Russian can-do men have created a toilet-automobile (hybrid of Russian Oka car and a toilet cabin) and organized its tour from Moscow to Europe and Asia as contribution to the World Toilet Day that took place in November.

An unusual restaurant has appeared in the North-East of Moscow. It looks like a closed capsule 34 metres long and 23 metres broad hanging from the arch of the Zhivopisny Bridge at Zvenigorodskoye Highroad.

A super-train named Express XXI starts operating on the route Moscow-St. Petersburg in the end of December 2007. The train is noteworthy for giving its passengers an opportunity to turn their compartments into a study, bedroom, or nursery.

Soon tourist guides of Yekaterinburg will start touting travellers for a bus excursion to the memorial places linked with the name of Boris Yeltsin, the first president of Russia.

The ancient fortress of the VIII century in the Republic of Tuva will soon become the centre of a large tourist site. The idea of the fortress reconstruction belongs to the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia.

On November 27 Russia was elected as a member of the Executive Council of the United Nations World Tourism Organization. The travel industry experts are sure that it gives Russia big advantages at the travel market and at once improves the country’s image.

Pilots of one of the air clubs of the Omsk Region of Russia have recently stumbled upon a new anomalous zone and now are highlighting it on their maps. According to the witnesses, flying over the zone can be dangerous.

A free consulting call centre for Muslim women has opened in Moscow this month. Now any Russian-speaking Muslim woman can call to the centre`s phone operators who will listen to her and connect with the specialists.

The first in Russia all-year skating rink has opened in Moscow. Its total area exceeds that of a standard football field – 100x60 metres. The usage of Austrian cooling technologies for artificial ice creation lets the rink work all the year round.

It is planned to set a coffee-making record at the 2nd gastronomic festival Food Show in Moscow: within 1.5 hours ten people will make 200 litres of Irish coffee. Apart from this, visitors will see demonstration of chocolate dresses created by modern designers and candy-makers.