The EU officials are about to acknowledge Kaliningrad as a border region between Russia, Poland, and Lithuania. The citizens of Kaliningrad may no longer need a visa to go to Europe.

Russia, Ukraine and Belarus is celebrating the day of Christening of Russia today. The festive events will be held mostly in Kiev.

From 25th of July to 13th of August the company of Mariinsky Theatre will show their best perfomances.

The Russian most popular social network VKontakte has blocked an Andres Breivik support group. The group content contained “clear call to repeat his act in Russia”, said the site administration to BBC.

Frost, vodka and beautiful women - well, it is better than just samovars and bears!

Foreign adopters are to pay alimony to Russian children, whom they abandoned, told Pavel Astakhov, Children Rights Commissioner for the President of the Russian Federation, in his interview to Rossiiskaya Gazeta.

The biggest Russian social network VKontakte has launched an e-mail delivery service. Now a VKontakte user can write an e-mail and send it to an external e-mail box.

Japanese children who live in the Fukushima nuclear power station area are to spend holidays in Moscow and Moscow region this summer.

The State Academic Bolshoy Theatre in Moscow is to be opened in 100 days. The first performance in the renovated Theatre, which reconstruction started in 2005, is scheduled for October 28.

Energy supply increase and acute international issues, including Europe’s antimissile defense system, Russia’s cooperation with NATO and EU, Near East conflicts will be talked over by Russian and German heads of states at intergovernmental consultation in Hanover, Germany.