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Village school (RIA Novosti / Vitaly Ankov) 16.05.2012 21:48

Famed adventurer takes school supplies to remote villages

Having traveled around the world exploring far-flung corners, video blogger Vlad Minnin is setting off on a new journey aimed at helping the children of Russia. RT caught up with the adventurer.

 
Kantemirovsky bridge (image from www.spbmuzei.ru) 13.04.2012 20:20

St. Petersburg fails to bridge forthcoming boating season

A drawbridge in St. Petersburg embarrassingly failed to open during an inspection.

Moscow at night (RIA Novosti / Kirill Kallinikov) 03.04.2012 20:32

Moscow moves up global city index ranking

Moscow has improved its ranking in the Global Cities Index coming in at 19th this year - all the way up from 25th in 2010.

 
Tourists buying Matryoshkas (RIA Novosti / Aleksandr Kozhokhin) 30.03.2012 21:41

Moscow to look into tourists’ wallets

Moscow is to spend around $200,000 surveying international tourists in order to find out how they spend their cash.

Russian foreign passport (RIA Novosti / Vadim Zhernov) 28.03.2012 22:31 1 comment

Relaxed visa regime steps away for Russia and EU – diplomats

Official passports are the only step Russia and the EU need to agree on before signing a treaty liberalizing the bilateral visa regime.

 
Jame Cameron is travelling to the bottom of the Mariana Trench inside a specially designed submarine. Video courtesy: National Geographic Society. 27.03.2012 23:54 12 comments

Mariana Trench first-ever look: Cameron releases video from 7-mile deep Abyss (VIDEO)

James Cameron has released the footage of his solo dive to the deepest point in the world's oceans. The world-famous director said he had visited “another planet” – desolate, foreboding and moon-like – and it felt a bit lonely.

A Russian miniature submarine is seen under water in the Atlantic Ocean during the search for the Titanic in a Reuters Television image (Reuters Television) 27.03.2012 17:05 4 comments

Titanic tours on Russian subs: $60k for ride to wreckage

To commemorate the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic, a tour company is offering a glimpse of the iconic ship’s wreckage. Passengers will descend into the blue abyss in Russian ‘Mir’ submersibles, the only vessels able to withstand the crushing pres

 
U.S. President Barack Obama and his daughter Malia. (Reuters / Kevin Lamarque) 21.03.2012 22:47 33 comments

White House admits censoring news on the Obama family

President Obama had no problem sending his 13-year-old daughter on Spring Break to Mexico, notoriously known for teenagers partying and getting wasted on time away from school. The problem he had though was with the media reporting it.

Screenshot from Vimeo video. 21.03.2012 19:52 3 comments

'Rebel Billionaire' freaked out by Manta Rays

No good deed goes unpunished, they say. Now, the Virgin Group boss Sir Richard Branson has suffered from his noble plan to save Manta Rays in Mexico.

 
James Cameron emerges from the hatch of DEEPSEA CHALLENGER during testing of the submersible in Jervis Bay, south of Sydney, Australia (AFP Photo / Mark Thiessen / National Geographic) 13.03.2012 19:34 2 comments

Cameron sets dive record but plans to go deeper

Film director James Cameron, famed for such blockbusters as ‘Avatar’ and ‘Titanic’ has now entered the record books for the deepest solo dive in a submarine.

Image from en.travel2moscow.com 07.03.2012 16:36 3 comments

OMG! New guide paints curious picture of Moscow

“Oh My God” could well become the nickname of the Official Moscow Guide (OMG) website, launched earlier this week with the alleged aim of helping foreigners get around the Russian capital safely.

 
A castaway bottle found its way back home 28.02.2012 07:44 1 comment

Russian message in a bottle discovered by Australian after three years

"A year has passed since I wrote my note," Sting once sang – but a year was not too long a time for a message in a bottle sent adrift by Russian sailors three years ago and recently uncovered by an Australian diver.

Photo from weloverussia.ru 15.02.2012 21:50 2 comments

Website measures Russians' love of the motherland

The website "We Love Russia" has just started a survey to see which Russian city is most loved by its inhabitants.

 
High-altitude building on Vosstaniya Square. Government House (RIA Novosti / Anton Denisov) 13.02.2012 21:01

Tourists to take over Moscow government buildings

Moscow's mayor wants government buildings in the centre of the city to be turned into hotels.

RIA Novosti / Vladimir Vyatkin 02.02.2012 22:06 2 comments

Moscow's ad-venture: commercials to seduce Europeans

The City of Moscow is going on an advertising offensive in Western Europe – television commercials in five languages will talk tourists into coming to visit.

 
Shot from YouTube video by Cody White 31.01.2012 22:48

Viral video star tells RT how Russia feels

Student and traveller Cody White told RT what inspired him to create the “Touch Russia” video that gathered thousands of clicks.

Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt's Mediterranean port city of Alexandria (AFP Photo / Marwan NAAMANI) 30.01.2012 19:45

Cutting-edge museum wall to wall to Egypt's pyramids

The Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza are going to have a new addition – a state of the art Museum to house some of Egypt’s most precious artefacts.

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Moscow rated world’s 4th most promising tourist spot 18.01.2012 21:54 1 comment

Moscow rated world’s 4th most promising tourist spot

Moscow has landed in the top-five in a survey of tourist destinations that hold great potential for the future.

Employees work at the Youtube headquarters in San Bruno, California. (AFP Photo / Gabriel Bouys) 13.01.2012 02:16 5 comments

Americans are afraid to take vacations

The White House’s would-be success overthe unemployment epidemic came crashing today with the announcement that jobless benefit claims went up for the first time in six weeks.

 
Pathfinders: an incredible adventure in the tourism business in Russia 06.01.2012 09:15 1 comment

Pathfinders: An incredible adventure in the tourism business in Russia

“Any travel in Russia is an adventure,” says Annette Loftus, CEO of Aspera Travel, who brings high-end holidaymakers to explore Russia off the beaten track. In interview with Business RT she talked about the challenges of tourism in the country.