Helicopters to the rescue of Moscow’s traffic-bound commuters
Helipads may appear alongside the Moscow Region’s planned Central Ring Road starting next year
Mayor denies Moscow needs more mosques
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced that Moscow probably does not need to build any more mosques and demand for their services comes mainly from out-of-towners, especially at the city's largest mosque near the Olympiisky Sport Complex.
Levada Center releases report on the protest movement ‘without a plan’
The independent Levada Center polling agency has released an analytical research paper on potential future scenarios for the protest movement in Russia. The research was carried out based on interviews with the leaders of the opposition and rally par
Giant Buddha planned for Tuva
A Tibet enterprise has been given the go ahead to build a 15-meter-high Buddha statue, to be placed atop a mountain outside the Tuvan capital of Kyzyl