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7 Russian dishes that you probably don’t want to try

`Herring under a fur coat’

Source: RBTH

This most extravagant Russian salad is an elegant combination of salted herring, mayonnaise, boiled carrots and potatoes, all stacked in layers. `Herring under a fur coat’ reveals a Russian chef’s innate sense of humor, and many Russians agree that this dish makes an excellent hors d'oeuvre to go with a couple of shots of vodka. This dish is not the healthiest, but it’s definitely on top of the degustation menu.

Holodets (aspic)

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Lada car sales in the EU soar by 63%

In the first quarter of 2017, Lada sold 1,142 cars in the European Union, according to research by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). This figure is 63.1 percent more than the same period in 2016.

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'I’m already back': Robots seized in Moscow airport

On April 20, Sheremetyevo Airport security personnel suspected something was wrong with three oversized pieces of luggage for an Air China flight to Nanchang, China. They made an additional check, which revealed three ready-to-use combat robots that they immediately seized, Lenta.ru (in Russian) reported.

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Climate change is a boon for Santa Claus with April snowfall

The city of Kirov (590 miles east of Moscow) has been hit by snowfalls and blizzards instead of spring drops. In some places there are 17 inches of snow on the ground. So, it's no surprise that in the middle of this foul weather Old Man Frost (the Russian Santa Claus) has appeared on the streets. The fairytale character walked around the city, greeted the locals and handed out gifts, wrote the local news website, Progorod. 

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Badass babushkas: 10 Russian grannies who defy stereotypes

1. 'Instagran'

The grandmother travels the old-fashioned way, without a mobile phone, but with a camera and a backpack. Source: Ekaterina Papina

This granny from the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk (2,000 miles east of Moscow) literally lives a dream life, traveling around the world. Granny Lena even celebrated her 90th birthday in the Dominican Republic! Photos of all her journeys are uploaded to Instagram and Facebook with the help of her grandson. She only decided to start traveling when she turned 83. Читать дальше...

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Forbes ranks Russia's wealthiest titans of business

The Russian version of Forbes Magazine published the latest annual top 200 rating of the country's wealthiest people in business. The magazine noted that the cutoff threshold has never been so high, with one needing a fortune of at least $500 million to make the ranking. In comparison, last year the figure was $350 million. The combined fortune of all people in the 2016 rating stands at $460 billion.

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Russian IT exports grow rapidly as tech startups go global

While a student at Moscow State University, Andrei Sviridenko created artificial intelligence software, and when he went to Heidelberg, Germany as an exchange student he started looking for buyers. Riding his bike to visit small local computer companies he eventually found GTS GmbH, which liked his software solution and bought a license for it. That’s how Sviridenko launched Spirit DSP.

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Russian Literature Week 2017 in New York City

Russian Literature Week 2017 presents a series of panels, screenings, and in-person conversations featuring some of Russia’s most acclaimed new authors, famed translators of Russian fiction, and several of the world’s leading Russian literature scholars and literary critics.

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