RUSSIA in HISTORY

A V-DAY FLY OVER MOSCOW

Russian jet fighters and helicopters of all shapes and sizes flew over Moscow’s Red Square on Sunday, as Russia celebrated victory overNazism in WWII. There were worries that the aircraft would be grounded due to […]

EFFECTIVE LISTENING

A CHILLING MESSAGE TO BIDEN

VOCABULARY   chilling [‘ʧɪlɪŋ] страшный, ужасный; to chill [ʧɪl] охлаждать; пугать coincide [ˌkəuɪn’saɪd] v. совпадать cruise missile [kruːz]  [‘mɪsaɪl] крылатая ракета cutter [‘kʌtə] катер («режущий» воду): a US Legend class national security cutter  сторожевой корабль класса […]

NEWS & EVENTS

SOFAGATE

Ursula von der Leyen, the European commission’s first female president, was left standing during a high-level meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan: there was no chair for her. Her two male counterparts, Erdogan and […]

NEWS & EVENTS

ONE IMPEACHMENT IS NOT ENOUGH

VOCABULARY accept [ək’sept] принимать, соглашаться defeat [dɪ’fiːt] поражение: to accept defeat – признать поражение refuse [rɪ’fjuːz] v. отказываться: to refuse to accept defeat отказываться признать поражение Donald Trump refuses to accept defeat. Donald Trump was the […]

NEWS & EVENTS

A SECOND IMPEACHMENT?!

President Trump could become the first president in history to be impeached twice! After the Congress was stormed and occupied by protesters on January 6th, the Democratic Party is calling on President Trump to resign […]