- On 31 Aug 2012
Quiznos coming to Russia
The American fast food chain Quizons has announced that it will be entering the Russian market in Moscow and St. Petersburg later this year.
Read moreThe American fast food chain Quizons has announced that it will be entering the Russian market in Moscow and St. Petersburg later this year.
Read morePutin recently signed a new visa agreement with the U.S. after many years of negotiations. The new agreement will mostly benefit Americans trying to obtain Russian visas, as the U.S. already gives two year visas to Russians who pass the application process.
Read moreThe United Buddy Bears exhibition has come to St. Petersburg. The 143 2-meter tall fiberglass bears decorated to represent each country in the UN are on display in the Alexandrovsky Garden in front of the Admiralty and Gorokovaya Street.
Read moreTrain service between St. Petersburg and Tallinn, Estonia resumes after four years of being closed.
Read morePeople who have traveled to Russia will be quick to tell you that Russian food based on meat and potatoes, that's the stereotype and for the most part it's true! Russians tend to eat a lot of meat and put mean in a lot of dishes. However, it is becoming more and more popular to be vegetarian, even vegan.
Read moreThere is currently an exhibition in Moscow displaying Soviet fashion in the form of about 200 dress from various stars of the Soviet Union. The exhibition will be on until June 12th.
Read moreThe Moscow Metro has announced that soon there will be free WiFi in metro cars. Currently the WiFi is being tested on the circle line.
Read moreOld foes Russia and Germany are coming together in order to located Russian relics which were stolen during WWII. The two have joined efforts to locate thousands of historic artifacts lost during WWII.
Read moreToday starts Maslenitsa in Russia, the week of eating blini to prepare for lent. Maslenitsa is one of the oldest cultural holidays in Russia!
Read moreThe city of St. Petersburg along with the U.S. are planning to open the apartment museum of Russian Nobel Prize winner in literature Joseph Brodsky.
Read moreIn St. Petersburg there is now a "cool" bus service between bars around the center of the city running from 23:00 to 6:00 on Friday and Saturday nights!
Read moreThree new metro stations have opened recently in Moscow: Borisovo, Shipilovskaya and Zyablikovo. Both the metro in St. Petersburg and Moscow has been expanding recently. The new Admiralty station in St. Petersburg is expected to open this month.
Read moreOranienbaum is a suburb just to the west of St. Petersburg on the Gulf of Finland. The palace and park along with the city center are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and the only palace of the major ones in the vicinity of St. Petersburg that was not occupied by the Germans during WW II.
Read moreThe Holy Russia exhibition recently opened in the Mikhailovsky Castle in St. Petersburg. The exhibition is made up of 450 unique works of Russian art from the 10th-19th centuries. Items on display include: old manuscripts, tsar's gifts to churches and monasteries, fresco fragments, gold embroidery and church utensils, as well as the armlet exhibit from the Louvre in Paris, depicting the Resurrection of Christ and the Descent into Hell from the 12th century.
Read moreThe 2011 ATP St. Petersburg Open is underway this week, with several local and international tennis stars on hand. Local favorite and highest ranked Russian Mikhail Youzhny, who won here in 2005, will look to better his 2010 runner-up finish.
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