Yuri Chekalin

Yuri Chekalin05.12.2024

Here’s what they write in one of the articles on “MOMENTO”: “Winston Churchill loved Armenian cognac and drank a bottle of the famous “Dvin” every day. One day, the prime minister discovered that “Dvin” had lost its former taste. He expressed his dissatisfaction to Stalin. It turned out that the master Margar Sedrakyan, who was […]

Yuri Chekalin24.11.2024

MUFG Bank has fired an employee for allegedly stealing assets worth between 1 billion and 2 billion yen from safe deposit boxes of some 60 customers in Tokyo, the Japanese megabank said. The worker was dismissed on Nov 14 after admitting to stealing the assets at two branches from April 2020 to October this year. […]

Yuri Chekalin16.11.2024

This dog was picked up in July 1883 by sailors from the cruiser Africa in the port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Returning from a long voyage from the Pacific Ocean, the sailors presented the Kamchatka Laika to Emperor Alexander III. They named the dog Kamchatka. The white and tan Laika Kamchatka became a faithful companion of the […]

Yuri Chekalin13.11.2024

Yoshiko Okada is a graceful and refined beauty with an unyielding character who escaped from Japan to the Soviet Union. A Moscow radio announcer, a star of many films and plays, an idol of millions of viewers. This extraordinary woman was born on April 14, 1902 in Hiroshima to a journalist’s family. Since childhood, she […]

Yuri Chekalin02.10.2024

McDonald’s bought slaves from the mafia to cover the shortage of jobs. This is not a joke, but a real crime that was solved by the police in the UK. In 2015, the gang of the Drevenaki brothers organized a business of selling people — they looked for homeless and unemployed men in Europe and, […]

Yuri Chekalin01.10.2024

The Soviet war hero used to drink Coca-Cola disguised as vodka. The Cold War is better remembered for greater disputes, but one of the more intriguing developments to come out of the American-Soviet ideological divide was a special batch of clear Coca-Cola. This is the story of a sweet tooth amid a prohibition on Western […]

Yuri Chekalin18.09.2024

Economic security minister Sanae Takaichi’s distribution of documents outlining her policies among Liberal Democratic Party members has sparked a controversy in the party’s presidential race, in which she is a candidate. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is the incumbent party president, met with Hiroshi Moriyama, the chair of the LDP’s General Council, at its headquarters […]

Yuri Chekalin11.09.2024

The simple answer is that traditional Japanese home cooking tends to center around a main protein dish with a few additional vegetable dishes, and is usually eaten steamed with rice, miso soup, and pickles. This is also true for breakfast. The main dish may be fish, chicken, beef, or pork. The Japanese dislike lamb because […]

Yuri Chekalin02.09.2024

The prototype of “Crocodile Dundee” was a Latvian. But there is a nuance… You’ve probably watched the multi-episode comedy blockbuster “Crocodile Dundee” with the charming Australian comedian Paul Hogan in the lead role. A fearless crocodile hunter from the Australian outback charms an American reporter, defeats bad guys and travels through the megalopolises of America, […]

Yuri Chekalin29.07.2024

On Sunday, July 28, the Japanese Defense Ministry signed the first contract to supply the United States with missiles for the American-developed Patriot PAC-3 missile defense systems. This is reportedly intended to replenish the US Army’s stockpiles, which are seriously depleted due to the transfer of such weapons to Ukraine. According to the press, the […]

An Evening of Amazing Stories

MUFG Bank Fires Worker for Stealing Over ¥1 Bil from Customers

Royal Laika “Kamchatka”

Tokyo Rose of Russia

McDonald’s Didn’t Notice it Became a Slave Owner

Clear Coca-Cola for Marshal Zhukov

Japanese Roller Coaster

The Many Flavors of Japanese Home Cooking

The real Crocodile Dundee

Mitsubishi will supply Patriots to the US

The GKChP: The Day the Soviet Union’s End Began

The GKChP and the Chinese Lesson

Minamata Disease: Japan’s Environmental Reckoning

How a Chemistry Student Defeated the Tsarist Generals