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Pancake power

February 22, 2012 Jennifer Chater, The Moscow News
Munich lures millions to drink beer at Oktoberfest, so Moscow reckons it can get the world to crave its bliny at Maslenitsa.

Warmed by a love of horses

February 21, 2012 Mikhail Mordasov, RIR
Russian children learn riding lessons to participate in the annual equestrian competitions that run through February in Novosibirsk

Book publishers play winter games

February 20, 2012 Alexandra Guzeva, RIR
The "Sense of Snow" book fair drew crowds to central Moscow despite being held outdoors during the coldest weeks of the year.

Treasures of buddhism

February 17, 2012 RIR
A Buddhist art exhibit arrives in the city for Days of Tibetan Culture.

Krasnoyarsk: Taking a break from the Trans-Siberian

February 14, 2012 Emma Burrows
On the route of the Trans-Siberian railway, the city of Krasnoyarsk is a good stop between the major destinations of Yekaterinburg and Irkutsk. Among Russian tourists, the city is known as a destination for extreme sports.

Ice museum in Moscow

February 10, 2012 Anisia Boroznova
Moscow’s Sokolniki Park features the world’s only year-round Ice Sculpture Museum, where the temperature is kept at -10 C (14 F) degrees.

Lake Vostok mystery

February 8, 2012 Combined reports
After decades of drilling, Russian scientists have pierced through 4 kilometres of ice to a unique sub-glacial Antarctic lake.

A touch of Russia at India Art Fair

February 8, 2012 Olga Nikushkina, RIR
The recent India Art Fair in Delhi was a visual feast. Legends like Picasso and Dali competed with priceless works by Russian artists like Nicholas Roerich and modern software-based art by Alexander Lysov.

Surjit Akre: An art with Russian touch

February 7, 2012 Priyanka Gera, specially for RIR
A conversation with eminent artist Surjit Akre, the only Indian to have pursued Post-Graduation from Russia, gives insights into her artistic journey, experiences as a student in St. Petersburg and pedagogy of the historic Repin Institute.

Sansara: Russians plug into music of transformation

February 6, 2012 Sofya Raevskaya
A band with an Indian name inspired by the Buddhist ideals of life presented its new, eponymous album that enthralled Russians.

A date with polar bears in snowy wilderness

February 3, 2012 Alexey Bezrukov
In the pristine snow-covered Wrangel Island, it's sheer joy to see tiny, blind and defenceless cubs grow into the world's most feared predators.

Emerging sports markets

February 3, 2012 RIR
Football and cricket players across the world are coming out of retirement and extending their careers. Not on the seniors circuit, or in some novelty variant of the sport, but often with significant commercial interests at stake.

Valenki: A Russian necessity

January 31, 2012 RIR
The iconic Russian felt boots, valenki, are very popular, and even essential in the countryside due to the country’s severe climate. Today many valenki are made in the villages of the Altai Region

Holiday of Soviet photography

January 27, 2012 Natalia Zaytseva, Russian Reporter
Russian and Soviet winners from the World Press Photo 1955-2010.

A Russian rhapsody

January 27, 2012 Achala Moulik, specially for RIR
Writer, playwright and Russophile Achala Moulik, awarded in Russia the Pushkin Medal, recalls falling in love with the country of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky.

Twin-cities celebrate India-Russia connect

January 26, 2012 Priyanka Gera, specially for RIR
New Delhi and Moscow, Mumbai and St. Petersburg may not appear to have much in common, but go deeper and you will find striking cultural affinities.

Sharapova to summon aggression for Azarenka final

January 26, 2012 Combined reports
Maria Sharapova said Thursday that tactics and aggression will help her to beat Victoria Azarenka in the Australian Open final.

Indo-Russian cooperation and friendship on the tennis court

January 25, 2012 Ajay Kamalakaran, specially for RIR
Sania Mirza has been a great role model for girls but tennis in India still needs to be popularized. Tennis revolution in Russia in the 1990s can serve as a good example.

Russia prevents football corruption

January 24, 2012 Nicola Sellitti
Russia takes steps to eliminate match-fixing and illegal betting on football games ahead of the 2018 World Cup

Masked carnival enchants Delhi

January 20, 2012 Olga Nikushkina, RIR
The carnival-like masked ball hosted by the Russian embassy to toast the Russian Orthodox Christmas and the New Year has become a must-attend social event in Delhi.
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