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  • MIL-OSI Russia: SPbGASU student took part in the Russian Venture Forum

    Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion –

    Source: Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering – Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering – Bogdan Pismarkin at the forum

    On April 10–11, one of the key events in the field of technological entrepreneurship took place in Kazan – the 19th Russian Venture Forum.

    The event brought together more than 150 startups, over 10 venture funds, dozens of investors and representatives of government agencies. The opening ceremony of the forum was attended by the Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia Valery Falkov, the Head of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the President of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan Rifkat Minnikhanov.

    A second-year master’s student at SPbGASU, Bogdan Pismarkin, who is graduating from the Startup as a Diploma program at the Department of Construction Organization, took part in the forum organized by the university with the support of the Center for Student Entrepreneurship and Career of our university.

    The RVF-2025 discussed current issues of venture market development: support for technology startups, companies entering PreIPO, investments in late-stage projects and entering international markets. Particular attention was paid to the interaction between startups and investors – in the format of pitch sessions, startup battles and networking at the forum sites.

    According to Bogdan, he gained valuable practical experience, made many useful contacts with startup representatives, business angels and investors, and also deepened his knowledge in the field of growth strategy and attracting investment.

    “The participation of SPbGASU students in events of this scale not only contributes to the development of their projects, but also strengthens the university’s image. Our students talk about the support of entrepreneurship at the university, attracting new talented applicants – future creators of technology companies that develop the construction industry and the country’s economy as a whole,” noted Ekaterina Abolina, Director of the Center for Student Entrepreneurship and Career.

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  • MIL-OSI Global: Canada’s federal election doesn’t seem like it’s about climate change, but it actually is

    Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Mark Winfield, Professor, Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada

    A defining feature of the ongoing federal election campaign has been the apparent marginalization of the environment and climate change as top-of-mind issues due to threats by the United States against Canadian sovereignty, security and trade.

    But how Canada responds to U.S. President Donald Trump’s actions will also have profound implications for its future greenhouse gas emissions and its economy.

    The current federal election is very different from those held in 2015, 2019 and 2021. In those elections, the environment and climate were central issues. Each time, more than 60 per cent of Canadian voters chose parties (Liberal, NDP, Bloc Québécois and Green) that advocated for strong climate action, including some form of carbon pricing.



    Read more:
    Canada’s federal election made big strides for climate and the environment

    The increasing evidence of the consequences of a changing climate had placed the environment and climate change among the leading issues in the minds of Canadians for nearly two decades. The political landscape has shifted dramatically since then.

    The role of inflation

    Although Trump’s second presidency is often cited as the trigger point for a decline of the environment as a top-of-mind concern for Canadians, the slide actually began a year earlier, in the fall of 2023.

    Despite the record wildfire season that summer, the impact of inflation, triggered in large part by the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, moved economic concerns to the forefront of the public’s mind. Government stimulus programs needed to counter the impacts of the pandemic contributed to inflationary pressures, prompting the Bank of Canada to hike interest rates in response, adding to Canadians’ economic distress.

    Amid high inflation and high interest rates, the Liberal government’s climate strategies — especially consumer carbon pricing — became an easy political target, particularly for a Conservative opposition with little apparent concern for the climate challenge.

    But even though climate change is no longer top of mind for Canadians, it remains a significant embedded concern, with as many as 70 per cent of Canadians believing climate change is real and caused by human activity. And perhaps surprisingly, despite the criticism levelled at the consumer carbon tax, between 60 and 70 per cent of non-Conservative leaning voters (those intending to cast their ballots for Liberal, NDP, Bloc and Green candidates) continue to support the concept of carbon pricing.

    Focus on fossil fuels

    Despite this, many political and business leaders have responded to Trump’s actions by focusing on natural resource exports, especially fossil fuels and critical minerals, to bolster the Canadian economy.

    This has been accompanied by calls to further streamline environmental review and approval processes for resource extraction and export projects like pipelines, and to expand their subsidization by taxpayers.

    Discussions about the climate implications of these initiatives have been noticeably absent. So have conversations about the long-term economic viability and desirability of expanding Canada’s dependency on resource commodity exports to increasingly uncertain global markets.

    On fossil fuels, the International Energy Agency and others are predicting that global consumption will peak within the next decade. This will reflect the falling costs of renewable energy, improving energy productivity and the imperative of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century.

    The peak will likely happen before any new major export infrastructure can be built in Canada, regardless of what review and approval requirements they might be subjected to.

    In a world of declining fossil fuel consumption, Canada — increasingly reliant on high-cost and high-carbon production like oilsands crude and fracked and liquified natural gas — seems more likely to be among the earliest producers to fall than among the last standing. Public investments in new export infrastructure look like dubious propositions in this scenario.



    Read more:
    Coal in Alberta: Neither public outrage nor waning global demand seem to matter to Danielle Smith

    International markets for critical minerals are likely to remain in deep flux as the pace of technological development in renewable energy and energy storage accelerates to reduce or avoid dependency on costly and difficult-to-access materials.

    Mining operations also continue to have substantial environmental impacts with significant implications for reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada.

    Backwards approach

    All of this means there must be continued meaningful scrutiny of projects in terms of their implications for climate change, environmental sustainability and reconciliation, as well as their economic viability and potential legacy costs for taxpayers — not a further streamlining of review processes.

    Falling back on fossil fuels in response to Trump is a fundamentally backwards approach. It ignores the implications of the climate challenge. As recently noted by at least one Canadian business leader, it also overlooks the need to not just diversify Canada’s markets, but to diversify Canadian products as well.

    Canada must design and implement strategies that transform its industries from producers of low-value raw materials into producers of higher-value products and services for a world that must decarbonize and advance sustainability.

    As a coalition of Canadian mayors recently pointed out, climate change remains a real threat to Canadians and their communities. It’s not going away regardless of what Trump’s executive orders might say.

    As they campaign to lead the country, the situation requires more substantive responses from Canada’s would-be prime ministers than Canadians are getting right now.

    Mark Winfield receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

    – ref. Canada’s federal election doesn’t seem like it’s about climate change, but it actually is – https://theconversation.com/canadas-federal-election-doesnt-seem-like-its-about-climate-change-but-it-actually-is-254458

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  • MIL-OSI Economics: Sanctions Update – 15 April 2025

    Source: Isle of Man

    Belarus

    ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida

    Counter-Terrorism (Domestic)

    Global Anti-Corruption

    Global Human Rights

    Iran

    Russia

    Syria

     

    The Authority has been notified that the Isle of Man Treasury, Customs and Immigration Division has recently published new and updated information regarding the above Sanction regimes.

    News Releases advising details of the updates to the above Sanctions regimes can be read on the IOM Government website (www.gov.im/news) at:

    Belarus

    https://www.gov.im/news/2025/mar/19/financial-sanctions-republic-of-belarus/

     

    Financial Sanctions: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida

    https://www.gov.im/news/2025/mar/13/financial-sanctions-isil-daesh-and-al-qaida/

    Financial Sanctions: Counter-Terrorism (Domestic)

    https://www.gov.im/news/2025/apr/09/financial-sanctions-counter-terrorism-domestic/

     

    Global Anti-Corruption

    https://www.gov.im/news/2025/apr/14/financial-sanctions-global-anti-corruption/

    Global Human Rights

    https://www.gov.im/news/2025/mar/19/financial-sanctions-global-human-rights/

    https://www.gov.im/news/2025/mar/24/financial-sanctions-global-human-rights/

    https://www.gov.im/news/2025/mar/27/financial-sanctions-global-human-rights/

    https://www.gov.im/news/2025/apr/02/financial-sanctions-global-human-rights/

    https://www.gov.im/news/2025/apr/10/financial-sanctions-global-human-rights/

     

    Iran

    https://www.gov.im/news/2025/apr/14/financial-sanctions-iran/

    Russia

    https://www.gov.im/news/2025/mar/07/financial-sanctions-russia/

    https://www.gov.im/news/2025/mar/19/financial-sanctions-russia/

    https://www.gov.im/news/2025/mar/20/financial-sanctions-russia/

    https://www.gov.im/news/2025/mar/24/financial-sanctions-russia/

    https://www.gov.im/news/2025/mar/27/financial-sanctions-russia/

    https://www.gov.im/news/2025/apr/14/financial-sanctions-russia/

     

    Syria

    https://www.gov.im/news/2025/mar/06/financial-sanctions-syria/

    Copies of extant Sanctions Notices, are available free of charge over the Internet from the Sanctions and Export Control page on the website of the Isle of Man Treasury, Customs and Immigration Division located at: https://www.gov.im/categories/tax-vat-and-your-money/sanctions-and-export-control

    Any queries regarding the above, or any Sanctions related matter should be addressed to the Isle of Man Treasury, Customs and Immigration Division, Sanctions Officer  on telephone number +44 (0) 1624 648109 or by email to sanctions@gov.im

     

    To receive regular updates about sanctions, including updates to the UK Sanctions List, you can subscribe to the RSS feed for sanctions & Excise news releases by copying and pasting this URL:

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    The UK Treasury operate an ‘alert’ system to provide email updates as and when changes to sanctions are introduced.  Licenceholders may consider it very prudent to avail themselves of this service if they do not already have relevant notification processes in place. 

     

    This service can be found at   Subscribe to Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation updates

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Law Library Publishes New Report on Permitted Uses of Antimicrobials in Animal Agriculture

    Source: US Global Legal Monitor

    Antimicrobials are medicines used to prevent and treat infections in humans, animals, and plants. However, the misuse and overuse of antimicrobials in people and animals, especially food-producing animals, may lead to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), meaning “the ability of bacteria, parasites, viruses and fungi to resist these medicines.” In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) named AMR one of the top 10 threats to global health. Similarly, in 2022, the European Union’s (EU’s) Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA), together with the EU member states, identified threats resulting from AMR as one of the top three serious cross-border health threats in the EU. Data from the WHO shows that AMR resulted in over 1.27 million global deaths in 2019 and contributed to 4.95 million deaths. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that more than 2.8 million antimicrobial-resistant infections occur each year in the U.S., and that more than 35,000 people die as a result.

    The Global Legal Research Directorate (GLRD) of the Law Library of Congress recently completed research on the permitted uses of antimicrobials in animal agriculture in selected jurisdictions, namely Argentina, Brazil, Canada, the EU, Great Britain, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, and Russia. The report that resulted from this research focuses on whether antimicrobials are allowed as food and feed additives to promote growth and increase yield, or to prevent, control, or treat disease in animals. In addition, it provides information on whether the surveyed jurisdictions follow a “One Health Approach” concerning AMR. One Health recognizes that the health of humans, domestic and wild animals, plants, and the environment are closely linked and interdependent. Lastly, the report includes statistics on antimicrobial use (AMU), antimicrobial consumption (AMC), and AMR.

    We invite you to review the information provided in our report here. 

    The report is an addition to the Law Library’s Legal Reports (Publications of the Law Library of Congress) collection, which includes over 4,000 historical and contemporary legal reports covering a variety of jurisdictions, researched and written by foreign law specialists with expertise in each area. To receive alerts when new reports are published, you can subscribe to email updates and the RSS feed for Law Library Reports (click the “subscribe” button on the Law Library’s website). The Law Library also regularly publishes articles related to agriculture and food, animals, and the food industry in the Global Legal Monitor.

    Subscribe to In Custodia Legis – it’s free! – to receive interesting posts drawn from the Law Library of Congress’s vast collections and our staff’s expertise in U.S., foreign, and international law.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Temporary markings are being applied in the center of Moscow for rehearsals and holding of the Victory Parade

    Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion –

    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    Temporary markings for rehearsals and the Victory Parade have begun to be applied in the center of Moscow. This was reported by the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Housing and Public Utilities and Improvement Petr Biryukov.

    “Specialists from the city services complex are working on applying temporary road markings on the section of Tverskaya Street from Pushkinskaya Square to Red Square; there will be six lanes, each 1,084 meters long. In addition, yellow lines will appear at the intersection of Tverskaya and Mokhovaya Streets and on Manezhnaya Square. The markings will serve as a guide for the movement of military equipment during rehearsals and the Victory Parade on May 9. The work is being carried out at night with partial traffic restrictions in this area,” said Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Housing and Public Utilities and Improvement Pyotr Biryukov.

    A special yellow nitro paint is used to apply temporary markings. Such markings are intended only for the movement of equipment involved in the Victory Parade. The movement of other transport is carried out according to the usual scheme. Drivers are asked to be more careful.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: The return on higher education for part-time graduates is lower than for full-time students

    Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion –

    Source: State University Higher School of Economics – State University Higher School of Economics –

    Employees Labor Market Research Laboratories (LIRT) HSE University found that 70% of correspondence course graduates do not receive a significant salary increase within a year after graduating. This is different from full-time course graduates, who earn more in their first year, and the gap grows in the future. The results of the study are presented in the article “The fate of a correspondence student: graduates of Russian correspondence universities in the labor market“, published in the journal “Education Issues” No. 1 for 2025.

    The authors of the study — LIRT research fellow, PhD in Economics Ksenia Rozhkova, LIRT head Sergey Roshchin and LIRT senior research fellow Pavel Travkin — state that one of the important mechanisms for the massification of Russian higher education at the turn of the 2000s was the growth in the coverage of the population by correspondence programs. Correspondence students still make up a significant part of the university graduates: 41.6% among the graduates of 2018 and 35.7% among the graduates of 2022.

    The analysis is based on the total administrative data of the Graduate Employment Monitoring Project, a project implemented jointly by the Russian Ministry of Labor and Social Protection and the Federal Service for Labor and Employment. The data cover bachelor’s and specialist’s degree graduates of two graduation years – 2018 and 2022. Their results in the labor market are measured from October 2022 to September 2023, i.e. during the first year after receiving their diploma for the 2022 class and the fifth year for the 2018 class.

    The authors of the study focus on full-time and part-time bachelor’s and specialist’s degree graduates of 2018 and 2022: 649,269 observations in 2018 and 568,375 observations in 2022. Part-time graduates make up 41.6 and 35.7% of the sample, respectively. The sample is limited to graduates who did not continue their education in other higher education programs – master’s, postgraduate, etc.

    According to the available data, in their final year, part-time students earn more than full-time graduates, which may be the result of the difference in hours spent on work (full-time for part-time students and part-time for full-time students). However, despite the higher start, further growth in part-time students’ salaries is extremely slow, which allows full-time graduates to quickly make up for the initial lag. A year after graduation, full-time students earn on average 3-5% more than part-time graduates, and five years after graduation, the situation changes dramatically: the salary gap increases to 22% in favor of full-time graduates.

    Researchers explain this by the fact that the value of skills and work experience of full-time students increases faster, probably due to differences in the quality of acquired human capital. A difference in the return on the same characteristics for graduates of full-time and part-time education has been recorded. For example, the experience of combining study with work turns out to be more valuable for graduates of full-time programs. The presence of longer work experience among part-time students, including during their studies, reduces the observed salary gap, while traditional indicators of education quality (type of university, diploma with honors) increase it.

    On the one hand, distance learning allows you to work full-time, support yourself, build a career, and achieve leadership positions while receiving your diploma. However, the weak positive dynamics of labor income after graduation and the rapidly growing gap in salaries with full-time graduates show that a diploma from a distance learning program is obviously not equal to a diploma from full-time education. The reason is primarily that distance learning programs are attended by academically less capable students, including those who would otherwise not be able to graduate from a university. The competition for distance learning programs is virtually non-existent or extremely low; they are attended mainly by graduates of secondary vocational education who use college as a way to bypass the Unified State Exam.

    The authors of the study also note that full-time education involves the development of a fundamentally different level of professional skills, which is unavailable when mastering a program part-time. As a result, the lack of a professional foundation, which is laid by high-quality educational training, does not allow part-time graduates to grow professionally after university, as evidenced by their low career and salary mobility. In the perspective of five years, even low-selective full-time education turns out to be more economically advantageous than part-time education.

    Another factor is the surrounding social environment, which makes it possible to build stable horizontal connections: this is only available in face-to-face education.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: IAEA and International Experts Sample Treated Water within Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Prior to its Release

    Source: International Atomic Energy Agency – IAEA

    The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), along with experts from the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and Switzerland, collected samples today of ALPS treated water that had been diluted with seawater ahead of its discharge into the sea at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS).

    The activity is the latest mission carried out under the additional measures which focus on expanding international participation and transparency, allowing hands-on independent measurements of the concentration level of the ALPS treated water which TEPCO – operator of the FDNPS – began discharging in August 2023. In September 2024, the IAEA agreed with Japan to implement additional measures. Through additional measures, third parties can independently verify that water discharge levels are, and will continue to be, in strict compliance and consistent with international safety standards.

    Today’s sampling was the first mission of the additional measures under the IAEA framework to sample the diluted water from the discharge facilities at the plant. It follows a mission in February when IAEA Director General Grossi joined the activities with experts from China, the Republic of Korea and Switzerland to collect seawater samples from a boat in the vicinity of FDNPS. It also builds on the first practical steps of the additional measures carried out in October last year when international experts conducted seawater sampling.

    The experts from the China Institute for Radiation Protection, the Korean Institute for Nuclear Safety, the Institute of Natural Monopolies Research in Russia, and the Spiez Laboratory in Switzerland collected samples from the discharge vertical shaft and seawater pipe header where ALPS treated water is diluted with seawater before being discharged through a  one-kilometre-long tunnel into the sea. The samples were taken from the 12th batch of ALPS treated water to be discharged. Last week, the IAEA confirmed that the tritium level in the 12th batch was far below Japan’s operational limit.

    The samples will be analysed by the IAEA laboratory, by laboratories in Japan and in the participating laboratories from China, Korea, Russia and Switzerland, all members of the IAEA’s Analytical Laboratories for the Measurement of Environmental Radioactivity (ALMERA) network, which were selected for their high level of expertise and analytical proficiency.

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  • MIL-OSI Global: Beggar thy neighbor, harm thyself: Tariffs like Trump’s come with pitfalls, history shows

    Source: The Conversation – USA – By Bedassa Tadesse, Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota Duluth

    Feeling tariff whiplash? You’re not alone. On April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs – a 10% levy on nearly all U.S. imports, along with targeted duties aimed at punishing countries he accuses of exploiting American markets. Just a week later, on April 9, his administration abruptly paused much of the plan for 90 days, leaving markets and allies scrambling for clarity.

    The proposed tariffs were pitched as a way to revive U.S. manufacturing, reclaim jobs and counter what Trump considers unfair trade practices. But they immediately rattled the financial markets and raised alarms among economists and America’s global partners. Critics across the political spectrum revived a familiar warning: “beggar-thy-neighbor.”

    History shows that such policies rarely succeed. In today’s interconnected world, they’re more likely to provoke swift, precise and painful retaliation.

    What is the ‘beggar-thy-neighbor’ strategy?

    The phrase comes from economic history and refers to protectionist measures – tariffs, import restrictions or currency manipulation – designed to boost one country’s economy at the expense of its trading partners. Think of it like cleaning your yard by dumping the trash into your neighbor’s property: It looks tidy on your side until they respond.

    This approach starkly contrasts with the principles laid out by Adam Smith. In “The Wealth of Nations,” he argued that trade is not a zero-sum game. Specialization and open markets, he observed, create mutual benefit – a rising tide that lifts all boats. Trump’s tariffs disregard this logic.

    And history backs Smith. In the 1930s, the U.S. adopted a similar strategy to the one Trump is experimenting with through the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, raising duties to protect domestic jobs. The result was a wave of global retaliation that choked international trade and worsened the Great Depression.

    A case in point: Lesotho

    As an example, consider the 50% tariff the United States imposed on imports from Lesotho, a small landlocked African nation. The measure took effect at midnight on April 3 but was reportedly subject to the 90-day pause starting midday April 4.

    The tariff rate was calculated by taking the U.S. trade deficit with Lesotho – US$234.5 million in 2024 – dividing that by the total value of Lesotho’s exports to the U.S., or $237.3 million, and dividing that by two.

    The 50% tariff would have a negligible effect on the U.S. economy – after all, out of the $3.3 trillion the U.S. imported in 2024, only a tiny fraction came from Lesotho. But for Lesotho, a nation that relies heavily on garment exports and preferential U.S. market access, the consequences would be severe. Using the same tariff logic across all partners, big or small, overlooks basic economic realities: differences in scale, trade capacity and vulnerability. It epitomizes beggar-thy-neighbor thinking: offloading domestic frustrations onto weaker economies for short-term political optics.

    Lesotho is just one example. Even countries that import more from the U.S. than they export, such as Australia and the U.K., haven’t been spared. This “scoreboard” mentality – treating trade deficits as losses and surpluses as wins – risks reducing the complexity of global commerce to a tit-for-tat game.

    The return of a familiar — and risky — playbook

    Such thinking has consequences. During Trump’s first term, China retaliated against U.S. tariffs by slashing imports of American soybeans and pork. As a result, those exports plummeted from $14 billion in 2017 to just $3 billion in 2018, hitting politically sensitive states like Iowa hard. The European Union responded to U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs by threatening to target bourbon from Kentucky and motorcycles from Wisconsin – iconic products from the home states of former GOP leaders Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan. Canada and the European Union have shown a willingness to use similar tactics this time around.

    This isn’t new. In 2002, President George W. Bush imposed tariffs of up to 30% on imported steel, prompting the European Union to threaten retaliatory tariffs targeting products such as Florida citrus and Carolina textiles made in key swing states. Facing domestic political pressure and a World Trade Organization ruling against the measure, Bush reversed course within 21 months.

    A decade earlier, the Clinton administration endured a long-running trade dispute with the EU known as the “banana wars,” in which European regulators structured import rules that disadvantaged U.S.-backed Latin American banana exporters in favor of former European colonies.

    During the Obama years, the U.S. increased visa fees that disproportionately impacted India’s technology services sector. India responded by delaying approvals for American drugmakers and large retail investments.

    Not all forms of trade retaliation grab headlines. Many are subtle, slow and bureaucratic – but no less damaging. Customs officials can delay paperwork or may impose arbitrary inspection or labeling requirements. Approval for U.S. pharmaceuticals, tech products or chemicals can be stalled for vague procedural reasons. Public procurement rules can be quietly rewritten to exclude U.S. companies.

    While these tactics rarely draw public attention, their cumulative cost is real: missed delivery deadlines, lost contracts and rising operational costs. Over time, American businesses may shift operations abroad – not because of labor costs or regulation at home, but to escape the slow drip of bureaucratic punishment they experience elsewhere.

    Tariffs in a connected economy

    Supporters of tariffs often argue that they protect domestic industries and create jobs. In theory, they might. But in practice, recent history shows they are more likely to invite retaliation, raise prices and disrupt supply chains.

    Modern manufacturing is deeply interconnected. A product may involve assembling components from a dozen countries, moving back and forth across borders. Tariffs hurt foreign suppliers and American manufacturers, workers and consumers.

    More strategically damaging, they erode U.S. influence. Allies grow weary of unpredictable trade moves, and rivals, including China and Russia, step in to forge deeper partnerships. Countries may reduce their exposure to the U.S. dollar, sell off Treasury bonds, or align with regional blocs like the BRICS group – led by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – not out of ideology, but necessity.

    In short, the U.S. weakens its own strategic hand. The long-term cost isn’t just economic – it’s geopolitical.

    Rather than resorting to beggar-thy-neighbor tactics, the U.S. could secure its future by investing in what truly drives long-term strength: smart workforce development, breakthrough innovation and savvy partnerships with allies. This approach would tackle trade imbalances through skillful diplomacy instead of brute force, while building resilience at home by equipping American workers and companies to thrive – not by scapegoating others.

    History makes a clear case: Ditching the obsession with bilateral trade deficits and focusing instead on value creation pays off. The U.S. can source components from around the world and elevate them through unmatched design, innovation and manufacturing excellence. That’s the heartbeat of real economic might.

    Bedassa Tadesse does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    – ref. Beggar thy neighbor, harm thyself: Tariffs like Trump’s come with pitfalls, history shows – https://theconversation.com/beggar-thy-neighbor-harm-thyself-tariffs-like-trumps-come-with-pitfalls-history-shows-254141

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Sobyanin told how social coordinators help hospital patients

    Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion –

    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    Contact relatives, help restore documents and accompany them when they are discharged: over 3.5 years, social coordinators and psychologists have helped 150 thousand city residents. Sergei Sobyanin reported this in on your telegram channel.

    “Right now, all hospitals in the city are working

    social coordinators. Since the project was launched, they have resolved 350,000 non-medical issues. Almost a third concerns psychological support. Specialists help cope with anxiety, tune in to treatment, restore strength and motivation. Social coordinators do the most important work: they surround patients with care, help maintain emotional balance and confidence, which are so necessary on the path to recovery,” the Mayor of Moscow wrote.

    Source: Sergei Sobyanin’s Telegram channel @Mos_Sobyanin 

    Since 2022, all adult and children’s city clinics have been providing the necessary social assistance. You don’t need to write any applications for this – just contact one of the 120 social coordinators and 40 psychologists working in Moscow hospitals.

    The specialist will clarify the patient’s needs, study their life circumstances, develop an individual assistance route and offer solutions in the event of a crisis. It is social coordinators who now contact relatives if the patient cannot call themselves, and deal with more complex cases, such as assistance in restoring lost documents.

    The most important task of the coordinators is to take care of the solution of the patient’s social problems that arise after discharge from the hospital in advance. At the same time, if a person is urgently taken to the hospital, but does not need hospitalization, social support will be provided to him if necessary.

    Thanks to social coordinators, the non-core workload of doctors and mid-level medical personnel is significantly reduced. They can devote more time and attention to their main functions – treating patients.

    Moscow’s advanced experience is also being used in other Russian cities, such as Lipetsk and Khabarovsk. Tyumen Oblast plans to join the project in the near future.

    Psychological help

    Almost a third of non-medical services provided to patients in Moscow hospitals are psychological consultations (more than 100 thousand in 3.5 years). Specialists help patients cope with emotions and experiences, prepare for treatment and mobilize additional resources for recovery.

    For those who have encountered an oncological disease, the staff of the Moscow Oncopsychologist Service, formed in 2023, conduct consultations and organize support groups. In such cases, it is important to carry out treatment as quickly as possible. However, fears, uncertainty and doubts often prevent making the right decision. It is difficult for a patient to share his inner experiences with loved ones because he protects their feelings – and then oncopsychologists come to the rescue. Today, 17 specialized specialists work in Moscow outpatient oncology care centers.

    Psychologists support patients and their loved ones at all stages of treatment. You can seek an in-person consultation without an appointment. In addition, a remote format is available – a special platform for online consultations via video link “Psychology for Life”. Since the start of the project, oncopsychologists have conducted over 18 thousand offline and online consultations.

    For cancer patients and their loved ones, there is a support group called “Equal to Equal”, where, during a confidential conversation, you can discuss your fears and worries not only with an oncopsychologist, but also with people who have already gone through a similar path and overcome the disease. At the end of 2024, the group also launched an online format. During the project’s implementation, 330 groups were organized, which were joined by more than 1.2 thousand people.

    At the end of February 2025, the EMIAS.INFO mobile application introduced the ability to leave a request for psychological assistance by phone. Oncopsychologists contact the patient, provide support and, if necessary, refer them to an in-person or remote appointment or enroll them in a support group. Over 420 requests were received in March.

    “Sometimes after discharge, a person may need special care. For Muscovites who independently care for their loved ones, there is a free project called “School of Relative Care”. The school’s specialists not only teach professional skills, but also provide further support at home,” Sergei Sobyanin said in

    on your telegram channel.

    Source: Sergei Sobyanin’s Telegram channel @Mos_Sobyanin 

    Accompanying patients over 65 years of age

    In November last year, a new service was launched in Moscow — support for patients over 65 years old when they are discharged from hospital. Social coordinators help them collect their personal belongings, contact relatives or a social worker if necessary, and call a taxi.

    If a person is alone and has no one to take care of him, specialists help arrange social services at home. Already in the hospital, coordinators hand over needy patients to Moscow social workers, who from that moment on begin to care for their health and well-being. This seamless approach makes the process of discharging patients over 65 from the hospital as comfortable and safe as possible. More than 37 thousand senior Muscovites have already used the new service.

    How do social coordinators work?

    An 88-year-old Muscovite was admitted to the I.V. Davydovsky City Clinical Hospital No. 23 after losing consciousness in a grocery store. She was taken by ambulance and was very nervous when she arrived at the hospital. In a conversation with the social coordinator, the elderly woman shared that she lives alone and has no relatives, so she is worried about how she will be discharged and how she will carry heavy bags of groceries.

    With the patient’s consent, while she was undergoing treatment in the hospital, specialists helped with the arrangement of social services at home. After recovery, the woman was not only accompanied when she was discharged, but also informed the social worker in advance when she needed to be met and taken home. Thanks to the social coordinators, the elderly Muscovite has an assistant who now takes care of her and helps with her everyday life.

    Peace of mind for patients is not only the absence of stress, but also good emotions during inpatient treatment. Social coordinators provide care to patients every day. For example, during her stay at the Moscow Multidisciplinary Clinical Center “Kommunarka”, one of the patients turned 95 years old. Her condition did not allow her to receive visitors, so the specialists decided to improvise – they organized a video call with relatives. The birthday girl was congratulated by her entire family, the woman did not hide her joy, and her health improved significantly as a result.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: KRSU and Polytech: development through partnership

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    An extended meeting dedicated to the development of the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University was held at the Polytechnic University, with the participation of representatives of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia.

    The event was attended by the rector of SPbPU Andrey Rudskoy, the referent of the Office of the President of the Russian Federation Vadim Smirnov, the acting rector of KRSU Sergey Volkov, representatives of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia – the acting director of the Department of State Policy in Higher Education Elena Tumakova and the head of the department of the Department of International Cooperation Alexey Poyda, as well as the heads of key departments and institutes of the Polytechnic University involved in the implementation of projects to transform KRSU.

    Before the meeting, the participants summed up the results of the internship at SPbPU for the heads of KRSU educational programs. Kyrgyz colleagues presented projects for updating curricula in five areas.

    The meeting became a platform for summing up the interim results of cooperation and discussing plans for 2025. Since January of this year, SPbPU has been acting as the coordinator of development programs for all four Slavic universities. Particular attention is paid to KRSU, where the Polytechnic University helps to modernize engineering education, scientific activities and personnel potential. Over the course of a year of joint work, curricula have been revised, network programs and programs for improving the qualifications of teachers have been launched.

    The development of Russian-national (Slavic) universities is one of the priority projects of our country in the promotion of Russian education and culture. At present, we give special priority to working with the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University, since we, as one of the leading technical universities in Russia, are faced with the task of assisting KRSU in building all the basic processes related to the development of engineering areas. This is education, science, human capital, – emphasized the rector of SPbPU Andrey Rudskoy.

    Vice-Rector for International Activities Dmitry Arsenyev recalled that the active development of the project with KRSU began a year ago with the international forum in Bishkek, when SPbPU first began comprehensive expert work on the KRSU development program.

    Over the many years of work at the Polytechnic University, I cannot recall a larger-scale international project involving more than 200 key employees and specialists of the university, representing all leading institutes and basic divisions, noted Dmitry Arsenyev.

    Responsible SPbPU employees in the areas presented the main results of the past year – qualitative and quantitative results in key areas (educational activities, development of scientific potential, youth policy, distance technologies in education, interlibrary cooperation) and priority areas (construction, electronics and telecommunications, energy, ICT, lean manufacturing). The participants proposed specific plans for 2025 and identified the main problem areas.

    The ideas that we discussed just a year ago have proven to be correct, and this is encouraging. I would like to express my gratitude to the Polytechnic team. You have taken on the task as a team, each working in their own area. We believe that there will be results, commented Vadim Smirnov, aide to the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation.

    The participants discussed the progress and development prospects of KRSU with the support of SPbPU, noted significant steps in joint work: modernization of educational programs, launch of network projects and strengthening of academic mobility. Vadim Smirnov emphasized the importance of a systematic approach to motivating KRSU employees and proposed integrating their participation in programs with the Polytechnic University into the incentive system.

    Participation in joint projects should become one of the key criteria for incentive payments. This will help strengthen engagement and demonstrate the value of interaction, said Vadim Smirnov.

    Acting Director of the Department of State Policy in Higher Education Elena Tumakova drew attention to the need for a comprehensive approach to motivating the teaching staff of KRSU, supporting the proposal to specifically encourage employees who are actively involved in projects with SPbPU.

    The participants discussed the low level of digital competencies of KRSU teachers, the lack of funding for scientific research and the difficulties with adapting Russian educational standards to the conditions of Kyrgyzstan. To solve them, proposals were made to strengthen internships, develop distance formats and more actively attract young specialists.

    Polytechnicians and KRSU management noted the task of renewing personnel as one of the main problems. Working with human potential, finding talents at KRSU is one of the primary tasks for the coming year. Acting Rector of KRSU Sergey Volkov emphasized that the key issue remains the transformation of KRSU into a leading national university. Enormous resources are being concentrated for this, including plans to build a modern campus in Bishkek, which will become a center for engineering, humanitarian and medical education.

    However, the best campus is nothing without highly qualified, motivated, talented staff and teachers. In the near future, KRSU will hold a competitive selection procedure. We expect to take a fresh look at our staff, taking into account the strategic long-term development goals of the university, – said Sergey Volkov.

    Andrey Rudskoy supported the initiative to strengthen work with human capital, instructed the Vice-Rector for Educational Activities Lyudmila Pankova and the Head of the Directorate for Human Resources Maria Pakhomova to actively engage in this issue and provide expert support to KRSU in the upcoming competitive selection procedure.

    Speaking about the organization of scientific activities, Vadim Smirnov suggested focusing on several priority scientific and applied projects. For example, on comprehensive cooperation with the Alliance Altyn enterprise, which was discussed during recent visit. The second reference point could be a project to conduct interdisciplinary research based on the High-Mountain Observatory of Atmospheric Physics of KRSU. The combination of fundamental and applied tasks will allow achieving practical results and at the same time paving the way for future projects and scientific development.

    “Even small but significant successes will become the basis for future growth. Appreciate the Polytechnic University’s resources; consultations with such high-level experts are invaluable,” emphasized Vadim Smirnov. “Let’s focus on practical projects and measurable results. We need to accumulate success stories, even if they can be counted on the fingers of one hand, but they will become the basis for growth. We need to work together, not instead of. The task of becoming a leading university is difficult, but achievable. We see from the example of the Polytechnic University and other Russian universities what fantastic leaps can be made in a few years if strategic goals, a management system, and personnel work are correctly built. Responsibility, measurable goals, and a link to the strategy of the Kyrgyz Republic are what will bring KRSU forward. Fewer formalities, more specifics. If students go on internships, let them come back with projects. If we implement programs, we calculate the percentage of extra-budgetary funds. These are steps to ensure that the university begins not just to function, but to develop.”

    Special thanks to colleagues for their support in developing curricula and solving complex issues, such as program accreditation or working with personnel. Special thanks for the digital library: this is a breakthrough for us. Yes, there are challenges: scholarship provision, personnel policy, alignment of standards. But we are working on this: we hold weekly meetings, prepare for the forum, build a new campus on 30 hectares near Bishkek, where there will be three key clusters – engineering, humanitarian and medical. And these are not just buildings, but an opportunity for a scientific breakthrough, – noted Sergey Volkov.

    Vadim Smirnov highlighted the most important components of joint work for the coming year: It is necessary to combine the fundamental documents into a single end-to-end concept – the strategy and development program of KRSU, the roadmap (work plan) for the coming years. It is necessary to synchronize current work plans with the long-term goals of KRSU, add specific tasks and performance indicators. All these documents should complement each other, define the main goals and ensure their implementation through the corresponding recorded resources and activities.

    Participants expressed confidence that the unification of the resources of SPbPU and KRSU, as well as the focus on practice-oriented tasks, will accelerate the development of the university.

    There is an urgent need to link the roadmap, strategy and development program, providing them with resources. Financial support for network programs, motivation of teachers through incentives rather than punishment, and work on the university brand are key elements of progress. A brand is not just a name, it is a tool that helps attract applicants and create competitive advantages, especially in the conditions of tough competition. The solutions must be non-trivial, but they will raise the level, make education high-quality, and the university significant, – Elena Tumakova supported her colleagues.

    The participants agreed to finalize the roadmap taking into account the strategic goals of KRSU and to hold regular working meetings. Andrey Rudskoy expressed confidence that joint efforts will allow bringing the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University to a new level, strengthening the position of Russian education in Central Asia: The effectiveness of cooperation with Kyrgyzstan should not be based on directive methods, but on demonstrating specific successes – in education, science, interaction with society and industry. Our task is to create an environment where Kyrgyz students and scientists see the prospects for the development of their country through synergy with Russian practices. KRSU can become a model platform where strategies are tested that can be scaled to other Slavic universities. However, the key condition is the balance between tactical steps and a long-term vision, where personnel, science and education work for the benefit of both countries, strengthening not only professional but also humanitarian ties.

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: European Union – Statement by Jean-Noël Barrot on his arrival at the Foreign Affairs Council (14 Apr. 2025)

    Source: France-Diplomatie – Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development

    This weekend, the horror in Ukraine reached its peak with the Palm Sunday massacre. In Sumy in the north-east of the country, innocent civilians were targeted twice by Vladimir Putin’s missiles. It’s a demonstration – if it were still needed – of Vladimir Putin’s contempt for civilians and for the laws of war. Let me remind you that Vladimir Putin is still under an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for war crimes. It’s also a demonstration of his real intentions. Whereas Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire more than a month ago now, Vladimir Putin clearly has no intention of moving in that direction. So he must be forced to, and that’s why I’m calling on the European Union to adopt the most severe sanctions against Russia, to paralyse its economy and prevent it from fuelling its war effort. I think the United States, which has put a lot of effort into achieving a ceasefire – and Donald Trump himself has devoted a lot of time and energy to it – can also, through sanctions which are ready, force and oblige Vladimir Putin to sit down at the negotiating table.

    In Gaza, the situation is more tragic than ever. Access for humanitarian aid to the enclave stopped more than a month ago now. There must be a return to the ceasefire, unimpeded access for humanitarian aid must be permitted, and the Hamas hostages must be released. Talks can then begin on the basis of the plan prepared by the Arab countries for Gaza’s reconstruction, governance and security, and then for movement towards a political solution, because there is no military solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A political solution is the focus of the United Nations conference chaired by France and Saudi Arabia, which aims to preserve the two-State solution and put it on track, through collective and reciprocal recognition enabling the Israeli people and the Palestinian people to live side by side in peace and security.

    On Iran, today we’re adopting a raft of sanctions against people responsible for the state-hostages policy. That’s the demand I set out at the last Foreign Affairs Council. I’m pleased that we can adopt these sanctions today against seven people and two entities, including Shiraz prison. It was time, because the conditions in which some of [our] French-European compatriots are being held are humiliating and akin to torture in international law, and some of them are deprived of consular protection. That’s why I’ve announced that France will lodge a complaint to the International Court of Justice for the violation of consular protection. And I’ve reminded all our compatriots to avoid travelling to Iran, and those who are in transit to return as soon as possible. At the same time, the United States embarked on talks with Iran this weekend. We very much welcome this initiative, but we’ll be vigilant, with our British and German friends and partners, to ensure that any negotiations that might begin are indeed in line with our security interests when it comes to the Iranian nuclear programme, which poses a significant threat to French and European territory. We’re awaiting the report, in a few weeks’ time, by the IAEA Director General, which is due to demonstrate – or at any rate report on – the progress of that programme.

    Regarding Azerbaijan, I’m very concerned about the rising tensions on the border. I’d like the European mission deployed on the ground to be greatly increased in order to be able to observe and contain those tensions. The peace treaty must now be signed and arbitrary detainees, prisoners, must be released. That’s the gist of what I said last week.

    I’ll end with the situation in the Balkans, which was the focus of discussion yesterday evening and to which we’ll return today to make active efforts to ensure that the region – which is at the heart of the European Union and to which we want to export our stability rather that import its instability – all our efforts must converge to bring stability and a form of calm, despite the tensions that have emerged in recent days.

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: European Union – Main results of the Foreign Affairs Council (14 Apr. 2025)

    Source: France-Diplomatie – Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development

    M. Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, took part in the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) today, Monday 14 April.

    On France’s initiative, the meeting provided an opportunity to adopt further European sanctions against nine individuals and entities responsible for Iran’s state-hostages policy, of which two of our compatriots, Cécile Kohler et Jacques Paris, are still victims – as are several other European citizens – and have been so for nearly three years. These sanctions target judges and prosecutors officiating in courts that do not respect basic rights, as well as detention centres.

    Regarding Ukraine, the Member States emphasized the importance of giving Ukraine the means to negotiate in a position of strength when the time comes. In the coming weeks it is necessary to adopt, as soon as possible, a new package of robust sanctions against Russia containing individual and sectoral measures.

    On Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Minister stressed the importance of signing the peace treaty swiftly, and shared his deep concern about the rising tensions on the border. The role of the European mission deployed on the ground is essential for observing incidents. He reiterated the need to immediately release the people arbitrarily held in Azerbaijan.

    As regards the situation in the Middle East, the Minister recalled President Macron’s visit to Egypt and the need for an immediate return to the ceasefire in Gaza, the release of the hostages and the resumption of humanitarian aid.

    Finally, on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Member States reaffirmed their commitment to the country’s unity and constitutional order. France favours a firm response by the EU that harnesses all the levers available to it, in order to restore stability.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Denis Manturov met with the President of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto

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    Source: Government of the Russian Federation – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    The President of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto received the First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Denis Manturov, who heads the Russian delegation in Jakarta. During the meeting, the most important issues of bilateral cooperation between Russia and Indonesia in trade, economic, humanitarian and other spheres were discussed.

    Let us recall that the working visit of the First Deputy Prime Minister to Indonesia is taking place in the year of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. As the Indonesian side stated earlier, the head of state Prabowo Subianto plans to visit Russia this year at the invitation of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Financial news: How to disclose deposit rates in remote channels: recommendations from the Bank of Russia and the FAS

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    Credit institutions should eliminate visual techniques when posting information about deposits in remote channels, and also refrain from automatically placing marks for the consumer. This is stated ininformation letter The Bank of Russia and the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS).

    According to the Bank of Russia and the FAS, the use of graphical techniques and focusing on indicators that are more attractive to the consumer (for example, profitability, effective rate) can mislead a person regarding the terms of the deposit.

    If the bank specifies the maximum possible interest rate on the deposit, then next to this information it is necessary to list the conditions under which the client will receive the promised yield, and also to indicate the minimum guaranteed rate. Moreover, without using graphic techniques (obvious differences in background, color and font size). If the bank uses the same name for several types of deposits, then the minimum guaranteed rate must be calculated for each of them separately.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Tatyana Golikova: The plan to celebrate the 650th anniversary of the Battle of Kulikovo includes a whole block of events for the social development of the region and the restoration of cultural heritage sites

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    Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova, head of the Russian Historical Society Sergei Naryshkin and the Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Central Federal District Igor Shchegolev held a meeting of the organizing committee for preparations for the celebration of the 650th anniversary of the Battle of Kulikovo. The members of the organizing committee summed up the preliminary results and determined further areas of work in preparation for the anniversary. The event took place in the Government House.

    “In 2030, we will celebrate one of the significant events in the history of Russia – the 650th anniversary of the Battle of Kulikovo. This event has become a symbol of the unity of our people, cohesion and exceptional strength of spirit in the face of an external threat. The plan of the main events was approved in 2021 and includes 66 events. It is important that the plan includes not only festive events, but also a whole block aimed at the social development of the region, the restoration and repair of cultural heritage sites, as well as educational projects,” said Deputy Prime Minister, co-chair of the organizing committee Tatyana Golikova.

    She emphasized that the implementation of the plan began in 2022. Six events have been completed. In 2024, the Russian Ministry of Culture, together with the government of the Tula Region, completed work on adapting the building of the chambers in Venev for a museum complex; a modern local history museum was opened and equipped there. The Cultural Development Center was built in Venev. Navigation in the Kulikovsky tourism and recreation cluster was improved, and the Kulikovo Battle: Archaeological VR Quest project was developed and implemented. The Palace of Culture of Machine Builders in Uzlovaya and the Mobile Culture and Leisure Center in Kimovsk were renovated at the expense of the regional budget.

    “The victory at Kulikovo Field, won by the united Russian army under the command of Dmitry Donskoy, is one of those turning points in Russian history, during which our people defended their freedom and right to the future. Therefore, it is rightly placed on a par with the famous Battle on the Ice, the Battle of Borodino and the Battle of Stalingrad. The theme of the legacy of the Battle of Kulikovo deserves special attention from our organizing committee. Many members of the Russian Historical Society have proposed relevant projects. The plan includes initiatives from the Institute of Archaeology, the Institute of Russian History and the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, as well as the State Historical Museum and the Central Museum of the Armed Forces. A number of events are planned by regional branches of the Russian Historical Society in the Tula and Kaluga regions. The History of the Fatherland Foundation will also make its contribution to organizing the celebration,” said the head of the Russian Historical Society and co-chairman of the organizing committee Sergei Naryshkin.

    The Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Central Federal District, co-chairman of the organizing committee Igor Shchegolev noted that the plan turned out to be very intense. He emphasized that the 650th anniversary of the Battle of Kulikovo is an event of national scale. It is important to pay special attention to holding events not only in the Tula Region, but also in Moscow and the Moscow Region.

    First Deputy Minister of Culture Sergei Obryvalin reported that a number of publishing and exhibition projects are already being implemented. This year, the State Museum-Reserve “Kulikovo Pole” will publish thematic guidebooks “From Nepryadva to Ugra”, “From Vozha to Don”, “Along the Upper Don”, a collection of documents “The Era of the Battle of Kulikovo and Dmitry Donskoy”, and will also host a conference “The Battle of Kulikovo in National Historical Memory, Literature and Art”.

    Tula Region Governor Dmitry Milyaev reported that, within the framework of the main plan, more than 100 creative competitions, round tables and intellectual competitions among students dedicated to the Battle of Kulikovo were held in the region in 2024 alone, scientific conferences, thematic exhibitions and festivals were organized. Among them is the traveling exhibition of Ilya Glazunov “Kulikovo Field”, which includes 22 monumental canvases by the artist, donated by him to the Tula Museum of Fine Arts. The Tula Drama Theater staged the play “Dmitry”. Every year, with the support of the regional government, the Day of Military Glory is celebrated on the anniversary of the Battle of Kulikovo, and the regional youth historical and cultural forum “Peresvet” is also held. Municipalities that are part of the Kulikovo cluster are developing.

    Director of the State Military-Historical and Natural Museum-Reserve “Kulikovo Pole” Vladimir Gritsenko spoke about the projects that the museum is preparing for the anniversary of the battle.

    Following the meeting, the members of the organizing committee agreed to supplement the plan of events.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Another tunnel of the Rublevo-Arkhangelskaya metro line will pass under the Moscow River

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    Construction of the right-hand connecting tunnel between the Rublevo-Arkhangelskoye and Lipovaya Roshcha metro stations of the Rublevo-Arkhangelskaya Line has begun. The tunnel boring machine (TBM) will have to pass under the Moskva River. This was reported by the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Urban Development Policy and Construction Vladimir Efimov.

    “The total length of the tunnel will be about 2.3 kilometers, of which about 200 meters of the right-hand transfer tunnel will pass under the Moscow River. It will be laid by the six-meter shield “Victoria”. In parallel, the left tunnel is being dug by the TBM “Natalie”: both shields go from the side of the pit of the Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye station in the direction of “Lipovaya Roshcha”. The work is being carried out in difficult hydrogeological conditions, at great depth – in the range of 14 to 24 meters,” said Vladimir Efimov.

    For the six-meter shields, an assembly chamber and two dismantling chambers were created, during the construction of which the builders used the “wall in the ground” method. In addition, the installation of dewatering wells for pumping out groundwater is envisaged.

    “For the Victoria TBM, the construction of the right-hand running tunnel between the Rublevo-Arkhangelskoye and Lipovaya Roshcha stations will be the seventh tunnel in the capital’s metro. In addition to the Rublevo-Arkhangelskaya, the shield was used in the construction of the Solntsevskaya and Big Circle Lines,” added the head of the Moscow Department of Transport and Engineering Infrastructure Construction

    Vasily Desyatkov.

    The areas affected by construction work on the Rublevo-Arkhangelskaya line will be landscaped and greened. Earlier, Sergei Sobyanin announced about the start of the tunnel the right-hand transfer tunnel between the Rublevo-Arkhangelskoye and Lipovaya Roshcha metro stations.

    The Rublevo-Arkhangelskaya metro line will make the dynamically developing territory in the west of the capital more accessible, where a new modern district is being created — the SberCity business cluster. Work is underway at all launch sites of the future line inside the Moscow Ring Road.

    The first two metro stations, Delovoy Tsentr and Shelepikha, were opened in 2018 as part of the Big Circle Line. In 2021, construction began on the first and second launch complexes of the Rublevo-Arkhangelskaya line from Shelepikha to Lipovaya Roshcha, and the Zvenigorodskaya, Narodnoye Opolchenie, and Bulvar Generala Karbysheva stations are currently under active construction. Before this, Sergei Sobyanin ordered to speed up the pace of construction of the Biryulevskaya and Rublevo-Arkhangelskaya metro lines.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: For technological leadership: HSE created a digital Repository of socio-economic information

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    HSE University has launched a unique Repository of socio-economic information, replacing the outdated platform of the unified archive of economic and sociological data. Not only the appearance and functionality have been modernized, but also the concept of the platform itself.

    The repository is intended to become a gold fund, a showcase of the results of socio-economic and humanitarian research at the National Research University Higher School of Economics.

    All university employees can post the results of their research through the personal account of the Repository, which is accessed through authentication – entering a corporate login and password. The publication of materials is carried out after pre-moderation by specialized specialists and is regulated Regulation on the organization of depositing and access to the results of fundamental and applied scientific research in the socio-economic and humanitarian spheres of the National Research University Higher School of Economics.

    The uniqueness of the platform lies in its multilingualism, modern search system, multi-level system of access to materials, automatic transformation of sociological survey codebooks into interactive dashboards with infographics.

    The platform development plans include expanding its functionality – implementing international standards for entering metadata, replenishing the fund with prepared data sets for use in social and humanitarian research, expanding the functions of the search system, developing a role model, and providing the opportunity for external depositors to publish their materials.

    Instructions for depositing will be posted on the website. Center for Transfer and Management of Socio-Economic Information — the coordinator of the Repository, as well as in a special section on the platform itself.

    Vera Vishnyakova, Director of the Center for Transfer and Management of Socioeconomic Information at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

    “In the context of sanctions restrictions and the shutdown of access to the world’s leading hubs of scientific information, the HSE Repository of Socioeconomic Information is becoming a key domestic infrastructure solution for exchanging knowledge with foreign partners and accumulating unique data on socioeconomic and humanitarian research.”

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: More than 13 thousand ventilation shafts of collectors will be washed in the capital

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    Specialists from the city services complex will flush more than 13 thousand ventilation shafts of collectors as part of the month of improvement, which has been taking place in the capital since April 1. This was reported by the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Housing and Public Utilities and Improvement Petr Biryukov.

    “Ventilation shafts are above-ground parts of utility collectors that provide air flow into them. This is necessary for the uninterrupted operation of underground engineering structures. After the winter, we will flush over 13 thousand ventilation shafts throughout the city, paint the metal gratings if necessary, and renew the granite cladding,” said Pyotr Biryukov.

    During the work, special detergents and high-pressure cleaning systems are used, for example the Poseidon apparatus.

    Modernization of ventilation shafts has been carried out in the capital since 2011, when large-scale programs for the improvement of streets and public spaces began to be implemented. In 2025, it is planned to put more than 300 objects in order. During the work, craftsmen use materials and equipment from Russian manufacturers. The main task is to organically fit the structures into the urban landscape, so modernized grates have replaced the old structures.

    The capital’s collector system is a unique underground city, which has no analogues in Russia or the world in terms of length, network ramifications and compactness of the communications laid inside. The total length of the collectors is 819 kilometers.

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  • MIL-OSI: CRI Enters Into Binding LOI to Acquire Black Raven Past-Producer Antimony-Gold Property, NL

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    TORONTO, April 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Churchill Resources Inc. (“Churchill“) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding letter of intent dated April 14, 2025 (the “LOI”) to acquire a 100% undivided interest in the Black Raven Antimony Property, located approximately 60 km northwest of Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, from property owners Eddie and Roland Quinlan. The property encloses two small-scale past producing mines which operated between 1890 and 1918 exploiting stibnite, gold and arsenopyrite. These past producers and two related occurrences constitute gold, antimony, silver +/- copper, zinc and lead targets in veins and stockworks. The historical mines and other occurrences are located within close proximity to each other, in a larger-scale geological environment containing intense veining and alteration associated with felsic intrusions within a mafic volcanic domain.

    Antimony is a critical element for the energy, transportation, and military industries with China, Russia, Tajikstan, and Burma generating over 90% of world production. Since China’s recent export ban (September 15, 2024), the price of antimony has increased roughly five-fold to >$50,000/tonne which is approximately 3x the current price of nickel. Churchill’s Taylor Brook Nickel-Copper-Cobalt-Vanadium-Titanium Property, and Florence Lake Nickel Property, are both in good standing for a number of years, such that further exploration and development can await improved market conditions sentiment while the Company focuses on high-grade antimony-gold and other critical minerals.  

    The Beaver Brook Antimony Mine owned by China Minmetals, and currently on care and maintenance due to declining resources, is located ~100 km south of Black Raven. It is reported that the owners are actively exploring for more deposits to feed the mill. (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/antimony-mine-closure-1.6703205)

    The two past-producing mines, as well as the Taylors Room prospect and Western Head porphyry target, are described within the Government of Newfoundland’s Mineral Occurrence Data System (“MODS”), and in assessment reports, as summarized below:

    Frost Cove Antimony Mine (MOD # 002E10 SB001) –

    • sporadic production between 1890-1918
    • Two adits extend ~65m along Sb-Au veins, at 3m and 20m above sea-level and are still accessible
    • Vein system/host felsic intrusion traced and sampled on surface for 800m
    • Channel sample of 2.85% Sb, 0.05g/t Au, 1.6g/t Ag over 1.6m reported at adit entrance by Golden Hind Ventures along with 30% Sb, 28.27 g/t Au, 44.8g/t Ag over 0.43m, 800m along strike. (Sheppard, 1984, Assessment Report)

    Stewart Gold-Antimony Mine (MOD # 002E10 AU001) –

    • sporadic production from 1890 to 1916
    • Shaft to ~30m depth and some development along main stockwork/vein trend
    • Samples from the ore dump assayed up to 18 g/t Au, 7% zinc and 14g/t gold by Pleasant Ridge Resources Inc. (Kruse, 2014, Technical Report)
    • 2014 due-diligence sample by Kruse graded 8.10g/t Au and 926ppm Cu.

    Taylors Room Gold Prospect (MOD # 002E10 AU002) –

    • shaft to ~50m depth with some development reported
    • Swarm of ~50 small qtz-asp-py-sb veins ~300m long by several metres wide
    • Numerous trenches to be cleaned out and sampled
    • Quinlan grab samples up to 32.2 g/t Au, 22opt Ag, 10% zinc and 1.4 % Cu (Quinlan 2013 Assessment Report).

    Western Head Cu-Mo Porphyry Target (MOD # 002E10 CU005) –

    • porphyry body ranges over ~1000m in diameter
    • Consistent soil/rock geochem anomalies in Cu, Mo, Au and Ag, no drilling
    • Chip sampling in 1967 by Newmont (returned 0.13% Cu, 300ppb Au over 61m and 0.42% Cu, 600ppm Au over 13m (Fogwill, 1968, Report on Western Head Cu Prospect)
    • Quinlan continuous channel of 57m assayed 0.22% Cu, 37 ppb Au & 37 ppm Mo incl 22m of 0.41% Cu, 59 ppb Au, 73 ppm Mo (Quinlan, 2013 Assessment Report)
    • Quinlan 2024 Winkie 4 holes to 50-60m at 45o in four compass directions – all hit mineralized Cu-Au-Ag stockwork in altered felsics (0.1-0.3% Cu, 50-350ppb Au plus Ag) (Quinlan, 2024 Assessment Report)

    Churchill intends to immediately conduct a re-sampling program on the surface showings and any accessible historical workings, and compilations of all historical data already in progress. The entire property requires modern, helicopter-borne geophysical and LiDAR surveys and Churchill has identified a leading contractor to do this work. Follow-up prospecting and systematic trenching, with channel sampling work as required, are being planned with initiation this coming Spring; the derived geological and geochemical data will used to outline targets along strike and at depth to the historical workings.

    The data reported in this News Release is historic in nature and has not yet been verified by a Qualified Person. Churchill has relied on the information supplied in the Government of Newfoundland filed assessment reports and from information found in MODS published by the Newfoundland Department of Natural Resources. The surface grab samples described in this news release are selective by nature and are unlikely to represent average grades of the property. Historical surface antimony and gold results are presented in the following figures.

    Black Raven Property

    The Black Raven Property is comprised of nine map-staked licenses constituting a single contiguous block of 125 claims that in total which cover 3,125ha or 31.25km2. Churchill and the vendors have agreed to a 4km wide area of interest around the property boundaries as part of this agreement.

    LOI Terms

    Under the terms of the LOI, the Company shall have the exclusive option for a period of 24 months to acquire an undivided 100% ownership interest in the Black Raven Antimony Property by:

    1. issuing an aggregate of 2,000,000 common shares in the capital of Churchill (“Common Shares”) to the Quinlans upon the execution date of a definitive option agreement (“Option Agreement”) and making a cash payment of $20,000;
    2. incurring a minimum of $1,200,000 in exploration expenditures within 24 months following the execution date of the Option Agreement, provided that a minimum of $400,000 in exploration expenditures is incurred on or prior to the date that is 12 months following the execution date of the Option Agreement
    3. issuing an aggregate of 4,000,000 Common Shares to the Quinlans on or prior to the date that is 12 months following the execution of the Option Agreement and making a cash payment of $40,000; and
    4. issuing an aggregate of 6,000,000 Common Shares to the Quinlans on or prior to the date that is 24 months following the execution of the Option Agreement and making a cash payment of $60,000.

    Following the date that the option is deemed to have been exercised in accordance with its terms, Churchill will issue and grant to the Quinlans a 2.0% net smelter royalty on any minerals produced from the claims comprising the Black Raven Antimony Property. If the option is exercised, Churchill will also make a one-time cash payment to the Quinlans in the amount of $100,000 on or prior to the date that is the sixth anniversary of the execution of the Option Agreement.

    The transaction, including the issuance of Common Shares to the Quinlans, is subject to all the necessary approvals from the TSX Venture Exchange (“TSXV”). Any securities issued in connection with the transaction will be subject to applicable statutory hold periods.

    The technical and scientific information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Dr. Derek H.C Wilton, P.Geo., FGC, who is a “qualified person” as defined under National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”). Mr. Wilton is an honourary research professor of Economic Geology at Memorial University in St. John’s and is independent of the Company for the purposes of NI 43-101.

    References:

    Fogwill, W.D., 1968. Report on a copper prospect at Western Head, Moreton’s Harbour in the Notre Dame Bay Area, Newfoundland. Newfoundland and Labrador Geological Survey, Assessment File 2E/10/0350, 1968, 48 pages

    Kruse, Stefan, 2014. Technical Report on the Black Raven Property, Moreton’s Harbour Area Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada for Pleasant Ridge Resources Inc., May 14, 2014

    Quinlan E, 2013. First Year Assessment Report for 019872M, Ninth Year Assessment Report for 015553M, and Third Year Assessment Report for 017787M for Exploration within the Black Raven Property, NTS Map Sheet 2E/10. Newfoundland and Labrador Geological Survey Assessment Report, 69 pages

    Sheppard, B., 1984. First Year Assessment Report on Geological, Geochemical and Geophyisical Exploration on License 2363 on Claim Blocks 3533-3534 in Moreton’s Harbour Area on New World Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Assessment File 2E/10/0507, 1984, 28 pages.

    About Churchill Resources

    Churchill Resources Inc. is a Canadian exploration company focused on strategic, critical minerals in Canada, principally at its prospective Taylor Brook, Florence Lake, and Black Raven properties in Newfoundland & Labrador. The Churchill management team, board, and advisors have decades of combined experience in mineral exploration and in the establishment of successful publicly listed mining companies, both in Canada and around the world. Churchill’s Newfoundland and Labrador projects have the potential to benefit from the province’s large and diversified minerals industry, which includes world class nickel mines and processing facilities, and a well-developed mineral exploration sector with locally based drilling and geological expertise.

    Further Information

    For further information regarding Churchill, please contact:

    Churchill Resources Inc.
    Paul Sobie, Chief Executive Officer
    psobie@churchillresources.com
    Tel.   416.365.0930 (o)
             647.988.0930 (m)

    Alec Rowlands, Business Development & IR
    Alec.rowlands1@gmail.com
    Tel.    416.721.4732 (m)

    FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

    This news release contains certain forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements about Churchill’s objectives, goals and exploration activities proposed to be conducted on its properties; future growth potential of Churchill, including whether any proposed exploration programs at any of its properties will be successful; exploration results; and future exploration plans and costs. Wherever possible, words such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “expect”, “plan”, “intend”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “predict” or “potential” or the negative or other variations of these words, or similar words or phrases, have been used to identify these forward-looking statements. In particular, this release contains forward-looking information relating to, among other things, the entering into of a definitive Option Agreement and other ancillary transaction documents with respect to the Black Raven Antimony Property and the exercise of such option; the number of Common Shares that may be issued in connection with the transactions discussed herein, closing conditions and receive necessary regulatory approvals These statements reflect management’s current beliefs and are based on information currently available to management as at the date hereof.

    Forward-looking statements involve significant risk, uncertainties and assumptions. Many factors could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results discussed or implied in the forward-looking statements. These factors should be considered carefully and readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements. Such factors, among other things, include: exploration results on the Black Raven Antimony Property; the expected benefits to Churchill relating to the exploration proposed to be conducted on its properties; receipt of all regulatory approvals in connection with the transaction contemplated herein; failure to identify any additional mineral resources or significant mineralization; the preliminary nature of metallurgical test results; uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future, including to fund any exploration programs on the Churchill’s properties, if required; fluctuations in general macroeconomic conditions; fluctuations in securities markets; fluctuations in spot and forward prices of gold, silver, base metals or certain other commodities; change in national and local government, legislation, taxation, controls, regulations and political or economic developments; risks and hazards associated with the business of mineral exploration, development and mining (including environmental hazards, industrial accidents, unusual or unexpected formations pressures, cave-ins and flooding); inability to obtain adequate insurance to cover risks and hazards; the presence of laws and regulations that may impose restrictions on mining and mineral exploration; employee relations; relationships with and claims by local communities and indigenous populations; availability of increasing costs associated with mining inputs and labour; the speculative nature of mineral exploration and development (including the risks of obtaining necessary licenses, permits and approvals from government authorities); the unlikelihood that properties that are explored are ultimately developed into producing mines; geological factors; actual results of current and future exploration; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be evaluated; soil sampling results being preliminary in nature and are not conclusive evidence of the likelihood of a mineral deposit; and title to properties. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this news release are based upon what management believes to be reasonable assumptions, the Churchill cannot assure readers that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release, and the Churchill assumes no obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances, except as required by law. Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

    An infographic accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/9356bd16-4799-4797-a465-84fafebf0cf5

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  • MIL-Evening Report: Does Russia have military interest in Indonesia? Here’s what we know – and why Australia would be concerned

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University

    A news report that Russia has sought to base long-range aircraft in Indonesia caught Australia’s political leaders by surprise during an already hectic election campaign.

    The military publication Janes reported on Tuesday that Russia had requested permission for its aircraft to be based at the Manuhua Air Force Base in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua.

    The base is just 1,300 kilometres away from Darwin.

    Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles issued a statement denying the report, saying his Indonesian counterpart assured him there would be no Russian planes based in Indonesia. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was seeking “further clarification” with Jakarta about the Janes report.

    Janes is a respected outlet when it comes to defence news, so it’s likely the Russians did float the idea, even if it might have been done at lower levels.

    Why would Russia be cosying up to Indonesia?

    Since Prabowo Subianto came to power as Indonesia’s new president last October, Moscow and Jakarta have sought to deepen their military ties. In fact, the two countries conducted their first-ever joint naval exercises a month after Prabowo took office.

    But this isn’t a totally new strategy by Moscow, which has tried on numerous occasions to pivot to Asia to give itself more economic heft and leverage in the region.

    The Kremlin is also cognisant that Europe won’t be a friend for the foreseeable future. As such, it’s even more pressing for Russia to establish itself as a player in the Indo-Pacific region – and with that comes a miltary and security presence.

    About ten years ago, for instance, the Russian regime secured an agreement with Vietnam to allow its air force to refuel their aircraft at a former US base in the country. Russia also had interest in reestablishing a submarine base in Vietnam and has sold submarines to the country.

    In addition, Moscow has sought to sell defence technology and fighter jets to Indonesia for some time, seeing it as a potentially lucrative market for Russian arms. Beyond defence, the bilateral relationship has also focused on energy and education.

    These attempts to deepen Moscow-Jakarta ties form part of a targeted Russian campaign to boost its relationships with a number of Southeast Asian nations.

    What about the timing?

    If the Janes report is accurate, the timing of the purported approach from Russia would be interesting. The report said it came after a meeting between Sergei Shoigu (recently demoted from Russia’s defence minister to an inferior role as secretary of the Russian Security Council) and Indonesia’s defence minister in February of this year.

    At the time, the United States was distracted by the first chaotic weeks of US President Donald Trump’s second term in office.

    So, if Russia did make such a request, it would be highly opportunistic, especially given Jakarta has been keen to deepen ties with Moscow.

    It is also noteworthy that Indonesia recently joined the BRICS, the group of rapidly emerging economies that also includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and Russia, among others.



    Read more:
    Indonesia’s BRICS agenda: 2 reasons Prabowo’s foreign policy contrasts with Jokowi’s

    How concerned should Australia be?

    Even though both Canberra and Jakarta dismissed the report, there was good reason for Australia to be concerned.

    Russia’s long-range aviation assets, notably the venerable Tu-95, which is used for reconnaissance as well as strategic bombing, can easily travel over 10,000 kilometres.

    From a base in Indonesia, this would give the Russian air force the ability to conduct ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaisance) missions during Australian military exercises, gather data on military installations in the Northern Territory (which also host US Marines), and even conduct surveillance on US military activities in Guam.

    Equally, given the closeness of ties between Beijing and Moscow, any Russian intelligence that was gathered could be shared with China.

    The reported Russian military interest in Indonesia will also have irritated Australian foreign policy makers, especially since Canberra has invested significant diplomatic capital in boosting Australia-Indonesia ties.

    Fortunately, the closeness of the relationship, which includes recently upgraded defence ties, will also have allowed for some plain speaking from Australian interlocutors.

    They will doubtless have pointed out that agreeing to any such Kremlin request would cast significant doubt on Indonesian claims about non-alignment. It would also be viewed unfavourably by other regional actors, who have no interest in seeing an enhanced Russian military presence in the region.

    The assurance from Jakarta that no Russian planes would be based in Indonesia is therefore a positive development.

    But ultimately the reported Russian request is another example of the messy and fragmented world we now live in.

    It highlights the reality that Australia will sometimes have to do business with partners who have friends we don’t like. Under those conditions, being firm on issues that threaten our national interests – like the prospective basing of military assets by a hostile power close to our shores – becomes all the more important.

    Matthew Sussex has received funding from the Australian Research Council, the Atlantic Council, the Fulbright Foundation, the Carnegie Foundation, the Lowy Institute and various Australian government departments and agencies.

    – ref. Does Russia have military interest in Indonesia? Here’s what we know – and why Australia would be concerned – https://theconversation.com/does-russia-have-military-interest-in-indonesia-heres-what-we-know-and-why-australia-would-be-concerned-254601

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: A new recreation and sports area has been equipped in Sokolniki Park

    Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion –

    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    The first “good neighborly area” appeared at the secondary entrance to Sokolniki Park. It is located at the intersection of Sokolnichesky Val Street and Mitkovskiy Proezd from the side of Shumkina Street. Its main task is to highlight the unsightly entrance to the park and provide vacationers with all the necessary services. The space is primarily aimed at residents of nearby neighborhoods, many of whom often come to the park and will be able to feel at home here, as if in their own yard. The events were held as part of the first stage of landscaping and rehabilitation work on the territory. This was reported by Vladimir Alyabyev, deputy head of the capital’s Department of Capital Repairs.

    “A children’s playground of over 540 square meters was arranged on this site. To make the children’s game more diverse and interesting, geoplastic elements appeared on the site – artificial unevenness. A slide was mounted on them, and in them – tunnels for hide-and-seek and climbing. There is also a spinning carousel, a seesaw, and talking pipes. There are also interactive panels with optical illusions – this is not just one of the elements of the play area, but a good tool that stimulates cognitive processes, improves motor skills and promotes socialization. In addition, a canopy was installed here, under which there are glowing swings, benches in the shape of coins and suspended buoys for riding. The play area is designed for children aged from zero to nine years old,” said Vladimir Alyabyev.

    The idea behind this playground is to combine different types of equipment: one similar to what is made by hand at the dacha, the other modern. They complement each other and allow for the creation of all sorts of scenarios for games and creativity. Since the playground is located under trees, its surface is made of moisture-permeable gravel material.

    The “good neighborly area” also has a workout zone with an area of 181 square meters. It has a monkey bar, parallel bars, a climbing net, Pilates spheres, a mini-GTO complex with pull-up bars and a wall bars. This zone is also located under the trees, so its surface is made of gravel material that allows moisture and air to pass through.

    In addition, paths were laid and lighting was installed in this area. Public pavilions with festive decorations will soon begin operating here.

    As a result of the park renovation project, such “neighbourly areas” will appear at several secondary entrances.

    The idea of decorating the pavilions in Sokolniki begins with the history of the park as a place for festive celebrations. A line of pavilion decorations has been formed: natural, festive light and festive. The main idea of the design is to evoke warm and happy associations in visitors, so that the pavilions are like beacons of joy and childhood and serve as landmarks in gloomy rainy weather. This is also served by glowing festive decorations: balloons, beads, stars.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Sergei Sobyanin: Moscow taxi market has been fully legalized in 15 years

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    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    In 15 years, the capital has managed to fully legalize the taxi market. Sergei Sobyanin spoke about how the passenger transportation service is developing in the city in his telegram channel.

    “Today, almost 200 thousand work in Moscow and the Moscow region – the fleet has grown by 15 percent in the last year alone. The average age of the car is only 3.2 years. This is one of the youngest taxi fleets in Europe,” the Moscow Mayor wrote.

    Source: Sergei Sobyanin’s Telegram channel @Mos_Sobyanin

    In 2024, more than 632 million passengers used taxis. This is a record figure: daily passenger traffic reached 1.73 million people.

    The last 15 years have seen the revival of Moscow taxis. Particular attention is paid to the quality of service and safety. Since 2024, the city has been certifying taxi drivers, and since March 1, 2025, it has become mandatory. All active drivers in the region have already passed the exam. This guarantees that a real professional who knows the city, follows traffic rules and understands what to do in an emergency will come to the passenger. In 2021, Moscow was the first in the country to introduce a comprehensive information system “Taxi Operation Analytics” (KIS “ART”) – thanks to it, today passengers can be sure that only conscientious specialists go out on the line.

    From September 1, 2023, under the new law, taxi ordering services are responsible to passengers. They ensure that only qualified drivers are behind the wheel of the car. In addition, with the participation of city and federal agencies, preventive checks are carried out to identify illegal taxis – in late March and early April, they were carried out in the Southern Administrative District of the capital.

    There is a platform for taxi service owners “Open Control”, where you can get free consultations and check your taxi fleet for compliance with mandatory requirements.

    Moscow to Continue Updating Car Sharing and Taxi FleetsThe Moscow Transport Museum has restored the GAZ-M20A Pobeda, the first post-war taxi

    Since 2012, the city has been providing financial support to taxi companies. Thus, over 13 years, they have been compensated for part of the costs of purchasing more than 92 thousand cars. The total amount of subsidies was 2.49 billion rubles. The funds are allocated for the purchase of cars that meet the fifth or sixth environmental classes, as well as electric cars manufactured in Moscow (for them, an increasing coefficient of 2.5 applies). The new cars make passenger trips not only comfortable, but also safer.

    In the future, there is a transition to environmentally friendly transport. It is planned that by 2030, about half of the taxi fleet will be electric vehicles – comfortable and having a lower impact on the environment.

    “We see the result: since 2019, the number of accidents involving taxis has decreased by four percent. Our task is to develop a modern, safe and convenient service that meets international standards,” concluded Sergei Sobyanin.

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  • MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Union Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan to attend 15th BRICS Agriculture Ministers Meeting at Brasilia, Brazil

    Source: Government of India

    Union Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan to attend 15th BRICS Agriculture Ministers Meeting at Brasilia, Brazil

    Shir Chouhan to hold bilateral meetings with Brazil Minister of Agriculture & Livestock Mr Carlos Henrique Baqueta Fávaro, Minister of Agrarian Development and Family Farming Mr Luiz Paulo Teixeira,

    Theme of 15th BRICS Agricultural Ministerial Meeting is “Promoting Inclusive and Sustainable Agriculture through Cooperation, Innovation, and Equitable Trade among BRICS Countries”

    Posted On: 15 APR 2025 10:54AM by PIB Delhi

    Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, is leading the Indian delegation to the 15th BRICS Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting (AMM), scheduled to be held on 17th April, 2025 in Brasilia, Brazil. The theme of 15th BRICS AMM is “Promoting Inclusive and Sustainable Agriculture through Cooperation, Innovation, and Equitable Trade among BRICS Countries”. Agriculture Ministers and senior officials from BRICS member countries, including Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Iran are expected to attend the Meeting.

    During the visit, Shri Chouhan will hold bilateral meetings with key Brazilian counterparts, including Mr. Carlos Henrique Baqueta Fávaro, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, and Mr. Luiz Paulo Teixeira, Minister of Agrarian Development and Family Farming (MDA). These meetings will focus on enhancing collaboration between India and Brazil in various areas of agriculture, agri-technology, rural development, and food security.

    The Minister will interact with leaders of major Brazilian agribusiness companies and representatives of the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries in São Paulo, exploring avenues for partnership and investment in the agriculture value chain. As part of his visit, the Minister will also participate in a tree plantation drive at the Embassy of India in Brasilia, under the noble initiative “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam”, aimed at raising environmental consciousness and honouring motherhood. In addition, the Minister will interact with the vibrant Indian diaspora in São Paulo, acknowledging their role as cultural ambassadors and contributors to bilateral ties. This visit reaffirms India’s commitment to deepen cooperation with BRICS nations and to advance South-South cooperation in agricultural innovation, resilience, and sustainability.

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  • MIL-OSI China: Iran confirms Muscat to host 2nd round of nuke talks with US

    Source: China State Council Information Office

    Iran has confirmed that Muscat, the capital of Oman, will remain the venue for the second round of “indirect” negotiations between Tehran and Washington.

    “Following consultations, it was decided that Muscat continues to be the host of the second round of the negotiations, which are scheduled to be held on Saturday,” the semi-official Mehr news agency quoted Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei as saying early Tuesday.

    In the first round of Muscat talks on Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi engaged in “indirect” discussions with U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, facilitated by Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi. These talks focused on Iran’s nuclear program and the potential removal of U.S. sanctions.

    The talks in Muscat followed U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement in early March that he had sent a letter to Iranian leaders, delivered through the United Arab Emirates, proposing negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program. Iran later agreed on indirect talks.

    Iran signed a nuclear deal in July 2015 with six major countries — Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States. Under the deal, Iran agreed to limit its nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief.

    However, Trump unilaterally pulled his country out of the deal in May 2018 during his first term, and reimposed sanctions on Iran, prompting Tehran to scale back its commitments under the deal. Since then, efforts to revive the nuclear agreement have made little progress.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: The multifunctional space of the new school in the Filevsky Park area will be decorated with models of the planets of the solar system

    Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion –

    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    In the Filevsky Park area, construction of a four-story school building continues, located at the address: Bagrationovsky Proezd, Building 10. The educational institution will be decorated with a multifunctional, multi-light space with models of the seven planets of the Solar System. This was reported by the head of the Department of Civil Engineering Rafik Zagrutdinov.

    “Currently, the construction readiness of the school with an area of almost seven thousand square meters has reached 90 percent. The building will be decorated with a multifunctional multi-light space, decorated with art objects – models of the seven planets of the Solar System are located above the hall, which refer to the historical heritage of the country in the field of space exploration. Perhaps such a design solution will contribute to the emergence of new Tsiolkovskys, Korolevs and Gagarins from among the graduates of this school,” said Rafik Zagrutdinov.

    The steps of the multifunctional multi-light space will be decorated with formulas that will be made by baking toner into ceramic tiles. This method will ensure the durability of the design idea and protect the decorative elements when using detergents.

    The school is designed for 375 students. It is being built using funds from the Moscow Targeted Investment Program. More than 80 percent of domestic materials were used in the work on the project. Currently, specialists are busy installing low-current systems and finishing. The delivery and assembly of furniture and equipment is nearing completion. The main work is planned to be completed by summer, after which the building will be prepared for commissioning.

    The building, designed according to the Moscow School 2.0 standard, will house 20 general-purpose and specialized classrooms, as well as laboratory and research facilities, a media library, a general-purpose gym, a medical unit, and a full-cycle food service facility.

    The school’s 6.75 thousand square meter territory already has bike racks, a workout area, gazebos and shade canopies surrounded by coniferous plants. The places for active leisure are fully prepared: a running track, a long jump area and a universal sports ground for team sports.

    Previously Sergei Sobyanin congratulated city residents on Cosmonautics Day, which is celebrated on April 12.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: The Magical World of Creativity: How the M.I. Glinka Children’s Art School Works

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    Multi-colored walls and benches whose outlines resemble musical instruments, works by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and avant-garde compositions written in a computer program are inChildren’s School of Arts (DSHI) named after M.I. Glinka in Pechatniki everything is bright, creative, modern, close to the young generation. Here even the classics sound new, and the children express themselves through music, movement and colors. The teachers of this educational institution call it Hogwarts and the magical world of creativity. Young Muscovites can become a part of it, because on April 15 in children’s art schools subordinate to To the Department of Culture of the City of Moscow, the admissions campaign for pre-professional programs has begun.

    Room for creativity

    The M.I. Glinka Children’s Art School is located in the Pechatniki district on Guryanova Street (83a). The brick building is distinguished by a line of music decorating the facade. It was built as part of the Art for Children project not far from the previous location of the school. The children moved here with their instruments in 2021.

    The school began its work as a creative circle in the club of the repair enterprise of Vnukovo airport back in 1962. However, it never had its own building, and had to constantly change addresses. In recent years, before settling in its current premises, the school occupied a cramped two-story building in Pechatniki.

    “I am a graduate of the Glinka Children’s Art School. I entered the piano class here in 1998. I remember having to study in different classrooms all the time, those that were free. Between classes there was nowhere to sit, relax, get in a creative mood. And now we are in a spacious room, where the space is divided into zones decorated in different colors, each direction has its own floor, there is a cafe downstairs where you can have a snack. If before children went to study music after school and everything merged into one long school day, now they run here as if to a holiday, here you want to create,” shares the deputy director of the Glinka Children’s Art School and sound design teacher Maxim Novozhilov.

    The new building is decorated in a single color, like other art schools in the capital. The first floor is yellow and green. Theoretical classes, such as solfeggio, are located here. The second floor is bright blue. Here they study modern dance and sound engineering — they write arrangements in computer programs, and at the same time compose their own electronic compositions. “All our training is at the intersection of classics and modern art,” smiles Denis Gordeyev, director of the Glinka Children’s Art School.

    In the classroom we enter, teenage girls wearing headphones are pressing the keys of a miniature one-octave synthesizer (the device is called a MIDI keyboard), and lines and dashes appear on the display, visually representing the sounds.

    “I found the notes of my favorite artist, now I play the melody and add special effects, bass, drums. I like that you can not only play, but arrange it in your own way, and you don’t need other instruments,” explains sixth-grader Vasilisa Shashkova.

    On the third floor, decorated in blue, children play flutes, drums, cellos and violins – these are the instruments of a symphony orchestra. Next door, young actors are practicing.

    There is also a 300-seat concert hall here. Right now, an event is taking place there to mark the 80th anniversary of the Victory: a girl in a tunic and cap is singing “Three Tankmen, Three Merry Friends” accompanied by an accordionist.

    “The performance is classical, and the hall is modern. It is made in the form of a movie theater, with a large screen on which the concert can be broadcast, since today’s children are used to receiving information from monitors. At the same time, the stage is minimalist, without any distracting decorations,” says Denis Gordeev.

    On the fourth floor, dark green, future specialists in folk art (choreographers, singers, performers of compositions on balalaikas and accordions) and artists hone their skills. In the painting class, children complete an assignment from teacher Maria Gilyarova: the subjects of their drawings are about the Great Patriotic War. Thus, one student depicted how schoolchildren lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

    “They study in this department for five years, it’s pre-professional training. Most children will go on to art colleges and universities. Two-hour classes are held three times a week,” Maria Gilyarova explains.

    On all floors there are multi-colored soft benches-banquettes, in the outlines of which one can guess cellos, guitars or drums. And this is only a hint of the similarity with musical instruments: each child can fantasize and develop creative thinking.

    “Another interesting design technique is that the walls of the classrooms that border the corridor are painted the same color as the hall. This is necessary so that the students do not feel like they are in a confined space, because a creative person needs freedom,” adds Denis Gordeev.

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    Waiting for talents

    Today, more than 540 children study at the School of Arts. And 49 teachers and accompanists teach classes. Before and during the admission campaign, until the end of May, parents and children can come to open days and see how the educational institution is organized, and talk to teachers.

    You can apply for the pre-professional program at the Glinka School of Arts from April 15 to May 15, and for general development programs from May 16 to July 1. You can do this in person at the institution or online – on the portal Mos.ru.

    After parents apply for admission, the child will have to take a creative test. There is no single requirement for it. Everything depends on which direction is chosen and how the candidate plans to express himself in creativity.

    “Our school has four areas: music, painting, choreography and theatre. During the interview, we check the musician’s memory and hearing, ask him to sing a song, clap a simple rhythm, repeat the sounds of the piano with his voice. Dancers usually demonstrate a sense of rhythm, coordination in space, we also pay attention to the structure of the body, flexibility. Artists bring their works and complete an exam task: a drawing on a given topic. And future actors read a short story, similar to how it happens when entering creative universities. Also, since children from 10 years old, already conscious, well-read, often enter the theater department, we ask them questions on literature, history – we check their general outlook,” says Denis Gordeev, director of the Glinka Children’s Art School.

    The art of teaching

    While we are studying the school in the company of the director, we are greeted by the children who came to the classes. Everyone is smiling, satisfied, happy. Our interlocutor knows everyone by name, asks how things are going. Every child is an individual, a creative person. Many come here on the advice of their parents, but stay of their own free will. This is what happened to eight-year-old Alexander Tupikov, a future pianist.

    “My mother brought me to school. And I liked my teacher so much that I wanted to study. I have been playing the piano for the second year, I really like the works of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, I can perform the “March of the Tin Soldiers” and “Nanny’s Tale”. I have already decided that I will become a professional pianist,” says Alexander Tupikov.

    He gets up at seven in the morning to practice at home before going to a comprehensive school. Even now, Alexander Tupikov plays like an adult, places accents, feels the keys.

    “I find the key to each child through their interests: I play different compositions for the students, and they choose what they like best. And that is what we study further. I do not force them to learn boring scales by heart if the children do not want to. Technique can be practiced in another way, for example, by performing the same “Nyanina Skazka”. It is important when children participate in competitions and win. For creative development, it is necessary to feel like the best,” says Tatyana Batura, a piano teacher at the Glinka Children’s Art School.

    Meanwhile, in the solfeggio class, students review the material they have covered over the year. Children often dislike this subject, finding it boring, as they have to memorize incomprehensible notes and intervals. But here, everything is different.

    “If a child understands how this will be useful to him in life, the attitude towards the subject changes. I tell students that knowing solfeggio, being able to repeat the sounds of musical instruments with their voice, they will always be able to sing along at some creative evening, express themselves, attract attention. In addition, when it works out, you want to go further,” says solfeggio teacher at the M.I. Glinka Children’s Art School Yulia Petrushevich.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Masterpieces of vocal music and architectural plein air: what the capital’s cultural venues have prepared for the Days of Historical and Cultural Heritage

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    More than 55 venues in the capital have prepared over 280 eventsDays of Historical and Cultural Heritage. On April 20, concerts, lectures, excursions and master classes await guests. Entrance to museums and exhibition halls will be free. To attend events within the framework of the campaign, you must first purchase free tickets on the website Ticket.Mos.ru.

    Learn all about ceramics and the secrets of cinema

    At 12:00 and 14:00, the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve will host a mediator tour, “Form of Thought,” around the exhibition “To Be in the Material. Contemporary Ceramic Art.” https://bilet.mos.ru/?spheres=[“442299”] The exhibition tells, among other things, about the connection between ceramic art and industrial design. You can discuss the work with an art mediator and understand what emotions it evokes.

    A lecture will be held at 16:00 in the gallery “Na Shabolovke” of the association “Exhibition halls of Moscow” “Cinema through the eyes of an artist”. It will be read by Nikita Bestuzhev, a film artist, graphic artist, illustrator, member of the Moscow Union of Artists, teacher and curator of the Moscow Film School. Participants will learn how films are created, see storyboards of famous Russian and foreign films, learn about what was not included in the final versions, and discuss interesting and unknown to the general public stories of the creation of films. During the lecture, guests will be asked to draw a storyboard.

    Listen to music and learn to dance

    The Alfred Mirek Museum of Russian Accordion invites you to a concert by Elena Filippova and Pavel Korbankov at 15:00. They are participants in folklore festivals, concerts and creative evenings, laureates of the XXI Moscow International Festival “Accordion – the Soul of Russia”, the Interregional Folklore and Ethnographic Festival “Russian Sound”, the Moscow annual festival in honor of the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity. The musicians play ancient traditional instruments – Yelets piano and Tula seven-valve accordions, balalaikas and gusli, as well as on objects of peasant life, sometimes the most unusual and unexpected.

    Concert “Masterpieces of Russian Vocal Music” will be held at the Yesenin Center of the Moscow State S.A. Yesenin Museum. It will begin at 17:00. The performance will feature works by composers from different eras, including Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alexander Varlamov, Boris Fomin, Sergei Banevich, Isaak Dunaevsky, Valery Gavrilin, as well as Russian folk songs.

    At the Museum of the Estates of Russia, at 13:00 and 16:00 you can take part in an interactive program “Salon of noble leisure”. It is dedicated to the leisure time of nobles in pre-revolutionary Russia of different eras. The host will show household items, such as a gramophone with pre-revolutionary records and an old camera, and will tell about ballroom etiquette and the language of the fan. Artists in historical costumes will perform several classical dances. Under the guidance of the host, participants will be able to learn the basics of salon dancing. And all this – to the accompaniment of a piano.

    A folk music concert will begin at 12:00 at the Kuskovo estate “Cultural Bridges: Music of the Times”. It will take place in the Big Stone Greenhouse. Guests will see a performance by students and teachers of the Russian State Social University. Romances, spiritual poems, spring chants, songs of residents of various regions of Russia, as well as original musical works, arrangements and instrumental tunes will be performed.

    Learn about the fates of writers and their work

    A lecture will be held at the scientific and educational center of the Mikhail Bulgakov Museum on Arbat at 15:00 “…Where will you live? Mikhail Bulgakov’s Moscow addresses”. The writer found himself in Moscow in the autumn of 1921. Over the course of more than 18 years in the city, he changed his address several times. Elena Mikhailova, head of the scientific and educational center, will tell us about the writer’s life in Moscow and whether he found the apartment of his dreams.

    The Mikhail Bulgakov Museum has also prepared a walking tour “Once upon a time at Patriarch’s”. It will be conducted by accredited tour guide Elena Primorskaya. Participants will go on a journey in the footsteps of the heroes of the novel “The Master and Margarita”, starting from the garden where an attempt was made on the life of the administrator of the Variety Theatre Varenukha. Gathering at 14:00, 16:00 and 17:45 at the entrance to the Aquarium Garden (near the Mossovet Theatre).

    A literary and musical evening in memory of Yuri Kuznetsov will be held at 16:00 in the concert hall of the Alexander Solzhenitsyn House of Russian Abroad “I will set my soul free…”. Guests will hear the poet’s poems and songs written to his works, performed by his students, contemporary Russian poets and artists. Among the participants of the evening are music critic Denis Stupnikov, poet and musician Dmitry Cherny (Echelon group), poetess Vasilisa Spogreyeva, poetess and singer-songwriter Irma Molochnaya, singer Ekaterina Kadik and musician Artemy Kadik, literary scholar Evgeny Bogachkov.

    Yuri Kuznetsov’s father died at the front, so the war became one of the main themes of his work. The poet graduated from the A.M. Gorky Literary Institute, was its professor, worked in publishing houses, magazines, taught, and led a poetry seminar. In addition, he translated the works of outstanding poets, including Friedrich Schiller, John Keats, and Arthur Rimbaud. Due to the emotionality and vivid imagery of his work, Yuri Kuznetsov is called the “twilight angel of Russian poetry.”

    Excursion-conversation “Heart, Imagination and Reason, or Where Does Culture Originate?” prepared at the K. G. Paustovsky Museum. It will take place at 11:00 and 12:00. Participants will learn about the history of the museum building, which is a cultural heritage site of federal significance, a monument of Moscow architecture of the late 18th century. In addition, they will be shown the main exhibition, which tells about the most important creative mission of the writer Konstantin Paustovsky.

    The tour will be held in an interactive format of dialogue with visitors. The main topic of the conversation is the understanding of the famous statement by Konstantin Paustovsky: “Heart, imagination and mind – this is the environment where what we call culture is born.” During the tour, guests will learn about the most important pages of the writer’s biography, his creative method, social activities and main books.

    Try your hand at painting

    Master class “Microcopies of works by Russian artists” will begin at 13:20 in the Peresvetov Pereulok gallery of the Moscow Exhibition Halls association. Participants will feel like master miniaturists, creating their own copies of famous works by Russian artists: landscapes by Isaac Levitan, portraits by Ilya Repin, marine paintings by Ivan Aivazovsky.

    At 16:30 in the Izmailovo Gallery of the Moscow Exhibition Halls Association architectural plein air, dedicated to the beauty of the houses of the district of the same name. In Izmailovo there are buildings designed by brilliant architects, including Georgy Chaltykyan, Johann Gokhar-Harmandaryan, Mikhail Moshinsky. In the open air, guests will be offered to be inspired by their creations and paint their own picture. All necessary materials will be provided by the gallery.

    Dive into the past and touch nature

    At the Timiryazev State Biological Museum, a special program dedicated to the Days of Historical and Cultural Heritage will be held at three sites at once. At 12:00 and 14:00 in the museum building on Malaya Gruzinskaya Street (building 15), you can join an excursion “The Estate in Gruziny: History and Architecture”. Guests will learn about the history of the former estate of the collector and philanthropist Pyotr Shchukin, the creator of the Museum of Russian Antiquities. Its building is an architectural monument of the 19th century.

    At 13:00 and 15:00, a tour will begin in pavilion No. 31 “Geology” at VDNKh “Geology in “Geology””. Participants will be able to touch the fossil remains of extinct creatures and learn what sciences geology unites and how paleontology relates to it. The guide will tell what the building has in common with geological sciences, what the structure looked like in the second half of the 20th century. Using the museum collection as an example, you can get to know a number of rocks and minerals better and learn about their use.

    At 13:00 and 15:00 in pavilion No. 28 “Beekeeping” at VDNKh there will be a tour “About bees and not only”. The exhibition is dedicated to the honey bee, one of two domesticated species of insects. Visitors will learn the differences between worker bees, drones, and queens. They will be told about the role of drones in a bee colony, who likes to eat bees and who likes to eat bee products, how people collect honey, and what a bee dance is. A research assistant will introduce visitors to bee breeds and the main honey plants.

    In addition, the guides of the Museum of Moscow will conduct excursions to the Petrovsky Travel Palace, the building of the Moscow City Duma, as well as the house of the Governor-General, which now houses the Moscow City Hall.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Moscow-India Tourism Industry Congress to be held in Russian capital

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    From July 10 to 13, the capital will host the large-scale tourism congress OTOAI Convention for the first time. It is organized by the Association of Outbound Tourism Operators of India with the support of the Moscow Government. The forum will bring together hundreds of specialists from relevant departments and employees of leading Moscow and Indian companies.

    “Business negotiations and expert presentations are planned. Foreign participants will be presented with opportunities for recreation in Moscow, and will be shown popular routes and sights on sightseeing tours,” she reported.

    Natalia Sergunina, Deputy Mayor of Moscow.

    She recalled that India is among the top three countries in terms of the number of travelers from distant countries coming to Moscow. In 2024, the city was visited by 1.4 times more citizens of this country than in 2023.

    “The congress will be a significant event for India-Russia relations in the tourism sector. Moscow has an ideal combination of historical heritage and modernity. This is what Indian travellers are looking for today. Our partnership with the Moscow Tourism Committee will enable Indian visitors to go beyond traditional tourist destinations. Through the conference, we plan to create a platform for growth in mutual tourist flows, which will benefit tour operators from both countries and help position Moscow as a leading outbound tourism destination in India,” said Himanshu Patil, President of the Indian Association of Outbound Travel Operators.

    Developing partnerships

    In January, the capital’s delegation took part in a major industry exhibition, Outbound Travel Mart, in India. Moscow representatives held over 1,200 negotiations. Among the main events was the signing of an agreement on joint work to increase tourist flow between Moscow and Mumbai. In addition, a cooperation agreement was signed with one of the leading travel companies. Now, Indian colleagues will come to the Russian capital to discuss new projects.

    Last year, Moscow hosted the international forum Meet Global MICE Congress: BRICS Edition. It brought together approximately 1.3 thousand business tourism industry specialists from the BRICS countries. The event included about two thousand meetings with potential partners.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: NSU Launches Innovative AI Service for Dental Health Diagnostics

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    Startup Studio of Novosibirsk State University with the support of the Coion syndicate, presented an innovative development – an analyzer of dental and oral health. It is implemented in several formats – a mobile application, a Telegram bot, a VKontakte application, and generates a set of recommendations for dental care for the user based on a photo. The service is based on the original methodology of Elena Leontyeva, Associate Professor of the Department of Dentistry and Advanced Training at the Rostov Medical University, Candidate of Medical Sciences, supplemented by machine vision technologies.

    — This method was developed several years ago, and the goal was to motivate patients to maintain oral hygiene. It was initially created for general use: a doctor can use it for screening, and patients or sales consultants in specialized stores can use it to select the most suitable toothpastes and hygiene products in each specific case, — said Elena Leontyeva.

    To use the algorithms developed by the Rostov scientist, no special medical education is required. When Elena learned about the NSU startup “Smart Mirror”, she approached its developers with a proposal to create a similar service, but aimed at oral hygiene – detection of signs of inflammatory formations, early stages of caries, etc. At the same time, the service does not replace a doctor, but helps to notice problems at an early stage, making primary diagnostics as accessible as possible.

    We remind you that it was developed by the NSU Startup Studio as part of the development of technological entrepreneurship telegram bot “Smart Mirror” was introduced earlier this year. It can detect several skin conditions, rate your skin health as a percentage, and recognize signs of several common problems. If it detects your skin as healthy, it will advise you to continue your current skin care routine and use sunscreen. If the Smart Mirror suspects any skin abnormalities, it will advise you to see a specialist for a more detailed diagnosis or problem determination, and then for treatment.

    Similar principles are used in the operation of the new product, called SmileScan.

    — This application is a product of three-way cooperation. On the one hand, a medical scientist from Rostov, the creator of the very method of analyzing the condition of teeth, when a single recommendation mechanism is formed from disparate data. On the other hand, the NSU Startup Studio, which contributed its experience in working with machine vision and other modern information technologies. And the third party is the Coion syndicate, which took on the closure of expenses during the project. As a result, we received an interesting technological solution and a successful example of translating the results of intellectual activity into a marketable software product financed by a private company, — noted the director of the NSU Startup Studio Maria Galyamova.

    Today, the service is already working in Telegram — @dentalcheckupai_bot, and it is free for the user, and the investor company expects to benefit through indirect commercialization (offering the user products of certain brands, affiliate links, etc.).

    — And the most important thing for Coion as a business structure is that many startups develop due to hypergrowth. We form a pool of users around the application, the base of which is capital in itself, since they are interesting for other companies, — explained the managing partner of the Coion syndicate Evgeny Ivanov.

    Such projects with indirect commercialization are one of the key areas of work of the startup studio, because many potential partners are focused on the so-called deep-tech. And it is in this area that the level of primary sales is not so important as the potential of the technology underlying the startup as a driver of further growth, emphasized Maria Galyamova.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Sergei Sobyanin: Large-scale project “Summer in Moscow” will begin on June 1

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    The large-scale city project “Summer in Moscow” will begin in the capital on June 1. Sergei Sobyanin spoke about this in his telegram channel.

    “Every day for three months, charity, cultural and sports events will be held in all districts and in every area of the capital. Most of them will be free and outdoors,” the Moscow Mayor wrote.

    Source: Sergei Sobyanin’s Telegram channel @Mos_Sobyanin

    The unique project will unite all the events of the summer, including the popular festivals “Tastes of Russia”, “Teatralny Boulevard”, “Gardens and Flowers”, “Times and Epochs”, “Moscow Estates” and “Moscow – on the Wave. Fish Week”.

    In addition, they plan to hold many new musical, sports, youth and patriotic events. Thus, the creative camp “Youth of Moscow” will open for the first time in the Moskino cinema park. Participants will be able to choose and master one of the following areas: “KVN”, “Vocals and Music”, “Original Genre”, “Cinema”, “Producing and Organizing Events”.

    For the capital’s entrepreneurs, the “Summer in Moscow” project will be a good opportunity to make a name for themselves, hold an event on their own site or in one of the 200 city public spaces, and also receive support in promotion.

    Entrepreneurs will also be offered the opportunity to present their products in 13 Made in Moscow art pavilions. Those interested must submit an application on the website project to support local brands.

    Last year, the project’s activities “Summer in Moscow” More than 38 million city residents and guests of the capital visited it.

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