🔻An American journalist, Tucker Carlson, was seen in Moscow. They say his intention is to interview President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.

• (А) почему бы и нет?
   [(a) pa-che-mu by i net]
   Why not?

🔻"Почему бы и нет" is a valid translation of "why not" expressing a supposed possibility or opportunity of some action.

🔻There is one more version of this phrase with the same meaning, but a humorous one:

• (A) почему бы и да?
  [(a) pa-che-mu by i da]

Picture: Internet meme

#just_a_joke

#spoken_Russian

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• Держава
  [dir-zha-va]

🔻The globus cruciger (Latin for 'cross-bearing orb'), or "the orb and cross", is an orb surmounted by a cross. It is a symbol of royal power.

🔻The orb was created by the jeweler Georg Frederick Eckart in 1784 and, like the large imperial crown, has survived to this day almost in its original form. Only at the end of the 18th century a large diamond and sapphire were added to it.

🔻A smooth, polished, hollow inside ball of red gold is entwined along the upper half with belts of garlands of silver and diamonds, which were, apparently, part of earlier state regalia - from the time of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna.

🔻At the top of the orb is an oval sapphire of 200 carats, brought from Ceylon; the huge stone is bordered with diamonds. An ancient diamond from the Golconda mines is placed at the junction of the decorative belts. Weighing 46.92 carats, this absolutely pure stone has a light blue tint and tiny cracks.

#brief_and_interesting

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