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More than 700,000 people became Russian citizens last year, TASS reports. According to The Ministry of Internal Affairs, this figure is almost 80,000 higher than the number of those who received the country's citizenship in 2020.
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The number of students who receive education in Russian universities exceeds four million people. Of these, almost 325,000 came to study in Russia from other countries. This was stated by Russia's Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitry Chernyshenko, the website of...
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Russian students celebrate Tatyana's Day on January 25, which is officially called the Day of Russian Students and has been celebrated since 2005, Parliamentary Newspaper writes. Various celebrations, public events and actions are held throughout the...
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Foreign musicians often turn to the performance of famous Russian songs. They record Russian and Soviet hits not for the Russian-speaking audience, but for local fans. REN TV spoke about the growing popularity of Russian-style parties in...
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Over the past year, Moscow has become safer, as well as improved ecology and medicine. This is evidenced by the Numbeo ranking of cities. The ranking is compiled on the basis of Internet voting. In the crime category, Moscow was named a safer...
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Russian cosmonaut Nikolai Chub, who was preparing for a trip to the United States to train at the Lyndon Johnson Space Center, has been denied a US visa. The cosmonaut , whose flight to the International...
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Moscow has applied to host the World Universal Exhibition (EXPO) in 2030. If Moscow wins the bid, it will be the first time Russia hosts the largest exhibition in the world, the Russian...
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217 athletes are going to represent Russia at the Winter Olympics in Beijing, which will open on February 4. The entire Russian delegation includes 509 people. 109 sets of medals will be awarded at the Games, TASS reports.
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The Living Classics Foundation has launched an online recitation competition of the same name. Schoolchildren aged 10 to 17 years are invited to join it, the Foundation writes on Facebook.
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Seedlings of the 200-years-old Turgenev oak tree can be planted in Bougival (France), where the Russian writer spent the last years of his life, the Kultura newspaper reports. The oak tree grew on the territory of the writer's museum-reserve...
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The number of foreign tourists in Russia in the current winter season has increased by 75% compared to last winter. Residents of Thailand, Azerbaijan and the United Arab Emirates...
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Schoolchildren from Russia and India have taken part in an online meeting dedicated to the culture of both countries, the representative office of Rossotrudnichestvo in Mumbai writes on Facebook.
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Russian singer Manizha has become a member of Equal, an international program to support women in the music industry, launched by the Spotify streaming service. A portrait of the singer was placed on a big screen in the center of New...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin held his first meeting with his Iranian counterpart Ibrahim Raisi, Channel One reports. The Iranian president took office six months ago, this is his first visit to Moscow. Prior to this, the presidents communicated...
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Antibody titers to the omicron strain is more than two times higher after applying Sputnik V compared to two injections of the Pfizer vaccine, RIA Novosti reports. This conclusion was made by a joint study of the Gamaleya Center and...
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Residents of Switzerland will be able to see the famous Orenburg shawls, TASS reports. They are presented at the exhibition, which opened in Bern, in the gallery of the Russian-Swiss artist Alex Doll.
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Meet BRICS Art is an international project that brings together artists from Russia, Brazil, China, India, and South Africa. Their virtual exhibition was opened in January. In addition, the project participants will hold online discussions. For example, they will discuss how artists can participate in the design of the cities of the future for the BRICS countries. Anna Kurumchina, director of the Agency for Cultural and Science Diplomacy (Yekaterinburg) and the organizer of the exhibition, shared the details of the international project. 
Since the beginning of the unrest in Kazakhstan, some media and Telegram channels have speculated about the threat to Russians living in the Republic. Allegedly, the introduction of CSTO forces would put them in danger due to the rise of Kazakh nationalism. Izvestia talked to Russians living in the country to find out how the January events had affected their relations with Kazakhs. Interviewees claimed that the introduction of CSTO peacekeepers had no effect on interethnic dialogue because the Russians living in the Republic were not associated with Russia - they were locals. However, according to Izvestia's interlocutors, there is still intolerance at the mundane level.
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