Russia: Yekaterinburg begins countdown to World Cup 2018
The Russian city of Yekaterinburg unveiled its own red and white football-shaped clock on Monday, to mark the 500 days left until the FIFA World Cup 2018.
SOT Yevgeny Kuyvashev, Sverdlovsk Region Governor (Russian): The preparations for the World Cup are going exactly according to plan. Our workers, volunteers, organisers and many other people engaged in this event are successfully coping with the schedule of work.
SOT, Irina Zilber, Ambassador of Yekaterinburg, World Cup 2018 (Russian): I am proud to have been given this responsibility to organise this event. Together with children and child sport clubs, we are getting ready for this event, we are preparing a concert. Besides we prepare not only children but also students, so we will definitely cope with preparing a cultural program.
SOT, Maria Zaparzhan, Volunteer (Russian): A volunteer organisation has invited us, they announced it so we decided to take part. Actually we wanted to take part as a volunteers in the World Cup but so far we start with this event.
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(AV17407) Russia After the Presidential Elections: Is There Hope for Democracy?
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Russia After the Presidential Elections: Is There Hope for Democracy?
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Putin Talks With A Young Mother About Her Career Prospects
Russian president Vladimir Putin met with the finalists of the national management competition, Leaders of Russia.
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Екатеринбург Храм на крови музей станков докафильм
Столица Урала Екатеринбург очень красивый город. На ул. Царская есть храм-памятник царской семье, расстрелянной на этом самом месте, когда - то там стоял дом Ипатьевых - последнее пристанище русского императора с семьей. Пройти далее, можно увидеть шикарный особняк ( 1866 г.) Севастьянова, ныне резиденция губернатора. А если пройти в Исторический сквер, о попадете в музей УрГАХИ, там под открытым небом экспозиция промышленной техники Урала 18-19 веков. Эти громадные махины будут интересны не только детям, но и взрослым. Осмотр этих подлинных станков займет минут 15-20.
The capital of the Urals Ekaterinburg is a very beautiful city. On Tsarskaya street there is a Church-monument to the Royal family, shot at this very place, once there was the Ipatyev house - the last refuge of the Russian Emperor and his family. Go further, you can see a chic mansion ( 1866) Sevastyanov, now the residence of the Governor. And if you go to the Historical Park, go to Museum of Urgaha there under the open sky exposition of industrial technology of the Urals of the 18th-19th centuries. These huge machines will be interesting not only for children but also for adults. Inspection of these authentic remains will take 15-20 minutes.
Russian politician Zhirinovsky funny interview (English subs)
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This video is an interview of Zhirinovsky at newspaper and radio station ''Komsomolskaya pravda''.
This is one of the funniest Zhirinovsky's interview. Mainly because of the fragment of this interview where he spoke about various topical subjects. He actually speaks his mind here, and even uses some inappropriate language. I think, he don't actually care, but it's funny.
2 main subjects of this interview are situation in Syria, and elections for Moscow mayor. He gives his evaluation about them, of course. He also speaks about immigrants problem, and some other subjects.
So have fun, and have a few laughs.
This interview was made on: 31/08/2013.
Abbreviations:
FO - Foreign Office
FSS - Federal Security Service
SECC - State of Emergency Central Committee
CPSU - Communist Party of Soviet Union
UIS -- Union of Independent States
Remarks:
1. In Russia we have an expression, ''these was only flowers, berries will come later''. That means it's like you didn't see anything yet, this was not a big deal, the main events, the real thing will come later.
2. He mentions some unknown politicians, so I addjusted their names so you can easily find it in Google and see their faces or read about them (not that anyone would want to, but just in case).
3. In Russian word ''apple'' is ''yа́bloko''. The party's name is suppose to be YaBL, and if you switch some letters places, it would be ''blyа́'', which doesn't exactly mean ''fuck'', but it's the closest.
4. Alе́shka is diminutive for Alexei. Usually kids are called like this.
5. If you are curious this is the song (1996):
Олег Газманов / Oleg Gazmanov - Москва / Moskau
This is its Youtube name.
6. Poetry:
Eng: Alexander Sergeievich Pushkin - Moscow... what surge that sound can start In every Russian's inmost heart!
Rus: Александр Сергеевич Пушкин - Москва! Как много в этом звуке...
(1823 - 1831)
7. Desemberers are called the people who organized, initiated and participated in revolution in, at that time, Russian Empire on Desember 1905.
8. In Russian, the words ''strange'' and ''shitty'' are very similar. They sound like this: strange - strа́nniy, shitty - srа́niy.
9. Also, the word ''old'' souds kinda similar to ''shitty'' as well - stа́riy.
10. ''Dad'' or ''daddy'' is how people calling Lukashenko in Russian speaking countries. I guess because he is strict like a father can be sometimes.
Thanks for watching!
FOR TROLLS: Go to hell.
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- Socrates
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Nicola Sacco (April 22, 1891 – August 23, 1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (June 11, 1888 – August 23, 1927) were Italian-born American anarchists who were controversially convicted of murdering a guard and a paymaster during the April 15, 1920 armed robbery of the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. Seven years later, they were electrocuted in the electric chair at Charlestown State Prison. Both men adhered to an anarchist movement that advocated relentless warfare against a violent and oppressive government.After a few hours' deliberation on July 14, 1921, the jury convicted Sacco and Vanzetti of first-degree murder and they were sentenced to death by the trial judge. Anti-Italianism, anti-immigrant bias, and anti-left political motives were suspected as having heavily influenced the verdict. A series of appeals followed, funded largely by the private Sacco and Vanzetti Defense Committee. The appeals were based on recanted testimony, conflicting ballistics evidence, a prejudicial pre-trial statement by the jury foreman, and a confession by an alleged participant in the robbery. All appeals were denied by trial judge Webster Thayer and also later denied by the Massachusetts State Supreme Court. By 1926, the case had drawn worldwide attention. As details of the trial and the men's suspected innocence became known, Sacco and Vanzetti became the center of one of the largest causes célèbres in modern history. In 1927, protests on their behalf were held in every major city in North America and Europe, as well as in Tokyo, Toronto, London, Sydney, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Johannesburg, and Auckland.Celebrated writers, artists, and academics pleaded for their pardon or for a new trial. Harvard law professor and future Supreme Court justice Felix Frankfurter argued for their innocence in a widely read Atlantic Monthly article that was later published in book form. Sacco and Vanzetti were scheduled to die in April 1927, accelerating the outcry. Responding to a massive influx of telegrams urging their pardon, Massachusetts governor Alvan T. Fuller appointed a three-man commission to investigate the case. After weeks of secret deliberation that included interviews with the judge, lawyers, and several witnesses, the commission upheld the verdict. Sacco and Vanzetti were executed in the electric chair just after midnight on August 23, 1927. Subsequent riots destroyed property in Paris, London, and other cities.
Investigations in the aftermath of the executions continued throughout the 1930s and 1940s. The publication of the men's letters, containing eloquent professions of innocence, intensified belief in their wrongful execution. Additional ballistics tests and incriminating statements by the men's acquaintances have clouded the case. On August 23, 1977—the 50th anniversary of the executions—Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis issued a proclamation that Sacco and Vanzetti had been unfairly tried and convicted and that any disgrace should be forever removed from their names.