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15.10.2010, 10:52 2 comments

Rural Russian traditions: source of fun and food

The rural way of life is close to the hearts of many Russians and foreign tourists alike. For some in Velikiy Novgorod, hunting wild animals and berries is not only fun, but the main source of income.

Photo by Bernarda (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zakonslike/) 22.06.2009, 22:59 25 comments

Colliding cultures

Take a Russian city girl. Immerse her in American culture marked by fast food and late nights. Then tell her to study in bonnie Scotland.

Veliky Novgorod's Kreml. Image from lx-photos.livejournal.com 14.10.2010, 12:34

Heart of medieval Russian democracy pines for tourists

Velikiy Novgorod, one of Russia's most ancient cities, with over a millennium of history, is known as the cradle of the country’s democracy.

Photo from locomosky.ru 03.03.2010, 13:17 12 comments

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Russia’s “flying saucer”

Russia has launched a program to build a powerful, multi-purpose airship that will certainly cause many people on the ground to take notice.

Martyn Andrews 18.03.2010, 18:19 14 comments

Behind the scenes blooper extravaganza

At the restaurant, at the museum, at the factory, at the hotel, or at the shooting range. RT’s playful presenter, Martyn Andrews, takes the plunge into fun and adventure wherever he goes.

13.01.2010, 17:29 12 comments

Russia, EU step closer to abolishing visas

Since credit cards began replacing cash in our wallets, for many in the west the word “visa” has come to denote universal acceptance. Yet for people in many non-western countries it carries the exact opposite connotation

13.09.2010, 18:40 12 comments

“Delays in visa-free travel between Russia and EU unbecoming” - Russian FM

European Union’s failure to make a political decision on switching to visa exempt travel with Russia has been slammed as unseemly by Moscow.

12.05.2010, 14:31 7 comments

Russia and Turkey agree on visa-free travel

Moscow and Ankara have signed an agreement to cancel the visa regime between the two countries as President Dmitry Medvedev is on an official visit to Turkey to sign strategic deals.

18.05.2009, 14:49 7 comments

Porcupine takes revenge on tourists breaking sex law

The law in the US state of Florida specifically forbids having sex with a porcupine, and for a good reason, as two tourists from Russia discovered while trying to break it.

Europe-Asia frontier marker in Bashkortostan 28.09.2009, 13:34

Bashkortostan: land at the interface of Europe and Asia

RT’s Close-Up team takes you to Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan – the region on the border between Europe and Asia famous for most ancient rock paintings in Eastern Europe and wild-hive beekeeping traditions.

Following the Great Silk Road

Published: 17 May, 2009, 09:45


(photo from http://konyukhov.ru)

It seems that tireless traveler Fyodor Konyukhov has seen it all. Not quite, he says, as he has just started a new expedition which will cover the ancient Great Silk Road.

 
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