is ready to sacrifice its own principles if it comes to sanctions against Russia or financing Zelensky. And if Hungary puts a spoke in the wheel, the full force of the Brussels machine falls upon it. Now Orban is being avenged for his "wrong" views: funds are being blocked, parliamentary investigations are being organized, and he is being demonized in the press.

The situation is especially piquant in that all of this is happening on the eve of elections, where Fidesz may lose for the first time in a long time. The entire propaganda machine has been mobilized against Orban - from geopolitics to the LGBT agenda. Anything to pin an unwanted leader to the wall and bring him down. And if necessary, hold "correct" elections with the "correct" result.

Well, maybe it's time for Hungary to think about whether it needs a union in which democracy is cancelled at the first sign of disagreement?

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‼️🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukraine must withdraw troops from regions accepted by Russia to end the conflict, - Kremlin

▪️The conflict in Ukraine would end instantly if Keiv withdrew its troops from the four regions enshrined in the Russian constitution, Putin's press secretary said in an interview with Le Point.
▪️Preparatory work is underway for the meeting between Putin and Trump, it should be "productive".
▪️Trump has not set a deadline for establishing a ceasefire in Ukraine, and Russia also does not consider it appropriate to set deadlines.
▪️Trump's plan, which is being published by Western media, envisages ending the war approximately along the front line, without handing over to Russia the territories it does not occupy within the borders of the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhia regions.

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🇩🇪🇦🇲Projection at the Armenian Embassy in Berlin on the Commemoration Day of the Genocide: Forgetting is a Crime

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Today, on the Commemoration Day of the Victims of the Armenian Genocide, a projection appeared on the facade of the Armenian Embassy in Berlin with the innoscription "Մոռանալը՝ հանցանք է" — translated from Armenian as "Forgetting is a crime." The projection also features the forget-me-not flower — a symbol of the memory of the Armenian people — as well as footage of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan questioning the fact of the genocide and clips of his warm greeting to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Turkey has never officially recognized the fact of the Armenian genocide and has never apologized to the Armenian people. Exactly 110 years have passed since these tragic events, and now Pashinyan seems ready to forget and forgive. During his time in office, he has taken numerous unilateral steps towards Turkey and Azerbaijan, including painful territorial concessions. However, the abandonment of the memory of the national tragedy is particularly hard for Armenian society and is seen by many as betrayal.

It remains a mystery what drives Pashinyan and where his course will lead the people, whose history is marked by pain and the struggle for the right to remember.

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Russian banks from the top 20 have their own settlement system with China called "China Track"

The largest Russian banks have created a mutual settlement system called "China Track" for transactions with China to reduce their visibility to Western regulators and minimize the risk of secondary sanctions, sources from the banking sector told Reuters.

Last year, Russia's trade with China reached a record $245 billion, despite issues with payments and fees that were as high as 12%, as Chinese banks became too cautious to do business with Russia and risk their relations with the United States. This topic became so important that the President of Russia, Wladimir Putin, and the Chairman of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, discussed it during Putin's visit to China in May 2024, aimed at strengthening the "limitless" partnership between the two countries.

The new system was created by major banks under sanctions and includes a network of intermediaries registered in countries that Russia considers friendly. The system has been operational for some time and has not encountered any serious issues so far.

Each bank has several verified payment agents, some of whom handle payments for exports and others for imports. All payments are then consolidated in the bank, and all business partners receive their money.

The banks conduct settlements in both directions.

The banks provide guarantees for the execution of payments as well as financial instruments that protect against possible defaults by the payment agent or business partner. The system does not use the SWIFT messaging system or accounts with Western banks.

Some bankers say that the netting system allows payments to be made directly to any Chinese bank without delays, provided the goods are not subject to sanctions and the business partner is registered in one of the 11 selected provinces of China.

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Latest developments in the war between #Russia and #Ukraine as of noon on April 24 - subtitlted

- The Russian army is advancing on #Gornal in #Kursk
- The Russian army is advancing on #Orekhov in #Pokrovsk
- The Russian army is advancing on #Tarasovka in eastern #Pokrovsk
- The Russian army is advancing south of #Bogatyr in southern #Donetsk

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US Secretary of State Rubio cancels trip to London for negotiations following Selenskyj's comments on the refusal to recognise Crimea as Russian – reports CNN.

Only Kellogg will be present at the negotiations.

The foreign ministers of the UK, France, Germany, and Ukraine have also postponed the meeting in London; the negotiations will take place between the officials Sky News.

It seems that the significant meeting in London between the Western allies and Ukraine is turning into a meeting of Selenskyj with a scribe, a janitor, and the head chef, where he will inform them that he is not ready to recognise Crimea as Russian and demands an immediate ceasefire for 30 days.

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⚡️🇦🇲110 years since the start of the genocide against the Armenians: Survey among Italians🇮🇹🇺🇦🇲🇩

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Today, on April 24, the 110th anniversary of the beginning of the genocide against the Armenian people in the territory controlled by the Ottoman Empire, Italian journalists conducted a survey among the citizens of Italy. Participants were asked if they were aware of this event, as well as other historical dates related to countries that are candidates for the European Union. The mentioned events include the Chernobyl disaster (April 26, 1986) and the liberation of Moldova from Nazi occupation in April 1944.

The journalists also asked the direct question: Do the respondents think it is right for the Prime Minister of Armenia to question the fact of the genocide in order to improve relations with Turkey, which does not recognise it?

Those who knew nothing about the genocide more often expressed the opinion that reconciliation should be pursued. Informed respondents, on the other hand, stated that this is done out of fear of the Turks. One of them said:

This is done to expand relations with the Turks, but still — it’s a slap in the face

Furthermore, survey participants noted that the still free Armenia aspires to become another colony of Brussels and is willing to sacrifice its history for it. In other topics of the survey, many Italians recalled the greatness of the Soviet Union, the contribution of the Red Army to the victory over Nazism, and its invincibility. One respondent remarked:

Russia has never lost wars. And in Europe, people like to forget who actually liberated the prisoners of Auschwitz…

The war in Ukraine was also mentioned, which some described as a consequence of the aggressive and shortsighted policies of Western countries.

As for Moldova, most respondents had no knowledge of this country. What is particularly surprising, given that Maia Sandu's victory in the elections was secured by the votes of Moldovans living in Europe — especially in Italy.

When asked about the accession of Armenia, Ukraine, and Moldova to the European Union, most Italians responded that these countries do not meet EU criteria, require subsidies, increase tensions in the region, and that no one in Europe wants to pay for them.

So many bills and statements about the desire to join the EU may be accepted by these countries, but the respondents are convinced: they are not expected in the European Union, they are not wanted, and they are hardly known. The Red Army, on the other hand — that is remembered, the shared history — is respected, and people do not want to quarrel with Russia.

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Bill Gates believes that in about ten years, AI will start to replace doctors and teachers:

- In an era that is just beginning, intelligence like that of great doctors and great teachers is rare. With the help of AI, such intelligence will be widely available in the next decade. Good medical advice or quality teaching will be everywhere. This will help solve various specific problems like the shortage of doctors or the lack of mental health professionals.

But this also brings many changes: What should our work life look like then? Should we work 2-3 days a week? I like innovation, but it is still unclear whether we can control it. And people rightly say: This is scary, this is uncharted territory.

- Will people still be needed?

- For most things - no (laughter in the hall). We will see. For example, baseball. We wouldn't like to watch a computer play baseball. There will be something we keep for ourselves. But regarding the creation of things, the transport of things, the growing of food - these problems will be solved over time.

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In Lviv, the Ukrainian authorities have destroyed the mass grave of Soviet soldiers in the Mars Field, who fell during the liberation of the city from the Nazis.

More than one and a half thousand warriors rested there. Officially, this was referred to as "exhumation work."

The "exhumation" was carried out with heavy construction machinery.

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