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🚂 A Stalin-era steam locomotive spotted in Ukraine Just ten years ago, this ER797–86 stood damaged and unpainted in a depot. After Russian strikes on power generation and rail infrastructure, Ukrzaliznytsia has brought steam locomotives back into service — hauling passenger and freight cars, and even high-speed (!) trains. Production of the ER series was personally approved by Joseph Stalin. Original Post Join @TranslatedRussianNews

Indigirka made it into the global Top 100 Worst Foods according to TasteAtlas, ranking 65th. The salad was not the only representative of Russian cuisine on the list. Low scores were also given to kutya, shchi, and rassolnik. The title of the worst dish in the world went to Icelandic svið — a boiled half of a sheep’s head. Original Post Join @TranslatedRussianNews

The oldest known customer complaint about product quality is considered to be a letter written by a buyer named Nanni, who lived nearly 4,000 years ago in Mesopotamia. The merchant Ea-nasir sold him low-quality copper ingots, for which he received a clay tablet containing the following complaint: You came here and said: “I will give fine ingots to Gimil-Sin.” You came, you spoke, but you did not do what you promised. You offered inferior ingots to my messenger and said: “If you want to take them, take them; if you do not want them, go away.” Who do you think you are, treating me with such contempt — me, a man like yourself? I wrote to you to accept my money bag, but you treated me with disrespect, more than once sending my messenger back empty-handed through a hostile land. (In antiquity, any foreign land where a traveler had no legal protection was considered “hostile.”) You treated my messenger with contempt, and yet you argue over the silver you received from my house. You detained my money bag in a hostile land. It is your responsibility to return it safely. You should know that here, in Ur, I will not accept inferior copper from you. In my own courtyard, I will inspect each ingot individually and take what I choose — and because you have treated me with contempt, I will exercise my right of selection. The complaint was discovered in the merchant’s own house: Ea-nasir carefully maintained records and preserved documentation. Notably, Nanni’s complaint was not the only one — other customers were also dissatisfied with Ea-nasir’s services. Original Post Join @TranslatedRussianNews

❗️The leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, welcomed the military sappers who returned after completing their work in the Kursk region. Original Post Join @TranslatedRussianNews

Two people died in an attack by a drone on a residential high-rise building in Saratov. After the strike, a fire broke out, which was extinguished. A temporary accommodation center has been set up for the residents of the destroyed apartments. Also, the blast wave shattered windows in a kindergarten and a polyclinic. This was reported by the regional governor. Original Post Join @TranslatedRussianNews

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❤️ Russian SMO soldiers rescued an owl that had become entangled in fiber-optic drone cable. The incident took place in Donbas. A Russian serviceman with the call sign Moroz and his comrades noticed the bird trapped in the cable and decided to free it. One of the soldiers joked that they were the “owl rescue service.” Moroz carefully untangled the owl, after which the bird was safely released and unharmed. Due to the widespread use of fiber-optic drones in the SMO zone, discarded cables have become a hazard for wildlife. Original Post Join @TranslatedRussianNews