RUSSIA: HARVEST THE WORST FOR 45 YEARS
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Russia's harvest is turning out to be the worst for 45 years, adding to the problems caused by the country's financial collapse.
Experts fear many Russians face starvation this winter, which forecasters say will be particularly harsh.
As a result, Russia intends to import at least 3 (m) million tonnes of donated grains and has already asked the United States and the European Union for help.
These cows have been let loose on this recently harvested cabbage patch to save money on feed.
Russia's agricultural sector has been suffering for a long time.
Official statistics show this year's harvest has been the worst in 45 years.
But the problem doesn't end there.
On top of a poor harvest there is a crippling financial crisis - one that has seen the closing of most domestic industries, a currency plunge, a banking system collapse and nationwide unemployment.
Today's average Russian is more impoverished than ever.
Unfortunately, successful Russian food producers are few and far between.
This milk factory, about two hours south of Moscow, is lucky it is still operating.
Although dairy produce is something Russians prefer to be domestically produced, the factory is still struggling to exist.
Due to the lack of other domestic producers, almost all factories in Russia are forced to buy at least some of their raw materials from foreign producers - and that means payment in dollars.
With the rouble having lost more than half its value and the banking system collapsed, paying suppliers in hard currency is a struggle.
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
Due to the financial crisis, we have become three times poorer. Don't forget that although we are producing domestically, much of our production is connected to the dollar. That is, we have to buy a lot abroad. We need to buy most of our packaging - from the paper for the milk cartons to the plastics for the sour cream containers - from suppliers in dollars, so of course the crisis has effected us.
SUPER CAPTION: Sergey Mironov, Director, Obninsk Milk Factory
In Soviet times, collectivised farming is seen as the triumph of the communist government.
After World War Two, Russia managed to increase its grain harvest and begin to feed its population of 150 (m) million people.
But since the fall of the Soviet Union, the farms have been abandoned and harvests have got worse each year.
Without a land code and with vague laws on privatisation, successful farming in Russia has not yet arrived.
This year's harvest was little more than 50 (m) million tonnes, down from 85 (m) million tonnes last year.
As a result, Russia intends to import at least 3 (m) million tonnes of donated grains.
It has already asked the United States and the European Union for help.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
Food has not been delivered because of the shortage of cash and the shortage of fuel to deliver food on time, so those are probably the first regions that are going to suffer from this food shortage during the winter time. But we are not only talking about food aid. We are talking also about humanitarian aid in general, and that includes medicine.
SUPER CAPTION: Bertrand Soret, European Union representative in Moscow
Although those requests are not yet official, the Russian government is already admitting to a shortage.
The government has created a 600 (m) million dollar emergency food reserve that could feed one-third of the population for two weeks.
The U-S Department of Agriculture says it is holding informal talks with Russian officials.
Russia's Finance Minister agrees this winter could be a difficult one.
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
SUPER CAPTION: Mikhail Zadornov, Russian Finance Minister
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Putin Presents State Awards in Science, Arts in Kremlin on Russia Day
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On Russia Day, Vladimir Putin presented the 2016 Russian Federation National Awards for outstanding achievements in science and technology, literature and the arts, and humanitarian work.
Among those being awarded the State Prize are composer Eduard Artemyev, choreographer Yuri Grigorovich and Mikhail Piotrovsky, an orientalist and the director of the Hermitage Museum.
Writer Daniil Granin also received the prize, with Putin personally presenting him the award on June 3 in Strelna, the presidential residence not far from St. Petersburg.
The State Prize of the Russian Federation is the highest award for scientists and artists presented for their services to society and to the state. The award is presented annually in Kremlin on June 12, which marks Russia Day.
In 1992, the Supreme Soviet of Russia passed a resolution designating June 12 a public holiday and a non-working day in honor of the adoption of the declaration on the state sovereignty of Russia. On that day in 1990, the first Congress of People’s Deputies of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic adopted a declaration on the republic’s sovereignty within the Soviet Union.
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NEW ZEALAND: APEC SUMMIT: RETREAT (2)
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Officials attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) meeting in Auckland, New Zealand have taken time out from their busy schedule to attend an informal retreat at Auckland Museum.
Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, and Canadian Prime Minister, Jean Chretien, were the first leaders to arrive at the unofficial gathering.
Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, and American President, Bill Clinton, followed shortly afterwards.
Economic issues are now likely to become the focus of the APEC leaders as the more urgent problem of finalizing an agreement on the makeup of an East Timor peacekeeping force moves to other arenas.
The APEC members include the United States, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, China, Australia, New Zealand, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
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Chicago pumps money into decaying railway system
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It is no secret that many of America's roads and railways are badly in need of repairs.
But there's disagreement on how to pay for the work that needs to be done.
In Chicago, where half the rail freight in the United States rolls through. the tracks are so tangled that
rail officials have given it the name of spaghetti bowl
It takes a freight train two days to travel the 3,000 km to reach Chicago from Los Angeles.
It can take another day or two just to get through Chicago,because passenger and freight trains share lines.
America’s antiquated infrastructure can have dramatic consequences. But in an era of budget cuts,
the latest transportation bill is gridlocked on Capitol Hill.
Chicago is moving forward anyway – it’s managed to find 3.2bn dollars in federal, state,
local and private money to untangle the city’s rail system and speed up traffic nationwide.
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Sculptor on first women s statue for Central Park
(21 Nov 2019) Sculptor Meredith Bergmann recognizes the honor of creating the first statue of women in New York's Central Park.
Bergmann's monument to three leaders in the fight for women's rights - Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth - will take its place among the 23 statues of men and two fictional women - Mother Goose and Alice in Wonderland - currently in the park.
I think about what it would have meant to me as a child to see this monument, to know these histories. I think about the size of it, the scale of it, where it will be and who it will affect. And I am incredibly moved to have been chosen to add this to New York City, Bergmann said.
Bergmann pointed out that her statue is a contemporary take on the 19th century monument that should have been built for these women and wasn't.
It has taken six years for the statue to become a reality.
The effort was spearheaded by the nonprofit Monumental Women which has raised $1.5 million to fund the statue.
The idea initially met opposition from park officials who balked at putting any more statues in the 166-year-old park.
So we said, could you show me where that is written. Is it a law or a regulation or some sort of codification of 'There shall be no other statues' ? And of course they couldn't because they made it up as they went along, Pam Elam, president of Monumental Women pointed out.
Final approval was granted in October after several redesigns and the addition of Sojourner Truth, an escaped slave and women's rights activist.
There were different changes and I think there was a concern that there'd be a woman of color who was part, she was part of the decision making for all of us to vote. And Sojourner Truth also was a New Yorker, Gale Brewer, the Manhattan Borough President, said.
The original design was chosen from 91 entries.
Bergmann says the current design shows a slice in time open to interpretation.
It's a group of three women in conversation, the exact moment in the conversation is up to you to decide who is listening to whom, who is speaking to whom, Bergmann said.
The monumental task of creating the nine-foot (2.7-meter) tall statue has put Bergmann on a tight timeline.
Because of the time urgency of this project, which working backward from August 2020, when they are to be unveiled, we need a number of weeks for installation, four to six months for bronze casting, which means six months for bronze casting and then a month for mold making. I have to finish these by the end of this month, Bergmann said.
The monument will be dedicated on August 26, 2020 marking the 100th anniversary of American women winning the right to vote.
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Bigfoot researcher and investigator Igor Burtsev of Moscow, Russia visits the Michigan Magazine in Comins, Michigan to talk about the possibilities of Bigfoot in the Great Lakes region and also discusses the question What is Bigfoot?...Is the elusive creature more human than wild animal?... Dr. Burtsev has been on the trail of the elusive creature since 1965 and has some astounding stories of close encounters and evidence to share.
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Today was the last day when US diplomats had access to dachas in the Serebryany Bor and the warehouse in the south of the Capital. Starting tomorrow, access to these facilities will be closed. This is a retaliatory measure which Moscow is forced to implement after the US Senate approved new anti-Russian sanctions. Until autumn, Americans will have to reduce the number of the employees of their diplomatic missions by 755 people. That is, leave as many as Russia has in the US. Alexei Petrov will tell you what America is losing of its own free will.
Shimon Peres meets with Putin as well as Ivanov
1. Shimon Peres and Russian Foreign minister Igor Ivanov enter the hall
2. Media
3. Pull out from talks around table
4. Peres
5. Pan of the talks
6. Russian Foreign ministry emblem
7. Peres and Ivanov come out for press conference
8. Media
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Shimon Peres, Israeli Foreign Minister (with Russian translation): The Mitchell document creates an opportunity for peace negotiations. The document proposes the sequence of actions which is accepted by us. And with crystallisation of the world public opinion and others concerned we could back to peace negotiations
10. Media
11. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Igor Ivanov, Russian Foreign Minister: Russia is ready to support any initiative accepted by the Israeli and Palestinian sides that would lead to cessation of violence and restarting the peace process
12. Pan press conference
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Shimon Peres, Israeli Foreign Minister: We asked the Palestinian authorities, first of all, to discipline their forces because some of the Palestinian forces participate in the shooting and the killing.
14. Kremlin exteriors
15. Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Peres
16. Media cutaway
17. Wide shot talks at table
18. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Vladimir Putin, Russian President: We are especially happy to see you here, the man who is known in our country and in the whole world as a man who wants to bring peace to the Middle East and has done a lot personally to bring it about.
19. Wide shot talks
20. Peres
21. Wide shot talks
22. Media
23. Kremlin exteriors
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Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, who is visiting Moscow, has defended the latest Israeli raids against Palestinian targets, saying they were aimed against a mortar factory in particular and terrorism in general.
In a bid to lobby Russian officials for support, Peres met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov and the patriarch of Russia's Orthodox Church, Alexy II.
At the start of Peres' talks with the Russian president in the Kremlin, Putin expressed concern about Russian visitors to Israel caught in violence, and urged peace negotiations.
Speaking at the press conference after a meeting with his Russian counterpart Igor Ivanov, Peres praised the proposals put forward by an international commission headed by former U-S Senator George Mitchell to end almost eight months of violence.
Peres urged Russia and the United States to join their efforts as co-sponsors of the Mideast peace process to encourage face-to-face talks between the Israelis and Palestinians.
In turn, Ivanov said that Russia is ready to support any political initiative helping to establish peace in the Middle East.
Russia has played a small role in the Mideast peace process, compared with the United States.
Moscow has developed friendly relations with Israel after decades of animosity, but has largely lost its former clout with the Palestinians and other Soviet-era allies in the Arab world.
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Ben Gurion airport , near Tel Aviv
1. Plane arriving
2. Plane door opening
3. Russian president Vladimir Putin getting off plane
4. Putin coming down the stairs
5. Various Putin shaking hands with dignitaries and getting into the car
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ehud Olmert, Israeli vice premier:
Naturally, considering the history of relations, and the fact that there were times that we were on one side and Russia was entirely on the other side this is, I think, a statement that indicates the significant change that took place between the two countries and we hope that it will also characterise the nature of this visit from beginning to end.
Old city Jerusalem
7. Wide shot inside the holy sepluchre church
8. Preparations at the Holy Sepulcher
9. Israeli security forces inside the church
10. Last shot interior church
11. Israeli policemen standing outside the church
12. Convoy of Putin arriving at old city
13. Car of Putin entering to alley of Holy Sepluchre
14. Last shot of convoy in alley
15. Security forces on horses surrounding area
STORYLINE:
Vladimir Putin on Wednesday became the first Kremlin leader to visit Israel, capping a historic rapprochement between two nations that were once bitter enemies across the Cold War divide.
Putin, on his first Middle East trip, was also hoping to restore his country's profile as a major player in the region and worldwide, bringing with him a fresh proposal for a Mideast peace conference to be held in Moscow in the autumn.
Considering the history of relations and the fact that there were times that we were on one side and Russia was entirely on the
other side ... (the visit) indicates the significant change that took place between the two countries, Israeli Vice Premier Ehud
Olmert said as he stood on the airport tarmac waiting to greet Putin.
The Soviet Union had supported Israel during the Jewish state's early years, but relations soon deteriorated - and eventually collapsed - as Israel increasingly allied itself with the United States.
Moscow cut off ties with Israel in 1967 in the context of a Mideast war and strongly backed the Arab states.
In many of its wars with its Arab neighbours, Israel found itself facing Soviet-trained pilots flying Soviet MiGs fighter jets.
Moscow also barred Jews from leaving, jailing many who demanded the right to emigrate to Israel.
As the Soviet Union was collapsing in the early 1990s, the two nations restored ties, and Moscow loosened the emigration restrictions, prompting more than a million Russian speakers to immigrate here.
Relations have been improved by Putin, who took office in 2000, as he tries to push Russia's economic interests abroad and evoke parallels between Israel's conflict with Palestinian militants and Russia's campaign against Chechen rebels.
But there are strains as well, including Russia's determination to push ahead with a missile sale to Syria, one of Israel's bitterest enemies.
Other potential sore points include Moscow's nuclear aid to Iran and signs of rising anti-Semitism in Russia.
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President Putin signs law to accept Crimea as part of Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law to bring Crimea into the Russian Federation. It's a move which the US and European Union say is illegal following a referendum in the region on breaking away from Ukraine. Anya Ardayeva reports from Moscow.
US President Trump and Japan's PM Abe Sit Down for Traditional Japanese Dinner
U.S. President Donald Trump said he had a great day playing golf and attending a sumo tournament with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday, May 26.
Before the leaders and their wives sat down for dinner at a hibachi restaurant, Trump told reporters that he always wanted to see sumo wrestling and that it was an incredible evening.
Trump also said he hopes the President's Cup that he presented to the tournament's winner will be around for many hundreds of years.
Abe said he believes the presentation was an unforgettable moment for the champion wrestler.
Trump also said the leaders had a productive day discussing trade, the military and other topics during their time together.
Dmitry Medvedev - Meeting with the asset of local and primary branches of United Russia
Preparation for elections to the State Duma in 2021 was discussed at the meeting of Dmitry Medvedev with the asset of local and primary branches of United Russia. Delegates from all over Russia came to Moscow. They spoke not only about party affairs, but also about problems that concern the regions. These are possible changes to the labour code, and shortage of personnel and difficult situation with children 's health institutions.
О подготовке к выборам в Госдуму в 2021 году шла речь на встрече Дмитрия Медведева с активом местных и первичных отделений Единой России. В Москву приехали делегаты со всей России. Говорили не только о партийных делах, но и о проблемах, которые волнуют регионы. Это и возможные изменения в трудовой кодекс, и дефицит кадров и непростая ситуация с детскими оздоровительными учреждениями.
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Moscow (; Russian: Москва́, tr. Moskvá, IPA: [mɐˈskva] (listen)) is the capital and most populous city of Russia, with 13.2 million residents within the city limits and 17 million within the urban area. Moscow is one of Russia's federal cities.
Moscow is a major political, economic, cultural, and scientific centre of Russia and Eastern Europe, as well as the largest city (both by population and by area) entirely on the European continent. By broader definitions Moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the 14th largest metro area, the 18th largest agglomeration, the 14th largest urban area, and the 11th largest by population within city limits worldwide. According to Forbes 2013, Moscow has been ranked as the ninth most expensive city in the world by Mercer and has one of the world's largest urban economies, being ranked as an alpha global city according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and is also one of the fastest growing tourist destinations in the world according to the MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index.
Moscow is the northernmost and coldest megacity and metropolis on Earth. It is home to the Ostankino Tower, the tallest free standing structure in Europe; the Federation Tower, the second-tallest skyscraper in Europe; and the Moscow International Business Center. By its territorial expansion on July 1 2012 southwest into the Moscow Oblast, the area of the capital more than doubled, going from 1,091 to 2,511 square kilometers (421 to 970 sq mi), resulting in Moscow becoming the largest city on the European continent by area; it also gained an additional population of 233,000 people.Moscow is situated on the Moskva River in the Central Federal District of European Russia, making it Europe's most populated inland city. The city is well known for its architecture, particularly its historic buildings such as Saint Basil's Cathedral with its colourful architectural style. With over 40 percent of its territory covered by greenery, it is one of the greenest capitals and major cities in Europe and the world, having the largest forest in an urban area within its borders—more than any other major city—even before its expansion in 2012.
The city has served as the capital of a progression of states, from the medieval Grand Duchy of Moscow and the subsequent Tsardom of Russia to the Russian Empire to the Soviet Union and the contemporary Russian Federation.
Moscow is the seat of power of the Government of Russia, being the site of the Moscow Kremlin, a medieval city-fortress that is today the residence for work of the President of Russia. The Moscow Kremlin and Red Square are also one of several World Heritage Sites in the city. Both chambers of the Russian parliament (the State Duma and the Federation Council) also sit in the city. Moscow is considered the centre of Russian culture, having served as the home of Russian artists, scientists and sports figures and because of the presence of museums, academic and political institutions and theatres.
The city is served by a transit network, which includes four international airports, nine railway terminals, numerous trams, a monorail system and one of the deepest underground rapid transit systems in the world, the Moscow Metro, the fourth-largest in the world and largest outside Asia in terms of passenger numbers, and the busiest in Europe. It is recognised as one of the city's landmarks due to the rich architecture of its 200 stations.Moscow has acquired a number of epithets, most referring to its size and preeminent status within the nation: The Third Rome (Третий Рим), the Whitestone One (Белокаменная), the First Throne (Первопрестольная), the Forty Soroks (Сорок Сороков) (sorok meaning both forty, a great many and a district or parish in Old Russian).
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: PROSTITUTION IS BOOMING
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In Russia's new free market prostitution is booming.
Moscow's streets are packed with scantily-clad hookers who have flocked to the capital in search of a decent wage.
Prostitution is not a criminal offence but Moscow's hard-pressed police force have been charged with cleaning up the capital's streets.
But with the drastic increase in violent crime many policemen feel their efforts would be better spent elsewhere.
The free market has brought many improvements to Moscow's streets.
Bars, restaurants and night clubs now flourish in a city that was once drab and uninviting.
But together with the nightlife has come something else rarely seen during Soviet times - street prostitution.
Every evening, as Muscovites start to make their way home, hundreds of hookers appear on the streets to begin their working day.
The deal is struck by their pimps, former prostitutes themselves, who then summon the girls so the customers can make their choice.
A steady stream of cars cruises the streets across from Russia's parliament, one of the favourite pick-up spots for Moscow's call girls.
But as darkness falls the Moscow City police force embarks on its nightly attempt to make a dent in a business that now dominates downtown Moscow.
Prostitution in Russia is not a criminal offence but the government considers it an embarrassment and an eyesore.
Police make routine busts but without a law to charge the girls, have to release
them within a few hours.
The majority of the girls are from the provinces and other former republics, where unemployment is high and wages low.
They are charged with not having the proper documents to be in Moscow -- an
old Soviet law designed to limit movement into the capital.
Every evening police station 108 sees a constant stream of prostitutes.
The girls are processed and held for up to six hours before being put back on the streets. A bribe from their pimp can see them released immediately.
The head of Moscow's organised crime department says that since there is no law against prostitution, his men are powerless to get the girls off the streets permanently
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
Even though it is quite clear that they are prostitutes the girls are detained for passport irregularities, or no Moscow registration document, that is for things which have no
connection at all with prostitution
SUPER CAPTION: Vladimir Zolutnitsky, Chief of Moscow Organized Crime Department
In a good month a girl can earn up to three thousand dollars, a small fortune in Russia's bleak provincial towns and villages.
But with no red light district and no brothels, the job has more than its share of risks.
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
You get into a car and you don't know what will happen when you get there -- who will be there or what they will do. There may be fifteen men waiting. Some girls have gone
missing for two months and then reappeared.
SUPER CAPTION Dasha, prostitute in Moscow
Women in Russia have been hit harder than most by the transition to a market economy. Particularly those from rural Russia where the economy is at a standstill.
The result has been a massive increase in the numbers of unemployed women who flock to the capital in search of any work they can find. Many of them turn to prostitution as a last resort.
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
If there was work, If Yeltsin gave us the opportunity to work normally and for proper money then none of these girls would be walking the street.
SUPER CAPTION, Sveta, prostitute in Moscow
And that would suit the police, too.
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
prostitution.
SUPER CAPTION: Vladimir Zolutnitsky, Chief of Moscow Organized Crime Department
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GHOST TRAMS OF RUSSIA
in many cities of russia the tram is dying. trams no longer exist in Astrakhan, Ivanovo, Voronezh and recently Ryazan!... they want to kill off the trams in many other Russian cities. Trams are ecologically friendly.. replacing the trams are dirty buses. Other countries of the world have either brought back their tram system, upgraded or built their trams. If used correctly, trams help solve traffic congestion. Russia don't kill your trams. it is not a good thing...
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russia's tram system is disappearing in many parts of the country. They have been killed in some cities while others they are fading away while in other cities the tram is under threat... Progress has deteriorated in Russia for the tram.
While Russia kills its trams other countries (which did the same thing as Russia: 50 yrs ago however) are finally bringing back or buildling new whole entire tram system
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00:06:32 1 Etymology
00:08:41 2 History
00:08:51 2.1 Early history
00:10:56 2.2 Kievan Rus'
00:14:52 2.3 Grand Duchy of Moscow
00:17:32 2.4 Tsardom of Russia
00:22:40 2.5 Imperial Russia
00:29:11 2.6 February Revolution and Russian Republic
00:31:01 2.7 Soviet Russia and civil war
00:32:50 2.8 Soviet Union
00:37:29 2.8.1 World War II
00:41:28 2.8.2 Cold War
00:46:28 2.9 Russian Federation
00:52:03 3 Politics
00:52:13 3.1 Governance
00:54:43 3.2 Foreign relations
01:00:35 3.3 Military
01:04:04 3.4 Political divisions
01:07:27 4 Geography
01:08:51 4.1 Topography
01:13:30 4.2 Climate
01:16:04 4.3 Biodiversity
01:17:30 5 Economy
01:26:22 5.1 Corruption
01:29:29 5.2 Agriculture
01:32:05 5.3 Energy
01:35:09 5.4 Transport
01:40:52 5.5 Science and technology
01:48:14 5.6 Space exploration
01:50:29 5.7 Water supply and sanitation
01:51:21 6 Demographics
01:57:01 6.1 Largest cities
01:57:11 6.2 Ethnic groups
01:57:41 6.3 Language
01:59:20 6.4 Religion
02:11:26 6.5 Health
02:13:42 6.6 Education
02:15:56 7 Culture
02:16:06 7.1 Folk culture and cuisine
02:20:06 7.2 Architecture
02:24:14 7.3 Visual arts
02:27:49 7.4 Music and dance
02:31:04 7.5 Literature and philosophy
02:35:14 7.6 Cinema, animation and media
02:39:41 7.7 Sports
02:47:57 7.8 National holidays and symbols
02:52:37 7.9 Tourism
02:56:04 8 See also
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Russia (Russian: Росси́я, tr. Rossiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə]), officially the Russian Federation (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə]), is a country in Eurasia. At 17,125,200 square kilometres (6,612,100 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world by area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with about 144.5 million people as of 2018, excluding Crimea. About 77% of the population live in the western, European part of the country. Russia's capital, Moscow, is the largest metropolitan area in Europe proper and one of the largest cities in the world; other major cities include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod. Extending across the entirety of Northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia spans eleven time zones and incorporates a wide range of environments and landforms. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares land borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both with Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea. It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the U.S. state of Alaska across the Bering Strait. However, Russia recognises two more countries that border it, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, both of which are internationally recognized as parts of Georgia.
The East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants, the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century. In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. Rus' ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states; most of the Rus' lands were overrun by the Mongol invasion and became tributaries of the nomadic Golden Horde in the 13th century. The Grand Duchy of Moscow gradually reunified the surrounding Russian principalities, achieved independence from the Golden Horde. By the 18th century, the nation had greatly expanded through conquest, annexation, and exploration to become the Russian Empire, which was the third largest empire in history, stretching from Poland on the west to Alaska on th ...
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Hungarian PM: Mass Migration a Plot to Destroy Christian West (DE Untertiteln)
Shortly before Europe was hit with the recent terror attack in Brussels, one prominent European leader was warning that the the growing tsunami of Middle Eastern immigrants flooding into the West is actually an organized plot by internationalist extremists to destroy liberty, nationhood, Western civilization, and Christendom. Speaking last week at Hungary's National Museum in a historic speech that was largely ignored or distorted by the establishment press, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (shown) called on Europeans to unite against the threat emanating from the European Union headquartered in Brussels.
The question, he said, is whether Europeans will live as slaves or free men. And as such, it is time for the people of Europe's nations to summon the courage needed to confront “Brussels’ fanatical internationalism,” or to be crushed by it, he added.
Orban noted that freedom in Europe was already being crushed, and that globalist schemers in Brussels were plotting to destroy nation-states on the road toward an illegitimate “United States of Europe.” The so-called “refugee crisis,” he said, is a gigantic lie — most of the arrivals are not actual refugees, and humanitarianism is not the agenda of the globalist conspirators. Instead, the engineered crisis is a tool of sinister forces plotting to destroy Western civilization while undermining Christianity and nation states. He previously lambasted those responsible for creating and exploiting the immigration tidal wave as a “treasonous conspiracy” that is using the crisis to achieve what it failed to accomplish through political means.
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In einer Rede zum ungarischen Nationalfeiertag hat Regierungschef Viktor Orbán erneut gegen Flüchtlinge gehetzt sowie die EU und Deutschland für ihre Flüchtlingspolitik verbal angegriffen.
Zwei Tage vor Beginn des EU-Gipfels zur Flüchtlingsfrage kritisierte der Ungar die deutschen Pläne zur Beilegung der Krise scharf. Ohne Deutschland namentlich zu nennen, wandte sich Orbán gegen Pläne zur Zerstörung Europas.
Man lasse sich von den Rotten unverbesserlicher Kämpfer für die Menschenrechte nicht belehren, sagte der Spitzenpolitiker. Migranten brächten laut Orbán Verbrechen und Terror nach Europa. Sie würden Jagd auf unsere Frauen und Mädchen machen und zündelnden Antisemitismus verbreiten.
Wenn wir die Völkerwanderung stoppen wollen, müssen wir vor allem Brüssel bremsen, sagte Orbán. Der Kontinent werde von einer Zig-Millionen-Masse und von einer finalen Gefahr bedroht. Die Völkerwanderung werde als humanitär ausgegeben, es gehe aber um eine Gebietsbesetzung, die Raumverlust für uns bedeutet.
Der Regierungschef sagte auch, Europa sei nicht frei, weil die Wahrheit nicht ausgesprochen werden darf. Früher habe die Sowjetunion als Feind der Freiheit ihren Willen mit Gefängnissen, Lagern und Panzern anderen aufgezwungen. Heute genüge den Freiheitsverächtern das Mündungsfeuer der internationalen Presse, Verleumdungen, Drohungen und Erpressung.
Orbáns Rede vor dem Nationalmuseum wurde von Protestrufen Hunderter Demonstranten begleitet. Unter den Orbán-freundlichen Zuhören waren wie jedes Jahr viele Gäste aus Polen, die Orbán als Freunde seiner Flüchtlingspolitik willkommen hieß. Am 15. März feiert Ungarn den Beginn der antihabsburgischen Revolte 1848.
15. 3. 2016