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• 2021-03-17

  tension in the US-Russian relationship

  depiction of the international relationship in the covid world
• 2021-03-11

  pandemic reflections

  I wonder if I am being overly optimistic thinking about the end of the pandemic. On one hand, more and more people around the world are receiving vaccines, more and more countries renewed flights in-between them; ASU claimed that instructions will be in-person during the next fall; Moscow authorities lifted the restrictions for the seniors. On the other hand, only a small percentage of people have received the vaccine; new strains of the virus emerge. Some European countries renew lockdowns. Only the time will tell, I guess.
• 2021-02-18

  One-time covid vaccine

  It is an article about an innovative vaccine from COVID that is not two-phased, but one-phased.
• 2020

  Russian death rates of 2020 pike due to covid

  It is a newspapers article by a Russian media Medusa that demonstrates that Russia has one of the highest covid-related death rates in the world.
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  2021-01-31

  navalny came back to moscow

  the political protests in russia
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  2021-01-28

  lacunae in the archive

  about the representativeness of entries to the Journal
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  2021-01-09

  Twitter hides post about COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theory on Iran supreme leader's account

  Another COVID related regional tension. Interesting to watch geopolitical conflicts play out regionally in relation to COVID. As China, Iran, and Russia strengthen their alliance and control over central Asia.
• 2020-12

  COVID

  I found out that someone at my uncle's house got covid which basically caused almost everyone who was in his house to have covid one of those people was my grandma, I was a bit worried but i had a good feeling that she would survive. i was right because she did. this didn't really affect me because i was in Florida while they were in Russia.
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  2020-05

  May lockdown in Moscow

  It is just a personal experience, and I think they matter.
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  2020-11-24

  Putin Not Allowed To Take Russian Vaccine

  Interesting how Donald Trump was given experimental treatments for his COVID-19 incident but Vladimir Putin is not allowed to take the Russian vaccine. This is not a good look for the vaccine. Understandable though you wouldn't want the head of state taking an experimental drug barring a critical circumstance
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  2020-11-11

  Russian-developed COVID-19 Vaccine Interim Trial Reports 92% Success Rate

  Following initial findings of Pfizer's vaccine being effective in preventing COVID-19 infection in more than 90% of people, Russia says its vaccine has 92% efficacy according to preliminary findings in stage three of the clinical trials. The trial results are based on 20 confirmed COVID-19 cases.
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  2020-10-29

  HERMIT HERALD VOL 1 ISSUE 73

  Dems unhappy about SCOTUS
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  2020-10-25

  HERMIT HERALD VOL 1 ISSUE 72

  HUNTER BIDEN laptop
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  2020-10-14

  China Distributing Vaccine

  One day this will be the U.S. This was extremely fast to produce a vaccine. Less then 1 year. Incredible how medicine has transformed. Can we trust China? We have been fed constant doses of fear. China and Russia are the enemy per U.S propoganda. I don't plan on being one of the first to take the vaccine. How many people will rush to take it?
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  2020-09-30

  Covid Race, Russia Wins Uzebekistan

  Russia secures a deal with Uzbekistan for 10s of million of vaccines. Another win for Russia. Egypt and Uzbekistan. If the vaccine ends up being dangerous or long term effects due to its rushed process what will be the consequences.
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  2020-09-30

  Who Will Win The Vaccine Race?

  Who will win the vaccine race? With so much money on the line. Watching these events unfold live as tensions with United States and Russia are flagarant, have been interesting. The US denounces Russias vaccine yet, Egypt trusts it enought to purchase 25 million doses. Will the vaccine cause problems? Is the race to a vaccine truly about saving people? Perhaps the race for the vaccine is all about monetary gain? As the race for a vaccine continues, it is interesting to watch national debates and alliances crafted and dismantled.
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  2020-08-19

  Russian Ballet Returned to the Stage. Then a Covid Outbreak Hit.

  This article discusses the Mariinsky Ballet, one of Russia's premier ballet companies. As Europe is a bit ahead of the United States in reopening their performing arts, they began performing in July, in the middle of the COVID pandemic, only to have to close three weeks later when the virus spread throughout the ballet corps. Since then, the Mariinsky Ballet has been criticized for returning to the stage too early, despite the precautions they made against the virus. This incident has caused several other ballet companies across Europe to rethink their own return to the stage. In spite of these issues, many dancers are also wanting to return to the stage.
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  2020-08-23

  Hermit HERALD VOL 1 ISSUE 58

  Russian poisonings
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  2020-07-01

  hermit HERALD VOL 1 ISSUE 45

  you can't have it both ways
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  2020-06-01

  In Yakutia, quarantine on Chayanda was completely lifted (В Якутии полностью снят карантин на Чаянде)

  "Quarantine at the Chayandinskoye field in the Lena district of Yakutia was announced on April 17. There are 34 shift camps of Gazprom contractors, where more than 10 thousand people work. As of May 17, the regional department of Rospotrebnadzor confirmed 43 cases of coronavirus infection in the field. On May 20, the authorities of Yakutia left the coronavirus quarantine regime at two sites in the field, where the hospital, isolation ward and observatory are located."
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  2020-04-29

  Indigenous Peoples of Russia Take the Initiative into Their Own Hands to Move Forward (Дюляскан — значит «идти вперед»)

  "We need to join forces for the benefit of the preservation and development of our peoples, the preservation and development of traditional industries. No matter how hard it is, we should not sit around waiting for someone to solve our problems for us, we must take the initiative into our own hands and move forward!" #IndigenousStories
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  2020-05-08

  Mountain Ulus Folks Find Ways to Pass the Time During Self-Isolation (#дьиэҕэолоруохха: Маҥанылар иистэнэллэр, оҕуруоттарын бэрийэллэр)

  This article shares about the resilience of the Sahali during the pandemic isolation: "Ekaterina Andreevna will teach you how to read, write, read and write online." #IndigenousStories
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  2020-04-27

  The number of visits to the electronic library in Yakutia has tripled in a pandemic (Число посещений электронной библиотеки в Якутии выросло в три раза в условиях пандемии)

  "The number of visitors to electronic services of the National Library of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in March and April 2020 almost tripled compared to the same period last year, the director of the institution Sargylana Maksimova told TASS." #IndigenousStories
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  2020-04-27

  Coronavirus Threatens Small Communities of Indigenous Peoples of the North (Коронавирус угрожает малым народам Севера)

  "Grigory Ledkov, President of the Association of Indigenous Minorities of the North, Siberia and the Far East, appealed to the governor of the Khabarovsk Territory with a call to take additional measures and take special control of the situation in the Ulchi region related to coronavirus." #IndigenousStories
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  2020-04-14

  Distance Learning in Allaikh

  Schools of Chokurdakh, Olenegorsk, Berelyakh learned in Russian Ust and Byagnyr where they wore masks and kept a safe distance. After a few weeks, an order was issued to transition to distance learning. “During the restrictive regime, parents and legal representatives have received applications and consent to transfer students to distance learning. The educational process is carried out through landline and cellular telephony, through the email of parents (legal representatives) and through the educational platform “Uchi.ru”. Grades are set for completed assignments by students. On the passage of the program and educational material, teachers keep a report on the control sheets for the implementation of program material, and the responsible coordinator of the correspondence form of training forms sheets of teachers' working hours. Certain categories of students for the period of the restrictive regime are provided with food in the form of dry rations,which set includes: stewed beef, condensed milk, paste, cereals, pasta, sugar, jam, etc.” #IndigenousStories
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  2020-04-23

  Arctic isolation: how the people of the North live during a pandemic (Арктическая изоляция: как живут люди Севера во время пандемии)

  "The restrictions associated with the spread of coronavirus have little effect on the life of remote Arctic settlements in Russian regions. So, despite the fact that hunting and fishing are prohibited in most regions, the northerners continue to do this, because their survival depends on the prey." #IndigenousStories
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  2020-05-04

  PORA experts suggest training indigenous peoples of the North in entrepreneurship

  “Representatives of the indigenous peoples of the North who are engaged in traditional types of economic activity need educational programs in the field of entrepreneurship…It was held in an online format and was devoted to the problems of the economic activities of the indigenous peoples of the North in their territories of residence and traditional nature management. It is necessary to move away from understanding traditional forms of economic activity as archaic…It is important to understand that areas such as reindeer herding use both modern technology and the export of goods, the expert said. At the meeting, representatives of the Arctic and subarctic regions identified problems and contradictions in the legislation that regulates traditional nature management…People who traditionally live in these territories most often do not have the means to compete with investors from other regions of Russia, who can also participate in the auction. It would be more appropriate to provide land on a competitive basis, supported by Zhanna Holm, deputy head of the Agency for the Development of the Northern Territories and Support of Indigenous Minorities of the Krasnoyarsk Territory…” #IndigenousStories
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  2020-04-10

  IN ALLAIKH, VOLUNTEERS BEGAN SEWING MASKS (В АЛЛАИХЕ ВОЛОНТЕРЫ НАЧАЛИ ПОШИВ МАСОК)

  "Allaiha residents are sympathetic to anti-epidemic measures taken by authorities at all levels in the republic. About how you can decorate your life in conditions of self-isolation - on the example of two women from the village of Chokurdakh." #IndigenousStories
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  2020-04-22

  Communities of Indigenous Peoples of Yakutia Call on the Leadership of the Republic to Preserve Tribal Lands

  "Indigenous communities of the North of the Aldan region are concerned about the news that as a result of an auction initiated by the Ministry of Ecology, Nature Management and Forestry of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), forest cutting agreements with a total volume of 231,943 hectares of Angara and “Angara” logging enterprises and “ Wundlen 24 ”with a long-term lease for a period of 46 years." #IndigenousStories
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  2020-04-27

  Indigenous Peoples' Association is sounding alarm over coronavirus in Ulchi district

  "Ulchi, Nani - Indigenous peoples in the Khabarovsk Territory - trying to reach the governor in an attempt to pay special attention to the situation with coronavirus. Indifference may result in the extermination of Indigenous peoples." #IndigenousStories
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  04/17/2020

  The Time Has Come to Consolidate, Says Head of Olekminsky District, Russia

  “At this difficult time, not only for our country, but for the whole world, I ask you to treat with understanding the requirements and recommendations of the district and republican operational headquarters for measures aimed at preventing the import and spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19! An enemy came to us, invisible and treacherous. He did not come with a machine gun in his hands or with tanks. It is invisible, and can only be transmitted through people. They may be our relatives, friends, colleagues, neighbors. Therefore, I ask you to remain primarily a HUMAN! With understanding to treat this or that situation and to those people who involuntarily appeared in it… Head of the Republic A.S. Nikolaev declared this year the Year of Patriotism. So let's unite our efforts, unite ourselves around our leader and repulse the enemy, as our ancestors did 75 years ago!” #IndigenousStories
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  05/15/2020

  Yakutian Urged to Join the 'Get Well' Project (Якутян призывают присоединиться к проекту «Поправляйся»)

  “This year, due to restrictive measures related to the prevention of the spread of coronavirus infection, the Day of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in the Neryungri district is held online….The head of the district, Viktor Stanilovsky, chairman of the Assembly of Peoples of Yakutia Andrei Fitisov and chairmen of national communities congratulated the whole republic with a festive video clip, which is distributed in all popular social networks. On April 27, in the village of Hani, an online drawing contest ‘The Land of the Native’. Students and teachers of the local art school on a festive day became spectators of a virtual festive concert dedicated to the Republic Day ‘Shine and be glorified forever, my Yakutia!’ And the pupils of the theater and aesthetic departments take part in a media lesson on the history of the republic.” #IndigenousStories
• 2020-05-15

  A personal account of the pandemic.

  A personal account of the pandemic
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  2020-05-14

  History

  When school number 22 was closed for the second time in my life, it was a shock for me. Imagine: one morning on March 14, I woke up and looked at the time "10:00 in the morning." Me: “What is happening? Why am I not at school? And my brother enters the room and asks me, as always: "Cho, have you been sleeping so long?" Am I so cho? Then mom comes and says: “Daughter, the school was quarantined again.” That day I did not know what this means (relatively recently, the school was quarantined, but only because of the flu in February). Then my family stayed at home for a month and a half ... then we all went outside, but for a while (half an hour) we walked a bit. we are sitting in the house again. You know, it’s scary, scary to realize that your life and the life of loved ones are in danger ((This is very, very scary. Constant threats to life. And yes, thanks to all the doctors, nurses and other people who are saving hundreds of lives right now ...
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  2020-05-14

  История в этот час

  A personal account of the panedmic
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  2020-01-05

  Heroes of our time

  Photographer from Russia for a month filmed people who are forced to work during a pandemic
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  2020-05-05

  How COVID-19 changed my life.

  A personal account of the pandemic.
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  2020-04-01

  Russia and China push ‘fake news’ on coronavirus crisis, report claims

  This is an article outlining claims that both Russian and the People's Republic of China are attempting to sow disinformation in Europe amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, underming mitigation efforts by EU member states.
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  2020-03-31

  Delivery man

  Some new heroes of the pandemic is deliverymen
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  2020-03-31

  My blog/diary

  My name is Egor and i write my thoughts and emotions in my blog https://starcatcherrus.tumblr.com every day for more than 6 years. And i want to share some of posts about life in self-isolation. And also i'm working in a city hospital as a radiologist.
• 2020-04-27

  Maria V.

  Russia 2020. Our government decided that it’s better not to have “Emergency situation” and official quarantine. Russian citizens instead have “self-isolation”.In this case we all need to stay home, BUT no money were added to our accounts, no food provided from government or any kind of support at all. Instead, they decided that citizens without job, money and support need to pay fines every time they are on the street. What a great idea! And just before COVID-19 Russian Ruble felt dramatically because our government decided to have even more oil then before...Thanks again. Now we have: millions of poor people trying to survive, billioners get more money than before, government has more money from fines, but none spent on citizens, all small business shut down and have no chance to recover. In this situation any other country would help their own citizens. But Russia as a very generous country sent help to China,USA,Italy and other countries. Don’t worry, we don’t have sufficient quantity of doctors and medical resources, medicine in Russia will survive somehow. So would people. And everything after this pandemia...not going to change. Our country forgot about us.
• 2020-04-26

  There was no plague

  There was no plague whatsoever. The hospitals and clinics were closed and empty. In my city (Rostov-on-Don) we had some dozens of registered infected people, virtually noone was in a severe condition. Tests were 60% precise at most, so multiple tests were necessary, like 3. So that you will get a false positive result for sure. People were scared, 70% wore masks nd gloves. Citizens were forbidden to leave home, but we did not abide those rule, because everyone saw that they were unnecessary. I repeat one more time: no plague in South-Western Russia.
• 2020-04-26

  Hopeless laziness

  I want to tell you about my expiriense of covid-19 isolation. I'm a little man, 26 age, programmer, introvert, therefore, I endure isolation almost painlessly. At my student times I sat at home during weeks which served as a good preparation for the present situation. I almost don't suffer from a lack of live communication, becouse I have a lot of friends at web, and we can call to eachouthers every day and spend our time by playing computer games. But anyway I have one big problem via covid-19. It is a bigest procrastination. I want to change my job, and thereby need learn a lot of materials, but all this decadent atmosphere making me lost my time and procrastinating. This is horrible. Looks like this pandemic situation indulges to my lazy demons, becouse all people don't do nothing, therefore, I do the same. >_< . Or maybe I justify my laziness in this way. Any way, I know, that all this problems end, and life will return to it's course again. This pandemic don't scared me, but I learned that I must be ready to meet face to face situations, which I can’t influence in any way.

• Diana Arzamastseva

  Как бы это удивительно ни звучало, но моя жизнь никогда не была столь разнообразной. Хотя первые несколько недель новости о изоляции и вирусе повергали меня в уныние, хотелось лежать, смотреть сериалы и унывать. Но потом я поняла, что это надолго и я трачу время, которое стоило бы тратить на развитие. Раньше я много путешествовала и работала, дома только ночевала. Моим любимым занятием был макияж и подбор наряда каждое утро. Теперь же я всего этого лишилась и постоянно хожу в пижаме. Идея собираться и сидеть так дома, якобы это помогает настроиться на рабочий лад, явно не для меня. Когда ко мне пришло понимание того, что моя жизнь это теперь вот так (последняя из стадий принятия неизбежного), я смогла начать работать, писать диплом с невиданной доселе концентрацией. Более того, в освободившееся время я наконец-то начала читать образовательную литературу, рисовать, ухаживать за телом. Словом всё то на что не хватало времени раньше. Вернула домашние тренировки. Сделала квартиру уютным домом. Много готовлю и у меня это начало получаться, хотя раньше - никогда.
• 2020-04-26

  *"The pandemic disconnected me and the person I got acquainted with..."

  The pandemic disconnected me and the person I got acquainted with just before the lockdown in Moscow, but I know the meeting was crucial for both of us and was the beginning of something great in the future. The disease is stealing the time and the chances we could use to finally change our lives. But the worst part is that I have no opportunity to contact him and simply tell to be careful and stay home. Whatever I did to reach him, whenever I sent emails or whoever asked to tell him the thing, I got nothing. All my messages were ignored or made fun of and sent to trash bins. Probably good intentions are never good enough to be heard? It’s feeling like a glass cage-in the internet and globalisation century you can’t provide a person with a care, at least it could change things for the better for him? I wish I was aware if he is okay because no one knows when the pandemic will end and no one can be sure he will survive until it does. There was no day I didn’t recalled our meeting, feels like it wasn’t 4 months but just few hours ago. I was so eager to meet him again and discuss so many things we both like, I’m sure we’re meant for each other and finally our paths crossed. Now all I pray for is not to see his death on the news one day. I know that probably he even doesn’t remember me already but I don’t care. Imagine you cannot care of a beloved person and have no idea how he’s feeling and never do the same mistakes humanity is doing right now. If you’re the person who is able to help someone for good or have an ability to connect somebody, please, forget arrogance and disregard and help. Sometimes it’s not this difficult and doesn’t require too much effort from you, but could save life. Be kind.
• 2020-04-26

  It is not too bad

  I was prepared for this for all entire life. All the day playing videogames, and watching tv series. Stop complaining, you maggot!! The whole world have a vacation.
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  2020-04-02

  Watching a movie together

  This is me and my friends watching a movie together via special website. Though we weren’t together physically, we still were there for each other and had fun. *Me
• 2020-04-26

  How I decided to make my first start up to help game dev

  I decided to help people in game dev find each other and help them collborate and make their projects together. I'm studying for websites making, so it will be good practice. Who knows, maybe even I finally will find help with my own gameved project on my own site
• 2020-04-25

  Story of my isolation

  Isolation in Russia