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  • MIL-OSI Analysis: When big sports events like FIFA World Cup expand, their climate footprint expands too

    Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Brian P. McCullough, Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan

    Lionel Messi celebrates with fans after Argentina won the FIFA World Cup championship in 2022 in Qatar. Michael Regan-FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images

    When the FIFA World Cup hits North America in June 2026, 48 teams and millions of soccer fans will be traveling to and from venues spread across the United States, Canada and Mexico.

    It’s a dramatic expansion – 16 more teams will be playing than in recent years, with a jump from 64 to 104 matches. The tournament is projected to bring in over US$10 billion in revenue. But the expansion will also mean a lot more travel and other activities that contribute to climate change.

    The environmental impacts of giant sporting events like the World Cup create a complex paradox for an industry grappling with its future in a warming world.

    A sustainability conundrum

    Sports are undeniably experiencing the effects of climate change. Rising global temperatures are putting athletes’ health at risk during summer heat waves and shortening winter sports seasons. Many of the 2026 World Cup venues often see heat waves in June and early July, when the tournament is scheduled.

    There is a divide over how sports should respond.

    Some athletes are speaking out for more sustainable choices and have called on lawmakers to take steps to limit climate-warming emissions. At the same time, the sport industry is growing and facing a constant push to increase revenue. The NCAA is also considering expanding its March Madness basketball tournaments from 68 teams currently to as many as 76.

    Park Yong-woo of team Al Ain from Abu Dhabi tries to cool off during a Club World Cup match on June 26, 2025, in Washington, D.C., which was in the midst of a heat wave. Some players have raised concerns about likely high temperatures during the 2026 World Cup, with matches scheduled June 11 to July 19.
    AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson

    Estimates for the 2026 World Cup show what large tournament expansions can mean for the climate. A report from Scientists for Global Responsibility estimates that the expanded World Cup could generate over 9 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, nearly double the average of the past four World Cups.

    This massive increase – and the increase that would come if the NCAA basketball tournaments also expand – would primarily be driven by air travel as fans and players fly among event cities that are thousands of miles apart.

    A lot of money is at stake, but so is the climate

    Sports are big business, and adding more matches to events like the World Cup and NCAA tournaments will likely lead to larger media rights contracts and greater gate receipts from more fans attending the events, boosting revenues. These are powerful financial incentives.

    In the NCAA’s case, there is another reason to consider a larger tournament: The House v. NCAA settlement opened the door for college athletic departments to share revenue with athletes, which will significantly increase costs for many college programs. More teams would mean more television revenue and, crucially, more revenue to be distributed to member NCAA institutions and their athletic conferences.

    When climate promises become greenwashing

    The inherent conflict between maximizing profit through growth and minimizing environmental footprint presents a dilemma for sports.

    Several sport organizations have promised to reduce their impact on the climate, including signing up for initiatives like the United Nations Sports for Climate Action Framework.

    However, as sports tournaments and exhibition games expand, it can become increasingly hard for sports organizations to meet their climate commitments. In some cases, groups making sustainability commitments have been accused of greenwashing, suggesting the goals are more about public relations than making genuine, measurable changes.

    For example, FIFA’s early claims that it would hold a “fully carbon-neutral” World Cup in Qatar in 2022 were challenged by a group of European countries that accused soccer’s world governing body of underestimating emissions. The Swiss Fairness Commission, which monitors fairness in advertising, considered the complaints and determined that FIFA’s claims could not be substantiated.

    Alessandro Bastoni, of Inter Milan and Italy’s national team, prepares to board a flight from Milan to Rome with his team.
    Mattia Ozbot-Inter/Inter via Getty Images

    Aviation is often the biggest driver of emissions. A study that colleagues and I conducted on the NCAA men’s basketball tournament found about 80% of its emissions were connected to travel. And that was after the NCAA began using the pod system, which is designed to keep teams closer to home for the first and second rounds.

    Finding practical solutions

    Some academics, observing the rising emissions trend, have called for radical solutions like the end of commercialized sports or drastically limiting who can attend sporting events, with a focus on fans from the region.

    These solutions are frankly not practical, in my view, nor do they align with other positive developments. The growing popularity of women’s sports shows the challenge in limiting sports events – more games expands participation but adds to the industry’s overall footprint.

    Further compounding the challenges of reducing environmental impact is the amount of fan travel, which is outside the direct control of the sports organization or event organizers.

    Many fans will follow their teams long distances, especially for mega-events like the World Cup or the NCAA tournament. During the men’s World Cup in Russia in 2018, more than 840,000 fans traveled from other countries. The top countries by number of fans, after Russia, were China, the U.S., Mexico and Argentina.

    There is an argument that distributed sporting events like March Madness or the World Cup can be better in some ways for local environments because they don’t overwhelm a single city. However, merely spreading the impact does not necessarily reduce it, particularly when considering the effects on climate change.

    How fans can cut their environmental footprint

    Sport organizations and event planners can take steps to be more sustainable and also encourage more sustainable choices among fans. Fans can reduce their environmental impact in a variety of ways. For example:

    • Avoid taking airplanes for shorter distances, such as between FIFA venues in Philadelphia, New York and Boston, and carpool or take Amtrak instead. Planes can be more efficient for long distances, but air travel is still a major contributing factor to emissions.

    • While in a host city, use mass transit or rent electric vehicles or bicycles for local travel.

    • Consider sustainable accommodations, such as short-term rentals that might have a smaller environmental footprint than a hotel. Or stay at a certified green hotel that makes an effort to be more efficient in its use of water and energy.

    • Engage in sustainable pregame and postgame activities, such as choosing local, sustainable food options, and minimize waste.

    • You can also pay to offset carbon emissions for attending different sporting events, much like concertgoers do when they attend musical festivals. While critics question offsets’ true environmental benefit, they do represent people’s growing awareness of their environmental footprint.

    Through all these options, it’s clear that sports face a significant challenge in addressing their environmental impacts and encouraging fans to be more sustainable, while simultaneously trying to meet ambitious business and environmental targets.

    In my view, a sustainable path forward will require strategic, yet genuine, commitment by the sports industry and its fans, and a willingness to prioritize long-term planetary health alongside economic gains – balancing the sport and sustainability.

    Brian P. McCullough 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. When big sports events like FIFA World Cup expand, their climate footprint expands too – https://theconversation.com/when-big-sports-events-like-fifa-world-cup-expand-their-climate-footprint-expands-too-259437

    MIL OSI Analysis –

  • MIL-OSI Analysis: When big sports events like FIFA World Cup expand, their climate footprint expands too

    Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Brian P. McCullough, Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan

    Lionel Messi celebrates with fans after Argentina won the FIFA World Cup championship in 2022 in Qatar. Michael Regan-FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images

    When the FIFA World Cup hits North America in June 2026, 48 teams and millions of soccer fans will be traveling to and from venues spread across the United States, Canada and Mexico.

    It’s a dramatic expansion – 16 more teams will be playing than in recent years, with a jump from 64 to 104 matches. The tournament is projected to bring in over US$10 billion in revenue. But the expansion will also mean a lot more travel and other activities that contribute to climate change.

    The environmental impacts of giant sporting events like the World Cup create a complex paradox for an industry grappling with its future in a warming world.

    A sustainability conundrum

    Sports are undeniably experiencing the effects of climate change. Rising global temperatures are putting athletes’ health at risk during summer heat waves and shortening winter sports seasons. Many of the 2026 World Cup venues often see heat waves in June and early July, when the tournament is scheduled.

    There is a divide over how sports should respond.

    Some athletes are speaking out for more sustainable choices and have called on lawmakers to take steps to limit climate-warming emissions. At the same time, the sport industry is growing and facing a constant push to increase revenue. The NCAA is also considering expanding its March Madness basketball tournaments from 68 teams currently to as many as 76.

    Park Yong-woo of team Al Ain from Abu Dhabi tries to cool off during a Club World Cup match on June 26, 2025, in Washington, D.C., which was in the midst of a heat wave. Some players have raised concerns about likely high temperatures during the 2026 World Cup, with matches scheduled June 11 to July 19.
    AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson

    Estimates for the 2026 World Cup show what large tournament expansions can mean for the climate. A report from Scientists for Global Responsibility estimates that the expanded World Cup could generate over 9 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, nearly double the average of the past four World Cups.

    This massive increase – and the increase that would come if the NCAA basketball tournaments also expand – would primarily be driven by air travel as fans and players fly among event cities that are thousands of miles apart.

    A lot of money is at stake, but so is the climate

    Sports are big business, and adding more matches to events like the World Cup and NCAA tournaments will likely lead to larger media rights contracts and greater gate receipts from more fans attending the events, boosting revenues. These are powerful financial incentives.

    In the NCAA’s case, there is another reason to consider a larger tournament: The House v. NCAA settlement opened the door for college athletic departments to share revenue with athletes, which will significantly increase costs for many college programs. More teams would mean more television revenue and, crucially, more revenue to be distributed to member NCAA institutions and their athletic conferences.

    When climate promises become greenwashing

    The inherent conflict between maximizing profit through growth and minimizing environmental footprint presents a dilemma for sports.

    Several sport organizations have promised to reduce their impact on the climate, including signing up for initiatives like the United Nations Sports for Climate Action Framework.

    However, as sports tournaments and exhibition games expand, it can become increasingly hard for sports organizations to meet their climate commitments. In some cases, groups making sustainability commitments have been accused of greenwashing, suggesting the goals are more about public relations than making genuine, measurable changes.

    For example, FIFA’s early claims that it would hold a “fully carbon-neutral” World Cup in Qatar in 2022 were challenged by a group of European countries that accused soccer’s world governing body of underestimating emissions. The Swiss Fairness Commission, which monitors fairness in advertising, considered the complaints and determined that FIFA’s claims could not be substantiated.

    Alessandro Bastoni, of Inter Milan and Italy’s national team, prepares to board a flight from Milan to Rome with his team.
    Mattia Ozbot-Inter/Inter via Getty Images

    Aviation is often the biggest driver of emissions. A study that colleagues and I conducted on the NCAA men’s basketball tournament found about 80% of its emissions were connected to travel. And that was after the NCAA began using the pod system, which is designed to keep teams closer to home for the first and second rounds.

    Finding practical solutions

    Some academics, observing the rising emissions trend, have called for radical solutions like the end of commercialized sports or drastically limiting who can attend sporting events, with a focus on fans from the region.

    These solutions are frankly not practical, in my view, nor do they align with other positive developments. The growing popularity of women’s sports shows the challenge in limiting sports events – more games expands participation but adds to the industry’s overall footprint.

    Further compounding the challenges of reducing environmental impact is the amount of fan travel, which is outside the direct control of the sports organization or event organizers.

    Many fans will follow their teams long distances, especially for mega-events like the World Cup or the NCAA tournament. During the men’s World Cup in Russia in 2018, more than 840,000 fans traveled from other countries. The top countries by number of fans, after Russia, were China, the U.S., Mexico and Argentina.

    There is an argument that distributed sporting events like March Madness or the World Cup can be better in some ways for local environments because they don’t overwhelm a single city. However, merely spreading the impact does not necessarily reduce it, particularly when considering the effects on climate change.

    How fans can cut their environmental footprint

    Sport organizations and event planners can take steps to be more sustainable and also encourage more sustainable choices among fans. Fans can reduce their environmental impact in a variety of ways. For example:

    • Avoid taking airplanes for shorter distances, such as between FIFA venues in Philadelphia, New York and Boston, and carpool or take Amtrak instead. Planes can be more efficient for long distances, but air travel is still a major contributing factor to emissions.

    • While in a host city, use mass transit or rent electric vehicles or bicycles for local travel.

    • Consider sustainable accommodations, such as short-term rentals that might have a smaller environmental footprint than a hotel. Or stay at a certified green hotel that makes an effort to be more efficient in its use of water and energy.

    • Engage in sustainable pregame and postgame activities, such as choosing local, sustainable food options, and minimize waste.

    • You can also pay to offset carbon emissions for attending different sporting events, much like concertgoers do when they attend musical festivals. While critics question offsets’ true environmental benefit, they do represent people’s growing awareness of their environmental footprint.

    Through all these options, it’s clear that sports face a significant challenge in addressing their environmental impacts and encouraging fans to be more sustainable, while simultaneously trying to meet ambitious business and environmental targets.

    In my view, a sustainable path forward will require strategic, yet genuine, commitment by the sports industry and its fans, and a willingness to prioritize long-term planetary health alongside economic gains – balancing the sport and sustainability.

    Brian P. McCullough 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. When big sports events like FIFA World Cup expand, their climate footprint expands too – https://theconversation.com/when-big-sports-events-like-fifa-world-cup-expand-their-climate-footprint-expands-too-259437

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Sobyanin told how Volgogradsky Prospekt will be transformed after improvement

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    In Moscow, thousands of improvement projects are implemented annually in different areas – most of the objects are located outside the center.

    “This year, specialists are putting in order about

    700 streets. Among them are the outbound highways: Profsoyuznaya Street with 60th Anniversary of October Avenue, Shchyolkovskoye Highway with Krasnoprudnaya and Bolshaya Cherkizovskaya Streets. On Volgogradsky Prospekt, one of the city’s largest outbound highways, work is underway on the section from the Garden Ring to the Moscow Ring Road with a total length of 12.5 kilometers. The project also includes Marxist Street. The area will become even more comfortable for residents, while the transport function of the highway will be preserved,” the Moscow Mayor said in on your telegram channel.

    Source: Sergei Sobyanin’s Telegram channel @mos_sobyanin

    Volgogradsky Prospekt is one of the largest outbound highways in Moscow. More than 860 thousand people live in the houses located next to it. More than 110 thousand cars drive along this avenue per day, and the passenger flow of 24 city transport routes is 120 thousand people daily.

    The comprehensive improvement of Volgogradsky Prospekt and Marxistskaya Street began in April 2025. Work is being carried out on the section from the Garden Ring to the Moscow Ring Road. Its total length is 12.5 kilometers.

    The main objective is to make the urban environment more functional and comfortable for local residents, while maintaining the transport purpose of the highway.

    Instead of the outdated stops along the avenue, 30 modern pavilions will be installed. Thanks to the infrastructure upgrade, as well as due to the adjustment of traffic lights and the provision of priority to city transport, its speed will increase by 20 percent.

    About 490 benches and trash bins will be placed on sidewalks and in other suitable places. 26 informational steles will help to find your way around.

    It will be lighter and safer in the evening and at night thanks to the installation of more than a thousand energy-saving lamps. In addition, 1055 old gas-discharge lamps will be replaced with LED ones. Contrast lighting poles will be installed at unregulated pedestrian crossings.

    Volgogradsky Prospekt will become much greener: previously lost lawns will be restored here. More than 1,300 large trees will be planted along the highway, including in the area of the exit to the Moscow Ring Road. Four green islands with decorative compositions of coniferous plants will be arranged on the scenic sections of the highway.

    To improve the appearance of the avenue, decorative fencing with an individual pattern will be installed along industrial enterprises and garage complexes. Ventilation shafts and other engineering structures will receive decorative cladding. In addition, the dog walking area near house 187/16 will be updated.

    Specialists will replace the pavement surfaces (about 105.3 thousand square meters) and roads (111.4 thousand square meters). Overhead cable lines will be moved underground and an additional drainage system will be installed.

    Over 380 people and over 70 units of equipment are involved in the work. The improvement of Volgogradsky Prospekt with Marxistskaya Street is planned to be completed this fall.

    More than 700 streets in Moscow will be improved by the end of the yearSergei Sobyanin announced plans for the development of the Moscow tram network

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: #Mvuvet on Palace: Polytechnics became participants in the exhibition of the volunteer movement

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    From July 4 to 24, in the center of St. Petersburg, on Bolshaya Morskaya Street, No. 1 (the Arch of the General Staff Building on Palace Square), a photo exhibition dedicated to the 5th anniversary of the All-Russian Mutual Aid Campaign is taking place

    One of the exhibition’s heroines was the director of the Volunteer Projects Center “Harmony” of SPbPU Tatiana NamUnder her leadership, the Center joined the work of the regional headquarters in the spring of 2020 and is still one of the most active in the country.

    Promotion

    The Harmony Center has been actively involved in the work from the very beginning and has become a point of attraction for good initiatives. Over five years, hundreds of events have been organized: concerts and master classes in military hospitals, collection of humanitarian aid, support for families of SVO participants, educational courses for new volunteers.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: #Mvuvet on Palace: Polytechnics became participants in the exhibition of the volunteer movement

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    From July 4 to 24, in the center of St. Petersburg, on Bolshaya Morskaya Street, No. 1 (the Arch of the General Staff Building on Palace Square), a photo exhibition dedicated to the 5th anniversary of the All-Russian Mutual Aid Campaign is taking place

    One of the exhibition’s heroines was the director of the Volunteer Projects Center “Harmony” of SPbPU Tatiana NamUnder her leadership, the Center joined the work of the regional headquarters in the spring of 2020 and is still one of the most active in the country.

    Promotion

    The Harmony Center has been actively involved in the work from the very beginning and has become a point of attraction for good initiatives. Over five years, hundreds of events have been organized: concerts and master classes in military hospitals, collection of humanitarian aid, support for families of SVO participants, educational courses for new volunteers.

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    Please note: This information is raw content obtained directly from the source of the information. It is an accurate report of what the source claims and does not necessarily reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: New air route to Russia launched in China’s Yantai

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) — Two tourist charters from Khabarovsk and Vladivostok landed safely in Yantai City, east China’s Shandong Province, on July 12.

    According to the Yantai City Culture and Tourism Administration, after the planes landed at Penglai International Airport, a welcoming ceremony was held for the Russian tourists who had planned to spend their summer vacation in the Chinese city.

    The new Vladivostok-Yantai charter route is the second direct tourist airline with Russia opened by the city after the launch of the Khabarovsk-Yantai flight in 2024.

    It is reported that 20 inbound tourism charter flights are planned between Khabarovsk/Vladivostok and Yantai from July 12 to September 13, 2025, which will not only provide Russian tourists with more convenient transportation options, but also give new impetus to the Yantai inbound tourism market, deepening cultural and tourism exchanges and cooperation between China and Russia.

    The launch of the airlines has become an important achievement for Yantai in using the visa-free transit policy and actively expanding the international tourism market. The new charter flights not only provide Russian guests with a rich holiday on the Chinese coast, but also create new opportunities to improve Yantai’s global rating and promote high-quality development of the local cultural and tourism industry. -0-

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: RSF supported 15 projects of young scientists from HSE

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: State University “Higher School of Economics” –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    The Russian Science Foundation has summed up the results of the 2025 youth competitions for grants. Based on the results of the competition of initiative projects of young scientists, 14 projects of the Higher School of Economics were supported. Based on the results of the competition of scientific groups led by young scientists, one university project was supported.

    The competitions are part of the Presidential Program of research projects implemented by leading scientists, including young scientists, a priority area of the RSF activity “Support for young scientists”. The goal of the presented project should be to solve specific problems within the framework of one of the priorities defined in the Strategy for Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation.

    Competition of initiative projects of young scientists

    Grants are allocated for the implementation of fundamental and exploratory scientific research in 2025–2027 to researchers aged up to and including 33 years who have a PhD degree.

    Following the results of the competition, 14 HSE projects were supported in the following areas: Mathematics, informatics and systems sciences, Physics and space sciences, Humanities and social sciences:

    “Assessing Impact Effects in Economic Research Using Synthesis of Econometric Models and Machine Learning Methods” (headed by Bogdan Potanin, Faculty of Economic Sciences);

    “Trace Operator in Non-Lipschitz Domains and the Steklov Problem” (supervised by Alexander Menovshchikov, Faculty of Mathematics);

    “Solution of the inverse phaseless scattering problem for the Helmholtz equation using the phase reconstruction method” (supervisor Vladimir Sivkin, Faculty of Mathematics);

    “Automorphisms of algebraic monoids” (supervised by Anton Shafarevich, Faculty of Computer Science);

    “Localization and its destruction in one-dimensional disordered quantum multiparticle systems” (head Murod Bakhovadinov, International Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics);

    “Hessian and locally conformal Hessian manifolds” (supervised by Pavel Osipov, International Laboratory of Mirror Symmetry and Automorphic Forms);

    “Socio-psychological factors of perception of socio-economic inequality: from social comparison to subjective well-being” (headed by Irina Prusova, Faculty of Social Sciences);

    “Industrial postgraduate studies in Russia: practices, barriers and effects of employers’ participation in the training of postgraduate students” (headed by Svetlana Zhuchkova, Institute of Education);

    “‘Gentle’ employment: practices for adapting forms and conditions of employment against the backdrop of deteriorating health in older age groups in Russia” (headed by Anna Chervyakova, Institute of Social Policy);

    “Dynamical systems on direct and oblique products of manifolds” (supervisor Marina Barinova, HSE University – Nizhny Novgorod);

    “Knowledge and Management on the Imperial Outskirts: Experts and Mediators in the Russian North and Far East in the Post-Reform Russian Empire” (headed by Evgeny Egorov, HSE University – Saint Petersburg);

    “At the start of academic careers: student participation in scientific communities and initiatives as a vector for the development of national science” (headed by Irina Lisovskaya, HSE University – St. Petersburg);

    “Socio-psychological and cognitive factors of trust in AI-social agents and AI-generated information in the field of health” (headed by Yadviga Sinyavskaya, HSE University – St. Petersburg);

    “Asymmetrical radiation output from a microdisk laser using a conjugated photonic crystal” (headed by Konstantin Ivanov, HSE University – St. Petersburg).

    Competition of scientific groups led by young scientists

    Within the framework of the competition, grants are allocated for conducting fundamental and exploratory scientific research in 2025–2028 to researchers aged up to and including 35 years, who have a candidate or doctoral degree.

    Based on the results of the competition, the project “Integrable sigma models and conformal field theories” (supervisor Mikhail Alfimov, Faculty of Mathematics) was supported.

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  • MIL-OSI Submissions: How 1860s Mexico offered an alternative vision for a liberal international order

    Source: The Conversation – UK – By Tom Long, Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick

    The Execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, June 19, 1867 Edouard ManetWikimedia Commons

    In 1867, the world’s most powerful statesmen, including Austria’s Emperor Franz Josef, France’s Napoleon III and US secretary of state, William H. Seward, petitioned the Mexican government to spare the life of a condemned man.

    Mexico’s ragtag army and militias had just humbled France, then Europe’s preeminent land power. The costly six-year campaign drained the French treasury and eroded Napoleon III’s domestic support. Napoleon’s ambition to transform Mexico into a client empire under a Vienna-born, Habsburg archduke, crowned Maximilian I, ended in spectacular failure.

    After his defeat, Maximilian was brought before a Mexican military tribunal. European monarchs regarded the prisoner as their peer, but Mexican liberals convicted him as a piratical invader, usurper and traitor. Despite indignant appeals from European courts, President Benito Juárez refused to commute his sentence. The would-be emperor was executed by firing squad.

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    The controversy went beyond one monarch’s fate. It crystallised a clash between opposed visions of global order — as Peru’s president Ramón Castilla said at the time, it was a “war of the crowns against liberty caps”.

    Today, world politics are in flux. The so-called liberal international order, nominally grounded in multilateralism, open markets, human rights and the rule of law, is facing its gravest crisis since the second world war. Former advocates such as the United States now openly flout international law and undermine the very norms they once championed. China remains ambivalent, while Russia unabashedly hastens the order’s unravelling.

    More broadly, the old post-second world war order appears out of step with the global south and with widespread anger over double standards exposed by the wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Iran.
    Amid today’s crises, a world order arranged for and by the great powers looks both insufficient and doomed to lack legitimacy. Reordering will require support from diverse actors, including states across the global south.

    1860s: a turbulent decade

    The 1860s were a turbulent, although often overlooked, moment of global reordering. Technological shifts – the telegraph, electricity, steamships and railways – appeared as disruptive then as AI does today. Combined with shifting power dynamics, these transformations accelerated imperial expansion. Yet the rules of the emerging order remained uncertain, even among the imperial powers themselves.

    In Europe, networks of dynastic rule still carried weight in international politics. Under growing pressure, the ancien régime sought to reinvent and reassert itself. The old empires often justified their expansion by promising to bring order and progress to supposedly backward peoples. But that “civilising mission” clashed with a worldview emerging from Spanish America – where countries had thrown off colonial rule to establish independent republics.

    As we wrote in a recent article in American Political Science Review, Spanish American diplomats articulated a republican vision of international order centred on the protection of weaker states from domination by great powers.

    Fending off Europe’s empires

    Divided by civil conflict, Mexico became an easy target for European empires. Mexico’s Liberal party had regained power but faced internal dissent and crippling foreign debt. Britain, France and Spain formed a coalition to invade and demand repayment. France, however, had more ambitious designs.

    Exploiting the distraction of the US civil war, Napoleon III dreamed of transforming Mexico into a Latin stronghold against Yankee expansion. Best of all, Napoleon thought the scheme would turn a profit. A stable Mexican empire could repay the costs of the intervention – with interest – by increasing production from the country’s famed silver mines. Meanwhile, France would gain a receptive market for its exports and a grateful geopolitical subordinate.

    Maximilian, a young Austrian prince of the house of Hapsburg, somewhat naively accepted the offer to rule a distant and unfamiliar land. He dreamed of regenerating Mexico through a liberal monarchy while reviving his family’s declining dynasty.

    Led by Juárez, Mexico’s liberals fiercely resisted Maximilian’s rule. While militarily Juárez was consistently on the defensive, he remained diplomatically proactive. The Juaristas encouraged US sympathies that proved decisive after the end of the civil war. They also enjoyed solidarity – though limited material support – from other Spanish American republics. Although the monarchies of Europe all recognised Maximilian as Mexican emperor, Juárez’s defiance became a rallying point for liberals and republicans in Europe.

    Hero to the liberals: a monument to Juárez in central Mexico City.
    Hajor~commonswiki, CC BY-ND

    Vision of a new order

    Beyond stoking sympathies, Juárez and his followers offered trenchant critiques of unequal international rules and practices cloaked in liberal guise.

    First, the “republican internationalism” of Mexico’s Juaristas stood in direct opposition to European liberals’ “civilising mission”. Latin American republicans rejected the notion that progress could be imposed on their countries from abroad – though some echoed civilising rhetoric toward their own non-white populations, who like in the US were subject to campaigns of violence and dispossession that stretched from northern Mexico to the Patagonia. Many Latin American liberals likewise remained silent about empire elsewhere.

    Second, the Juarista vision placed popular sovereignty, not dynastic ties, at the heart of legitimate statehood. These ideas drew on Mexico’s independence tradition and the principles enshrined in the 1857 constitution. European intervention, in this view, aimed to suppress popular rule in the Americas and extend the reaction against the failed revolutions of 1848, which had seriously threatened the old order when they raged across Europe.

    Third, popular sovereign states were equal under international law, regardless of power, wealth, or internal disorder. Sovereign equality also underpinned Latin America’s strong commitment to non-intervention. Liberal writer and diplomat Francisco Zarco, a close confidante of Juárez, condemned frequent European economic justifications for intervention as the work of “smugglers and profiteers who wrap themselves in the flags of powerful nations”.

    Finally, Mexican liberals called for an international system premised on republican fraternity, drawing on aspirations for cooperation that went back to liberator Simón Bolívar. The independence leader and committed republican convened a conference in 1826, hoping that a confederation of the newly independent Spanish American states would “be the shield of our new destiny”.

    Similar arguments for an international order that advances non-domination still resonate in the global south today. The Mexican experience also underscores that the architects of international order have never come exclusively from the global north – and those who shape its future will not either.

    Tom Long receives support from UK Arts and Humanities Research Council grant AH/V006622/1, Latin America and the peripheral origins of the 19th-century international order.

    Carsten-Andreas Schulz receives support from UK Arts and Humanities Research Council grant AH/V006622/1, Latin America and the peripheral origins of the 19th-century international order.

    – ref. How 1860s Mexico offered an alternative vision for a liberal international order – https://theconversation.com/how-1860s-mexico-offered-an-alternative-vision-for-a-liberal-international-order-260228

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Over 500,000 spectators visited Teatralny Boulevard in 1.5 months

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    More than 500 thousand spectators visited the International Open Festival “Theater Boulevard – 2025” during the first half of the project.

    “The festival started with a full house, and even now empty seats at the venues remain a rarity. In total, more than 500 thousand spectators visited it during the first half of the project, and about 1.6 thousand hours of the program have already been held on the five main stages. Thanks to the festival, the theater season in Moscow actually lasts the entire year, without a break for the summer holidays, and an equally rich program awaits guests ahead: performances by foreign artists and high-profile productions on the festival stages,” noted the Minister of the Moscow Government, head of the capital’s Department of Culture

    Alexey Fursin.

    The festival includes classical dramatic productions, musical performances, circus shows, and experimental formats such as the theatre of taste and plastic theatre. There are also special programmes dedicated to memorable dates – Russia Day, A.S. Pushkin’s birthday, the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow, and Youth Day.

    This year, Theatre Boulevard is attended by groups from 40 regions of Russia, from the Kaliningrad Region to the Altai Territory, including the State Drama Theatre on Vasilievsky Island (St. Petersburg), the Perm Academic Theatre-Theatre (Perm), and the F. Volkov Drama Theatre (Yaroslavl).

    Andrey Merzlikin and Darya Moroz, Kristina Babushkina, Anton Shagin, Yulia Peresild, Konstantin Raikin, Igor Mirkurbanov, Alexandra Rebenok, Anna Chipovskaya performed their projects at the festival venues. The parade of stars will continue in the second half of the festival.

    Particular attention is paid to children’s and family events. Now they are held on the main stages of the festival. Thus, in July, the “Family Conversations” section was opened, where the stories of theatrical dynasties were presented in a unique format. Among the heroes are Konstantin and Polina Raikin, Yulia and Anna Peresild, Igor and Grigory Vernik.

    The second half of the festival will be more diverse. High-profile premieres, immersive productions and master classes by leading directors are planned, as well as performances by artists from Serbia, Uruguay, Argentina, Iran, China, Italy and other countries.

    The Theatre Boulevard Festival is organized by the capital’s Department of Culture as part of Sergei Sobyanin’s Summer in Moscow project. https://leto.mos.ru/ It will last a record 92 days. More than 600 performances will be shown at 14 venues across the city, and three thousand artists from Russia and other countries will perform. In addition to theatrical productions, each venue will host creative workshops, patriotic programs with favorite actors, and interactive zones, including for children.

    Project “Summer in Moscow”— the main event of the season. It brings together the most vibrant events of the capital. Every day, charity, cultural and sports programs are held in all districts of the city, most of which are free. The Summer in Moscow project is being held for the second time, and this season will be more eventful: new, original and colorful festivals and events will be added to the traditional ones.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Shopping and business complexes will appear near city railway stations in the Northern Administrative District

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    As part of the implementation of large-scale investment projects (MaIP), the city provided investors in the Northern Administrative District with land for the construction of retail, business and other commercial facilities. This was reported by the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Urban Development Policy and Construction Vladimir Efimov.

    “Implementation of large-scale commercial investment projects allows for the development of territories, organizing business activity centers and jobs. This helps create favorable conditions for business and improve the quality of life of Muscovites. Currently, 10 MAIPs are at various stages of implementation in the Northern Administrative District, for which more than 10 hectares of land have been allocated near the city’s railway stations. There will be shopping, public, business and multifunctional complexes with a total area of about 500 thousand square meters,” said Vladimir Efimov.

    A large-scale investment project is a special status that can be granted to various objects, the construction of which is aimed at the development of the capital. For their construction, city plots are provided for rent.

    “The construction of commercial real estate in the north of Moscow stimulates economic activity in the district. New shopping centers, cafes, restaurants and company offices will expand opportunities for leisure and employment for local residents. For example, a multifunctional complex consisting of two buildings will appear between the Polezhaevskaya and Khoroshevskaya metro stations. In addition to office space, it will include space for shops, restaurants and service enterprises. A land plot of almost 1.4 hectares has been allocated for the implementation of this large-scale investment project,” she noted.

    Ekaterina Solovieva, Minister of the Moscow Government, Head of the Moscow Department of City Property.

    Earlier, Sergei Sobyanin said that it is planned to implement it by 2030 37 projects on land plots located near 32 Moscow city railway stations and metro stations.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Rosneft uses domestic special equipment to improve the efficiency of power transmission line maintenance

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    Orenburgneft, Rosneft’s key production asset in the Volga region, has increased the reliability of power supply to oil production facilities by servicing 6 (10) kV power lines with truck-mounted hydraulic lifts on high-traffic chassis.

    The unique tracked model has high technical and off-road capabilities. In particular, the driver of the special vehicle can automatically level the working platform and control the equipment remotely from the control panel.

    The equipment also allows for the safe delivery and lifting of people and large loads (metal structures, construction equipment), and the performance of transport and technological operations in particularly difficult road and climatic conditions of marshy terrain, afloat and virgin snow.

    The use of hydraulic lifts increases the speed of response to technological shutdowns of network infrastructure during periods of adverse weather conditions by reducing the time it takes for special equipment to arrive at the site of damage, which ensures uninterrupted operation of oil-producing wells and reduces transportation costs.

    The Company’s enterprises regularly replenish their fleets of specialized equipment with new models from domestic developers. Domestic all-terrain vehicles also help the enterprise maintain reliable power supply at any time of year on any site. Last year, the fleet of Orenburgneft’s special equipment was replenished with ten such high-traffic vehicles.

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    JSC Orenburgneft, a subsidiary of Rosneft Oil Company, carries out production activities in the Orenburg, Samara and Saratov regions. The company’s fields are supplied with electricity by 51 35-110 kV substations with a total length of 6-110 kV networks – more than 4,000 km. From 2019 to 2024, as part of the implementation of the program to improve the reliability of power supply to oil production facilities, Orenburgneft commissioned seven 35-110 kV electrical substations, 170 km of overhead lines of 35-110 kV voltage class were built.

    Department of Information and AdvertisingPJSC NK RosneftJuly 15, 2025

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: China-Russia Intangible Cultural Heritage Fair Held in Border City of Heihe

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    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) — The China-Russia Intangible Cultural Heritage Fair was held in Heihe, Heilongjiang Province, from July 12 to 14, showcasing the rich folk arts of the two countries, according to the city’s Department of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism.

    On the Chinese side, the event was attended by heirs of 11 intangible cultural heritage sites of various levels, while the fair brought together 24 artists engaged in decorative and applied arts from 12 regions of the Russian Federation, including Moscow, Kamchatka Krai, Magadan Oblast, the Republic of Buryatia and Amur Oblast.

    At the exhibition within the framework of the fair, visitors saw paintings made of fish skin, various birch bark products, stone microminiatures, etc., the manufacturing technique of which is related to the intangible cultural heritage in China. Meanwhile, Russian artisans presented unique wooden dolls, wood and stone carvings, ceramic dishes, sculpture, etc.

    At the fair, Russian artists opened several master classes, during which visitors were able to try making traditional Yakut amulets, textile folk dolls, etc. with their own hands.

    In addition, the heirs of intangible cultural heritage and invited guests from both countries conducted an in-depth exchange of experiences and organized a dialogue on the topic of preserving, inheriting and innovative development of traditional handicrafts.

    The three-day event, which aimed to promote intangible cultural heritage exchanges between China and Russia, attracted thousands of local residents as well as domestic and foreign tourists, promoting the sale of arts and crafts, the department said in a statement. -0-

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: 17 people survive after boat capsizes off Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands, another remains missing

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    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    JAKARTA, July 15 (Xinhua) — A rescue team in Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands said on Tuesday that 17 people were found alive after a speedboat capsized in the Sipora Strait in West Sumatra province on Monday.

    According to preliminary reports, the speedboat, which was carrying 18 passengers, including several children, departed from Sikakap Island at around 08:00 local time and capsized around 11:00 while en route to Sipora Island in difficult weather conditions.

    Eleven people were initially reported missing after the crash. As of Tuesday morning, 10 of them had been found safe.

    Rudy Ihu, head of the Mentawai Islands Search and Rescue Agency, told Xinhua that most of the survivors managed to swim to the shores of nearby islands.

    “Currents, waves and winds helped them reach the coast,” he said.

    He noted that, judging by preliminary data and the words of survivors, the capsizing was caused by extreme weather conditions, when large waves hit the boat.

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  • Shubhanshu Shukla returns safely to Earth after historic ISS mission; PM Modi hails him for inspiring ‘a billion dreams’

    Source: Government of India

    Source: Government of India (4)

    Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla returned safely to Earth on Tuesday, marking the successful conclusion of a groundbreaking mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the first by an Indian national.

    Shukla was part of the four-member Axiom-4 crew aboard SpaceX’s Dragon capsule Grace, which splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California at approximately 3:01 pm IST. The capsule’s safe landing followed a fiery reentry and a 22-hour return journey from orbit.

    “Splashdown of Dragon confirmed – welcome back to Earth, AstroPeggy, Shux, astro_slawosz, and Tibi!” SpaceX posted on X.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed Shukla’s mission as a historic milestone.

    “I join the nation in welcoming Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla as he returns to Earth from his historic mission to Space. As India’s first astronaut to have visited International Space Station, he has inspired a billion dreams through his dedication, courage and pioneering spirit. It marks another milestone towards our own Human Space Flight Mission – Gaganyaan,” PM Modi said in a post on X.

    Shukla, an Indian Air Force pilot, flew alongside veteran U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson, Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland, and Tibor Kapu of Hungary. They boarded Grace at 3:30 a.m. CT (2:00 pm IST) on Monday, undocking from the ISS to begin their return to Earth.

    The mission marked several historic firsts, not only for Shubhanshu Shukla, who became the second Indian to travel to space after Rakesh Sharma’s 1984 flight, but also for Poland and Hungary, which sent their first astronauts to the International Space Station.

    India’s space agency ISRO celebrated the success, calling it a “milestone” for the country’s space ambitions. Shukla’s mission is seen as a stepping stone toward the launch of India’s first crewed spaceflight, Gaganyaan, targeted for 2027.

    During his over two-week stay aboard the ISS, Shukla completed more than 310 orbits of Earth, covering an estimated 13 million kilometers, or roughly 33 times the distance between Earth and the Moon. The crew witnessed over 300 sunrises and sunsets from orbit.

    ISRO said that Shukla completed all seven planned microgravity experiments, achieving all mission objectives.
    “Experiments on Indian strain of tardigrades, myogenesis, sprouting of methi and moong seeds, cyanobacteria, microalgae, crop seeds, and the Voyager display have been successfully completed,” ISRO said in a statement.

    The mission’s capsule Grace, the fifth in SpaceX’s Crew Dragon fleet, was launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 25. The Axiom-4 team reached the ISS the next day and were greeted by the station’s rotating crew, which included three U.S. astronauts, one Japanese crewmember, and three Russian cosmonauts.

    Axiom-4 marks the 18th human spaceflight by SpaceX since it began crewed missions in 2020, signaling a new chapter in U.S. spaceflight following the retirement of the space shuttle program.

    (With inputs from agencies)

  • MIL-OSI Russia: The First Russian Media Mogul. We Study Ivan Sytin’s Biography on a Tour of the Tverskoy District

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    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

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    Tverskaya Street, one of the main streets in the capital, bore the name of the Soviet writer Maxim Gorky for several decades of the last century. Here, in house 12, building 2 (the address is modern, the numbering was different before), Ivan Sytin lived until 1934. He knew Gorky, Anton Chekhov and other writers of that time well. Before the revolution, he was a famous entrepreneur, one of the first publishers of the Russian Empire, the man who introduced the peasants to the works of Alexander Pushkin.

    Together with Alexey Shalamov, a tour guide at the I.D. Sytin Apartment Museum, we travel into the past, which “begins” on the second floor of the house, now a 19th century cultural heritage site, at the entrance to apartment No. 274.

    Family portrait in the interior

    “Ivan Dmitrievich and his family moved here in 1928. He lived in Moscow for a long time – from the age of 15, and moved several times. This apartment was his last home. Before that, the Sytins lived in a mansion on Pushkinskaya, but when the enterprises were nationalized, the family was given this apartment as a replacement. They moved some of the furniture here, so now we can show you the original items,” Alexey Shalamov begins the tour.

    The apartment is truly amazing — an interesting layout, high ceilings, burgundy walls in the hallway elegantly set off by Art Nouveau chandeliers and a pear-wood wardrobe, in the mirrors of which outstanding figures of the early 20th century looked at themselves on Pushkin Square. Alexander Kuprin, Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Ivan Bunin, Alexander Blok, Ilya Repin, Nikolai Roerich, Ivan Bilibin — invisible traces of their coats and hats are kept on the hooks and hangers in the hallway. The Sytins lived here as a large family of 15 people, the last of which moved out of the apartment only in the 1970s. The museum is currently hosting an exhibition called “Traditions of the Sytin Family,” created with the participation of Ivan Dmitrievich’s great-granddaughter. The exhibition tells about the family’s legacy and memory, gives an opportunity to look into the home world, and touch upon the personal life of one of the main educators of the Russian Empire.

    What was read on the “gulvars”, bazaars and in villages. We study popular literature of the 19th-20th centuries

    Ivan Sytin’s career path is truly impressive – the future publisher came from the Kostroma province and went to work in the bookstore of the merchant Pyotr Sharapov as a 15-year-old teenager, and ten years later he acquired his first lithographic press and started his own business, which later turned into a bookstore at the Ilyinsky Gate, and into the “Partnership of I.D. Sytin and Co.”, and into the publishing house “Posrednik”, created jointly with Leo Tolstoy and Vladimir Chertkov. He developed the magazine “Around the World”, which exists to this day, and on Chekhov’s advice acquired the rights to publish the newspaper “Russkoye Slovo”, deciding to increase its circulation at all costs. And he achieved his goal!

    Pushkinskaya Square and its surroundings

    Having learned the family history and imbued with the atmosphere of those years, we go out onto Tverskaya Street and move towards the monument to the sun of Russian poetry, crossing Strastnoy Boulevard. If you leave Pushkin Square on the right, then straight ahead, to the left of the Izvestia newspaper building, you can see the house of I.D. Sytin, where the family lived for more than twenty years before moving to an apartment. The estate, built according to the design of Adolf Erichson, is an example of the Art Nouveau style, very popular at that time. The publishing houses of the Pravda and Trud newspapers were later located here. Due to the fact that the building was moved several dozen meters at one time, the authentic architecture was partially lost, but on the facade you can see details decorated according to sketches by Ivan Bilibin.

    We go deeper into Pushkin Square and stop at the memorial stone to the Strastnoy Monastery. Founded in 1654, it was destroyed in 1937; its territory also housed a necropolis. Ivan Dmitrievich was a religious man, and when his wife died, she was buried here. The monastery’s bell tower offered a magnificent view of the city. Alexey Shalamov explains: “It is known that Nicholas II came here. The King of Sweden and Norway also climbed the bell tower, looked around Moscow and said that all foreigners should visit this monastery.”

    Passing the building of the Izvestia newspaper, on the same side we pay attention to the main house of the city estate of the Dolgorukovs – Bobrinskys. At one time, the president of the Academy of Arts and the Minister of Public Education Sergei Uvarov lived there, Alexander Pushkin and Anton Chekhov visited many times, the Itinerants organized exhibitions, the editorial office of the magazine Novy Mir worked there.

    Along Malaya Dmitrovka

    Around the corner on Malaya Dmitrovka is the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Putinki, a beautiful Orthodox tent-roofed church, unique in its kind. Ivan Sytin often came here with his family and was even the church warden of the parish – it is known that two of his sons were married in the church. Literally in the next building is Mark Zakharov’s Lenkom – now a famous capital theater, and once a gentlemen’s club a la russe. “The merchants decided to build their own opposite the aristocratic club – and so that it would be better,” comments Alexey Shalamov. The 1909 building was erected according to the design of the architect Illarion Ivanov-Shits in a style that is difficult to describe unambiguously: a careful look will recognize elements of Art Nouveau, classicism, eclecticism, and signs of Art Deco. Inside is a large concert hall, a library, billiard rooms, a winter garden and, of course, a very good restaurant. Important business meetings and gatherings were also held here, and Ivan Sytin was also present.

    The final point of this part of the route is the building of the Loan Treasury in Nastasinsky Lane, built in the 1910s by Vladimir Pokrovsky, one of the founders of the neo-Russian style (now a cultural heritage site of federal significance). Here, loans were issued to merchants, among whom, probably, could have been the main hero of our excursion.

    Back to the roots

    On the way back, Alexey Shalamov told about the specifics of the publisher’s branded stores – there were five of them in Moscow, all of them were easily recognizable, thus creating additional advertising for Sytin’s life’s work. The talented entrepreneur grew up in a simple family and knew well what people liked. Therefore, he paid special attention to illustrations that attracted the eye more than the text, collaborated with talented artists, as well as with peddlers who delivered books for sale to peasants in remote villages and hamlets.

    And here we are again, the entrance to the I.D. Sytin Apartment Museum. “The house is very old, it has been heavily remodeled. If we talk about the foundation, it is from the 18th century – the Saltykov estate was here. And the house was built in the 1820s for the chief of police Alexander Shulgin – a very interesting person. Firstly, he was a contemporary of Pushkin, and secondly, his namesake. And there are many similarities in their fates,” says Alexey Shalamov.

    Classicism, Art Nouveau, Constructivism — these walls remember everything. After Shulgin, the house was owned by the entrepreneur Shevaldyshev, who opened a hotel here, where Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Tyutchev stayed. On the ground floor there was a stagecoach office — one of the first types of public transport in Moscow, and in the neighboring Kozitsky Lane, taxis now stand, just like carriages a hundred years ago. After the revolution, various editorial offices and studios were located here, in one of them Vladimir Lenin recorded his fiery speech. Since 1928, the house has become associated with the name of Sytin, without whom the map of the Tverskoy District would be incomplete.

    Ivan Dmitrievich was an extraordinary, very hardworking person, a visionary and a pioneer, whose life path deserves a separate book. On excursions in the I.D. Sytin Apartment Museum, you will be told more about him. Tickets can be purchased atMos.ru.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Mosvodostok teams with special equipment are on duty on the streets of the capital

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    Due to heavy rains, teams from the State Unitary Enterprise “Mosvodostok” are on duty on the city streets with special equipment. They are working, among other things, on highways and near public transport stops.

    The drainage network receives the bulk of precipitation. To quickly pass rainwater, specialists open the grates of water intake wells. If necessary, they use powerful pumping equipment.

    Showers, thunderstorms and hail are expected in the capital until the end of the day. Wind gusts may reach 23 meters per second.

    You can report any accumulation of water near your home to your district administration, the district prefecture, or to the unified dispatch center by calling: 7 495 539-53-53.

    If water accumulates in underground passages, you should contact the State Budgetary Institution “Gormst” by phone: 7 495 632-58-46. Applications about water accumulation on roads and in yard driveways are accepted by the State Unitary Enterprise “Mosvodostok” by phone: 7 495 657-87-03, as well as on the social network “VKontakte”.

    The project has been opened on the portal “Our City” “Safe Summer”, with the help of which Muscovites can report about unreliably fixed advertising structures and road signs, broken or leaning trees, as well as other potentially dangerous situations. This will allow to quickly and effectively help services to minimize the consequences of bad weather, to protect the lives, health and property of city residents.

    City services respond promptly to all incoming requests.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: FACT CHECK: ICE Provides Multiple Meals Per Day to Criminal Illegal Aliens Held at Detention Facilities

    Source: US Federal Emergency Management Agency

    Headline: FACT CHECK: ICE Provides Multiple Meals Per Day to Criminal Illegal Aliens Held at Detention Facilities

    lass=”text-align-center”>All detainees receive breakfast, lunch, and dinner in accordance with recommended nutrition guidelines
    WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is setting the record straight on NBC’s false claims that illegal aliens who are held at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities are receiving inadequate amounts of food

     
    “Any claim that there is a lack of food or subprime conditions at ICE detention centers are categorically false

    All detainees are provided with proper meals, medical treatment and have opportunities to communicate with their family members and lawyers,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin

     “Meals are certified by dieticians

    Ensuring the safety, security, and well-being of individuals in our custody is a top priority at ICE

    Why does the media continue to push the lies of criminal illegal aliens in detention and villainize ICE law enforcement?”

    CLAIM: Detainees say meals are now half the size they were last year, and they don’t receive dinner until midnight

     
    FALSE: Allegations that there are chronic food shortages are unequivocally false

    Each ICE facility’s Food Service Operations Director conducts a review of food portions, and detainees are being fed the portions as prescribed by the nutritionist, based on a daily 2400 to 2600 caloric intake

    CLAIM: A health department report from Tacoma, Washington responded to 57 cases of suspected foodborne illness and determined the illness came from reheated collard greens

     
    FALSE: While the Health Department was notified, the on-site medical team concluded that there was no evidence linking the illness to a specific food item, as claimed by the detainees

    CLAIM: In Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana, a Russian immigrant said he has lost weight due to small portions since being detained

    False: The facility has no food complaints from any Russian detainees

     The Detention Standard Compliance Officer has not observed any food issues or complaints while conducting site visits

     
    CLAIM: A detainee says there is too little food at El Paso Service Processing Center

    False: The dietician-approved meal plan from the El Paso Service Processing Center was recently reviewed and indicates the total caloric intake for ICE detainees at the facility is 3,436 per day—which exceeds the average daily recommended minimums

     
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  • MIL-OSI USA: FACT CHECK: ICE Provides Multiple Meals Per Day to Criminal Illegal Aliens Held at Detention Facilities

    Source: US Federal Emergency Management Agency

    Headline: FACT CHECK: ICE Provides Multiple Meals Per Day to Criminal Illegal Aliens Held at Detention Facilities

    lass=”text-align-center”>All detainees receive breakfast, lunch, and dinner in accordance with recommended nutrition guidelines
    WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is setting the record straight on NBC’s false claims that illegal aliens who are held at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities are receiving inadequate amounts of food

     
    “Any claim that there is a lack of food or subprime conditions at ICE detention centers are categorically false

    All detainees are provided with proper meals, medical treatment and have opportunities to communicate with their family members and lawyers,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin

     “Meals are certified by dieticians

    Ensuring the safety, security, and well-being of individuals in our custody is a top priority at ICE

    Why does the media continue to push the lies of criminal illegal aliens in detention and villainize ICE law enforcement?”

    CLAIM: Detainees say meals are now half the size they were last year, and they don’t receive dinner until midnight

     
    FALSE: Allegations that there are chronic food shortages are unequivocally false

    Each ICE facility’s Food Service Operations Director conducts a review of food portions, and detainees are being fed the portions as prescribed by the nutritionist, based on a daily 2400 to 2600 caloric intake

    CLAIM: A health department report from Tacoma, Washington responded to 57 cases of suspected foodborne illness and determined the illness came from reheated collard greens

     
    FALSE: While the Health Department was notified, the on-site medical team concluded that there was no evidence linking the illness to a specific food item, as claimed by the detainees

    CLAIM: In Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana, a Russian immigrant said he has lost weight due to small portions since being detained

    False: The facility has no food complaints from any Russian detainees

     The Detention Standard Compliance Officer has not observed any food issues or complaints while conducting site visits

     
    CLAIM: A detainee says there is too little food at El Paso Service Processing Center

    False: The dietician-approved meal plan from the El Paso Service Processing Center was recently reviewed and indicates the total caloric intake for ICE detainees at the facility is 3,436 per day—which exceeds the average daily recommended minimums

     
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  • MIL-OSI Russia: S7 Group and Novosibirsk State University Agree on HR Partnership

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    S7 Group and Novosibirsk State University (NSU) have signed a cooperation agreement. The parties will join forces to train specialists in various fields: business informatics, economics and management.

    Under the signed agreement, NSU will prepare students in its educational programs, taking into account the needs of S7 Group. In the future, university graduates may be employed by S7 Group in the Novosibirsk Region and other cities.

    — We are pleased to start a strategic partnership with NSU, which will allow us to develop highly qualified specialists for the aviation industry. Joint training of personnel is an investment in the future of our industry and the region as a whole. We are confident that our cooperation will become an example of a successful partnership between business and education, — noted Evgeny Chernyshev, General Representative of S7 Airlines in Tolmachevo.

    NSU will develop and implement educational programs and scientific projects together with S7 Group. S7 Group will provide students with the opportunity to do practical training at its sites and will support the development of campus innovations to create comfortable conditions for living and studying. The company will also organize various events at its enterprises: open days, hackathons, lectures – and will take part in the process of attracting applicants to NSU programs.

    — This is a historic event for our university. Cooperation with the leader of the aviation industry will open new horizons for our students and strengthen NSU’s position as a center for training specialized specialists. Thanks to our cooperation, graduates will receive in-demand skills and good employment opportunities, — emphasized NSU Rector, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Mikhail Fedoruk.

    S7 Airlines (brand of Siberia Airlines, VBV.S7.ru) is a Russian private airline. The airline has a wide network of domestic routes, built on the basis of air transport hubs in Moscow (Domodedovo), Novosibirsk (Tolmachevo) and Irkutsk. In 2007, the airline received official IATA notification of inclusion in the IOSA (IATA Operational Safety Audit) operator register and became the second air carrier in Russia to successfully pass the full international audit procedure for compliance with operational safety standards. In 2024, S7 Airlines carried 12.9 million passengers on almost 100 thousand flights.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: The government has extended the implementation period of the program for the socio-economic development of Crimea and Sevastopol

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    Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –

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    The decision was made on the instructions of the President.

    Document

    Order dated July 14, 2025 No. 1900-r

    The implementation period of the state program “Socio-economic development of the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol” has been extended until 2030. The order to this effect was signed by the Chairman of the Government Mikhail Mishustin. The previous version of the state program assumed the completion of its activities in 2027.

    Continuing the implementation of the state program will make it possible to create new educational and medical institutions, build more than 160 km of gas supply and distribution networks, repair 628 km of water supply and sanitation networks, and bring more than 1.2 thousand km of roads into compliance. It is also planned to implement projects to create six tourist infrastructure facilities and carry out major repairs to five cultural heritage sites.

    In addition, it is planned to complete the development of part of the exits from the Tavrida highway, continue the construction of treatment facilities for the medical cluster facilities in Sevastopol, and finance the restoration of coastal protection structures located in Crimea and on the territory of the yacht marina in Sevastopol.

    The President instructed the Government to ensure the extension of the state program implementation period until 2030 following a meeting devoted to issues of socio-economic development of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol. It took place in January 2025.

    “With the support of the President and the Prime Minister, we are creating the necessary conditions for a comfortable life on the Crimean Peninsula. Over the years of the state program for the development of Crimea and Sevastopol, more than 700 objects and events have been completed, which have eliminated basic infrastructure restrictions on the peninsula, including ensuring the energy security of the region, transport accessibility with the mainland of Russia. It is important that the program works comprehensively: it not only modernizes the infrastructure, but also creates new opportunities for business – for this, a free economic zone is in place. Extending the program until 2030 is an important step to complete the projects that have been started and launch new ones. We are planning large-scale work: from road construction to modernization of social facilities. This will improve the quality of life of people and give an additional boost to the region’s economy,” said Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin.

    The signed document introduces changes toGovernment Order of November 11, 2010 No. 1950-r.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Sergei Sobyanin: 296 educational facilities have been built in Moscow since 2020

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    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

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    Since 2020, 296 educational facilities have been built in the city – 49 were put into operation in 2024 alone. The new Moscow schools and kindergartens are conveniently located, they have comfortable conditions, and use modern technologies. Sergei Sobyanin reported this in on your telegram channel.

    “During this time, over 100 thousand places for schoolchildren and preschoolers have been created in Moscow. All buildings are constructed taking into account modern requirements. These are spacious and light premises with thoughtful zoning and all the necessary equipment,” the Moscow Mayor wrote.

    Source: Sergei Sobyanin’s Telegram channel @mos_sobyanin

    Schools have universal and specialized classrooms, laboratories for studying natural sciences. Kindergartens have sports grounds and spaces for the comprehensive development of children.

    The largest number of schools and kindergartens were built in Troitsky and Novomoskovsky, as well as in the Northern and Western administrative districts.

    One of the largest schools was built in Rasskazovka: it is designed for 2,100 children. A kindergarten for 220 children opened between Kaluzhskoe and Kievskoe highways, another one for 300 children – in Izmailovo. A new building appeared in Begovoy district Cadet School No. 1784 named after Army General V.A. Matrosov.

    The facilities are being built both with funds from the capital’s Targeted Investment Program and by investors. By the end of 2026, it is planned to build about 160 more schools and kindergartens.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Israel intercepts drone launched from Yemen towards Red Sea resort

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    Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

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    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    JERUSALEM, July 15 (Xinhua) — Israel said Tuesday it intercepted a drone launched by Houthi forces in Yemen toward the Red Sea city of Eilat.

    “The Israeli Air Force intercepted an unmanned aerial vehicle that was launched from Yemen,” the Israeli army said in a statement.

    Since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, Houthi forces have fired dozens of rockets and drones into Israel to show solidarity with the Palestinians. Most of the missiles were intercepted or failed to reach their targets. Israel responded with a series of strikes on ports and other infrastructure in Yemen. –0–

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Xi Jinping Meets with Heads of Foreign Delegations Participating in SCO Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting

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    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Beijing on Tuesday with foreign ministers and officials of the permanent bodies of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), who are in China to attend a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the SCO member states.

    He noted that over the 24 years since its founding, the SCO has consistently adhered to the “Shanghai Spirit”, becoming increasingly mature and strong, while demonstrating high vitality.

    China always regards the SCO as a priority in its diplomacy with neighboring countries, striving to make the organization more pragmatic and strong, so as to properly ensure regional security and stability, promote the development and prosperity of member states, and build a closer community with a shared future, Xi said.

    He added that since China assumed the rotating presidency of the SCO in July last year, the country has actively held events and developed cooperation, with all parties taking decisive steps to jointly build a beautiful common home for the SCO.

    In connection with the upcoming SCO summit in the Chinese city of Tianjin this year, Xi Jinping expressed hope to meet with leaders of other member states at the event to jointly discuss the future development of the SCO.

    He stressed that in the current circumstances, when the world is undergoing changes and upheavals, the SCO must remain focused and confident, act effectively and play a more active role to bring more stability and positive energy to the world. -0-

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Robots Deliver Goods on Subway in Shenzhen

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    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) — Robots independently delivered goods on the subway in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen on Monday, according to a report on the portal of the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government on Tuesday.

    According to the report, several robots successfully carried out unmanned off-peak deliveries on the subway on Monday. The delivery was made possible by an artificial intelligence-based dispatching algorithm.

    Moreover, the report notes, these robots are designed to deliver goods to 7-Eleven convenience stores at metro stations.

    In addition to the aforementioned dispatching algorithm, the robots are also equipped with a number of other technologies and components, including a panoramic lidar and a mechanical chassis. All this allows them to independently plan the optimal delivery route, not get lost on the road, and travel autonomously in a subway car.

    In the future, it is expected that such robots will be able to increase the efficiency of using the metro’s capacity during off-peak times and improve the efficiency of delivering goods to retail outlets. -0-

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Kyrgyzstan’s GDP grew by 11.7 percent in the first half of the year.

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    Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

    BISHKEK, July 15 (Xinhua) — Kyrgyzstan’s gross domestic product (GDP) in January-June 2025, according to preliminary estimates, amounted to about 711.2 billion soms (more than 8.1 billion US dollars), and increased by 11.7 percent compared to the same period in 2024, the country’s National Statistical Committee reported on Tuesday.

    The GDP growth was provided by the commodity production sectors, the service sector and net taxes on products. At the same time, the growth rate of the commodity production sectors increased by 15% compared to January-June of last year, the growth rate of the service sectors – by 10%, and net taxes on products – by 11.4%.

    According to the agency, the volume of industrial production for the above-mentioned period increased by 10.2 percent, growth in the mining sector amounted to 10.8 percent, and production volumes in the manufacturing industry increased by 9.8 percent. –0–

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: The open data portal is resuming its work.

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    Source: Ministry of Economic Development (Russia) – Ministry of Economic Development (Russia) –

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    On July 15, 2025, the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia launches an updated state Open Data Portal. It is a comprehensive system that ensures transparency in the work of government bodies and provides centralized access to open information for all citizens and organizations in the country. In the future, the functionality of the portal will be further developed and expanded, including at the suggestions of businesses.

    According to Vladimir Voloshin, Director of the Department of Digital Development and Data Economy of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, openness of data today is not just access to information, but a working tool for business, public administration, development and training of artificial intelligence technologies.

    “The launch of the new portal will be an important step in the development of the state’s digital ecosystem, providing citizens and businesses with relevant and easy-to-use information. The updated version of the Portal has received more than 10 new functional solutions aimed at increasing user convenience, improving data visualization and compliance with modern security requirements,” Vladimir Voloshin emphasized.

    The key changes affected the updated interface design, expanded functionality for monitoring the maintenance of data set passports, personal accounts for users and information providers. The interactive map of the subjects of the Russian Federation provides a list of legitimate data providers. Users can now visualize data sets in graphic form, analyze statistics through BI tools, and receive prompt assistance through a chat bot based on artificial intelligence.

    “When developing the updated Portal, we proceeded from the need to create a convenient space that will allow you to work effectively with open data, including having clear navigation. For this purpose, a full-text search is provided, which covers all sections of the system. Information providers are available in the registry with filters by name, type of organization, region and other parameters. Data sets are accompanied by statistics on views and downloads, the ability to filter and unload in machine-readable formats. In addition, we tried to make the Portal useful in terms of filling it with high-quality data sets, including the functionality of sending a request for the preparation and publication of in-demand data that is currently not presented on the portal,” commented Vladimir Voloshin, adding that about five thousand data sets have been uploaded so far, and that in the future, it is planned to refine the functionality of the portal, taking into account the wishes of users and businesses.

    The portal fully complies with the requirements of the Methodological Recommendations for the Publication of Open Data version 4.0, including the automation of the formation of data set passports, verification of format-logical control and integration with the Unified Identification and Authentication System.

    The updated Open Data Portal is available at Date.gov.ru.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: The government has identified an organization to ensure the operation and development of the national information exchange service

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    Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –

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    Order dated July 12, 2025 No. 1880-r

    The Communication Platform company, a subsidiary of the VK holding, will be responsible for the operation and development of the multifunctional information exchange service. An order to this effect has been signed.

    The multifunctional information exchange service is being created on the basis of the recently launched Max platform. The said company is also developing it. The platform provides secure communication in the messenger and access to convenient digital services from the state and business.

    The order was approved as part of the implementation of the provisions of the federal law “On the creation of a multifunctional information exchange service and on amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation”, which was signed by the President at the end of June 2025.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Yuri Trutnev: “Primorye is a bridge to the future”: the region is preparing for the exhibition “Far East Street” as part of the VEF

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    Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –

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    Primorsky Krai will present current and new investment projects, tourist attractions and transport and logistics opportunities at the Far East Street exhibition, which will be held from September 3 to 9 as part of the tenth anniversary Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. The concept of the pavilion this year is Primorye – the Bridge of the Future. The exhibition is organized by the Roscongress Foundation with the support of the Office of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District.

    “Vladivostok, the capital of the Far Eastern Federal District, will once again welcome participants and guests of the Eastern Economic Forum. The Primorsky Territory exposition is one of the brightest and key ones at the Far East Street exhibition. Primorye is the leader in the district in terms of the number of investment projects being implemented. The key instrument for the strategic development of Primorye is the implementation of master plan activities for six cities. They will allow for a qualitative change in urban infrastructure and improve people’s lives. The development of social infrastructure is being carried out through the presidential single subsidy. The regional pavilion will tell about all of this. The region will also present a vision of the future, what this region will do to remain attractive to investors, so that as many Russians and residents of other countries as possible can visit and fall in love with the Far Eastern lands,” said Deputy Prime Minister – Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Far Eastern Federal District, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Eastern Economic Forum Yuri Trutnev.

    The Primorsky Krai exposition positions the region as a link between countries, continents and cultures. It is a territory of opportunities where large-scale projects in the field of tourism, logistics, industry and technology are implemented.

    “Primorye is actively preparing for the anniversary, tenth Eastern Economic Forum – the main international event of the Asia-Pacific region. And of course, it is important for us to once again present our region from an interesting side. The EEF is, first of all, attracting investors for the development of Primorye and the entire Russian Far East. This time, we will tell potential partners about the areas in which it is profitable to cooperate with us, where to apply their efforts for the stable development of business in Primorsky Krai – one of the most dynamically developing regions of the Far Eastern Federal District. Our region has enormous potential in industry and logistics, agriculture and science, tourism and culture. We invite Russian and foreign guests to the Primorye pavilion, where our most striking projects will be presented,” said Oleg Kozhemyako, Governor of Primorsky Krai.

    The general concept of the pavilion “Primorye – a bridge to the future” symbolizes the connection between the past and the future, East and West, openness to partnership, investment and innovation. The pavilion tells how the unique geographical location, natural resources and human potential make Primorsky Krai attractive for business, tourism and life over several historical eras.

    The main exhibition embodies an open space of possibilities, where each zone is self-sufficient and autonomous in meaning, but at the same time supports the overall concept of the pavilion and tells about the key industries and projects of Primorsky Krai. The exterior design is inspired by the nature of the region, the wave line and seascapes. Inside, the pavilion is decorated with modern materials and many interactive multimedia tools.

    Thematic zones of the region’s stand at EEF-2025 demonstrate the evolution of key industries and social transformations of Primorye with an emphasis on the region’s main achievements over the past 13 years. In honor of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, each site will contain references and evidence of the contribution of Vladivostok and Primorye to achieving the Great Victory.

    The pavilion will feature a stand dedicated to sports projects and achievements of Primorsky Krai. Information will be posted about the curling center, the center for artistic and rhythmic gymnastics in Vladivostok, the federal-level ski resort in Arsenyev, and the development of water sports in the region. Special attention will be paid to how measures were taken to physically prepare the population in Primorsky Krai during the Great Patriotic War: sports events and competitions in football, skiing, including military ski training and multi-day ski trips, cross-country running, and obstacle course running were actively held. Primorye preserves and develops these traditions, consistently expanding its sports infrastructure and implementing physical education and sports programs.

    A separate part of the exhibition will tell about key investment projects, special programs and government support measures in Primorye. The immersive zone “Transport, logistics, turn to the East” is equipped with panoramic screens and ceiling projectors that create a realistic audiovisual space. In this zone, visitors will be told about the unique geographical location of Primorsky Krai, whose Vladivostok port played a key role in ensuring supplies under the Lend-Lease program from the United States of America in 1941-1945.

    In the Culture and Tourism zone, visitors will find a table with physical volumetric models of key cultural, educational and tourist sites in Primorsky Krai. A virtual tour guide will tell visitors about the projects and related programs. The key objects and initiatives on the model are the museum and theater complex on the Eagle’s Nest hill, the preservation of the Vladivostok Fortress Museum-Reserve, and the third season of the All-Russian competition for the best trip.

    The Industry, Bolshoy Kamen Industrial Park zone will introduce the pavilion’s guests to the key enterprises of Primorsky Krai. An interactive hologram will allow you to choose an industrial project, after which robotic manipulators will be set in motion, demonstrating a 3D model of the object with its technical characteristics. The information will be presented in historical perspective – from the period of the Great Patriotic War to modern projects and production.

    A “Science” zone will also be created. The space will demonstrate leading scientific areas, institutes and achievements of Primorye, including promising startups and innovative developments that are important for the technological development and security of the country.

    The “SVO, GO and Emergencies” space will tell about the contribution of Primorsky Krai to the military-industrial complex of Russia, ensuring information and security of the population, as well as participation in a special military operation. The section will show animated videos telling about Primorye residents – heroes of the Great Patriotic War, as well as about modern soldiers participating in the SVO. The format of the materials – from documentary biographies to artistic sketches reflecting the strength of spirit, courage and dedication of the people.

    The Primorsky Krai pavilion will traditionally feature daytime and evening programs. The theme of the events on the first day of the EEF-2025 will be the end of World War II. The patriotic program will feature creative groups, performers, and brass bands from the region.

    In addition, the stand is planned to illustrate the theme of beekeeping development in the region. The site will be decorated with an animated interactive composition emphasizing the popularity and healing qualities of Primorsky linden honey.

    Various master classes in decorative and applied arts will be organized and offered to guests. The evening program will feature performances by popular regional cover and rock bands, as well as a performance by the instrumental rhythm group of the Variety Orchestra of the Primorsky Regional Philharmonic.

    The 10th Eastern Economic Forum will be held on September 3–6 at the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok. During these days, the exhibition will be available to forum participants, and on September 7, 8, and 9, it will be open to everyone. The EEF is organized by the Roscongress Foundation.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Yuri Trutnev: “Primorye is a bridge to the future”: the region is preparing for the exhibition “Far East Street” as part of the VEF

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –

    An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.

    Primorsky Krai will present current and new investment projects, tourist attractions and transport and logistics opportunities at the Far East Street exhibition, which will be held from September 3 to 9 as part of the tenth anniversary Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. The concept of the pavilion this year is Primorye – the Bridge of the Future. The exhibition is organized by the Roscongress Foundation with the support of the Office of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District.

    “Vladivostok, the capital of the Far Eastern Federal District, will once again welcome participants and guests of the Eastern Economic Forum. The Primorsky Territory exposition is one of the brightest and key ones at the Far East Street exhibition. Primorye is the leader in the district in terms of the number of investment projects being implemented. The key instrument for the strategic development of Primorye is the implementation of master plan activities for six cities. They will allow for a qualitative change in urban infrastructure and improve people’s lives. The development of social infrastructure is being carried out through the presidential single subsidy. The regional pavilion will tell about all of this. The region will also present a vision of the future, what this region will do to remain attractive to investors, so that as many Russians and residents of other countries as possible can visit and fall in love with the Far Eastern lands,” said Deputy Prime Minister – Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Far Eastern Federal District, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Eastern Economic Forum Yuri Trutnev.

    The Primorsky Krai exposition positions the region as a link between countries, continents and cultures. It is a territory of opportunities where large-scale projects in the field of tourism, logistics, industry and technology are implemented.

    “Primorye is actively preparing for the anniversary, tenth Eastern Economic Forum – the main international event of the Asia-Pacific region. And of course, it is important for us to once again present our region from an interesting side. The EEF is, first of all, attracting investors for the development of Primorye and the entire Russian Far East. This time, we will tell potential partners about the areas in which it is profitable to cooperate with us, where to apply their efforts for the stable development of business in Primorsky Krai – one of the most dynamically developing regions of the Far Eastern Federal District. Our region has enormous potential in industry and logistics, agriculture and science, tourism and culture. We invite Russian and foreign guests to the Primorye pavilion, where our most striking projects will be presented,” said Oleg Kozhemyako, Governor of Primorsky Krai.

    The general concept of the pavilion “Primorye – a bridge to the future” symbolizes the connection between the past and the future, East and West, openness to partnership, investment and innovation. The pavilion tells how the unique geographical location, natural resources and human potential make Primorsky Krai attractive for business, tourism and life over several historical eras.

    The main exhibition embodies an open space of possibilities, where each zone is self-sufficient and autonomous in meaning, but at the same time supports the overall concept of the pavilion and tells about the key industries and projects of Primorsky Krai. The exterior design is inspired by the nature of the region, the wave line and seascapes. Inside, the pavilion is decorated with modern materials and many interactive multimedia tools.

    Thematic zones of the region’s stand at EEF-2025 demonstrate the evolution of key industries and social transformations of Primorye with an emphasis on the region’s main achievements over the past 13 years. In honor of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, each site will contain references and evidence of the contribution of Vladivostok and Primorye to achieving the Great Victory.

    The pavilion will feature a stand dedicated to sports projects and achievements of Primorsky Krai. Information will be posted about the curling center, the center for artistic and rhythmic gymnastics in Vladivostok, the federal-level ski resort in Arsenyev, and the development of water sports in the region. Special attention will be paid to how measures were taken to physically prepare the population in Primorsky Krai during the Great Patriotic War: sports events and competitions in football, skiing, including military ski training and multi-day ski trips, cross-country running, and obstacle course running were actively held. Primorye preserves and develops these traditions, consistently expanding its sports infrastructure and implementing physical education and sports programs.

    A separate part of the exhibition will tell about key investment projects, special programs and government support measures in Primorye. The immersive zone “Transport, logistics, turn to the East” is equipped with panoramic screens and ceiling projectors that create a realistic audiovisual space. In this zone, visitors will be told about the unique geographical location of Primorsky Krai, whose Vladivostok port played a key role in ensuring supplies under the Lend-Lease program from the United States of America in 1941-1945.

    In the Culture and Tourism zone, visitors will find a table with physical volumetric models of key cultural, educational and tourist sites in Primorsky Krai. A virtual tour guide will tell visitors about the projects and related programs. The key objects and initiatives on the model are the museum and theater complex on the Eagle’s Nest hill, the preservation of the Vladivostok Fortress Museum-Reserve, and the third season of the All-Russian competition for the best trip.

    The Industry, Bolshoy Kamen Industrial Park zone will introduce the pavilion’s guests to the key enterprises of Primorsky Krai. An interactive hologram will allow you to choose an industrial project, after which robotic manipulators will be set in motion, demonstrating a 3D model of the object with its technical characteristics. The information will be presented in historical perspective – from the period of the Great Patriotic War to modern projects and production.

    A “Science” zone will also be created. The space will demonstrate leading scientific areas, institutes and achievements of Primorye, including promising startups and innovative developments that are important for the technological development and security of the country.

    The “SVO, GO and Emergencies” space will tell about the contribution of Primorsky Krai to the military-industrial complex of Russia, ensuring information and security of the population, as well as participation in a special military operation. The section will show animated videos telling about Primorye residents – heroes of the Great Patriotic War, as well as about modern soldiers participating in the SVO. The format of the materials – from documentary biographies to artistic sketches reflecting the strength of spirit, courage and dedication of the people.

    The Primorsky Krai pavilion will traditionally feature daytime and evening programs. The theme of the events on the first day of the EEF-2025 will be the end of World War II. The patriotic program will feature creative groups, performers, and brass bands from the region.

    In addition, the stand is planned to illustrate the theme of beekeeping development in the region. The site will be decorated with an animated interactive composition emphasizing the popularity and healing qualities of Primorsky linden honey.

    Various master classes in decorative and applied arts will be organized and offered to guests. The evening program will feature performances by popular regional cover and rock bands, as well as a performance by the instrumental rhythm group of the Variety Orchestra of the Primorsky Regional Philharmonic.

    The 10th Eastern Economic Forum will be held on September 3–6 at the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok. During these days, the exhibition will be available to forum participants, and on September 7, 8, and 9, it will be open to everyone. The EEF is organized by the Roscongress Foundation.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Condolences to colleagues, family and friends of Alexander Mitta.

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    Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –

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    Mikhail Mishustin expressed his condolences in connection with the death of director, screenwriter, and People’s Artist of Russia Alexander Mitta.

    Alexander Naumovich Mitta, an outstanding director, screenwriter and actor, has passed away. This is an irreparable loss for Russian culture, for his family and friends, for all of us.

    Aleksandr Naumovich made a significant contribution to the development of Russian cinematography. Thanks to him, wonderful films and TV series appeared on the screen, which invariably became an event and today are timeless classics. Aleksandr Naumovich had a rare gift – the ability to speak to the viewer in a language understandable to everyone, the ability to touch the most delicate strings of the human soul. The cinematic masterpieces created by him rightfully won the love of millions, were awarded well-deserved prizes and high awards. He became a master and as a talented teacher, he trained more than one generation of filmmakers.

    Alexander Naumovich is no longer with us, but his unique creative legacy, his grateful students, and the good memory of this bright, cheerful person remain.

    Please convey my deepest condolences, sincere words of sympathy and support to the family, friends and colleagues of Alexander Naumovich Mitta.

    M. Mishustin

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