So why did Russia was really punished for and why its’ national team was not allowed for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea?
The article of the English “Guardian” details the report of the Head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) commission to investigate the facts of the use and concealment of doping in Russia by …
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We all admire strong people. We enthusiastically look at their photos on the covers of magazines, with interest read about them in the news. And sometimes we do not suspect that real heroes quietly live among us.
Is the waitress, who is a single mother with two children, serves the visitors from morning till night, and …
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Should we be proud of our illustrious athletes if they are involved in doping scandals?
I think not.
They committed misconduct and should be punished for it.
It does not matter that they are our fellow citizens.
The truth is one for all, as for our people, and for others.…
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One of the creations of the Kremlin propaganda says that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) secretly gave permission to some American athletes (for example, Williams sisters) to use illegal drugs, while Russian athletes were banned. And the supposedly heroic efforts of the hacker group called “Fancy Bears” helped to uncover this injustice.
And now comes the …
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Modern politics has a very painful question, which has not been unequivocally answered over the years.
Where is the line between the fight for independence and separatism?
After all, almost always, when some are fighting for independence of their nationality or their territory, there are others who consider it as separatism and fight against …
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They say that a complete coincidence in views with another person is just as unlikely as finding your complete double.
But still. Respond me if you exist, my mental double, respond!
Here are my signs, by which you will recognize me:
1. I am a liberal-democrat.
I am for the freedom of the individual in society, for the freedom of …
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– Uncle Marat. Why do you listen to old songs? What is good about them? I do not even understand what they are about.
– Try to listen, my nephew. If you do not understand, I will explain.
Listen to this:
“Circular bail smears like soot.”
You recently entered the …
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Recently an acquaintance went to her small Motherland – to one of the regional centers of Kazakhstan.
She got there on a celebration; her relatives celebrated the enrolment of a son in the first grade. It was not a wedding, not an anniversary. Simply, the son goes to school.
But in what a grandiose …
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In a secular, democratic state, which we call ourselves, religion is separated from the state, citizens have freedom of religion, all faiths are equal.
These are fundamental principles.
But in everyday life, the boundary between what is permitted and forbidden to draw is very difficult. It is often not prescribed in laws, but exists …
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Everybody knows the history of St. George ribbons. The Order of St. George was established in 1769 to reward the Russian military in the war with Turkey. Then, in the Soviet Union it was canceled, and in 2000, Russia restored it.
The Guards ribbon was established in 1942 to designate guards units, formations and ships that …
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