Photo credit: mos.ru (CC BY 4.0) 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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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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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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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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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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Moscow has taken part in the online international forum of partner cities, timed to coincide with the Olympic Games. The Winter Olympics start in early February in Beijing. The forum brought...
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Chinese filmmakers are going to shoot a remake of the Russian comedy ''Serf,'' TASS reports. The production rights were acquired by the Alibaba Pictures company. It is planned to release the film in China in 2023-2024.
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An exhibition of drawings created by young artists from Russia and France, as well as adopted Russian children living in different countries, has opened at the Russian House of Science and Culture in Paris. The exhibition, called "My favorite song about the New Year", will run until the end of January, the website of the World Coordinating Council of Russian Compatriots reports.
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The Russian language ranks second in the world in terms of the number of websites it is used on. According to this indicator, the Russian language only succumbed to English, but beat Chinese and Spanish, which are spoken...
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The film ''Products 24'' (''Convenience Store'') directed by Mikhail Borodin...
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A collection of letters by the outstanding Russian philosopher of the 20th century Alexei Losev, translated into Italian, has been published in Italy. The presentation of the book took place in the Moscow library, which bears the name...
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Russian circus performers have managed to win all the major awards at the international festival in Budapest, Hungary. It ended the day before, on January 17, TASS reports. The audience saw the performances from four...
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Exactly one year has passed since the start of mass COVID-19 vaccination in Russia, TASS reports. It started on January 18, 2021. The vaccination of doctors, teachers, people with chronic diseases and some other categories of citizens...
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The Grand Russian Ball took place in Rome last weekend, TASS reports. Guests from Italy, Russia, and other European countries gathered in the Brancaccio Palace. This year, the main theme of the holiday was the 200th anniversary of Fyodor...
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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.
Porcelain Miracle of Vladimir Kanevsky 12.01.2022
Vladimir Kanevsky moved from St. Petersburg to the U.S. in the 1980s. He's got engaged in creating porcelain flowers instead of architecture, which was an unexpected move even for him. Now designers of international fame collect exquisite bouquets by Vladimir Kanevsky, and the best museums of the world arrange exhibitions of his works. 
The UN Security Council held an online meeting of experts on the Situation with National Minorities and the Glorification of Nazism in the Baltic and Ukraine. The UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Fernand de Varennes said that the rights of Russian speakers in the Baltic States and Ukraine had been violated. 
Animation molded in Russia 26.12.2021
Russian animator Sergey Merinov opened the first Russian online school of clay animation and was amazed by the geography of applications received. They were sent by people from Moscow to Khabarovsk in Russia, as well as from the USA, Colombia, Finland, and other countries. They all wanted to study the most labor-consuming type of animation.