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Doctor Alicia Rodríguez, President of the International Committee of the Banner of Peace, visits Russia

Our planet has beautiful and unusual places such as Altai in Siberia, Russian Federation.

The place where pines and birch-trees grow with the leaves moving in the wind and where the river Katun   covered with ice is passing through was called THE PEARL OF AISA by the great Russian painter Nikolai Roerich.

And this is a real pearl not only due to its amazing beauty but also due to its wonderful vibrations filling us with peace.

Alicia Rodriguez is a world renowned actress who played in 53 films and TV series and obtained nine awards as the Best Television Actress of Mexico. But the most important activity of her life she has been involved with during the last 27 years is self-sacrificing dissemination of the Banner of Peace and the Roerich Pact ideas related to protection of cultural values of world significance all over the globe.

Residents of cities, immersed in the hustle and bustle of the city, thinking about the rest, most often imagine some uninhabited sunny and sandy beach with palm trees. And the sea itself is associated with a state of serenity, joy, and peace. However, this is only one of its visions.

Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil

Strategic partnership with Russia

Russia and Brazil have just celebrated the 185th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations. Mutually profitable strategic partnership has been built on a firm basis within the years becoming even more dynamic lately.

Carnival is the main national holiday in Brazil. It's not just an art and folk festival, but the phenomenon of national scale, an integral part of the Brazilian mentality and priceless cultural heritage of the country. It's like a natural phenomenon as the change of seasons.

It's hard to imagine the 21st century without millions of vehicles, any kind you can think of. Dozens of design companies, hundreds plants throughout the world are working night and day to make transportation for a modern man as comfortable, safe, and fast as it can get. Ask anyone, and they will be ready to name the most famous automotive concerns and the latest luxury models of "iron horses". However, not many really know where is the initial "incubator" for the professionals able to make their dreams come true - at first as a design drawing, and then as a powerful machine.

Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba, the primary mission of which was to train skilled professionals with higher education for developing countries of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Arab East, was established February 5, 1960. The University still keeps to this purpose, along with training professionals for autonomous areas and regions of Russia. In 1992, the University was renamed as the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia.

Ukraine became the centre of world attention in the end of November 2013. One step away from signing of the Association agreement between Ukraine and EU, the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers has announced the suspension of the European integration of the country.

This was the starting point in the mass protest action on the independence square that led to the change of government. Widespread protest of thousands, now known all around the world as the «euromaidan», in December changed the tone and switched to a demand for the resignation of the government and the President.

Today, Helicopter engineering is one of the leading and most stable sectors of the Russian economy. This high-tech and knowledge-intensive industry maintained its competitiveness both in difficult post-Soviet times and during the global financial crisis.

When it comes to the best footballer of 20th century Diego Maradona and Pele, the two candidates, are usually mentioned. The matter of who is better still remains unsettled, and they take niche in the footballers' temple of fame by turns. The International Olympic Committee decided to stay away from such dispute ranking Pele "Athlete of the Century".