Helicopter taxi service is expected to start operating in the Central Federal District of Russia in September 2008.

Russian scientists launched a project on collecting data about the Sun. The project is called “Space Solar Patrol”.

The 5th International Jazz Festival Petrojazz - 2008 opens today in Saint Petersburg.

Russian leasing company Avialeasing intends to share 24 SuperJet-100 aircraft between six Russian airlines. Referring to commercial secrets, the company refused to give the airlines` names.

Google has signed an agreement on acquisition of Begun.ru, providing contextual advertising stream to site partners, for $140 million from Rambler Media.

How can ordinary people distinguish legal black caviar from illegal? This is a burning issue since abundance of Russian sturgeon is 40 times lower than 15 years ago. Situation with great sturgeon (beluga) is even sadder.

In the South East of Moscow vandals have damaged a sculpture composition dedicated to the famous writer Mikhail Sholokhov.

Australian subsurface resources beckon Russian inventors including such Russian giants as Evraz Group.

Russian air carrier S7 Airlines has faced an unordinary claim by the West-Siberian procuracy: it found filling in plane tickets in the English language to be violation of the law for customer rights protection and the Constitution.

Russian astronomers claim that scientific predictions about global warming due to carbon dioxide emissions and global cooling due to Sun’s falling activity are nothing but theories.

How did hair and feathers appear? Many scientists desperately seek answer to this question, and Russian biologists from Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution seem to find it.

Active travel in Russia is a ticket from weekdays to an adventure and an opportunity to have a bright journey one would remember again and again. Unfortunately, active travel in Russia is still surrounded by stereotypes of the Soviet era and the most difficult thing about it is to break the ice.

Eminent Russian physicist, Alexander Stoletov, shed light on photoeffect and magnetic properties of iron.

Last week Russia lost its biggest producer of vodka: Central European Distribution Corporation (CEDC) based in Poland and British Lion Capital LLP closed a transaction on acquisition of 90% of shares in Russkiy Alkogol (Russian Alcohol). The management of the Russian company will hold the rest 10% of the stock.

Rozhok is an ancient Russian folk music wind instrument. According to 18th century descriptions, rozhok producing a very strong and shrill sound was used not only by shepherds at work, but also “in taverns for entertainment” and “in boats to accompany oarsmen’s singing”.