Kash Patel was sworn in as the ninth FBI director in Washington, D.C., in the presence of his parents and girlfriend. Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel, 45, who barely made it through his Senate hearings, is tasked with Donald Trump’s most difficult and dangerous job: exposing and cleaning up the secret network of the “deep state.” […]

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As a student 60 years ago, I attended the annual carnival in Havana. And 10 years later, working as a reporter in Canada, I covered the traditional winter carnival in Quebec City. The capital of the province of Quebec is unlike any other city in Canada as it preserves the originality of the French architecture […]

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80 years ago, on February 26, 1945, a national mourning was declared in the USSR in memoriam of Alexey Tolstoy, an outstanding writer who passed away just a few months before the Great Victory over Nazi Germany. Official cause of his death was lung cancer, diagnosed a year before. In lots of photos and portraits, […]

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President Trump has announced that he intends to visit the Fort Knox gold storage facility in Kentucky to check the country’s gold reserves, amid calls from Elon Musk and some Republicans for an inspection of the high-stakes facility. The topic is not new. And it concerns not only American wealth, but also global gold reserves. […]

Kirill Benediktov26.02.2025

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Friends, If you are experiencing rage and despair about what is happening in America and the world right now because of the Trump-Vance-Musk regime, you are hardly alone. A groundswell of opposition is growing — not as loud and boisterous as the resistance to Tump 1.0, but just as, if not more, committed to ending the […]

Yuri Chekalin24.02.2025

On February 11, 1829, a tragedy occurred in the capital of Persia that still causes controversy among historians. An angry crowd stormed the Russian embassy. As a result, almost all of its employees died, including the head of the mission, Alexander Griboyedov, the author of the immortal “Woe from Wit”. The last hours of the […]

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February 23 is a big holiday in Russia. Day of Red Army, Day of Defender of Motherland, Man’s day. Long lasting Soviet tradition of celebrating men who served, serve or will serve in the army. Yes, like al men in uniform, many managed to distinguish themselves with feats of courage and strength. At the same […]

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Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay Jr. brought the skulls of the inhabitants of Papua New Guinea to their historical homeland. The remains of several dozen people were taken to Australia and Russia for research in the 19th century by the famous Russian scientist Miklouho-Maclay Sr. On February 19, the skulls will be handed over to the descendants of […]

Vladimir Golstein22.02.2025

Perestroika is Coming to Town. I Mean Washington Town. Of course, the legacy of Gorbachev is complex. For many he was a hero, for many — a traitor. He did what was necessary! — No! He destroyed the best country on earth. I didn’t live in Russia during perestroika, but I know it was incredibly […]

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