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Stranded in Moscow...by choice
The coffee safari ( 2 comments )
Stranded in Moscow...by choice
Smoke gets in your eyes ( 2 comments )
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Surprised by Russia
It's Just Some Holiday
The winter holidays are barely over and already there’s another slew in the offing: Men’s Day (Feb. 23), Women’s Day (March 8), Valentine’s Day and, of course, Maslenitsa — a week of merrymaking and pancake eating ahead of Lent.
It’s a wonderful, wonderful life ( 1 comment )
Seventy-two percent of Russians report that they are happy
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Business Calendar
Russian Business Week 2010:
“Modernisation of the Economy in a post crisis environment”
20th March 2010
London School of Economics and Political Science
MATTEX (MOSCOW AQUA TECHNOLOGY THERM EXPO) 2010. International “World Climate” Exhibition of Heating and Water-Supply Systems, Sewage Disposal and Gas Supply
March 9-12. Expocenter, Moscow
EXPOFOREST 2010. International Specialized Exhibition
March 9-12. Moscow Crocus Expo international exhibition center
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Culture Calendar
Russian Fashion Week: Fall/Winter 2010/2011
April 1-6, 2010, Congress Hall of World Trade Centre, Moscow
“Holy Russia: Art from Kievan Rus to the Russia of Peter the Great”
2 March – 24 May, Louvre Museum, Paris
Enamels of the world, 1700–2000. From the Khalili Collections
Until 14 March 2010 in the Hermitage, Saint Petersburg
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National Cuisine
New rituals for the New Year ( 7 comments )
The best New Year's recipes from Russia Now
Pancake pleasure... a la Russe ( 1 comment )
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Found in translation
Rejecting the ‘isms’ of ideology
Russians have a traditional dislike of any sort of ‘isms’ - especially if they are political. Perhaps left over from Soviet times, anything that suggests collectivism is sure to draw sincere ire.


Tourism
Vsevolod Pulya, Russia Now
A land of lakes, forests and varied post-glacial landscapes, Karelia was one of the top destinations for Soviet tourists. It’s the perfect place for what Americans call “camping” and Russians, just “taking a trip” – complete with tents, canned food and, that sacred ritual for any Russian tourist, playing a guitar in front of the fire
Text and photographs by William C. Brumfield
Tucked away in the Vologda Region is one of Russia’s most revered cultural and spiritual treasures – the Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin in Ferapontovo
High walls and honey wine
Phoebe Taplin, Special to Russia Now
Tourism chiefs to tout Russia’s regions
Vladimir Kozlov, The Moscow News
A very merry Moscow ( 2 comments )
Phoebe Taplin, Russia Now
Crossing the divide
By Natalia Rulyova, Russia Now
History’s great survivor
Phoebe Taplin, Russia Now
A Volga voyage
Svetlana Smetanina
Excerpts from an Indianґs travel diary ( 1 comment )
Aanchal Anand, special to RIR
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