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For the third year in a row the mayor of Moscow doesn’t grant a permit to the Russian gay/lesbian community to have a lawful parade. While the President of Russia states that Russia is open to, and does not oppose sexual minorities, he sees that making the decisions about whether or not to allow the gay parade in the capital of Russia - is a “local matter that should not be up to him to decide”. Anyway this year was a third consecutive attempt to stage an unauthorized gay parade, this time though there were a lot more press, and representatives of Russian Orthodox Church, than the actual gays and lesbians…

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If you have ever been able to find Russia on the global map before (it’s very sad if you haven’t), you should know that Russia is absolutely huge. As a result there are about 61,000 kilometers of border that needs to be protected. That’s where the Russian Border Guard comes into play. They celebrated their 90th birthday today, and you can see that the former border guards really know how to celebrate…

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The entire Russia has only (and please don’t laugh) ONE somewhat professional asphalt race track, it’s called “Myachkovo” and and it’s used by cars as well as motorcycles. Here are few pictures from the first race of the Russian Motorcycle Championship race, where the pouring rain made things a lot more difficult for the riders…

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Over the weekend, St. Petersburg had been celebrating the city’s birthday so all sorts of activities including the carnival took place, here are few pictures from that event…

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Here is a video from the Russian Tractor racing competition. What could be more fun than old sweaty mechanics racing their old tractors for a chance to win a new one…

video is in Russian, but it’s still worth watching…

Graduation in a Russian school is a lot different from the one in the American ones. The students feel a lot more united, since they’ve spent 11 years in the same class with eachother (no individual schedules). Besides the prom, and the official ceremony students also like to occupy local fountains and just enjoy their freedom, before they eventually start college. Here is a gallery of 2007-08 graduates, enjoy…


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We’ve already told you about the new “Sukhoi Superjet 100 Regional Jet”. This plane had made it’s first flight in Komsomolks-na_Amure (eastern part of Russia) on May 19th, 2008. Who knows maybe these will be flying all over the world soon, just like the Brazilian Embraer-190, since the starting prices ($27 million) of these two birds are actually similar…

- here is how Superjet was created…

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We had recently shown you pictures from the “Theater Academy in St. Petersburg“, and here is something even more interesting. Russian Institute of Cinematography which was founded in 1919, and since the Soviet time is still abbreviated as “VGIK” (All-Union State Institute of Cinematography) remains to be the world’s oldest educational institution in Cinematography. VGIK was the foremost film school in the Soviet Union and remains one of the world’s most respected film institutions. Its alumni include many prominent actors and directors, many of them non-Russian (the school began accepting foreign students in the middle of the 20th century). It’s fair to say that getting into that institution is extremely hard, and therefore many students try to get in for years, some succeeded and then become struggling artists, very few become successful movie stars and directors and that explains the high number of applicants. Take a look at these nervous students, maybe some of them will become future movie stars…

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As many of you soccer fans should know, St. Petersburg’s soccer team “Zenit” had won the UEFA cup couple of days ago. Russian soccer teams rarely win something big on the world’s stage , therefore winning this UEFA cup final had made the Russian soccer fans very proud, especially those who live in St. Petersburg…

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As you have seen on our website already, May 9th parade had included a lot of tanks. Luckily none of them had stalled during the actual parade, but on their way back home, one did…

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Here are pictures from Moscow and St. Petersburg, where after May 9th parades all of the squares were full of veterans and people celebrating Victory Day…

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We already covered the rehearsals for the big Victory parade coming up this Friday here and here, now here are few more pictures of the Russian military preparing for the May 9th parade…

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Someone in Moscow decided that it would be a good idea to put a bottle of shampoo into a fountain, here is what happened…

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Here are pictures from the Dog Show that was recently held in St. Petersburg, all of you who like dogs, are going to like this gallery…

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Yes, we’ve already shown you pictures of Russian Military preparing for the May 9th Victory parade. Those pictures were taken on a militray base outside Moscow. What you are about to see now took place in Moscow two days go. Here are all branches of Russian military taking over the streets of Moscow - creating traffic nightmare for the drivers, and unbelievable spectacle for the public, all while practicing for the big parade next Friday!!! (43pics + 2 videos, Enjoy!!!)

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