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That's a question that had been on my mind. How do countries differ in the age at which children start drinking tea in tea-drinking cultures such as Britain, Turkey, Morocco, Russia and Japan. I also wondered whether tea was usually available at school in these countries. Tea Around the World...

I just came across this deep dive by EconomyUnpacked into Germany’s energy crisis, and honestly, the numbers are staggering. Whether you’re interested in geopolitics, economics, or climate policy, this is a must-watch that challenges the narrative of the Energiewende (Energy Transition). The...

Europe faces escalating security threats that demand greater self-reliance in defense. Building a European army is seen as crucial now due to uncertainties in US commitments under President Trump and ongoing Russian aggression. Russian Aggression Russia's continued war in Ukraine and hybrid...

Urethra really interesting video that explains how the BRICS countries have been trying to find a way around the dominance of the US dollar in world trade and SWIFT banking system. This comes at a time when European countries are considering dropping their US dollar reserves and using the Euro...

On 23rd October hundreds of thousands of Hungarians filled the streets of Budapest in what became one of the largest opposition rallies in recent Hungarian history. The anti-Orbán rally was led by Péter Magyar, the 44-year-old leader of the opposition Tisza Party, who has emerged as Prime...

Watching this speech by the Finnish president at the United Nations shows how a country's leader should talk. It's such a stark contrast with President Trump. The last 5 minutes of the speech are the most interesting if you don't have time to watch all of it. Don't forget to watch YouTube...

A significant new plan is under discussion in the United States that would impose a 500% tariff on any country that continues to buy Russian fossil fuels and other key commodities. This proposal is not directly from Donald Trump himself, but rather from a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators...

I was watching the map of European Y-DNA haplogroups and I realized there are places in the European great plain, places that were never colonized by the Romans. That have a lot of haplogroup J and E, particularly haplogroup E, which seems to be more widespread. Belarus is striking, since they...

How the Europe Union and NATO pathetic behavior with Ukraine. Ukraine already willing to join eu and NATO and America make many promises with Ukraine but during the war America and NATO didn't help Ukraine. It's time for the world to understand the Hypocritical attitude of America. In history...

Archaeologists are set to unveil the answer to a 200-year-old question over the remains of a French general who died during Napoleon's 1812 campaign in Russia. Charles Etienne Gudin was hit by a cannonball in the Battle of Valutino on August 19 near Smolensk, a city west of Moscow close to the...

Hi all, I couldn't refrain from sharing this vid with you. hope you will enjoy.. peace

In the thread about the distribution of R1b-Z2103, I started analysing the Y-DNA data from the new Trofimova et al. 2015 paper in Russian (English summary here). I noticed that the Volga-Ural ethnic groups could be divided in four categories: 1) Uralic speakers with over 50% of Uralic Y-DNA...

The good news for enterprises subordinated to Belarusian Goskomvoenprom is coming out of Russia. According to the Military-Industrial Courier, Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) plans to increase production on the 558th Aircraft Repair Plant in Baranavichy up to $ 300 million by...

Due to recent protests in Ukraine and escape of president Yankovich, short of domestic war, the problem of Crimea is coming to the front. If Ukraine has dual personality (pro European/pro Russian), the Crimea has multiple personality disorder. It belongs to Ukraine but has fairly independent...

I have added new populations in the Y-DNA tables: the island of Gotland in Sweden, the Saami (Finland+Sweden+Norway), and the six main ethnic groups of the Volga-Ural region in Russia: the Chuvashs, Komi, Mari, Mordvins, Tatars, and Udmurts. Gotland distinguishes itself by its extremely high...

After my new R1b migration map, here is an illustration of the R1a history. The pattern of migration completes that of R1b. You will find all the explanations in the R1a history section. Just one new thing. The chiefly Germanic L664 subclade is the only subclade of R1a that migrated alongside...

That's probably a good point, showing that quick events don't register on Y-dna scale. Vikings didn't register much in Russian yDNA, even though they where a ruling elite for short time and gave name Rus to Russia. What registered are the long lasting previous events of older I1 incursions...

Your opinion. Will Ukraine join EU?

As long as Sochi os going to be Olympic capital in 2009 I thought that it might be interesting to visit the city. And look what I have found on the web. It was interesting for me to find this rating on the web, because I am from Russia. I hope it might be interesting for someone else too...