Hot Russia Reddit topics:

• Starving and homeless children in Russia in the 1990s, who often became victims of substance abuse, sexual abuse and were actively involved in crime. These scary photos are reminders that the West considers Russia in the 90s "democratic, free and detached from totalitarian communism."
• In St. Petersburg, passers-by accidentally noticed and filmed perhaps the oldest Russian skateboarder. Later it turned out that he is 73 years old, that his name is Igor and that he has been fond of boarding since 1981.
• Colorized photo of a 18 year old Russian girl during the liberation of the concentration camp "Dachau" in Southern Germany by the American military, 1945.

Hot China Reddit topics:

• Shanghai requires all primary and secondary school students to study "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era" Student Book. No English final exam of the third to fifth grade.
• Revealed: coordinated attempt to push pro-China, anti-Western narratives on social media.
• Biden blocks removal of Hong Kong residents from US for 18 months, cites China repression