Many words have been said in the past year, but some public statements are etched in the memory more than others. Careless phrases cost someone their position, and made someone famous. The words of politicians, officials, public and cultural figures were analyzed for quotes, actively discussed and sharply criticized. Izvestia has collected the most memorable ones.
Smelly hole diplomacy
Trump's boorish words about El Salvador and Haiti are a sign of the depravity of the American elite
First hand
At the very beginning of the year, the world community was shocked by US President Donald Trump's harsh statement about migrants arriving from Africa and Latin America. At a closed meeting, the American president called Third World countries “stinking holes,” which provoked an international scandal. The video broadcast of the event was carried out by major television channels and publications, including CBS, Reuters and The Washington Post.
“Why are we accepting all these people from stinking holes who come here? We have to get people from countries like Norway to come to us,” Trump said.
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US President Donald Trump
Photo: REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
After the scandalous statement, the president was accused of racism, and New Yorker magazine placed a black hole on its cover, from which a head of hair similar to Trump’s hairstyle peeks out.
Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's joke about the traditional clothing of Muslim women caused a lot of noise in the media. They demanded an apology from the politician for the racist statement, but Johnson did not retract his words. In his column in The Daily Telegraph, the former Foreign Minister discussed the ban on wearing a burqa in public places.
"It's stupid when people decide to walk down the street dressed as a mailbox," Johnson writes.
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Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson
Photo: REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Poroshenko called the founding of Moscow a rash decision
Despite the fact that the politician was generally critical of the ban on wearing traditional clothing, which was adopted in Denmark for its rude and mocking tone, members of the Labor Party, human rights activists, and Muslim activists took up arms against him.
In April, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called the founding of Moscow a “rash decision.” This is how he commented on the creation of an Orthodox Church independent from the Moscow Patriarchate.
“It was from Constantinople that the light of the Christian faith spilled onto our blessed land. Later we shared this with Zalesye, where the ancient Kyiv princes very recklessly founded Moscow,” Poroshenko noted.
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President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko
Photo: Global Look Press
At the same time, the Ukrainian president announced his intention to ask Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople to create an autocephalous church. In December, a “unification council” initiated by Poroshenko and Bartholomew was held in Kyiv. The final decree on church autocephaly will be announced in January.
Sverdlovsk official Glatskikh does not want to resign because of the scandal
Statuses with meaning new 2021 short
Here are the new 2021 short Statuses with meaning with photos for your favorite social network. And here's the first one - I will love you forever
Not one of them will fall in love with the man whom all women love. Vasily Klyuchevsky
At work I always give 100%. 12% on Monday, 23% on Tuesday, 40% on Wednesday, 20% on Thursday and 5% on Friday.
Every desire is given to you along with the forces necessary to fulfill it. However, you may have to work hard for this. Richard Bach
A frowning friend is better than a smiling enemy. English proverb
A friend is like Adidas - many people have it, but not everyone has a real one.
We become what we think about most often.
Previously, grandmothers asked their grandchildren to thread a needle, but now they ask for help logging into Odnoklassniki.
I'm an optimist! And even if luck has turned its back on me, I say: Mm. What an ass!
There is no need to remember about traitor friends...
American women are tired of long races, but they are excellent in steeplechase racing.
Nothing looks as smart as stupidity.
A true friend is not a bed, but you can rely on him.
Flowers should be for no reason... Happiness should be unique... The house should be warm... The weather - and it doesn’t matter what the weather is! But love should be mutual.
Learn to love yourself, and you will definitely find a person who loves you.
Any betrayal is nothing more than broken fidelity. Gabriel Honore Marcel
If thought does not result in practical action, it is useless.
Love for a particular city is determined by the feelings that one had to experience in it, and not by the city itself. Marlene Dietrich
Women fall in love with what they hear, and men with what they see. That's why women wear makeup and men lie. ()
Of all the enemies, the most dangerous is the enemy pretending to be a friend. Shota Rustaveli
A smart woman gives happiness, a stupid woman waits for it.
Just when you start to feel happy, you still have time, but you no longer have money.
Love is a battle between two sexes. A woman must defend herself first, a man must defend himself after, and woe to the vanquished! And Dumas is the son.
Be brave... fear destroys people... turns them into animals, mammals, constantly running away from their predators...
If you managed to kick the ass of the person responsible for most of your troubles, you would not be able to sit down for a week.
Don't let others terrorize you with the hopes they place on you. Sue Patton Toele
I want to be kinder, but fate sees that people get into trouble themselves!
The hardest thing to refuse and forget is not the person himself, but the dream that he gave, and you believed in it.
When our company meets, we become the very ones from whom mother told us to stay as far away as possible.
Girls, who wanted to lose weight by spring?... it’s too late to rush around!!! Let's take it with charm!
Do nothing to please yourself, but do everything to help and please those around you; and you will practice self-sacrifice and love. Saint Theophan
Of all the living creatures on earth, I would like to have only a dog as a friend, only it is not capable of betrayal. Tikhonov Alexander
You can build your future out of anything. From some crumb or spark. From the desire to move forward, slowly, one step after another. You can build a spacious city on the ruins. Lauren Oliver
Never be sad - smoke - let go. Never drink too much - then bad things happen. Never be stupid - avoid assholes. Never love - there is no love...
The more a person strives for security, the more need he lives.
Friends don't die, they just stop being there!
True friendship inspires and helps.
True friends have no expiration date.
Women's logic is a strange subject - there is already a scandal, but there are no reasons yet.
A talented person with education is a specialist. A talented person without education is a genius.
At work I always give 100%. 12% on Monday, 23% on Tuesday, 40% on Wednesday, 20% on Thursday and 5% on Friday.
My friend knows so much about me, either I need to kill her or be friends with her until death.
Today is your birthday, which means you need to have a blast! After all, you will have a whole year to recover a little!
Rest for the soul, hard work for the liver...
Believing the oaths of a traitor is the same as believing the piety of the devil. Elizabeth I
You need to forget about friends who betrayed and not remember these people anymore...
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Between word and deed
Russian officials have made a number of controversial statements this year. The most scandalous and discussed statement can rightfully be considered the statement of the head of the Sverdlovsk youth policy department, Olga Glatskikh. The words about the state, which “owes nothing” to children, glorified the provincial official throughout the country. During a meeting with volunteers of youth organizations, Glatskikh discussed the role of the state and family in youth development.
— Young people believe that the state owes them everything. No, the state doesn’t owe you anything at all. Your parents owe you because they gave birth to you. The state did not ask them to give birth to you,” Glatsky told the meeting participants.
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Former director of the youth policy department of the Sverdlovsk region Olga Glatskikh
Photo: TASS
Saratov minister resigned of her own accord after the “pasta” scandal
Soon the whole country learned about the words of the 29-year-old official. Against the backdrop of the scandal, the girl was temporarily suspended from her position, her department was abolished, but she soon returned to her duties. Regional Governor Evgeny Kuyvashev said that there are no formal reasons for the official’s dismissal. According to him, Glatskikh made a mistake, but everyone has the right to make a mistake. A few days after the news that the head of the department was returning to work, it turned out that she had been given a housing subsidy to improve her living conditions. According to the tax return, Glatskikh owns three apartments and two land plots. But all of her property is located outside the region in which she is applying for a subsidy.
Another regional official, the Minister of Labor and Employment of the Saratov Region Natalya Sokolova, lost her position due to her thoughtless words. The head of the department argued that it is quite possible to live on a subsistence minimum if you eat without excess.
- I can create a menu for you based on the stores I visit, with discounts, and you will understand that you can live! Balanced, but dietary! You will become younger, more beautiful and slimmer! Pasta always costs the same!” - Sokolova noted.
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Former Minister of Labor and Employment of the Saratov Region Natalya Sokolova
Photo: Ministry of Employment, Labor and Migration of the Saratov Region
The words of the regional minister caused a tremendous resonance. Among other things, Sokolova proposed increasing the cost of living for pensioners not by 500 rubles, but by 288. Sokolova refused to switch to the prepared diet due to her “ministerial status,” but deputy Nikolai Bondarenko decided on such an experiment. In a month on the “ministerial” diet, he lost seven kilograms and declared that it was impossible to live on such a food system without losses to health. The reaction to Sokolova’s words from the governor of the Saratov region, Valery Radaev, was immediate. He decided to dismiss the disgraced head of the regional Ministry of Labor. It turned out that the dismissed minister received financial assistance from the budget in the amount of 100 thousand rubles annually, and her annual income was 2.3 million rubles.
Quotes for boys
Every guy wants to seem cool to others. Making such an impression is easy with the right psychological attitude. Tuning into the right wave itself is a simple matter if you approach it correctly. The easiest way is to arm yourself with clear quotes.
You can find the best short, but at the same time maximally deep in meaning aphorisms on our website. Enjoy a selection of the most beautiful, inspiring and simply cool quotes, written especially for boys.
Don’t be afraid to fight with those who are stronger - there are no invincibles.
It’s not a problem if you don’t have friends, it’s a problem if they are fake and corrupt.
It’s not life that changes us, it’s people that change us.
Don't avoid a fight, wounds will heal faster than self-esteem.
A soldier is a profession, a fighter is a character trait, and a boy is a state of mind.
Only by examining many women can a man understand himself.
If a boy puts a girl behind the wheel of his car, he loves her 100%.
Listen to everyone, listen to a few, decide for yourself.
You can break your fear and no one can break you.
Said inopportunely
The reaction of the governor of the Kemerovo region, Aman Tuleyev, to the rally of city residents after the tragedy in the shopping mall became the reason for his resignation from the post he held for more than 20 years.
— To the sorrow of mankind, all this opposition force has arrived at the moment: they are going home, going to enterprises that are located nearby, to the residential sector. Today there are about 200 people there. These are not relatives of the victims at all. These are generally the ones who constantly cause trouble,” Tuleyev said during the meeting.
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Former governor of the Kemerovo region Aman Tuleyev
Photo: RIA Novosti/Alexander Kryazhev
The press secretary explained Medinsky’s words about the living Letov
Instead of asking for forgiveness from the relatives of the victims, he turned directly to the president. Combined with Tuleyev’s absence at the scene of the fire, which was later explained by the rescuers’ request not to block the passage with the motorcade, this finally turned the residents of the Kemerovo region away from the once popular politician.
The idea of naming Russian airports after famous people has caused a lot of controversy in society about the necessity and appropriateness of this decision. While Muscovites joked about Sheremetyevo named after Pushkin and Domodedovo named after Lomonosov, a public campaign was launched in Omsk, the goal of which was to rename the airport in honor of Yegor Letov. The Minister of Culture did not appreciate the idea and called the activists marginal. Medinsky’s words that airports should not be named after living people were actively discussed on social networks. The minister later explained what he meant.
“And Letov is alive, and Lenin is alive, and Lennon is alive,” Medinsky said.
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Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky
Photo: IZVESTIA/Alexander Kazakov
Russian women were advised to refuse sex with foreign fans
After the phrase he uttered received wide resonance, he read Letov’s poems during an interview. The host of the show “Eshchenepozner” invited the minister to tell fortunes using a collection of poems by the leader of the “Civil Defense” group.
The head of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children, Tamara Pletneva, made a number of controversial statements this year. She warned Russian women against “casual relationships” with guests of the World Cup and demonstrated complete indifference to the problem of domestic violence. At the end of October, Pletneva seriously discussed the need to ban online dating sites.
— I would completely agree to limit the Internet in general, because everything that is worthless is obtained from there by our children, youth, and old people who are already sitting there. There’s all sorts of gossip and lies,” Pletneva asserted.
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Head of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children Tamara Pletneva
Photo: TASS/Anton Novoderezhkin
Instead of Tinder, the deputy suggested that couples meet the old-fashioned way: in transport, on the street or at a dance, and then get married and meet their parents. According to Pletneva, dating sites and apps are flooded with scammers and discredit traditional family values. Blocking online dating services, according to the deputy, will reduce the number of one-time relationships and contribute to the development of “correct” relationships.
