Recently I’ve heard an amazing story from an Italian.
She is 43 years old. A native Milanese. She is active, sociable, works as a salesperson in a store. She speaks several languages. For some reason she did not get married, although she is quite nice and adequate. She has no children. Or, rather, she did not.…
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In my opinion, when assessing the events in Ukraine, many observers have confused concepts.
Initially, the events in Kiev, later called EuroMaidan, were perceived by the democratic public in the West, in Russia and in Ukraine itself as the struggle of Ukrainians with the authoritarian corrupt government of the country. Therefore, Democrats around the …
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My classmates and fellow students often ask me: How did you withstand the ravages of time? Like, for my age I look pretty young.
It’s nice to hear such compliments.
If someone is really interested, I’m ready to share some secrets.
Firstly, I don’t drink alcohol.
Nothing at all. Even …
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Courts in any country play a huge role in building the state itself. Without fair decisions of courts, citizens cease to trust official justice, that is, the state itself. And if citizens do not trust the state, then they begin to sabotage laws, cease to obey government bodies, try to seek justice in an illegal field.
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Recently my Kazakh acquaintance who lives in London told me an interesting story from the ordinary life of the Englishmen.
He himself lives near Heathrow Airport. So, it turns out that this airport has for a long time wanted to expand and build another additional runway. Being one of the largest airports in the world, its …
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– Stop swaying the boat. Stop worrying people. Why are you calling them to rallies against the authorities?
– We want improvements in our lives. We want the government to submit to us, and not dominate in the country. We want corruption to stop in state agencies and in courts. We want the children of …
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South African sardines are small marine fish, about 20 cm long and weighing only 100 grams. They are food for many fish, animals and birds, such as dolphins, whales, gannets, cormorants.
What is interesting. In a period of great migration along the southern and eastern coasts of Africa, about 5 billion sardines are gathered into a …
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Interesting things are going on in the Kazakhstani notarial sphere.
Joint Stock Company “National Information Technologies” (“NIT”) has developed the software product “Unified Notary Information System” (“UNIS”). Information about the actions of all notaries of the country flows to the UNIS. From the same system, notaries take information about the actions of other notaries and through …
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Do you know how our and their notions of men’s and women’s honor differ?
For us, the man’s honor is measured by whether he can protect himself and his family from external threats. For example, whether he will be able to rebuff the offenders on the street, catch up with the car that cut him, and …
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Last summer in France I met with a Russian emigrant. His name is Sergey. He’s in his fifties. A wealthy person. A successful businessman. But… he is receiving French citizenship.
“Why did you decide to emigrate?” I asked him.
“You see, Marat, life is hard for businessmen like me in Russia. The atmosphere is …
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