🇷🇺 A woman from St. Petersburg delivered monozygotic quadruplets for the first time in Russia’s history.

According to statistical data, this accounts for one case per 15.5 million births.

Four baby girls (twins) were born, the Maternity Hospital No. 17 reported on its social media.

Rusalka (Русалка)

Rusalka is a female water spirit in Slavic folklore—a restless soul of the unclean dead. She was once a woman who drowned, died of heartbreak, or was unbaptized.

She appears as a beautiful young woman with long pale hair and deathly white skin. Up close, she shows waterweed in her hair and empty, glowing eyes.

Rusalka is vengeful and lonely. She lures men to their death with singing, tickles victims until they drown, or steals children. During the green week (after Pentecost), she leaves the water and walks the forests and fields.

To protect yourself: carry wormwood or garlic, avoid swimming alone at night, and never answer a voice calling from the water. If she appears, throw her a scarf—she will stop to count the threads.

Unlike Vodyanoy, rusalka is not a master but a victim—beautiful, tragic, and deadly. She is the sorrow of unfinished lives, waiting by the water for someone to join her.

#SlavicChthon

🇷🇺🤝🇻🇪 Russian Ambassador to Venezuela Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov says that if Nicolás Maduro applied for political asylum in Russia, he would certainly receive it.

He says that Russia demands the release of President Maduro, whose abduction was a violation of international law and common sense.

🇭🇺🇪🇺🇺🇸 Hungary PM Viktor Orbán warns Europe is heading toward a severe energy crisis.

He says urgent action is needed to prevent shortages of oil, gas, and broader energy supplies across the continent.

☦️A message from The Europe Update Administration to our Old Calendar Orthodox readers

Today, according to the Church’s timeless reckoning, we greet you on the glorious Feast of the Annunciation – the day when the Archangel Gabriel came to the Most Holy Virgin in Nazareth, proclaiming the dawn of our salvation: “Rejoice, full of grace, the Lord is with you” (Luke 1:28)

On this 7th of April, we commemorate the moment when the eternal Son of God took flesh in Her pure womb. As the hymn sings, “Today is the beginning of our salvation, and the revelation of the mystery from before the ages"

For those who keep the Old Julian calendar, this feast falls in the midst of Great Lent – yet it brings a joyful interruption: the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, the slight easing of fasting, and the ancient Slavic tradition of releasing birds as a sign of creation’s freedom through Christ

From the administration of The Europe Update, we extend our warmest wishes to all who treasure the Orthodox faith of our fathers. May the Mother of God intercede for you, and may the promise of Immanuel strengthen your Lenten struggle

🇺🇸🇬🇧⚡️- The United Kingdom has banned Kanye West from entering their territory following antisemitic comments, per the BBC.

🇭🇺🇺🇸 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has decided to further reduce his chances of winning the election and met today in Budapest with US Vice President JD Vance.

✍️🇪🇺🇺🇸 By the way, it’s funny to watch all those disappointed Americans crying that they didn’t vote for Trump.

Trump announced a large portion of the things he now says and does back in the 1980s.

At the same time, it’s worth noting that, contrary to hopes, JD Vance is not a better option. I maintain again that the European right should break all contacts with the MAGA movement and the Americans, and return to conducting sovereign politics and fighting for its own interests within Europe and through good relations with Russia.

✡️🇬🇧 The government firmly supports the Jewish community, and we will not stop our fight to confront and defeat the poison of antisemitism.
We will always take the necessary steps to protect society and uphold our values

– British Prime Minister Keir Starmer

🇺🇸🇭🇺🇺🇦 VP Vance said at a meeting with Prime Minister Orbán that the US administration is aware that Ukrainian special services are planning to interfere in the electoral process in Hungary.

🇫🇷🇮🇷 Another success of France's foreign policy:

— Iran has allowed two French nationals accused of espionage in 2022 to leave Iranian territory and return to France.

🇷🇺🇺🇳🇮🇷 ❗️Moscow could not support Bahrain’s draft UN Security Council resolution, as it would set a dangerous precedent for international law

- Russian UN envoy Vasily Nebenzya

🇷🇺🌕 A Russian nuclear power plant for lunar exploration should be ready for delivery and installation on the Earth’s satellite in 2030-2032.

– Mikhail Kovalchuk, President of the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center