A special treat was offered to Moscow fashionistas - «Africa Explosion» - a lengthy showcase of South African fashion designers.

The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia kicked off in full swing this Saturday, attracting thousands of visitors and fashionistas to Moscow’s grand Manege building, right next to the historic Red Square.

Vyacheslav Zaitsev’s “The Origins-2” show was the collection most visitors of the day came to see.

The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia in Moscow this year played host to the Kazakhstan Fashion Week Showcase, showing off designers from the former republic, now young visitors to Paris Fashion Week and more.

MERÉ presented their collection next, with Maria Rafikova and Alexandra Talalay bringin an air of pureness and minimalism to Moscow Fashion Week.

The Central Saint Martins alum presented a striking show, with all models dressed in shining glitter and embellishments and fast-walking on the runway to 80’s hits.

Sberbank has launched a new social service for children called ‘Isle of Safety’. The project positions each and every Sberbank office as a place that children can go to if they get lost, besides a police station.

Herman Gref, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank and Natalia Vodianova, Founder of the Naked Heart Foundation, a charity that supports children, have signed an agreement on holding the Green Marathon Running Hearts on 27 May 2018.