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* ... that the creator of '''''[[The Americans]]''''' drew inspiration for the show from his time as a CIA officer and [[Illegals Program|a 2010 Russian spy scandal]]?
* ... that both Catholic and Orthodox Christian democrats received a higher share of votes in '''[[Kazansky District, Petrograd|Kazansky District]]''' than in any other district of [[Saint Petersburg|Petrograd]] in the [[1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election|1917 Russian elections]]?
* ... that the Union of Assyrians's mishandling of shoe-polishing stations led to violent conflicts in 1920s Moscow?
* ... that the '''[[All-Russian Union of Assyrians "Khoyad-Atur"|Union of Assyrians]]'''{{`s}} mishandling of shoe-polishing stations led to violent conflicts in 1920s Moscow?
* ... that Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna's car was once fired on by Russian tanks?
* ... that Ukrainian journalist '''[[Victoria Roshchyna]]'''{{`s}} car was once fired on by Russian tanks?
* ... that activist '''[[Joan McIntyre (activist)|Joan McIntyre]]''' left [[Friends of the Earth]] to start her own organization focused on stopping Japanese and Russian [[whaling]]?
* ... that although '''[[Uzun-Hajji]]''' and '''[[Najmuddin of Gotzo]]''' were originally political allies, they later fought on opposing sides of the [[Russian Civil War]]?
:A series of [[Russian Armed Forces|Russian]] [[ballistic missile]] and [[Drone warfare|drone strikes]] target critical [[Energy in Ukraine|energy infrastructure]] in cities across in [[Ukraine]], killing at least two people, injuring 20 others, and causing widespread [[Rolling blackout|emergency blackouts]]. [[President of Ukraine|Ukrainian President]] [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]] condemns [[President of Russia|Russian President]] [[Vladimir Putin]] for the "inhumane" attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure. [https://kyivindependent.com/russia-terrorizes-ukraine-with-mass-missile-drone-attack-on-christmas-morning/ (''The Kyiv Independent'')] [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/25/russia-christmas-day-attack-ukraine-energy-system (''The Guardian'')] [https://www.rte.ie/news/ukraine/2024/1225/1488087-ukraine-russia/ (RTÉ)]
:An [[Azerbaijan Airlines]] [[Embraer 190]] aircraft carrying 67 passengers from [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]], to [[Grozny]], [[Russia]], crashes while being diverted to [[Aktau]], [[Kazakhstan]], killing 38 people and injuring 29 others. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/25/passenger-plane-crashes-in-kazakhstan-emergencies-ministry (Al Jazeera)] [https://www.npr.org/2024/12/25/g-s1-39977/azerbaijan-airlines-passenger-jet-crashes (NPR)]
:The [[Russia]]n [[cargo ship]] [[MV Ursa Major|MV ''Ursa Major'']], allegedly used to evacuate military personnel and equipment from [[Russian involvement in the Syrian civil war|Russian bases]] in [[Syria]], sinks in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] off the coast of [[Spain]] following an explosion in the ship's [[engine room]]. The [[Russian Foreign Ministry]] says that 14 of the 16 crew members have been rescued, with the two others missing. [https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-cargo-ship-sinks-off-the-coast-of-spain/ (Politico)]
:Gene Spector, an [[Russian Americans|American citizen of Russian descent]], is sentenced to 15 years in [[Prisons in Russia|prison]] by a [[Russia|Russian]] [[Judiciary of Russia|court]] for [[American espionage in the Soviet Union and Russian Federation|espionage]]. [https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/24/europe/gene-spector-sentenced-russia-intl/index.html (CNN)]
:A team of scientists at the [[North-Eastern Federal University]] in [[Sakha Republic]], [[Russia]], unveil the highly preserved remains of a [[Upper Paleolithic|50,000-year-old]] female juvenile [[woolly mammoth]] named Yana. The researchers say Yana was roughly about one-year-old when she died, likely from [[drowning]], and was discovered in the [[Batagaika crater]] by locals. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy47xj4lpyzo (BBC News)]
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