❄️ Real Russian winter in the Arkhangelsk region.
Moscow actually looks similar now, except that the buidlings and transport are different 😉

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The longest ice slide
in Russia.

You can ride there at a speed
up to 65km/hour. The slide is 400 meters long.

It starts in a pine forest, ends at the
Gorkoe Lake in the village of Novoegoryevskoye, Altai Krai.

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"Beryozka": Russia's Fluid Step

🤩The "Beryozka" Ensemble was founded by Nadejda Nadejdina, a student of the renowned Russian ballerina Agrippina Vaganova.
By the age of 17, she was already performing on the Bolshoi Theatre stage, and by 23, she was creating her own choreography.
During the Great Patriotic War, Nadejda participated in artistic brigades on the front lines to boost the morale of soldiers.

🤩 In 1948, "Beryozka" made its debut in Moscow with a group of sixteen young women from the Tver region. They performed an ancient Russian women's round dance, astonishing audiences with their unique technique of silent, gliding steps and perfectly synchronized movements.

🤩The Ministry of Culture then entrusted Nadejda with the creation of a program for international tours. From the 1950s onward, the ensemble captured the European, Asian, and American audiences with its distinctive fluid step and its embodiment of Russian traditions.

🤩"Beryozka" has been acclaimed on the world’s greatest stages, including Paris Opera and London's Royal Opera House.

🤩The ensemble has received prestigious international awards, and in 1959, it was awarded the Joliot-Curie Gold Medal of Peace in recognition of its contribution to fostering understanding among peoples.

🤩Nadejda led the ensemble until her death in 1979. Her successor was then her student, Mirra Koltsova.

🤩To this day, "Beryozka" continues to perform internationally, carrying a poetic image of Russia around the world.

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Enjoy watching!

✴️ On YouTube: https://youtu.be/9nxq4qhpKkE?si=WbvwxRb2j_SomIFf

✴️ On Yandex Disk: https://disk.yandex.ru/i/ZNhq1GKidNni2Q

Several years ago, Michael traveled to the Netherlands to study European law 🇳🇱

As a foreigner abroad, he realized how important transparent and clear migration rules are. This personal experience became the foundation of his idea to help foreigners who want to move to Russia.

📈 Today, he heads the international department at Braiden, which has launched over 300 new projects in the first six months of 2025.

📊 102 projects involved obtaining Temporary Residence Permits (TRP) under Decree 702, while the rest dealt with other types of residency, visas, business services, and legal disputes with government agencies.

In an interview with Ivanna, Michael discussed key aspects of obtaining residency in Russia like:

✔️ The main goal of his work: it is to identify what each specific client needs

✔️The residency application process

Submission date is the most important day in your legal life here in Russia.

✔️What to pay attention to when preparing for the move

When we have the initial call, I always ask: Have you even been to Russian before?

✔️The path to residency in Russia: explore different cities and choose a region to live in; after 8 months with TRP – pass exams and obtain an RP (VNZh)

✔️ Required documents from your home country: a valid visa and an apostilled police clearance certificate

✔️ Challenges foreigners may face: a) deadlines, b) errors in documents.

We are control freaks in a good way.

✔️ Under Decree 702, obtaining a TRP is significantly simplified for citizens of "unfriendly" countries

I’m a fan of this decree.

✔️ How to correctly calculate the number of days allowed for staying in Russia

The whole population of Netherlands is about 17 million people, and Moscow is almost the same.

✔️ Differences between regions in Russia

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"About my life in Russia" – useful interviews with expats and immigrants.

Here's who's really happy about the snow in Moscow

🐼Panda Zhu from the Moscow Zoo is enjoying the New Year holidays

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