On Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the Arctic Council in Finland finally met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. This is only their second meeting after the summit of Putin and Trump in July last year.

Photo: Gereld / Pixabay.com How to increase life expectancy? This question seems to never lose its relevance, says journalist Marquem Hyde on Better Humans blog on Medium platform. It is believed that the Frenchwoman Zhanna Kalman lived for the longest: she died at the age of 122 years and 164 days (however, there is a theory that this record is falsification, and her daughter gave herself up for Jeanne to avoid the payment of inheritance tax).

Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Sheikh Muhammed Ben Zaid al-Nahayan. Photo: Pavel Golovkin/Reuters Many Americans are afraid that Russia again has become an important player in the Middle East. Many Arabs seem to be very hopeful for this. The impression is based on the successful intervention of Russia along with its allies from Iran and Hezbollah in the Syrian Civil War.

The head of the Russian Central Bank can be treated as you like, but what Elvira Nabiullina cannot be refused is the sequence. For several years of work, she managed to successfully dispel the myth of the reliability of the national banking system - at least the part that is represented by non -state institutions. The sector cleaning at first seemed to be a local emergency, but eventually became a new system of supervision - fatal for more than half of the market participants.

Podkast "Comrade Foreigner" - finalist of the Republic of Pedules contest Republic continues to publish the podcasts released to the finals of our competition . “Foreign Comrade” is a podcast about foreigners in Russia and Russians in the West, about international dialogue and intercultural conflicts. Journalists Anastasia Sedukhina (Russia) and Martyn Smirs (Holland) are discussing Russian realities, scandalous news and awkward moments in relations between Russia and the West.

The leader of the British Opposition Labor Party Jeremy Corbin. London, Great Britain. Photo: Henry Nicholls/Reuters The other day, the British billionaire John Kodwell, founder of Phonees4u (in the past, is a leader in the sales of phones in the UK) and one of the country's largest taxpayers , said that he was ready to emigrate if left -handed - Laborists, headed by Jeremy Corbin, come to power in the country.