Photo: Y. Ivanko / mos.ru (CC BY 4.0) Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) goes on a New Year's journey, TASS reports. He starts his trip from Veliky Ustyug on Saturday, December 9. The organizer of the large-scale project is the government of the Vologda Region with the...
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The activity of Russian theaters abroad was discussed in Dubai, the telegram channel of the Moscow House of Compatriots reports. A round table dedicated to goals and objectives was held there.
The round table program in Dubai was enriched...
Rossotrudnichestvo plans to launch an electronic Compatriot Card next year, TASS reported. According to the deputy head of the agency Pavel Shevtsov, work on the project is continuing and it has entered an active stage.
The card will give access to many services, however, the solution of some of them is more complicated than it seemed initially, said the deputy head of Rossotrudnichestvo.
The electronic card aims to streamline bureaucratic procedures for those joining the resettlement program in Russia....
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68 Russians and their family members have been safely transported from the Gaza Strip to Russia by a plane of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, RIA Novosti reported. The plane, carrying evacuees from the conflict zone in the Middle East, landed at...
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TASS reported that over the course of nearly ten years, the Russian-Cuban Center has trained more than a thousand firefighters and rescuers. During a recent working trip to Cuba, a delegation from the Russian Emergencies Ministry visited the center. It's representative Roman Okhotenko have...
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The festival of Russian culture is launched in Tanzania for the second time, the Russian Embassy reports. It is held on the site of the Rossotrudnichestvo representative office in Dar es Salaam. Representatives from St. Petersburg State University (SPbSU) shared fascinating insights about Russia,...
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The Russian Center of the Ulaanbaatar branch of Plekhanov Russian Economic University hosted a recitation contest dedicated to the best performance of poetic works by F. I. Tyutchev on December 8.
The contest aimed to promote the Russian...
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The 3d Forum of interregional ties, focused on the formats of Russian-French cooperation amid challenging times was hosted on the online platform of the Russian House of Science and Culture in Paris. The primary discussions centered around the enduring partnership ties between cities of...
The Russian Center of Namangan State Institute of Languages was opened on December 7. A delegation of the Russkiy Mir Foundation headed by its executive director Vladimir Kochin took part in the ceremony.
V. Kochin emphasized the significance of studying the Russian language to uphold...
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War and Peace ballet to be presented in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou next spring, TASS reported. The production, staged by the Solovyanenko Donetsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, received funding from the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives.
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Figure skater Ilya Malinin, representing the United States, made history by successfully executing a quadruple axel in a short program, TASS reported. This groundbreaking achievement occurred during the finals of the International Skating Union (ISU) Grand...
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Irina Beletskaya, a Russian scientist and professor at the Chemistry Department of Moscow State University, has been awarded the UNESCO Prize named after Russian chemist Dmitry Mendeleev. The international jury awarded the RAS academician for her pioneering method of synthesizing...
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Nearly 50 participants engaged in a translators' competition in Turkey, the Moscow City Government reported. Hosted at Selcuk University, Konya, the contest was organized by the Association of Russian-speaking Youth of Ankara, marked its sixth edition.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin's working visit to the Middle East took place on the eve of December 6, TASS reported. The Russian leader...
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A Chekhov monument has been erected in Heihe, Heilongjiang province of China, as reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Situated across the Amur River from the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk, Heihe is recognized...
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Russian compatriots residing in South Korea have reviewed their accomplishments over the year and outlined future plans during a country conference in Seoul, hosted by the Coordinating Council of Organizations of Russian Compatriots (CCORC).
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The 3d International Old Believer Forum is taking place on Thursday, December 7, RIA Novosti reports. Believers from all parts of Russia, as well as from Moldova, Belarus and other countries gathered in the Russian capital. There are scientists, politicians,...
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"Russia is a thing of which the intellect cannot conceive..." by Fyodor Tyutchev are famous among Russians at least. December marks the 220th anniversary of the poet's birth. Yet, he never considered poetry to be his life's mission and was preoccupied with matters of a global scale. Mr.Tyutchev fought his war focusing on relations between Russia and the West, the origins of mutual misunderstanding, and the origins of Russophobia. When you read his works today, it feels as though he saw things coming in a crystal ball... 
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