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Stranded in Moscow...by choice
The coffee safari ( 2 comments )
Stranded in Moscow...by choice
Smoke gets in your eyes ( 2 comments )
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Surprised by Russia
It's Just Some Holiday
The winter holidays are barely over and already there’s another slew in the offing: Men’s Day (Feb. 23), Women’s Day (March 8), Valentine’s Day and, of course, Maslenitsa — a week of merrymaking and pancake eating ahead of Lent.
It’s a wonderful, wonderful life ( 1 comment )
Seventy-two percent of Russians report that they are happy
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Business Calendar
Russian Business Week 2010:
“Modernisation of the Economy in a post crisis environment”
20th March 2010
London School of Economics and Political Science
MATTEX (MOSCOW AQUA TECHNOLOGY THERM EXPO) 2010. International “World Climate” Exhibition of Heating and Water-Supply Systems, Sewage Disposal and Gas Supply
March 9-12. Expocenter, Moscow
EXPOFOREST 2010. International Specialized Exhibition
March 9-12. Moscow Crocus Expo international exhibition center
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Culture Calendar
Russian Fashion Week: Fall/Winter 2010/2011
April 1-6, 2010, Congress Hall of World Trade Centre, Moscow
“Holy Russia: Art from Kievan Rus to the Russia of Peter the Great”
2 March – 24 May, Louvre Museum, Paris
Enamels of the world, 1700–2000. From the Khalili Collections
Until 14 March 2010 in the Hermitage, Saint Petersburg
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National Cuisine
New rituals for the New Year ( 7 comments )
The best New Year's recipes from Russia Now
Pancake pleasure... a la Russe ( 1 comment )
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Found in translation
Rejecting the ‘isms’ of ideology
Russians have a traditional dislike of any sort of ‘isms’ - especially if they are political. Perhaps left over from Soviet times, anything that suggests collectivism is sure to draw sincere ire.


Society >> Charity
A change in attitudes toward philanthropy is needed in Russia today
While big business in Russia is cutting social programmes due to the economic crisis, the people are reaching into their pockets. Is this enough for the vulnerable?
NGO Gears Up to Help Homeless This Winter
Galina Stolyarova, St. Petersburg Times
The day that Henry Ford got it wrong about charity
Lev Ambinder, head of the Russian Aid Foundation
40,000 Russian Adoptees in America ( 1 comment )
Svetlana Sorokina
Family Arrangements for Orphans
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The State isnґt the Best Tutor
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