Russians are not upset about the Western sanctions and are already working hard on import substitution. The speaker of the State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, commenting on the suspension of McDonald’s in Russia, said that it would be easy to replace them with restaurants a la “Uncle Vanya”. And now unknown persons on behalf of the
Russian President Vladimir Putin treated his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to dishes of traditional Russian and European cuisine, as well as Russian wines, which became known after their meeting in the Kremlin on February 7. Putin and Macron began the conversation in the representative office of the first building of the Kremlin and continued at
A bus in the Krasnodar Krai of Russia experienced not the best times this winter. The driver could hardly manage the vehicle and apparently asked his friend or one of the passengers for help – another case showing Russians do not leave people in the trouble. “How many people do you need to drive a
The puppies found in a box by the fire station in Kurgan were taken by its employees and now live there, as the regional Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. According to the deputy head of the VII fire and Rescue squad, Major of the internal service Maksim Kuzmin, in October a report was received about
Twenty-two Father Frosts staged a dance flash mob at Domodedovo airport, Moscow, and got on video. Посмотреть эту публикацию в Instagram Публикация от Московские новости (@themoscowdailynews) Netizens like the idea and started to make jokes, “Admit it, who missed their flight?” The airport’s press service gave its official comment noting that “Moscow Domodedovo
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, told what he is going to do during the New Year holidays in an interview with the host of the “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin.” programme. “Well, what? Will sit together with loved ones, celebrate the New Year, listen to the president’s congratulations,” Putin joked. The President also said that he chooses gifts
The coronavirus pandemic has become the most discussed topic in the Russian social network VK.com (VKontakte) in 2021, which follows from the rating of the social network. It is noted that issues related to the coronavirus pandemic took first place in the rating and were discussed in VK a total of 68.5 million times. As
A Russian deputy from the New People party, Sardana Avksentieva, posted a video from the State Duma buffet on her Instagram page. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Сардана Авксентьева (@sardanaavksentieva) The deputy showed a buffet window near the main plenary hall. In particular, there are clearly visible boiled sausages
In Norilsk, eyewitnesses filmed a Russian woman getting a reindeer into a bus and published the video on the Krasnoyarsk VK community page. The video shows a woman in a warm jacket walking with a deer on a leash along the sidewalk. She enters the bus with her animal and one of the passengers helps
The sculpture “Cat on Suitcases” installed on the territory of the railway station square in Kurgan was dismantled after complaints from residents, as the press service of the South Ural Railway reported. A photo of the sculpture was first posted on a VK page dedicated to the local news. The cat confused city residents, as
A resident of Murmansk had a new passport made in 40 minutes so that she could get married, although usually, the procedure for changing a passport in Russia can take from 10 days to 1 month. Vasily and Anastasia Baluyevs were going to go to the wedding ceremony scheduled for 2 pm. Before the wedding,
The Director-General of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, invited the Space X CEO Elon Musk to his home for a cup of tea and revealed that his favourite one is a Soviet-era Indian-style tea, which also, according to Rogozin, appeared to be his grandmother’s favourite tea, Sputnik reports. Let’s start with my grandmother’s favorite Indian tea! pic.twitter.com/JPIyVmNvnP
A high-heeled race was held on the Kremlin Embankment in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, in which not only women but also men took part, the RG.ru reports. It is noted that the winners of the competition were identified at a distance of 60 metres. The competitors had to overcome this distance in shoes with
