This is just one of the many questions I have been asked recently as a result of blogging here. What a question!
Her US mom still refuses to take back the daughter who 'loves her', and who she abandoned in Russia 32 months ago.
Siberia isn’t simply a land full of bears, spies and nuclear reactors... it is also now my duty to help my fellow Siberians understand my home country.
Once part of the longest road in the world, tourist officials launch new initiative to get visitors to experience the pathway that linked West with East.
Back in Soviet times, Akademgorodok was known as one of the best places to live, a home to some of the USSR's greatest scientists.
Veto of plan for $30,000 statue of prophet holding the Ten Commandments.
The largest in the city, and also the tallest (Soviet-looking) building. Handy for the railway station, which is just a minute walk across the square.
Hotel's 430 rooms on 23 floors vary from 'luxury suites' to standard accommodation, making a traditional bolt hole for those wanting a break from rail trips across Russia, but many more too.
As the hotel boasts, regular guests ‘are top managers of leading Russian and foreign companies, celebrities, famous actors and actresses and outstanding sportsmen. High operational standards and professional staff are the best recommendation for the hotel’.
Russian army biological protection troops called in amid warnings 'utmost care' needed to stop deadly infection spreading.
Extraordinary Bronze Age graves unearthed in Siberia: but could there be a macabre explanation?
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