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Alexandr Radayev
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Two men share a warm handshake in a hall with a red carpet
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A possible alliance is called very interesting from a historical point of view
Putin, Modi, Xi. From a historical point of view, this would be a very interesting alliance.
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Let us choose the ocean with the most epic relief
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Charlie Chaplin at a Fancy-Dress Party in 1925
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Pasted-over pages in books at the Akhmatova Museum and her poems about Stalin
The Akhmatova Museum in the Fountain House holds collections of verse with pasted-over pages. It is reported that Akhmatova herself pasted these pages shut. What is beneath? Akhmatova's poems about Stalin. It is believed that Anna Andreyevna was compelled to write them in order to help her
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An old printed text on how little intellect it takes to invent new tidings
A Journalist's Memorandum:. Inventing fresh news requires no great store of intellect
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The Morning of a Telegram Channel Admin
"What news have you?" "I have heard nothing." "How can you have heard nothing, when you are always in the company of great men?" "No, Your Excellency, nothing has been said to me." "That cannot be; at the very least you
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As Ksenia Sobchak Would Say: Such Is Life
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Leo Tolstoy on why parents send their children away to gymnasium
Why do parents send their <children> away from home to the gymnasium? It suddenly became clear to me. If parents kept their <children> at home, they would see the consequences of their own immoral life in their children. Leo Tolstoy
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Umberto Eco on why one should buy more books than one can read
It is foolish to think that one must read every book one has bought, just as it is foolish to criticise those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It is the same as saying that one must use up every fork, glass, screwdriver or
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