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Alexander Rodnyansky: Some people kill, others save

Reprint of the post for 13.07.2025 from the Telegram channel of film producer Oleksandr Rodnyansky

14.07.2025 Read more

How would you continue the phrase: "Growth forms from the bottom upwards. Respect ..."

Australian Darren Cahill, a professional tennis coach, ended the phrase this way [ref]

01.06.2025 Read more

Very risky, but opposed

In May 2025, two scientists were not elected to the Russian Academy of Sciences for signing a letter against Russia's invasion of Ukraine three years ago.

30.05.2025 Read more

Phrase of the Day: “In the Oval Office a man without a suit met ...”

On February 28, 2025, US and Ukrainian presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky held public talks. They ended in a tense altercation and the breakdown of agreements due to the parties' disagreement on the issues of Russia's and Ukraine's responsibility for the war and ways to end it [ref]. 

02.03.2025 Read more

Kolobok goes to the army....

In Udmurtia, preschoolers were shown a play about Kolobok, who not just left his grandmother, but rushed with all his might to make it to the army.

16.02.2025 Read more

The couple resurrected a “subtropical paradise” by planting more than 2 million trees

Brazilian couple Sebastião Salgado and Lelia Deluiz Vanik have planted more than two million trees over20 years to “resurrect the subtropical paradise” that existed on their husband's family's property when he was a child.

30.10.2024 Read more

Pacifism is not always moral

From Anne Applebaum's speech during her awarding of the prestigious Peace Prize of the German Book Trade on October 20, 2024 in Frankfurt, Germany.

22.10.2024 Read more

Until the West learns the nature of the scorpion, it is doomed to be stung and sunk

Excerpts from Tatyana Menaker's essay “Or has the Russian become weary of victories?” published on kstati.net on March 25, 2022. 

16.10.2024 Read more

"We live in an age of great events and little men"

These words, spoken by Churchill in 1934, absolutely characterize today! Churchill himself was an exception: in a poll conducted by the BBC in 2002, he was recognized as the most outstanding Briton in history. 

11.10.2024 Read more

How would you continue the phrase, “ It is easy to gather a flock of rams...”

Sergey Petrovich Kapitsa (February 14, 1928 - August 14, 2012) - Soviet and Russian scientist-physicist, educator and TV presenter - continued this phrase as follows:

09.10.2024 Read more

September 26, 1983: The night man didn't start a nuclear war

On September 26, 2024, an installation was unveiled in St. Petersburg in honor of Stanislav Petrov, the man who prevented a nuclear war.

01.10.2024 Read more

“I'm fine” - Ukrainian installation at Burning Man 2024 festival

The current installation is based on artifacts of war collected from the de-occupied territories of Ukraine: shot street signs, solar panels, satellite dishes, destroyed city names and broken fences. The installation should demonstrate to the world the consequences of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation.

25.09.2024 Read more

Do you think dogs can tell jokes?

Dogs have a sense of humor. Little Dustin (a Jack Russell Terrier/Pug mix) proved it by spoofing his friend Taito's corgi gait. Original source — @dustinpup

16.09.2024 Read more

Alexander Kuprin: A truly Russian face

Alexander Kuprin made this sketch of a “true Russian face” during his trip to Finland in the early 20th century. When he stopped for a bite to eat at a railway station, he found himself at a buffet, which was a novelty in those days.

14.09.2024 Read more

Leonid Filatov: Why did you borrow so much?

At all times, to justify war crimes, those in power appeal to the defense of the homeland. Leonid Filatov described this theme with his inherent subtle irony in his play “Lysistrata”.

08.09.2024 Read more

Do you think dogs do fitness?

After watching this video, you will have no doubt about the answer to the question posed.

02.09.2024 Read more

Andrei Voznesensky. Call of the lake

Andrei Voznesensky wrote the poem "The Call of the Lake" in 1965, having been shocked by the story of a local resident from Ivano-Frankivsk region (Ukraine) during their fishing trip together: "There used to be no lake here, but a deep ravine. In 1942, the Nazis and their local collaborators drove Jews from the ghetto here and shot them. To hide the traces of the crime, the ravine was flooded with water from the nearby rivulet. And the fish catch here is excellent!" - the narrator rubbed his hands together in satisfaction.

27.08.2024 Read more

How would you continue the phrase, "Everything that money can buy ..."

Grigory Gorin (March 12, 1940 - June 15, 2000) - Soviet and Russian writer-satirist, playwright - continued this phrase as follows:

21.08.2024 Read more

The Very Same Munchhausen. Quotes

"The Very Same Munchhausen" is perhaps Grigory Gorin's most quoted work. Cover image source - Zen

15.08.2024 Read more

Robert Rozhdestvensky. The song before last

These poems were not written by Rozhdestvensky to be published and reveal his true civil position.

09.08.2024 Read more

Do you think parrots talk to each other?

Pablo and Gabriel, the Indian ring-necked parrots, are having a real "human" conversation.

03.08.2024 Read more

"Kin-dza-dza". Quotes

The film “Kin-dza-dza” was released in 1986 and divided the audience into two parts: some did not understand anything, others were delighted. In light of today's world events, the number of those who "don't get it" should probably decrease.

28.07.2024 Read more

Inella Ohnyeva: Prophetic poems by an 18-year-old poet from Bucha, written in 2017

When you read these poems, written a few years before the horrific events in her native land, you begin to believe in a higher power.

22.07.2024 Read more

Do you think cats know about electricity?

Everything has to be done on your own...

16.07.2024 Read more

Street of optimists

In Novy Urengoy, Russia, a multi-storey building that had fallen off its foundation was supported with wooden planks. Symbolically, the house is located in the neighborhood called "Optimist" (source - ura.news)

10.07.2024 Read more

G. Gorin. "Kill the Dragon" based on the play by E. Schwartz. Quotes

Used: photo of Grigory Gorin by Vitaly Plotnikov (left) and Yevgeny Shvarts from 24smi.org (right).

06.07.2024 Read more

Dina Rubina: Are you serious?! Are you seriously?!!

Reprint of a post by Arkady Mayofis, posted on the ECHO website  on March 8, 2024. Original.

06.07.2024 Read more

Do you believe that dogs think

A golden retriever named Harper has adopted almost everything from her mom Willow. Now the girl is two years old, but there are still a couple of tricks she can't do. Fortunately, mom is always there for her daughter and is ready to help if the baby can’t cope with something.

06.07.2024 Read more

In Bratsk, which is not gasified, boasted of its success in gas production

Residents of Bratsk (Russia) were outraged due to advertising of gas production.

06.07.2024 Read more