Here are some innovations, which were born in the Russian “Northern capital”.

The traditional St.Patrick’s Parade rout in Moscow has been changed. This year the parade will start on Kutuzovsky prospect at 12.00 following in Bolshaya Dorogomilovskaya St. up to the square in front of Kiyevsky train station.

Official Olympic sport clothing for Russia and the Ukraine worth approximately $40, 000 was stolen from the warehouse in Richmond.

Reconstructed wooden palace of Tsar Alexey Mikhajlovich in the Kolomenskoe memorial estate, Moscow, has been presented to the experts.

The Novosibirsk airport of Tolmachevo has signed an agreement about bilateral cooperation with a Chinese cargo air carrier of Air China Cargo, reports the source. The agreement has been reached under the visit of the company’s representatives to Novosibirsk, which is taking place from the March, 15 till the March, 21.

The German budget air carrier of Germanwings, the sub-company of Lufthansa, is going to begin new air service Moscow (Vnukovo) – Hannover on the April, 12.

Research fellow from Pulkovo observatory Vadim Bobylev found out that an orange dwarf star Gliese 710 would come very close to our Sun during next 1.5 million years.

The first Russian low-cost air carrier of Sky Express is going to open international charter flights from the Russian regions in the summer 2010. Now it carries out such flights from the Moscow airport only.

Russia’s first glass expocentre has been opened in Petersburg.

An emergency happened on the station of Novorossijsk (Krasnodar Territory) on the south of Russia. 5 freight cars ran off the track during the switched operation. The cars were empty, nobody is hurt.

Russia is famous all over the world for its ballet and circus traditions as well as for its folk songs and dances, and everyone who comes to Russia wants a chance to see the live performance of Russian theatre. But many people who come to Russia for a short-term visit only know about the Bolshoi theatre, where tickets are usually hard to get and attendance fees for top performances (such as “Swan Lake” or “the Nutcracker”) can be quite high.

Renting an apartment in Russia, especially in Moscow, is a budget alternative of living in a hotel. Suburban mini-hotels are good as well for such purposes. The market of apartments for rent is very rich in various offers in both Russian capitals. The variety of the prices is considerable and even disorients at the first. But nevertheless it is possible, and you can do it promptly after spending some time surfing thematic sites. But maybe you do not want to spend your time surfing web-sites in Russia. If you are interested in the short term renting (and most probably you are), we can recommend you...

His brilliant performance of the role of Nikolai Rezanov in Alexey Rybnikov’s rock opera is still considered unsurpassed. Right after premiere Karachentsov became one of the leading actors of Lenkom Theatre.

Boris Stechkin is an outstanding Soviet scientist, who made an enormous contribution into engine-building and heat engineering, being the father of air-breathing engine system theory.

Bicycle touring in Russian has wide geography. You can ride along the tundra of Kola Peninsula, or in the mountains of Caucasus, Altai or Urals. In the Mari El Republic you will follow through the taiga. The bicycle touring trips are carried out in vicinity of Baikal Lake, which doesn’t need presentation. There are also Golden Ring bicycle tours. The possibilities are wide as well, from the well-organized tour services different level of difficulty to trips organized by the clubs for bicycle touring everybody can find on the forums and join them or even create her/his own one. The operator’s services and club events differ in the categories of difficulty and length. There are also bicycle tours combined with a quest. We are going to mention some places and give some advices.