One of the most romantic shows of Cirque du Soleil, Corteo, will be staged in Kazan from 21 August till 26 September.

Deputies of Samara Duma have supported the suggestion of turning to the second time zone and having the same time as Moscow.

Two North Koreans who are in Primorye, Russia, on a working visa have appealed to the South Korean Consulate General in Vladivostok to grant them political asylum on Tuesday

Two men have been arrested by the policemen on the north of Moscow because one of them tried to steal a payment terminal, which weights about 90 kilos, from the supermarket. The detained has admitted that he is a sumo fighter.

A special police service for missing people is to be created in Chechnya. There are lots of problems in the republic tied exactly with the missing people. These problems are the consequences of the hostilities taken place in the republic.

The Moscow public utilities are still liquidating the consequences of the snow showers attacked the Russian capital last week. But now the main problem is icicles. They appeared on all the roofs because of the recent raw.

A criminal case has been initiated upon the fire outbreak on the military aircraft of Su-24 on military airfield not far from St. Petersburg.

An earthquake happened today, on the February, 25 in the Irkutsk Region. Its magnitude amounts to 3,9. The intensity of the earthquake in the epicenter amounted to 6,1.

The head of “Gazprom” trade union Vladimir Babkin shot dead the Deputy General Director of “Gazprom-Nadym” Konstantin Pavlov while hunting for wild boars on 19 February, informs a newspaper The Permskiy Observer.

The record of 1977 can be beaten this year. It is a record in snowing. And this record would be beaten if 10 more millimeters snow fall. The snowfall begun last week and it is still snowing. The traffic on the streets is very slow; the public utilities are practicing the torment of Tantalus while the Muscovites are practicing patience.