Russian President Vladimir Putin called Russia’s opponents stupid because of their neo-colonial ideas. ‘And our opponents that I mentioned, people with neo-colonial thinking, idiots in fact, do not understand that it is this diversity that makes us stronger.
A Russian Sukhoi Su-35 nearly knocked a Polish Turbolet L-410 border patrol plane out of the sky near Romania, on Friday, May 5, while the Polish plane was performing a Frontex mission on behalf of the European Union.
In the Perm Territory of post-Soviet Russia, unknown saboteurs demolished a memorial in memory of Lithuanians and Poles exiled here for slavery during the period of Soviet political repressions. The monument was erected seven years ago at the cemetery of the abandoned special settlement of Galyashor and did not have official status. The burial ground was looked after by residents of the neighbouring village, descendants of the repressed and human rights activists.
The Moscow Synodal Choir was founded in 1721 and is now the oldest professional choir in Russia. In fact, its origins can be traced further back to 1589, when the first professional church choir was formed, then known as the Patriarchal for it was the choir, which used to sing at the church services officiated by the Patriarch. Patriarch was the top position in the Church hierarchy in Russia well up to 1700, when the Russian reformist Tzar Peter the Great reformed the church administrative system.
MICHAEL WALSH EXCLUSIVE: The English novelist L. P Hartley penned those immortal words, “The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.”
Foreign entertainment companies that have left Russia should suffer ‘the maximum damage,’ Dmitry Medvedev has suggested. Russians should download for free movies, music, and other content from Western entertainment companies that left the country over the conflict in Ukraine, former President Dmitry Medvedev has said.
China has assumed the global leadership role previously held by the United States. This was stated by political observer Lars Bern to the Swedish portal SwebbTV.
Despite Western attempts to punish Russia for the Ukraine crisis, its residents are not experiencing special hardships, says Sue Reed, editor of the Daily Mail. Moreover, according to the journalist, the food situation in Russia is much better than in the UK, which is faced with a shortage of fruits and vegetables.
Amid disillusionment with the current administration, Americans are increasingly turning their attention to Russia and President Putin, who clearly cares about his country and his people, writes American Thinker columnist Laura Wellington.
After IKEA leaves the Russian market under sanctions, the place of the Swedish furniture giant is to be taken by the Belarusian company Swed House, reports Samnytt.
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