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Technology

Cell phone jammer abroad – when might you need it?

Cell phone jammers block signals from mobile phones, internet devices, and navigators within a certain radius. The most powerful models can operate at a distance of around 30 meters.

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Everyday life

ROLF CLUB pet products

To ensure a carefree, happy, and above all long life for your pet is a natural desire of every owner. Parasites, to which certain animals are prone, cause enormous inconvenience, trouble, and…

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Everyday life

Is it worth connecting Viasat cable TV?

Several TV channels, where feature films alternate with news broadcasts, children's programs and educational shows, are no longer able to fully satisfy the needs of a modern person for diverse and…

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Real estate

Real estate investments are more attractive than gold

The price of luxury real estate in London in 2014 is growing faster than gold and stock prices. According to international analysts, prices will double over the next five years.

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Analysis

With Crimea as a Spearhead

For Russia, Crimea is becoming a springboard for a final break with Western civilization, writes the Russian Gazeta.Ru in an editorial. That is precisely why Russia will most likely annex the…

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Money

Numismatics – the Most Common Hobby

Numismatics belongs to historical disciplines, but its auxiliary role is quite relative. Many people are not only interested in the history of monetary systems but also seriously study military…

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Analysis

Consequences of Three Options for Deciding Crimea's Fate

Crimea may become not so much a triumph of historical justice and Russian neo-imperialism, as they believe in the State Duma, where a delegation from the Crimean parliament was greeted with an…

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Money

Why the Ruble Is Not Patriotic

The ruble's behavior in no way corresponds to the 'hurrah-patriotism' that, in connection with the Crimean events, has gripped not only many government officials but also, as they say, broad sections…

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Analysis

Crimea's Self-Defense Forces, or A Deer Is a Horse

More than two thousand years ago, when the Qin dynasty was collapsing, the court of its weak young emperor was completely controlled by a cruel eunuch, Zhao Gao. One day he decided to test which…

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Tourism

Tourists Boycott Crimea

Thousands of Crimeans, despite the tense situation on the peninsula, hope to see tourists this season as well. Hearing about this, residents of mainland Ukraine scoff: they are sure that APCs and…

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Not a single live refugee Immigration

Not a single live refugee

Who are the Ukrainian refugees that Russian TV channels have been raving about in recent days and whom Muscovites are ready to shelter? Ukrainian media claim they are touring professional swindlers…

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News

Culture of Compromise

On Tuesday, March 11, the Supreme Council of Crimea adopted a declaration of independence of the autonomous republic and Sevastopol. The document will legally formalize the peninsula's accession to…

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Analysis

Tavrida in Its Own Juice

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said in early March that his ministry had begun consultations on the amount of aid that Russia could provide to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The exact…

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