Aeroflot’s onboard menu has been recognized as one of the best in the world according to famous American online newspaper The Huffington Post.

Pancake Week (or Maslenitsa) - the last week before Lent, will be celebrated in Russia at the end of February. A big number of traditional colorful events will be held in various Russian cities all across the country.

First children’s theme park “Masterslavl” will be opened in the Evolution Tower, a part of the business centre “Moscow-City”, at the end of 2012.

The President of Russian Railways, Vladimir Yakunin announced the plans to strengthen and facilitate the train connections between Europe and Russia over the next 3 years. To this end, Talgo trains with a new automatic track gauge changeover systems have been ordered. The trains are expected to start running toward the end of the year on Moscow-Kiev and Moscow-Berlin routes.

Russian tourists are locked in a hotel in Vietnam, following the declared inability of a tour opetator, Lanta Tur, to sustain the financial obligations. Four of them managed to escape from the hotel that is now guarded by the police. Other people in the hotel have had their passports confiscated.