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Law bans depicting places of worship without religious symbols in media, advertising and emblems
A Law on the Protection of Religious Symbols Has Been Adopted. The law amends the federal law "On Freedom of Conscience and on Religious Associations" and prohibits the use of images of religious buildings and other objects bearing religious symbols with those symbols removed, in the media, in
Observations · Society · Pop Culture · Humour
Migrant workers making Loro Piana clothing work 18-hour days
Loro Piana placed under judicial administration after details emerge of its clandestine production in illegal Chinese workshops right in Milan. Serious labour violations in the Italian fashion industry have long been a matter of talk, and every so often the fashion world is rocked by another scandal. Dior, Valentino and
Faith · Observations · Society · Humour
The French Think of Abolishing Victory Day
The Prime Minister of the French Republic, François Bayrou, has proposed abolishing the day off on Easter Monday and on Victory Day, which in France, as in other European countries, falls on 8 May. Formally, this is to cut the budget deficit. Of the 11 public holidays on which the
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What Is Forbidden in Russia
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God Grant Good Health to Oleg Imameev, Mayor of the Amur Capital
Observations · Mores · Society · Humour
A short remark on the social importance of observing a dress code
“He came in a suit and did not look like a madman”. a brief but pithy remark on the social importance of observing the dress code
Archive · Society · People
Vysotsky's paternal grandparents and Lev Levin, the doctor executed in 1938
The paternal grandparents of Vladimir Vysotsky were called Wolf Shliomovich Vysotsky and Dora Ovseyevna Bronstein. Wolf was a schoolfellow of Mikhoels and Babel. Dora Ovseyevna's stepfather, Lev Levin, physician to members of the government and to Maxim Gorky, was shot in 1938 on a charge of participating in
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The Battle of Gettysburg and Russian Empire's support for the Union under Alexander II
Union Veterans, Northerners, and Confederate Veterans, Southerners, at the Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1913. And yet, had the Battle of Gettysburg ended differently, we might today have had two distinct states: the Northern States and the Confederacy. The Russian Empire, in the person
Archive · Society · Paris
Liberation of Paris in 1944, Russian partisans in the Resistance and de Gaulle's visit to Moscow
The Liberation of Paris, Summer 1944, Unknown Photographer. Paris was liberated soon after the opening of the Second Front, at a time when everyone understood that the Red Army was about to reach the borders of the USSR and would shortly begin its advance westward. The city was liberated by
Archive · Art · Society · Humour
America Talks of Nothing but the Russian Bear
Illustrations from the early twentieth century, taken from the American humorous magazine Puck. Our little Mishka is so charming; how could one possibly not fall in love with him?
Observations · Mores · Education · Society
From 3 September, amendments to the Rosstandart order on the GOST for school uniform come into force
From 3 September, amendments to the Rosstandart order on the GOST for school uniform come into force. The relevant ministry, however, points out that "schools have the right to set their own requirements for the appearance, colour, cut and insignia of the uniform, taking into account the opinion of