В Сочельник, под Рождество, - бывало, до звезды не ели. Кутью варили, из пшеницы, с медом; взвар - из чернослива, груши, шепталы... Ставили под образа, на сено. Почему?.. А будто - дар Христу. Ну... будто Он на сене, в яслях. Бывало, ждешь звезды, протрешь все стекла. На стеклах лед, с мороза. Вот, брат, красота-то!.. Елочки на них, разводы, как кружевное. Ноготком протрешь - звезды не видно? Видно! Первая звезда, а вон - другая...
В Сочельник, под Рождество, - бывало, до звезды не ели. Кутью варили, из пшеницы, с медом; взвар - из чернослива, груши, шепталы... Ставили под образа, на сено. Почему?.. А будто - дар Христу. Ну... будто Он на сене, в яслях. Бывало, ждешь звезды, протрешь все стекла. На стеклах лед, с мороза. Вот, брат, красота-то!.. Елочки на них, разводы, как кружевное. Ноготком протрешь - звезды не видно? Видно! Первая звезда, а вон - другая...
"Russians are really disconnected from the reality of what happening to their country," Andrey said. "So Telegram has become essential for understanding what's going on to the Russian-speaking world." Andrey, a Russian entrepreneur living in Brazil who, fearing retaliation, asked that NPR not use his last name, said Telegram has become one of the few places Russians can access independent news about the war. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been a driving force in markets for the past few weeks. At this point, however, Durov had already been working on Telegram with his brother, and further planned a mobile-first social network with an explicit focus on anti-censorship. Later in April, he told TechCrunch that he had left Russia and had “no plans to go back,” saying that the nation was currently “incompatible with internet business at the moment.” He added later that he was looking for a country that matched his libertarian ideals to base his next startup. Continuing its crackdown against entities allegedly involved in a front-running scam using messaging app Telegram, Sebi on Thursday carried out search and seizure operations at the premises of eight entities in multiple locations across the country.
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