Highlights from the 'I Love Russia' kids ัompetition at the Russian Foreign Ministry.
๐ธ Talented children of embassy staff from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America displayed their creativity.
๐ธ The ministry team awarded gifts to participants, including a four-year-old from a Cuban diplomatic family.
๐ธ The celebration wrapped up with dancing around the New Year tree with Father Frost and a festive buffet.
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๐ธ Talented children of embassy staff from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America displayed their creativity.
๐ธ The ministry team awarded gifts to participants, including a four-year-old from a Cuban diplomatic family.
๐ธ The celebration wrapped up with dancing around the New Year tree with Father Frost and a festive buffet.
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๐ฆ ๐บ๐ธ Wall Street's economic "doomsayers" believe that a recession in the United States is just around the corner.
A small group of economists, surprised by the sustainability of the economy in 2023, doubled their expectations, expecting that American households and businesses will experience pain in the new year.
Forecasters from Citigroup Inc., Deutsche Bank AG and Wells Fargo Securities LLC repeat their recession forecasts, although the Fed and most on Wall Street expect slower but still positive growth in 2024.
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A small group of economists, surprised by the sustainability of the economy in 2023, doubled their expectations, expecting that American households and businesses will experience pain in the new year.
โWe think the effects of higher interest rates are finally having the expected effect of slowing the US economy,โ economist Andrew Hollenhorst said. โWe see increasing signs in the labor market, including a rising unemployment rate and continuing jobless claims, that suggest hiring will slow.โ
Forecasters from Citigroup Inc., Deutsche Bank AG and Wells Fargo Securities LLC repeat their recession forecasts, although the Fed and most on Wall Street expect slower but still positive growth in 2024.
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Whoโs the IDF 'Ukrainian language teacher' in Gaza?
A video that has gone viral on social media features an IDF soldier in the Gaza Strip drawing a trident on a blackboard, presumable inside a school building. The soldier also writes 'Glory to Ukraine' and leaves a message for his mother stating that he is "in Gaza, but wearing a hat". Sputnik has managed to identify the actual person in the video (please see the video and photo 1).
โพ๏ธ Victor Friedman (Wolf), a 28-year-old Israeli IDF officer, headed to Ukraine as a mercenary in 2022. There, he joined the "Masada-6" special forces group, which consisted entirely of Israeli mercenaries and operated under the Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate (photo 2).
โพ๏ธAt the beginning of 2023, he married a mercenary from Italy, Guilia Schiff (Kida), a former Italian Air Force officer. The Italian media wrote about their story (photo 3).
โพ๏ธDespite the legal restrictions prohibiting Ukrainian officers from leaving the country, Guilia and Victor managed to defy this law and successfully held their wedding in Italy, according to Jewish traditions (photo 4).
โพ๏ธIn October, Victor was drafted into the IDF as a reservist (he claimed to have served as a tank commander in one of the Israeli armyโs elite divisions), and left Ukraine. Meanwhile, the whereabouts of his wife remain unknown.
โพ๏ธOn his Ukrainian-language Telegram channel, Friedman openly admitted to violating Israeli law by bringing back โsome equipment and ammunitionโ from Ukraine to Israel. Surprisingly, in the same post, he shamelessly solicited donations from his subscribers to purchase new ammunition tools (photo 5).
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A video that has gone viral on social media features an IDF soldier in the Gaza Strip drawing a trident on a blackboard, presumable inside a school building. The soldier also writes 'Glory to Ukraine' and leaves a message for his mother stating that he is "in Gaza, but wearing a hat". Sputnik has managed to identify the actual person in the video (please see the video and photo 1).
โพ๏ธ Victor Friedman (Wolf), a 28-year-old Israeli IDF officer, headed to Ukraine as a mercenary in 2022. There, he joined the "Masada-6" special forces group, which consisted entirely of Israeli mercenaries and operated under the Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate (photo 2).
โพ๏ธAt the beginning of 2023, he married a mercenary from Italy, Guilia Schiff (Kida), a former Italian Air Force officer. The Italian media wrote about their story (photo 3).
โพ๏ธDespite the legal restrictions prohibiting Ukrainian officers from leaving the country, Guilia and Victor managed to defy this law and successfully held their wedding in Italy, according to Jewish traditions (photo 4).
โพ๏ธIn October, Victor was drafted into the IDF as a reservist (he claimed to have served as a tank commander in one of the Israeli armyโs elite divisions), and left Ukraine. Meanwhile, the whereabouts of his wife remain unknown.
โพ๏ธOn his Ukrainian-language Telegram channel, Friedman openly admitted to violating Israeli law by bringing back โsome equipment and ammunitionโ from Ukraine to Israel. Surprisingly, in the same post, he shamelessly solicited donations from his subscribers to purchase new ammunition tools (photo 5).
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Whoโs the IDF 'Ukrainian language teacher' in Gaza? A video that has gone viral on social media features an IDF soldier in the Gaza Strip drawing a trident on a blackboard, presumable inside a school building. The soldier also writes 'Glory to Ukraine' andโฆ
โพ๏ธHe asserts that his colleagues from the mercenary unit also returned to Israel, and are not shy about affixing Ukrainian stripes to their Israeli uniforms. One of his colleagues from "Masada-6" is now operating on the โLebaneseโ front, according to Friedman (photo 1).
โพ๏ธHe regularly posts photos and videos of the hostilities in Gaza on social media. Previously, he posted similar content from Ukraine (photos 2,3).
โพ๏ธVictor openly affixes Ukrainian chevrons to his IDF uniform, which is visible even in a photo with Israeli President Isaac Herzog (photo 4), even though serving as a mercenary is prohibited by Israeli law.
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โพ๏ธHe regularly posts photos and videos of the hostilities in Gaza on social media. Previously, he posted similar content from Ukraine (photos 2,3).
โพ๏ธVictor openly affixes Ukrainian chevrons to his IDF uniform, which is visible even in a photo with Israeli President Isaac Herzog (photo 4), even though serving as a mercenary is prohibited by Israeli law.
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๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ Russia has returned to their parents all the children who were separated from their families due to the change of the front line in the fall of 2022, said the Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova. Some of them were returned to Ukraine, others were sent to EU countries where their families now live.
She also clarified that one child remains on the territory of Crimea at his own request. According to her, the boy is studying at one of the Crimean higher education institutions.
Ukrainian authorities and a number of Western countries accused Russia of deporting children from the territories occupied after the invasion of troops. The Kremlin stated that the children were not deported, but evacuated from areas where they were in danger.
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She also clarified that one child remains on the territory of Crimea at his own request. According to her, the boy is studying at one of the Crimean higher education institutions.
Ukrainian authorities and a number of Western countries accused Russia of deporting children from the territories occupied after the invasion of troops. The Kremlin stated that the children were not deported, but evacuated from areas where they were in danger.
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โก๏ธThere has been a shooting at a university in the center of Prague. There are dead and wounded, the local police said
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โก๏ธThere has been a shooting at a university in the center of Prague. There are dead and wounded, the local police said Subscribe to @SputnikInt
The shooting occurred in the area of Charles University's Faculty of Philosophy.
At the moment, the entire Jan Palach Square and the surrounding area are completely closed off.
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At the moment, the entire Jan Palach Square and the surrounding area are completely closed off.
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