Most of you probably know the Troika card already, since its out for over a year now. But, during the last days I met a few people, who live in Moscow and didn't know about its advantages. This is particularly interesting for tourists and people...
The event has lost its venue, as the city's main art house theater is closing for renovation. MOSCOW – The Russian film festival 2-in-1, scheduled to be held this October, has lost its venue, with Moscow’s main art house theater, 35 mm, closing for renovation. The future...
The Gobal Travel Industry News reported about the pigeon mass deaths: The travel and tourism industry in Russia's capital Moscow is nervous about pigeon deaths. An “epidemic” of pigeon deaths in Moscow has sparked speculation that birds were succumbing to a virus dangerous to human beings....
For the LGZ festival in Moscow this summer, Kaliningrad-based artist Andrey Adno has painted a 13-story tall mural. The artist finished the piece in five days, which is less than you would expect for the painting's size. Fitting with the contours of the long, narrow...
The face of Moscow is changing at a blinding pace: Parks are being redesigned, trees are being planted, and a network of sidewalks is being created. What has prompted this surge of activity? Experts claim world trends in tourism are behind the initiative. In a...
Starting from spring 2014, Muscovites will be required to pay for parking at all the city's major parks. City Hall intends to launch a tender for the organization of the paid parking sites. Within two to three months, designers will get down to planning, and the...
(Reuters) - Sergei Sobyanin, who is seeking re-election as Moscow's mayor, named the Magnit and X5 chains in a statement saying he had organised inspections of supermarkets and that shops breaking sanitary rules should be shut. Sobyanin, who is acting mayor in the approach to the...
Officials believe Moscow’s culinary market is short on diversity because most cafés are run by chains. Moscow has one café or restaurant for every 1,570 citizens, compared to one for every 580 citizens in London and one for every 90 in Tokyo. To rectify the...
The New Yorker finally discovered the Moscow Metro dogs story, after ABC, BBC and so many other media outlets reported about our smart strays. What they don't mention is, that these dogs are hunted by the athorities and private people. There are reports about dog-haters...