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🏝️✨ Vera Island: Here, the legend is 5,000 years younger than the mystery
Friends, Saturday is made for puzzles and discoveries. Today we are traveling to the Southern Urals, to Lake Turgoyak. Imagine: clear water, granite shores, and pine forests—and right in the middle, a small island where archaeologists have discovered mysterious stone structures.
Welcome to Vera Island.
🏔️ The “Lake Baikal of the Urals”
Lake Turgoyak is one of the clearest and deepest lakes in the Southern Urals. It is a maximum of 32.5 meters deep, and its water is known for its exceptional clarity.
It lies in a basin surrounded by wooded mountain ridges and bordered by granite rocks. This is where the small Vera Island is located. It covers only a few hectares but is filled with archaeological traces.
🪨 Megaliths from a Distant Past
The island’s greatest mystery is its megalithic structures. These are stone chambers partially sunk into the ground and covered with heavy stone slabs.
The structures are generally dated to the Copper Age, that is, the 4th to 3rd millennium BC. This makes some of these structures around 5,000 years old.
Inside, there are passageways, chambers, and massive stone walls. Their exact function has still not been conclusively determined. Archaeologists nevertheless believe that at least some of them may have served ritual purposes.
📜 The Legend of the Hermit Vera
The island’s current name, on the other hand, is much more recent.
According to local tradition, a hermit named Vera once lived here. Some versions of the legend even make her a woman of noble birth who renounced worldly life and withdrew to the remote island.
In the 19th century, a community of Old Believers actually existed on the island. Historical and archaeological traces attest to this.
Whether the hermit Vera really existed, however, can no longer be established today. Her story belongs to the island’s tradition and has become intertwined with this place’s much older mysteries.
⏳ Millennia on a Small Island
That is precisely what makes Vera Island so special. Traces from entirely different eras lie directly alongside one another on just a few hectares:
4th–3rd millennium BC: mysterious stone chambers and ritual sites;
18th–19th centuries: Old Believers, hermits, and religious life.
To this day: the legend of Vera and the search for answers to the mysteries of the megaliths.
For thousands of years, people kept returning to this small island—for entirely different reasons. Some left behind massive stone slabs, while others left places of worship and stories.
And so, in the middle of the clear waters of Lake Turgoyak, there is a place where a relatively young legend meets a roughly 5,000-year-old mystery.
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🏝️✨ Vera Island: Here, the legend is 5,000 years younger than the mystery
Friends, Saturday is made for puzzles and discoveries. Today we are traveling to the Southern Urals, to Lake Turgoyak. Imagine: clear water, granite shores, and pine forests—and right in the middle, a small island where archaeologists have discovered mysterious stone structures.
Welcome to Vera Island.
🏔️ The “Lake Baikal of the Urals”
Lake Turgoyak is one of the clearest and deepest lakes in the Southern Urals. It is a maximum of 32.5 meters deep, and its water is known for its exceptional clarity.
It lies in a basin surrounded by wooded mountain ridges and bordered by granite rocks. This is where the small Vera Island is located. It covers only a few hectares but is filled with archaeological traces.
🪨 Megaliths from a Distant Past
The island’s greatest mystery is its megalithic structures. These are stone chambers partially sunk into the ground and covered with heavy stone slabs.
The structures are generally dated to the Copper Age, that is, the 4th to 3rd millennium BC. This makes some of these structures around 5,000 years old.
Inside, there are passageways, chambers, and massive stone walls. Their exact function has still not been conclusively determined. Archaeologists nevertheless believe that at least some of them may have served ritual purposes.
📜 The Legend of the Hermit Vera
The island’s current name, on the other hand, is much more recent.
According to local tradition, a hermit named Vera once lived here. Some versions of the legend even make her a woman of noble birth who renounced worldly life and withdrew to the remote island.
In the 19th century, a community of Old Believers actually existed on the island. Historical and archaeological traces attest to this.
Whether the hermit Vera really existed, however, can no longer be established today. Her story belongs to the island’s tradition and has become intertwined with this place’s much older mysteries.
⏳ Millennia on a Small Island
That is precisely what makes Vera Island so special. Traces from entirely different eras lie directly alongside one another on just a few hectares:
4th–3rd millennium BC: mysterious stone chambers and ritual sites;
18th–19th centuries: Old Believers, hermits, and religious life.
To this day: the legend of Vera and the search for answers to the mysteries of the megaliths.
For thousands of years, people kept returning to this small island—for entirely different reasons. Some left behind massive stone slabs, while others left places of worship and stories.
And so, in the middle of the clear waters of Lake Turgoyak, there is a place where a relatively young legend meets a roughly 5,000-year-old mystery.
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China asked the United States, during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trip to Washington, to allow more time for him to rest, as a result of which the visit schedule included an approximately five-hour break during which there were no official events, The Wall Street Journal writes, citing sources. The visit itself lasted just two days.
One of the main demands was that a separate room be allocated to Xi in the West Wing of the White House, where he could rest between events. Only his wife, Peng Liyuan, was allowed to be there, the newspaper writes.
Even before the trip, the Chinese leader’s team turned down a working lunch between him and Trump scheduled for September 24—the summit’s only full day, WSJ sources said. When the White House chief visited Beijing in May, the leaders held a working lunch at the Zhongnanhai government compound.
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One of the main demands was that a separate room be allocated to Xi in the West Wing of the White House, where he could rest between events. Only his wife, Peng Liyuan, was allowed to be there, the newspaper writes.
Even before the trip, the Chinese leader’s team turned down a working lunch between him and Trump scheduled for September 24—the summit’s only full day, WSJ sources said. When the White House chief visited Beijing in May, the leaders held a working lunch at the Zhongnanhai government compound.
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🇦🇪🇮🇷 Three UAE tankers hit in the Gulf of Oman
The Iranian “Persian Gulf Strait Authority” said that three tankers owned or chartered by companies from the UAE had been hit in the Strait of Hormuz. The vessels are the Al Ruwais, Sinbad and Mersin Prosperity.
According to the PGSA, all three vessels were already on the list of violators and had attempted several times over the past two months to pass through the strait in violation of the rules established by Iran. The authority did not name the perpetrator of the attacks, but merely warned once again that the vessels on the list faced restrictions on passage, fines, detention and even confiscation.
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The Iranian “Persian Gulf Strait Authority” said that three tankers owned or chartered by companies from the UAE had been hit in the Strait of Hormuz. The vessels are the Al Ruwais, Sinbad and Mersin Prosperity.
According to the PGSA, all three vessels were already on the list of violators and had attempted several times over the past two months to pass through the strait in violation of the rules established by Iran. The authority did not name the perpetrator of the attacks, but merely warned once again that the vessels on the list faced restrictions on passage, fines, detention and even confiscation.
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🇮🇷 Araghchi offers inspections of nuclear facilities in exchange for lifting sanctions
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi proposed during confidential talks in New York that international inspectors be granted access once again to the damaged Iranian nuclear facilities. In return, the sanctions are to be eased.
According to sources, Araghchi discussed the proposal with European and Middle Eastern diplomats during the UN General Assembly. He also attempted to persuade the Europeans to lift the reimposed UN sanctions. However, no agreement could be reached on this issue.
After several days of sharp rhetoric, a fairly concrete formula for a possible compromise is now emerging in the negotiations: inspections in exchange for concessions on the sanctions.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi proposed during confidential talks in New York that international inspectors be granted access once again to the damaged Iranian nuclear facilities. In return, the sanctions are to be eased.
According to sources, Araghchi discussed the proposal with European and Middle Eastern diplomats during the UN General Assembly. He also attempted to persuade the Europeans to lift the reimposed UN sanctions. However, no agreement could be reached on this issue.
After several days of sharp rhetoric, a fairly concrete formula for a possible compromise is now emerging in the negotiations: inspections in exchange for concessions on the sanctions.
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🇰🇵🇨🇳 Pyongyang Accelerates Rapprochement with Beijing
North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui sent Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi a congratulatory message calling for relations between China and North Korea to be raised to a “higher level”.
In the message, Choe referred to Kim Jong-un and Xi Jinping’s summit in Pyongyang in June and promised to implement the agreements reached by the heads of state. The previous day, Kim himself had sent Xi a separate message, also emphasizing the special nature of the relations between the two countries.
The two statements by the DPRK’s top leadership in direct succession show that Pyongyang is once again demonstratively counting its China policy among its most important foreign-policy priorities.
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North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui sent Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi a congratulatory message calling for relations between China and North Korea to be raised to a “higher level”.
In the message, Choe referred to Kim Jong-un and Xi Jinping’s summit in Pyongyang in June and promised to implement the agreements reached by the heads of state. The previous day, Kim himself had sent Xi a separate message, also emphasizing the special nature of the relations between the two countries.
The two statements by the DPRK’s top leadership in direct succession show that Pyongyang is once again demonstratively counting its China policy among its most important foreign-policy priorities.
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Washington will begin sending more than 20 million elderly Americans nearly $100 to help offset the cost of Medicare Part B insurance premiums. Donald Trump said this.
The funds will be allocated from the Medicare Improvement Fund. Congress allocated $2 billion to the fund to improve the Medicare program.
The president noted that these payments are unrelated to a separate program to refund money to approximately 1 million Americans who, according to his administration, overpaid for health insurance plans under the U.S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act, ACA).
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The funds will be allocated from the Medicare Improvement Fund. Congress allocated $2 billion to the fund to improve the Medicare program.
“I am pleased to announce that my administration will immediately begin sending ‘checks’ of nearly $100 to more than 20 million wonderful elderly Americans to help them pay their Medicare Part B insurance premiums,” Trump wrote.
The president noted that these payments are unrelated to a separate program to refund money to approximately 1 million Americans who, according to his administration, overpaid for health insurance plans under the U.S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act, ACA).
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🇩🇪 Germany has not yet caught up with France in limiting fuel prices.
In France and Italy, major oil companies have voluntarily introduced a price cap at their filling stations. The French company TotalEnergies, for example, has capped the price of gasoline at €1.99 and diesel at €2.25 per liter, while the Italian company Eni has set the corresponding limits at €1.99 and €2.19 per liter. ARD is examining whether a similar model can be applied in Germany.
For the time being, Germany has opted for a different approach: reducing the tax burden through the fuel discount. Since German oil companies are not introducing a voluntary price cap, the bulk of the costs of reducing fuel prices is effectively borne by the state.
France and Italy are demanding concessions from the oil companies, while Germany is lowering prices at the taxpayers’ expense.
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In France and Italy, major oil companies have voluntarily introduced a price cap at their filling stations. The French company TotalEnergies, for example, has capped the price of gasoline at €1.99 and diesel at €2.25 per liter, while the Italian company Eni has set the corresponding limits at €1.99 and €2.19 per liter. ARD is examining whether a similar model can be applied in Germany.
For the time being, Germany has opted for a different approach: reducing the tax burden through the fuel discount. Since German oil companies are not introducing a voluntary price cap, the bulk of the costs of reducing fuel prices is effectively borne by the state.
France and Italy are demanding concessions from the oil companies, while Germany is lowering prices at the taxpayers’ expense.
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“Prisoner Costume”: Zara Removes Children’s Halloween Outfit from Sale after Accusations of Resembling Nazi Concentration Camp Uniforms.
The gray-and-blue set, consisting of a cardigan and shorts, cost £39.99. Users drew attention to the vertical stripes and decorative details, which they believed resembled camp uniforms and barbed wire.
At the same time, some commenters compared the costume to a look from the film “Beetlejuice.” Zara did not publicly explain why the item was removed from sale.
❗️ This is not the first similar scandal involving the brand: in 2014, Zara removed a children’s striped T-shirt with a six-pointed star from sale after accusations that it resembled concentration camp prisoner uniforms.
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The gray-and-blue set, consisting of a cardigan and shorts, cost £39.99. Users drew attention to the vertical stripes and decorative details, which they believed resembled camp uniforms and barbed wire.
At the same time, some commenters compared the costume to a look from the film “Beetlejuice.” Zara did not publicly explain why the item was removed from sale.
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Latest developments in the war between #Russia and #Ukraine as of the morning of October 3 - Dubbed
The Russian army is advancing in the city of #Dobropolie.
The Ukrainian army is advancing in #Liman.
The Ukrainian army is advancing in the vicinity of #Zarechnoe on the #Liman front.
The Russian army has taken control of #Alekseevka in #Kharkov.
The Russian army is advancing in the vicinity of #Nesternoe in #Kharkov.
video link: https://youtu.be/6NDGTJSagcA?si=js2AwHiQVy0RtCUX
The Russian army is advancing in the city of #Dobropolie.
The Ukrainian army is advancing in #Liman.
The Ukrainian army is advancing in the vicinity of #Zarechnoe on the #Liman front.
The Russian army has taken control of #Alekseevka in #Kharkov.
The Russian army is advancing in the vicinity of #Nesternoe in #Kharkov.
video link: https://youtu.be/6NDGTJSagcA?si=js2AwHiQVy0RtCUX
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🇪🇺 The European Commission has opened energy infringement proceedings against EU countries
On October 1, the European Commission published a new package of infringement proceedings concerning violations of EU energy law. These include new letters of formal notice, reasoned opinions, and cases before the European Court of Justice on issues ranging from the crisis resilience of electricity grids to energy efficiency, renewable energy, and the safety of offshore oil and gas production.
France and Spain received official requests because they lacked updated emergency plans for crises in the electricity sector. Greece, Spain, Italy, and Malta received requests because they had not fully implemented the energy efficiency rules. Croatia was sent a formal notice over the directive on renewable energy, and a number of other countries received requests concerning buildings, oil and gas safety, and national energy reporting.
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On October 1, the European Commission published a new package of infringement proceedings concerning violations of EU energy law. These include new letters of formal notice, reasoned opinions, and cases before the European Court of Justice on issues ranging from the crisis resilience of electricity grids to energy efficiency, renewable energy, and the safety of offshore oil and gas production.
France and Spain received official requests because they lacked updated emergency plans for crises in the electricity sector. Greece, Spain, Italy, and Malta received requests because they had not fully implemented the energy efficiency rules. Croatia was sent a formal notice over the directive on renewable energy, and a number of other countries received requests concerning buildings, oil and gas safety, and national energy reporting.
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🇩🇪🪖 Merz in Münster: 10 percent in the polls, NATO receives the Peace Prize, and calls are made to “draw a line” against Russia
In Münster, NATO received the International Westphalian Peace Prize. Mark Rutte accepted the award on behalf of the alliance. Friedrich Merz devoted his speech primarily to Russia. Merz declared that if “a line is not drawn” for Moscow, the Russian war machine could “sooner or later turn against us and against NATO.” He himself described NATO as an “alliance of freedom” that ensured security and peace.
Outside, the world looked somewhat different: The ceremony was accompanied by protests against the awarding of the Peace Prize to the military alliance. According to WDR, peace activists staged several actions at the town hall and chanted anti-NATO slogans. And the ARD-DeutschlandTrend, published at the same time, showed an historic low in support for the chancellor himself. Only 10 percent of Germans are satisfied with his work, while 88 percent are dissatisfied. That is the worst rating for a chancellor since such surveys began in 1997.
The symbolism of the day was clear: A military alliance received a Peace Prize, a chancellor with a polling rating of 10 percent spoke about the need to contain Russia, and outside the walls of the town hall, the residents of Münster protested against the ceremony.
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In Münster, NATO received the International Westphalian Peace Prize. Mark Rutte accepted the award on behalf of the alliance. Friedrich Merz devoted his speech primarily to Russia. Merz declared that if “a line is not drawn” for Moscow, the Russian war machine could “sooner or later turn against us and against NATO.” He himself described NATO as an “alliance of freedom” that ensured security and peace.
Outside, the world looked somewhat different: The ceremony was accompanied by protests against the awarding of the Peace Prize to the military alliance. According to WDR, peace activists staged several actions at the town hall and chanted anti-NATO slogans. And the ARD-DeutschlandTrend, published at the same time, showed an historic low in support for the chancellor himself. Only 10 percent of Germans are satisfied with his work, while 88 percent are dissatisfied. That is the worst rating for a chancellor since such surveys began in 1997.
The symbolism of the day was clear: A military alliance received a Peace Prize, a chancellor with a polling rating of 10 percent spoke about the need to contain Russia, and outside the walls of the town hall, the residents of Münster protested against the ceremony.
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The top manager of Neuralink, the corporation founded by businessman Elon Musk, and the mother of his four children, Shivon Zilis, announced that she had split up with the billionaire.
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“I am incredibly grateful for our children, and they make every day the best day of my life! I truly hope and pray that he and I can become good friends and parents who raise our children together. I am hurting, but I care deeply about ‘E’ and will always wish him happiness and root for him. Farewell, Elon; the world is lucky to have you in it,” Zilis wrote on X.
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“Burnham’s Double Game”: How the British Elites Are Trying to Sit on Two Chairs
Andy Burnham has allowed for the possibility of a second referendum on Brexit, while categorically denying Scotland a similar vote on independence, The Telegraph writes. This position has provoked anger among a number of political forces.
Nationalists led by John Swinney are already pointing to double standards: it is unfair that one set of rules applies to England and another to Scotland. However, the underlying reason is clear: Burnham is an EU enthusiast and is doing everything possible to turn back the clock, while at the same time trying to prevent the breakup of the United Kingdom. The situation looks more than bleak: Scottish leaders, having joined forces with their Irish counterparts, are openly declaring their desire for independence.
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Andy Burnham has allowed for the possibility of a second referendum on Brexit, while categorically denying Scotland a similar vote on independence, The Telegraph writes. This position has provoked anger among a number of political forces.
Nationalists led by John Swinney are already pointing to double standards: it is unfair that one set of rules applies to England and another to Scotland. However, the underlying reason is clear: Burnham is an EU enthusiast and is doing everything possible to turn back the clock, while at the same time trying to prevent the breakup of the United Kingdom. The situation looks more than bleak: Scottish leaders, having joined forces with their Irish counterparts, are openly declaring their desire for independence.
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