10 December 2012. RIA-Novosti Video. Russian Vodka: A History

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People from China to Italy and beyond sometimes deny that Russia gave the world vodka. However, the Vodka History Museum’s staff is convinced that the drink originated in Russia. Click here for a two-minute vid in English on Russia’s fave poison of choice.

10 December 2012

RIA-Novosti

http://en.rian.ru/video/20121210/178052480.html

 

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10 December 2012. RIA-Novosti Infographics. Nuclear Chain Reactions

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8 December 2012

RIA-Novosti

http://en.rian.ru/infographics/20121208/177985581.html 

 

The First Four Posts Below This Announcement Are “Stuck” for the Holiday Season… The New Stuff is Underneath Them…

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10 December 2012. Video. Sov Multifilm Дед Мороз и серый волк (Ded Moroz i sery volk: Ded Moroz and the Grey Wolf)

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This 1978 multifilm was the sequel to 1974’s Мешок яблок (Meshok yablok: A Bag of Apples). It was a remake of a 1937 multifilm, but Suteyev made creative changes in the scenario. In the plot, Ded Moroz prepares New Year’s gifts for the young forest animals. A grey wolf and raven come up with a plan to kidnap the rabbits. The action centres on the kidnapping of the rabbit children… but have no fear; the plot has the obligatory Sov happy ending. Everyone celebrates the New Year and all the young forest animals get their presents.

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