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Curiosities

How to digest an Asian-style dinner

If you are served fried ants with pine nuts, just tell yourself that you won’t die from it. That’s the advice the BBC Capital correspondent received when he first attended a real Chinese banquet in…

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Health

Dental Health as the Key to a Successful Life

The human body is a unified and indivisible system, each part of which is necessary for the full functioning of all systems and organs. For any educated person, it is no secret what role teeth play…

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Health

The secret of weight loss was hidden in a glacier for a thousand years

Switzerland's Lake Stein and its namesake glacier are modern-day enigmas. The clean air and water attract not only health tourism enthusiasts but also real scientists.

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Travel

Life on Wheels

Can you tour all of Europe in a year and not lose your job? Mike Hudson from the UK thinks you cannot. In March 2014, he quit his job, counted his modest savings, got in his car, and off he went…

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Education

MBA Strategy Open House

Are you concerned about studying abroad, whether for a Master's degree or an MBA? Do you want to know how "everything works"? Are you planning to apply and want to delve into all the details of…

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Work

Patents Instead of Quotas

In Moscow, the rules for employing migrants from neighboring countries have changed dramatically – patents have become mandatory, their cost has increased, and employer quotas have been abolished…

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News

Labor Fluctuations

Against the backdrop of tightening legislation and the fall of the ruble exchange rate, reports spread about a mass exodus of labor migrants from Russia. The head of the Federal Migration Service…

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Analysis

Enlist Me in the Army

The vast majority of French people support a return to conscription: it is seen by French society as a protective measure against the threat of radical Islamism and as a defense of 'republican…

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Tourism

Time for Budget Travel

In a crisis, travel turns from a habit into a luxury – a pleasure that has to be given up first. Package tours become more expensive, airfare and hotel room prices rise, and even a simple cup of…

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Visas

Route Sheet for Visa

On January 26, new rules for obtaining a Russian visa came into effect. From now on, foreign citizens are required to report on their itinerary: when filling out the application, the traveler must…

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Country guide

Madagascar: Island from a Cartoon

The plane landed a hundred meters from dense tropical jungle. The few white passengers looked anxiously out the windows, then at their local neighbors, who were completely indifferent to the…

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Tourism

Ruble Cuts Tourist Flow

Foreign hotels are losing Russians: the flow from Russia to Europe has decreased by about 40%. Some Russians have started choosing budget Turkey and Egypt, but even there, hotel booking requests have…

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