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The distant latitudes of childhood

May 1, 2012 Ferran Mateo, RIR
Evgenia Arbugaeva has received a Magnum Foundation International grant for a project in her hometown of Tiksi

Big hopes for Vladivostok summit

March 11, 2012 Alexander Gabuev, Kommersant
In preparation for its chairmanship of this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Russia is doing more than just building venues in Vladivostok

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

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.

Siberian prosecutors make another attempt to ban Prabhupada’s Gita interpretation

January 26, 2012 RIR
Prosecutors in Russia’s Siberian city of Tomsk insist that Svami Prabhupada’s interpretation of the Hindu scripture called "Bhagavad-Gita As It Is " should be banned as extremist literature, a court spokeswoman said.

The Russian party bus

January 2, 2012 Patrick Sewell, specially for RIR
What do Santa Claus, pine trees and presents have in common? Obviously the answer is Christmas – but not in Russia

Verkhoturye: Passage to Siberia

December 21, 2011 William Brumfield, RIR
Verkhoturye, one of the earliest trading outposts connecting Europe and Eurasia, is slowly throwing off its backwater reputation after years of stagnation and disregard to become one of Russia’s more appealing destinations

Freedom to choose the destination for Russian gas

October 26, 2011 Pavel Arakov, special to RIR
With a possibility of building pipelines to Japan and South Korea and a new infrastructure allowing for switching gas flows, Russian gas producers have a wider choice of export directions.

Komsomolsk-na-Amure: A Distant Soviet Pacific Outpost

October 11, 2011 Ajay Kamalakaran
This city lies off the beaten tourist path but it has a whole host of things to offer to its visitors.

Omsk: Garrison city on the Irtysh

September 27, 2011 William Brumfield
The Siberian city has been defined by conflict, but is rich in history.

Russia's Korea pipeline: can it be Game-changer?

September 12, 2011 Fyodor Lukyanov, RIA Novosti
For Russia, the new Korean gas pipeline project is a real chance to enhance its position in Asia.

Perm: Europe's easternmost city

September 5, 2011 Ekaterina Balakina
Long known as an industrial center, Perm is trying to reinvent itself as a cultural capital. Will the plan work?

Asian strategy for Russia

August 2, 2011 Sergei Karaganov, The Moscow Times
There is no Asian alternative to Russia’s cultural and political orientation toward Europe. But a partial economic reorientation toward Asia does not pose any real risk of disengagement from Europe.

Timber rafts

July 29, 2011
Timber rafts, a method in which logs are tied together into rafts, are seen as they are transported along the Angara river near the town of Kodinsk northeast from the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, July 28, 2011.

Tragedy on the Volga, and in Siberia

July 11, 2011 Combined reports
More than fifty Russian tourists are still missing after the 56-year-old tourist ship sank in the Volga River on July 10.

Three Bridges and One Road: Siberia, Far East and China

June 10, 2011 Oleg Barabanov, RIA Novosti
The Prospects for Cooperation between Russia’s Siberian and Far Eastern Regions with China in View of the Vladivostok APEC Summit.

Taiga is burning

June 6, 2011
An Emergencies Ministry MI-8MTV-2 helicopter carries water before releasing it over the burning Siberian Taiga wood, June 2, 2011.

Baikal to host major telescope

April 28, 2011 Anton Kutuzov
Russian scientists hope it will help unravel the mysteries of dark matter in the center of the Milky Way.

Doing Business in Russia, the Indian way

April 6, 2011 Vladislav Kuzmichev
Educated in Russia, Sandeep Garg is director of the Krasnoyarsk branch of the Russian company Force, a wholesale supplier of foodstuffs.

Tobolsk: Siberia’s first capital

December 13, 2010 William Brumfield
Although today Tyumen overshadows its Siberian neighbor Tobolsk, the smaller city still bears signs of its dominant position in the 18th century.
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