The service of free Wi-Fi net access is available for the passengers of Terminal F of the Moscow airport of Sheremetyevo. The service is to be used after the Passport check and other formalities, in the sterile area, where the passengers wait for the enplaning.

A Latvia citizen was arrested yesterday, on the March, 10, in the airport of Pulkovo, St. Petersburg. He has flown in from Dominican Republic with a suitcase, where about 13 kilos cocaine was detected.

During preparation for building the “Nord Stream” gas pipeline and exploring bottom of the Baltic sea, engineers discovered at least twelve ancient sunken ships.

The Tretyakov Gallery in Krymsky Val has opened an exhibition of Martiros Saryan.

Russian engineers finished air tightness tests and autonomous electric tests of the new Russian space module “Rassvet” (“Dawn”), which took place in Florida, United States.

The Moscow airport of Sheremetyevo became the second place after the Moscow Kremlin, where professional and unprofessional photography was allowed. Earlier taking was prohibited photos in the places like these.

A group of tourists from Belarus was covered by an avalanche in the mountains of the Lovozero Massif in the Murmansk Region. The list of the missing tourists is published on the web-site of the MES Department of the Murmansk Region. Two persons from the group managed to get off.

The general plan of Moscow assigns about a thousand square meters of underground space under the Pushkin Square to foundation of an archeological museum, the deputy head of Moskomarkhitektura Alexey Kurennoy informed on Friday.

Russian scientists shed light on how bacteria made soil from volcanic rocks on the dawn of our history.

An exhibition dedicated to the glorified Russian actor Innokenty Smoktunovsky has started in Moscow. This year he would have turned 85 years old.

Russia is famous all over the world for its ballet and circus traditions as well as for its folk songs and dances, and everyone who comes to Russia wants a chance to see the live performance of Russian theatre. But many people who come to Russia for a short-term visit only know about the Bolshoi theatre, where tickets are usually hard to get and attendance fees for top performances (such as “Swan Lake” or “the Nutcracker”) can be quite high.

Renting an apartment in Russia, especially in Moscow, is a budget alternative of living in a hotel. Suburban mini-hotels are good as well for such purposes. The market of apartments for rent is very rich in various offers in both Russian capitals. The variety of the prices is considerable and even disorients at the first. But nevertheless it is possible, and you can do it promptly after spending some time surfing thematic sites. But maybe you do not want to spend your time surfing web-sites in Russia. If you are interested in the short term renting (and most probably you are), we can recommend you...

Bicycle touring in Russian has wide geography. You can ride along the tundra of Kola Peninsula, or in the mountains of Caucasus, Altai or Urals. In the Mari El Republic you will follow through the taiga. The bicycle touring trips are carried out in vicinity of Baikal Lake, which doesn’t need presentation. There are also Golden Ring bicycle tours. The possibilities are wide as well, from the well-organized tour services different level of difficulty to trips organized by the clubs for bicycle touring everybody can find on the forums and join them or even create her/his own one. The operator’s services and club events differ in the categories of difficulty and length. There are also bicycle tours combined with a quest. We are going to mention some places and give some advices.

Russian scientists from the Institute of Applied Mechanics have made a significant contribution to the field of reusable nano-containers.

As it has already become obvious, the winter Olympic Games in Vancouver were rich in the failures. The cohort of the non-achievers is headed by United States, Russia, Austria and Germany. Many sportsmen have been the forth ones, and that is even worse as to be among the last ones. The Russian team, disappointed the fandom, was awaited to be more successful. There are many ideas and explanations of that, from the self-condemnation to condemnations of everybody except us. The professionals offer opinions like these: