Catherine The Great Wanted A Cottage In The Country – I Give You Tsaritsyno
Catherine The Great Wanted A Cottage In The Country – I Give You Tsaritsyno.
Catherine The Great Wanted A Cottage In The Country – I Give You Tsaritsyno.
The Russian Orthodox Christmas is approaching on January 7th. It seems Mother Nature will make it a cold holiday whether you are a believer or not. Meteorologists are expecting frigid temperatures as low as minus 31 degrees Celsius, reports the Moscow Times. “According to the Fobos meteorological center, a weather…
As the recession rages in Russia, and the Kremlin grapples with domestic spending cuts, the City of Moscow has decided to ‘optimize’ mental health care by merging multiple mental health facilities within the city limits. This obviously results in reduced facilities for people in severe mental health distress. With the…
Moscow city council is considering a bylaw allowing security and emergency vehicles on duty such as fire trucks and ambulances responding to emergencies to ram obstructing vehicles in order to gain access and perform their duties. Emergency vehicle access is a difficult problem in Moscow, where many communal housing projects…
An man with a handgun and a gas canister attempted to break into a synagogue in Moscow Saturday night. A security guard was seriously wounded during the event. This story is developing… “According to local media reports, a man entered the synagogue in the Russian capital with a handgun and…
“Our fatal troika dashes on in her headlong flight, perhaps to destruction, and in all Russia for long past men have stretched out imploring hands and called a halt to its furious reckless course.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov If you’ve never been to Moscow — go. It is…
Moscow Becomes One Big Free Fitness Club…a very avant garde city…
After over thirty people died in St. Petersburg from a particular virulent strain of swine flu, Muscovites are scared and concerned. Anti-viral drugs are now scarce as residents try to self-medicate. “I drove all over the district and I can find nothing,” said one women who was looking for Tamiful…
A Day In The Life Of Russians Suffering Under Sanctions (Warning! It’s Hard To Watch).