St. Isaac’s Cathedral is one of the most visited tourist sites in Russia’s old imperial capital, St. Petersburg. The cathedral is a UNESCO World Heritage site and has been an important museum since Russia’s 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. More than 3.5 million tourists visit it every year. The local governor…
Russian company “Gazprom” has set a new record of gas exports in January 2017. 636.4 million cubic meters per day was exported by Gazprom, RIA Novosti reported, citing the company’s statement. This week has already become the “Gazprom” record. The fourth day in a row the company updates the…
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The leader of the former Soviet republic of Belarus (White Russia), President Alexander Lukashenko, sometimes known as Europe’s last dictator, said recently that fellow Slavic nation Ukraine is fighting for its independence, reports the BELTA News Agency. “We got our independence cheaply; all the nations fought,” Lukashenko said while speaking…