The recent days in Moscow have witnessed a spell of extraordinary cold weather. It is not exceptional, of course, but occurs rarely enough to cause disruptions and frighten off tourists

A traditional felt boot putter tournament of Caucasian Mineralnye Vody has been held in Pyatigorsk

What would Londoners say to a Russian winter in their home city? Fantastic and nice, if it’s just a show

Russia has a new format for some of the intercity phone codes. In some of the areas the usual digit «0» the code starts with is replaced by «4». Kaliningrad has switched from «011» to «401».