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Photo: www.zedge.net Saint Petersburg is considered the most cultural city in Russia, Rossiyskaya Gazeta writes. These are the results of a survey conducted by Tvil.ru website. It was timed to the Day of Cultural Worker, which is celebrated in Russia on Monday,...

Photo: 2do2go.ru Russian book union (RBU) asked UNESCO and other international organizations to assure the Kiev (это не ошибка, но мы пишем Kiev) authorities to abandon restrictions against Russian publishing houses and online bookstores, reports Medusa news agency. ...

Photo:© Flickr//Jonathan On the eve of the parliamentary elections in Finland took place Russian language debates, IA Sputnik reports. All nine parties representation in the parliament. All nine parties introduced in Parliament have Russian-speaking representatives. There are people from Russian and...

Photo: mid.ru Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the refusal of Ukrainian authorities to accredit Russian citizens as observers to the presidential elections in Ukraine from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE ODIHR) discrimination. In this situation, Russia is forced to renounce sending the observers in Ukraine. Kiev once...

Photo: qdnd.vn 700 schoolchildren and students from Russia and various provinces of Vietnam took part in Multifaceted Vietnam. Multifaceted Russia festival. Hanoi branch of Pushkin Institute of Russian Language became the organizer of the cultural event, which was held in the historic quarter of Vietnamese capital, Vietnamese newspaper NhanDan reports. The...

Photo: mos.ru Russian capital hit top 10 cities that have the greatest appeal for tourists from abroad. Moscow took the 10th place. Capitals of Italy, Austria and Greece became the leaders, TASS reports. Barcelona and Paris took the 4th and 5th places. About 2000 people who travel a lot became the survey participants. Respondents were British, German, Italian,...

Photo: ksorskorea.org Moscow State University, MGIMO, Kazan Federal University and Tyumen State University represent Russian higher education institutions at the largest educational exhibition in South Korea. Korea Study Abroad Fair started in Seoul on March 23, the website of Coordinating Council of Russian Compatriots' Organizations reports. Guests will get...

Photo: sbj-bg.eu Thirty photographs created by young authors from Russia, Spain, Iran, Israel, South Africa and other countries will be presented to residents of Berlin. The exhibition of the winners of the international photojournalism competition named after Andrei Stenin will open on March 25 at Russian House of Science and Culture in German...

Photo: vestikavkaza.ru Days of Russian-Arab friendship are held in Syria, TASS reports. The opening ceremony took place this weekend. Diplomats, parliamentarians, cultural figures, representatives of the authorities and media attended it. Immigrants from Russia living in Syria joined them. ...

Photo: serpuhov-city.com Russian athletes became winners of World Figure Skating Championships  in cumulative medal count. World Championships took place in Saitama, Japan, RIA Novosti reports.   Russians got...

Photo: eurosport.com Russian athlet Alina Zagitova won gold medal of the World Championship in figure skating, RT TV channel reports. She became the youngest winner of the World Championship in women's single skating over the past two decades. The tournament takes place in Japan.  ...

Photo: utro.ru More than half of Ukrainians who became participants in the Gallup International sociological poll said that they share a common history, Soviet past and family ties with Russians. Most respondents in Russia answered the same, but there are discrepancies in percentages that show that the above-mentioned...

Photo: arsenal-otechestva.ru The movie, dedicated to the liberation of ancient city of Palmyra in Syria, will be filmed by Alexei Uchitel’s ROCK studio, Rossiyskaya Gazeta writes. Project of the movie was presented in Cinema Foundation of Russia. According to Alexei Uchitel, the movie is telling about modern Russian army. Screenwriter Arif Aliyev...

Photo: mycdn.me Folk Instrumental Orchestra n.a. Sviridov from St. Petersburg will start tour in Drezden. Russian musicians will perform Russian and European classical and folk music on domra, balalaika, gusli and other folk instruments. The entrance is free, Berlin telegraph reports. Folk Instrumental...

The Avant-Garde Culture and Development Center in Greece celebrated World Poetry Day with the Poem More Than Life evening. The Center held the project dedicated to Russian literature for the second year in a row. Famous cultural figures were the participants of the event. Actors and directors read poems and excerpts from the works of Russian poets and writers in Greek. ...

Photo: интеллект-россии.рф The Coordinating Council of Russian Compatriots (CCRC) in France invited students from French universities for professional internships. In addition, the CCRC announced that it is opening its meetings for everybody. Guests will have the opportunity to present their projects or ideas to representatives of Russian-speaking organizations and to receive their...

Photo: gorodz.info Participants of the Second International Forum will discuss how to hold celebrations of the the Victory Day in Athens today, March 22. Russian-speaking people from Greece and local students learning Russian as a Second language take part in the event organised by the Youth Board at the Coordination Council of Russian Compatriots (KSORS), reports website of the...