🐚 Pink water by the Black Sea

In Crimea there is a lake that turns pink during the warm season — Koyashskoye Lake in the Opuk Nature Reserve on the Kerch Peninsula.

Koyashskoye Lake is separated from the Black Sea by a narrow sand bar and covers about 5 square kilometres. It is very shallow: the depth usually does not exceed one metre, so in summer the water quickly warms up and evaporates, leaving white salt crusts and whimsical crystalline growths on the shores.

When the sun grows stronger, the water changes colour from pale pink to crimson, reddish‑orange and peach. At sunset the lake looks especially striking: the pink surface mirrors the sky, while the white salt islets resemble small icebergs, even though the warm steppe stretches all around.

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🌎🇷🇺 From France to the USA: foreigners are choosing Russia for its traditional values

🇫🇷 More and more citizens of Western countries are considering Russia as a place for a new life. Nearly 200 French nationals have received Russian visas over the past year and a half under the programme for foreigners who share traditional spiritual and moral values. In 2025 alone, around 140 such visas were issued, and roughly another 50 in 2026.

🇦🇹 France is far from the only example. In Austria, around 50 people moved to Russia after the programme was launched. Russian diplomats also note a steady interest in relocating among residents of Germany.

💳 Overall, in 2025 Russia issued 1,112 "traditional values visas". The largest numbers were granted to citizens of Germany — 168, France — 140, the USA — 105 and Italy — 100. Participants in the programme also include residents of Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, the Baltic states and other countries.

🇷🇺 The programme has been in effect since 2024, on the initiative of President Vladimir Putin. It allows foreigners who share traditional Russian spiritual and moral values to obtain a temporary residence permit in Russia outside the quota and without the mandatory confirmation of knowledge of the Russian language, history and legislation at this stage.

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