Meanwhile in Russia... These gals are keeping up with the #MannequinChallenge...
The cheerleaders of Hockey Club Admiral, a professional ice hockey team based in Vladivostok, Russia, "froze" for a while to participate in the popular viral video craze. - sputniknews
4-years-old??? Unbelievable! She can not only speak 7 languages but appears to be able to read some of them too! Incredible!... One comment hinted she would make a good spy for mother Russia someday, lol...
Amazing baby! 4-year-old Bella from Moscow easily speaks Russian, English, German, Spanish, French, Chinese and Arabic!
The wunderkind had previously appeared on the Russian talent show ‘Amazing people’, shocking the judges. One of them, Evgeny, said: “When I saw what I’ve just seen, I understood how stupid I am.”
Bella speaks languages belonging to three different groups: Indo-European (Russian, French, English, Spanish, German), Semitic (Arabic) and Sino-Tibetan (Chinese) – which in short means that they are very, very different to each other and lack structural similarities.
That doesn’t stop Bella from thinking clearly in each language, however, and she correctly answered age-appropriate questions on the show, as well as some material from the school curriculum. School starts for Russian kids at the age of seven, which for Bella is still three years away.
Bella’s mother, Yulia, said that they started teaching her Russian and English when she was only two and noticed her interest in linguistics.
Gradually they started adding more languages to her schedule, and she now studies with native speakers.
Some internet users have accused Bella’s mother of stripping the girl of her childhood, but neuropsychologist Anna Semenovich told KP Daily there was nothing to worry about.
“If the girl is learning languages through curiosity, if her parents managed to build a schedule that works as a game – it will only benefit her. She’s not studying, she’s playing!” Semenovich said.
The specialist added that it’s too early to tell whether Bella is truly a polyglot or not, because it’s natural for children to pick languages up – it’s how they evolve with age that matters.
“In pre-revolutionary Russia, if a child from a noble family couldn’t speak three-four languages by the age of five or six, it was a shame to take him out. Then in school Latin and ancient Greek were added to those. So five-six languages were a standard package for an educated youth back in 19th-century Russia,” Semenovich said.
Impressive! This Russian girl band called Young Adults, did their version of Red Hot Chili Peppers', 'Can't Stop' and we have to say it was pretty darn awesome! ...
Whoa! Optimus Prime... was that you? Lol, those Russians have wicked skills when it comes to avoiding accidents (sometimes), and the choice of vehicle doesn't seem to make any difference. Check out this amazing manoeuvre by a trucker who swerved to avoid hitting another vehicle - like he was driving a car...
Virsaviya "Bathsheba" Borun-Goncharova is almost 6 years old and acts like any young girl her age except she suffers from thoraco-abdominal syndrome or Pantalogy of Cantrell, a rare syndrome in which she was born with her heart and other organs outside her chest cavity. Her heart can be visibly seen beating with only a thin layer of skin to protect it...
A fundraising page, YouCaring, has been set up for Virsaviya.
Well-known Russian calligraffiti artist Pokras Lampas spent 2 days using a broom to create what he calls the world's biggest calligraphy artwork in the very heart of Moscow on an old chocolate factory - the Red October plant roof...
Lampas used 730 litres of white paint and four brooms to create the intricate design on the 1,625 square meter (5331 feet) roof.
Everyone's doing lip-syncing these days and these these hilarious Russian group from Bonya & Kuzmich (БОНЯ И КУЗЬМИЧ), are back again doing their version of of 3 Girls Lip-Syncing in a Car (see 2nd vid) - while on their way to get some milk. Do not attempt this at home... uh, in your car big kids. Always keep your hands on the wheel while driving!!...
One of these days, somebody's gonna get hurt doing these pranks. Now it's a (fake) Russian Hitman going up to unsuspecting people and borrowing their phones which they innocently hand over only to realize the hitman is using it to make ransom calls...
Lol. Nice lines! Looks like somebody or certain someones were having a wee bit too much vodka on the job? We wondered, as we watched this vid, if we could have gotten away with something like this here in Canada. Those crazy...
Now how they thought they could have possibly gotten away with this cat smuggling operation is beyond us...
A cat with two mobile phones taped to its body entered a prison in the Komi Republic, Tuesday after a former prisoner used the animal in an attempt to smuggle the phones to an inmate.
Putin - what a gentleman! Some say he was hittin' on China's First Lady, but we know better. This isn't the first time Russian President Vladimir Putin shows his 'James Bond moves' in front of a lady (see photo below)....
Russian President Vladimir Putin wraps a blanket around German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Peterhof palace during the G20 summit near Saint Petersburg on September 5, 2013. Source
Russian President Vladimir Putin wraps a blanket around German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Peterhof palace during the G20 summit near Saint Petersburg on September 5, 2013. Source 
