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CONTENTTalents without Borders

Impressions, Impressions, Impressions

The EYP Career Quiz

Russia and the EU

SNS Culinary Delights

Is there life after GA?

SNS in One Word. Delegates Version

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EDITORIAL

The session is almost over. You have shown how hard you can work, how heated

the debates can get. However, you should make sure that you take the memories with you. And that is where the Media Team helps you out. This issue is rather fat and consists of 12 pages and, actually, caters to any taste in the truest and figurative senses of the word.

Relive the moments of the Euroconcert, familiarize yourself with the session impressions of your fellow delegates. Following the Christmas festivities theme, have a glimpse of your future within this organization by taking

the EYP-career Quiz. Find out the details of the peculiarities of Russia-EU relations. Turn your memories into something tangible by cooking a dish that was offered at the Rusvillage.

Lastly, I would like to congratulate each and every one of you on your first EYP session. This is a good start that opens a lot of doors.

Goodbye…

Dmitry Vyskrebentsev

Congratulations!

Evelina Kuznetsova (RU)Janne Vanhemmens (BE)My Dong (RU)Alexander Guzenko (UA)Anastasia Minakova (RU)Tamer Özgen (TR)


Talents without BordersEvelina Kuznetsova shares herimpressions of the Euroconcert.

‘‘Put your hands up in the air! Dan Absalyamov from EMPL here,

c’mon everyone!’’ That is what I hear sitting in the first row of the Euroconcert hall. The boy on the stage is rapping his own freestyle and trying to turn on the crowd. All that the audience now wants is for the Euroconsert to never stop! All EYPers are here and everything is running smoothly. This is a story of a journalist who attended the event.

I was incredibly surprised by the performance of Zarina Kudashova from SEDE with her song from Pocahontas which

was sung in seven languages. The song format made the Euroconcert more European and united. After that I saw Maria Lamazhapova from the republic of Kalmykia with her national dance called «Shapochka» which was brilliantly performed. The beauty of her «shapochka» and costume, her splendid attitude, smile on her face, all these things represented her town’s features. Later musical performances which were not less exciting than the others followed. Lots of applause were addressed to Anna Kolodeznikova from Yakutsk

who played her national musical instrument called khomus. Next the delegates surprised us in the most unforgettable way: George from CULT and Anna from LIBE seemed to be such an amazing couple of musicians but then something went wrong and the pretty Anna run off the stage wearing a white dress with tears in her eyes. It is okay to be nervous during the performance and unfortunately this time Anna could not help it. Nevertheless, she succeeded to pull herself together and tried once more with one of the organisers, Mika. In the end of the concert there was one extra song written by the Head-Organiser, Erix Varpahovskis, «Life is today» (available online)!

Anna Melkina from CULT recited a poem in Chinese and added an Eastern note to the whole event. But EMPL had also the whole committee perfom and it seemed like the leading girl was supported not only by the audience but also by her own team. The Euroconcert will be something special to remember for everyone.


Impressions, Impressions, Impressions

Tamer Özgen turns to delegates for impressions as the session comes to a close.

As the end of the session is approaching fast, The Snow Post wanted to

capture the delegates’ opinion and feelings about and towards this session as most of the participants were first time EYPers. Here is the list of anonymous impressions.

This session seems to be quite exciting as we do not only work but also have some fun and play games. Moreover, the way how we work on our resolution is really efficient, since we do not just add useless points to our resolution but we discuss them together carefully and this shows the progress we made as a united team. I also like the friendly atmosphere which is not only visible in my committee but throughout the whole session.

EYP is all about friendship and I really like the co-operative atmosphere which helps to be open-minded. Though, we do not find the best ideas, in the end it does not matter since we can maintain that atmosphere at all times.

As we live in the days where integration has a fundamental role, I believe EYP is the best experience to integrate with young people for further incorporation.

As a very first time EYPer, I can easily say that I have had the

moment of my life in this session. Especially, meeting people from all parts of Russia made me realize the diversity of our country and I find it a unique experience

The very things that impressed me most were the strange EYP traditions.

At first, I was not comfortable with the idea of spending a couple of days with the people that I do not know but then it turned into a great experience for me. I hope one day I can become an organiser in a Russian session and lead EYP Russia to the top level.

Thanks to amazing EYP games, I had the fun that I have never had before. Moreover, working with people from all over the Russian Federation made me realize how big our country is and how many things I can learn from all these people.

EYP is both a difficult and interesting organisation since I want to sleep and deepen

knowledge at the same time. However, I could not understand the necessity of being a team since I found Teambuilding a very boring event. Nonetheless, I think I achieved what I wanted to achieve while coming here and making friends was also an extra benefit.

I personally believe that the organisation was done pretty good. I even liked the food that was served, though, most of the people did not. My chair and journalist were working really well and they made this session an unforgettable event for me.

It was a big achievement to pass the tennis ball over seven meters and I believe that was when we caught the team spirit. Furthermore, playing Abigail with Russian names such as Natasha and Maxim was overwhelming. That’s why from now on; I will play this game with my friends so as to make their brains work.


Do you enjoy taking part in the Teambuilding activities?

Do you enjoy working with new comers?

You are not an EYPer. Sorry but this is your stop.

Do you prefer working on your own?

Do you think you can proofread well?

And here we have our Editor and Editorial Assistant! We may not be very “sociable” but we have an important role in the session. After all, we are the one who makes the quality of

the newspaper you are holding in your hand now

There you are, Mr. Head Organiser! You sure have worked hard to organize this session, and we are thankful for it! You rock, HO!

Can you handle the responsibility of setting up a

session?

You are not an EYPer. Sorry but this is your stop.

Do you think you have enough courage to kick

someone out of the session?

Do you speak either English or French?

How about the committee work?

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The EYP Career Quiz

By My Dong


Cheer up guys, because our funny journalist is here! They are here with us no matter if we are happy or sad, and thanks to them we

can feel the true EYP’s spirit!

And here we have the wonderful orgas! Without you guys’ help,

there will not be any session of

EYP. Thank you so much for helping make this session

happen!

Congratulations! You are the high and mighty President

of the session! Being the trusted one with the most

experience, everyone is counting on you to make this unforgettable session!

Do you best!

Dear delegates, let’s give our lovely chair a warm

welcome, ‘cause he’s here to help us! He knows what to do when we delegates get stuck, brings us together,

and he is also the one leaves most impression on us.

Are you ready to stick with the delegates all the time,

even though they might give you a headache?

Cheer up guys, because our funny journalist is here! They are here with us no matter if we are happy or

sad, and thanks to them we can feel the true EYP’s spirit!

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Russia and the EUJanne Vanhemmens inquires about the delegates’ opinion on this relevant topic.

A heavily debated political topic at the moment is the relationship between

Russia and the European Union. Different approaches can be taken and the world is watching Russia’s political decisions closely. What do the youngsters at this session think about it?

I suppose that we should boost our relations with the countries that are in the European

Union. However, there is still a long way to go. I believe that we should facilitate the visa-regime.Aleksandra Shabelnikova, LIBE

In my opinion, Russia has to move forward in the cooperation with Europe. Maybe it will demand a decrease of our national proud as well as the change of some other factors, and even more initiative from our side. Otherwise, we will stay in the list of countries that go completely their own way, crying about our unique way of existence. Alexander Gorelov, SEDE

Our relationship with Europe is going to get better and better. Every year, our president has different meetings with politicians from other countries. In fact, an organisation like the European Youth Parliament helps us to keep good relations with the EU. An

example is this session, which has international participants.Daniil Absalyamov, EMPL

Today, the EU and Russia have cooperative relations, try to resolve all problems together and listen to each other’s opinions. However, we surely need to develop further. I believe that Russia and the EU should get closer and that Russia should be more involved with the European society. Ekaterina Fedorova, ECON

I think Russia has a really good relationship with the EU. Nevertheless, there are misunderstanding and tensions about several issues. We can overcome those problems only if we work together in a joint cooperation. George Ivanov, CULT


SNS Culinary Delights

This time, Alexander Guzenko made an attempt of revealing the secret recipes of world.

Fascinated by all the dishes prepared for the Rusvillage by the participants from

all over the country, everyone were provides with a marvellous opportunity of experiencing the atmosphere of far-away regions in one place. In case someone would like to relive it again, some of the delegates shared their knowledge with the Media Team.

National Buryat meal, “Salamat”, by Medi Dandaron from ECON.

Ingredients: salt, 80 gr of flour, home- made sour cream, 1 glass of hot water.

1. Boil sour cream on a low fire;

2. Slowly start pouring flour and steering it. (Sharp rough steer moves are prohibited);

3. When the gruel gets denser, add hot water;

4. Salamat is ready when the edges appear crusty;

5. Usually the dish is served in a bowl.

Kerchen by Anna Kolodeznikova from ECON.

Ingredients: Sour cream 35% - 900 gr, Sugar – 100 gr.

1. Take cooled sour cream and fill a bowl with it by 1/3, whip it by blender until it becomes smooth;

2. Add sugar and 50 grams of wild strawberry;

3. Mix all the ingredients and serve immediately;

4. Can be also served with bread.

Turkish Baklava by Tamer Özgen

Ingredients: 2 eggs, 1 tea spoon of milk, 1 tea glass of oil, 1 spoon of vinegar, 1 tea spoon of baking powder, ½ glass of water; for the filling: pistachios, walnuts; for the sauce: 5 glasses of sugar, 4 glasses of water, 1 lemon

1. Mix the eggs, water, milk, vinegar and oil;

2. Add baking powder, lemon and 14 table spoons of flour and knead the dough;

3. Divide the dough into 45 pieces and knead them as an amount of a small glass;

4. put 10 pieces on top of each other and combine them;

5. Oil the tray and put those big pieces on top of each other, while pouring sauce between them;

6. Bake it on 170 degrees Celsius;

7. Put sherbet on it;8. Put pistachios on top and

serve.Belgian fries by Janne

VanhemmensIngredients: potatoes, oil,

mayonnaise, ketchup, salt.1. Peel the potatoes;2. Cut them in fries of about

1 cm thick and 4 cm long;3. Bake them 2 times at

160 and 180 until they have gold

colour;4. Shuffle them to get rid of

the oil;5. Add salt;6. EnjoyKalmik tea by Olga MagneevaIngredients: 1,5 -2 litters of

water, 2 table spoons of black tea, 1 litter of milk

1. Boil the water;2. Lessen the fire, add 2 table

spoons of black tea and wait until it boils;

3. Add milk, lessen the fire and make it boil again;

4. When there is a skin on the top of the liquid, collect it while lessening the fire;

5. When it boils, you stop and enjoy the tea

A Vietnamese dish, suggested by Dinh:

Ingredients: sugar, eggs, mushrooms, carrots, special white Vietnamese noodles, pork.

1. Cut the noodles and boil them;

2. Chop mushrooms, carrots and vegetables;

3. Mix all the ingredients and add eggs with the spices;

4. Fry it all.Can you imagine cooking a

dish from a foreign country and recalling all the memories from the session, not even looking at the pictures, resolutions and newspaper articles? It is possible and very easy to do, so. Do not be afraid to experiment.


Is there Life after GA?

Dr. Anastasia Minakova will diagnose your disease.

The session could be perfect, but nothing is infinite. Sooner or later it

will be over. After all, you have to say goodbye to your Committee, sleep as much as you want and start to think about something except your committee topic. And here it comes, the main disease of all EYPers. Do you stand any chance of escaping it?

They say everything becomes a habit in 21 days, but you get used to good things very quickly. We get used to EYP in a few days because of its unique atmosphere.

Is it your first EYP experience? If not, can you remember your first session? How excited you were after your first Teambuiding? Every session makes wonders to delegates. You would hum The Big Fat Pony during all your free time, think about new solutions for your topic, use Direct Response in everyday life. What is wrong with you? You were right when you

decided to come to the doctor. Congratulations, you had P.E.D.!

Do not worry, you will live! Post EYP Depression (P.E.D.) is a disease caused by the end of the parliamentary session, accompanied by the use of a foreign language in everyday life and the desire to play ice-breaking games. These symptoms go hand in hand with psychological lack of attention and communication, and the desire to come back to the committee, the chocolate will not help.

According to experienced EYPers, there is no way to escape such a desease. One of the seasoned specialists, Mr. Prejedovich, gave a definition of PED: “it is a strong emotion that… one team experiences after the separation from the other”. Dr. Surkov just said that there is no medicine against it.

As for delegates, they said that they certainly will miss their team and would get post EYP depression. One of chairs said that PED surely existed and all of you should be afraid of this decease.

You may think that PED is just a myth. It seems like PED is not so common for forums and national sessions but rather for international ones. It is logical, ISes are a lot bigger and longer, so you become true friends with other delegates. But it is not quite true, even small session can really build strong teams and delegates will be friends. Anyway, Post EYP Depression is usually caused not only by your lovely committee but rather the atmosphere. You have your roommates who had several pajama parties, your delegation. Every session of the EYP leaves really deep trails in your life and in your heart. How many wonderful emotions you experienced here!

As you already know there is no treatment of PED. However, there is one method to slightly relieve the PED symptoms. You should keep in touch with your committee, cute chairs and also your journalists who have many photos of you. Social networks, phone numbers, addresses… Do not forget to exchange contacts! You will have a chance to meet again!


SNS in One Word. Delegates Version

By Tamer Özgen

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