Gazprom’s Football for Friendship international children’s social programme breaks Guinness World Record

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Release June 3, 2019, 20:40 The 7th season of the Football for Friendship (F4F) international children’s social programme organized by Gazprom concluded in Madrid. The final events of the project, which was carried out with support from FIFA, UEFA, and national football federations and associations, took place from May 28 through June 2 within the framework of the official programme of the UEFA Champions League…

Crimean Economy Named Fastest Growing in Russia

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Russian-annexed Crimea has experienced the fastest economic growth in Russia in 2019 so far, the RBC news website reported on Monday. Crimea has received large cash injections from Moscow since 2014, when Russia annexed the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine. More than $13 billion in Russian funds will have been spent on the Crimean economy…

Russia Requires Tinder to Share User Data – Reports

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The Tinder dating app is now required to share its user data with Russian authorities, according to Russia’s Roskomsvoboda internet rights group. Legislation that came into force in 2016 requires social media companies to store user data on servers located in Russia and provide this data to the authorities on demand. Russia last year issued…

Muscovites Dash Through Annual Color Run, in Photos

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What’s one way to make running fun? By adding lots of color (literally) to your race. Runners flocked to Moscow’s Luzhniki Olympic Complex on Sunday for the city’s seventh annual color run. During the 5-kilometer dash, runners doused themselves and each other with brightly colored powder as they flew by. Here’s a look at the…