The hotel and recreation complex and tourism centre Konstantinovo is to be built in the entry zone of Sergei Esenin Museum-Reserve (Ryazan oblast) in 2016.

Activists of "Civilized City" Association solved the navigation problem in Barnaul. They came up with a single design of street signs based on the traditional form of local pointers of the 70s.

During the international medical forum in China researchers from Yakutia presented new tuberculosis treatment made from reindeer lichen.

Khalaktyrsky Beach tourist visitor center opened on the Pacific coast in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky suburb.

The International expedition to the Aleutian Islands, which consisted of scientists from Russia, the United States, Japan, United Kingdom and Australia, has monitored how sea birds transmitted bird flu virus in the Pacific.

In 2014 Riga is announced to be the cultural capital city of Europe.

The Tomsk Region governor Sergey Zhvachkin has decided to build a museum on the bank of River Tom.

Russian researchers from Irkutsk suggest installing their new development - solar energy collectors - in local houses in order to reduce heating costs.

A3 Gallery will hold an exhibition in memory of the sculptor Dmitry Tomayev in the framework of the annual festival South Ossetia.

A personal exhibition of Ivan Kvetkin from Rossosh will be held in the Naive Art Museum in Moscow.

Works by Marianna Verevkina can be rarely found in Russian museum collections. Her creativity is much better represented in European, especially German museums, in particular in Museum Villa Stuck in Munich, Wiesbaden Museum, Murnau Palace Museum and so on.

The classical landscape of Nakhodka can’t do without a pyramidal silhouette of the Sestra Bald Peak. Sestra (Sister) stands at the mouth of the Partizanskaya River (aka Suchan) and is visible from any part of the city. It looks especially romantic in the early morning when its top is enveloped with fog - a frequent climatic phenomenon for Nakhodka.

“Ust-Buotama” breeding nursery area welcomes visitors with a sign with the strict reminder: “Wood buffaloes are of huge state value”.

For those who arrive in the capital of Kamchatka by sea these three vertical rocks are kind of roadside steles at the city entrance.

The views of the Kronotskoye Lake strikingly remind of classic Japanese landscapes: mountains and waters, regular volcanic cones over wide waves. In addition to the natural unique character, the beauty of the lake views is a compelling reason to come here.

None of the wonders of Kamchatka produce such a strong and clear impression that you have reached the end of the world. Khalaktyrka is precisely the end of the world.

First Russian Museum of Sergei Dovlatov appeared in Pskov oblast in a small house in Berezino village. But is is not the only place that deserves attention. Dovlatov lived and worked in many countries and cities, and all of them were special to him.

The Unified Register of GMO products may appear in Russia in three years. Currently there is no Uniform State Register of genetically modified organisms and the products derived from GMOs.

The top three of the Russian sites of attraction include the monuments of St. Petersburg: the list is topped by the Church of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ (Savior on the Blood Church), the second line is taken by the “Peterhof” park ensemble, and the top three is closed by Catherine Palace and the Park in Pushkin.

The EU countries still disagree on the need for stiffening sanctions against Russia, despite the pressure of a number of Western countries after the crash of the Malaysian airliner in Eastern Ukraine on July 17.