Russia’s Meteorological Service has announced a new monitoring system to help visitors track the weather during the World Cup. With Moscow suffering yet another cold and wet spell to start off the summer, Russia’s Meteorological Service has announced a new monitoring system (https://meteoinfo.ru/en/fifa2018 ) to help visitors track the weather during the World Cup. “Our…
Nike has just dropped its first collection dedicated to the Russian market, with a streetwear tribute to the country’s street football scene. The new collection racks up a string of collaborations with top Russian designers, including Sever’s Vsevolod Cherepanov, Cyber69, ZULU WARRIOR and Moscow design house BELIEF. Incorporating sweatshirts, football shirts, tracksuits and jackets, the…
Summer travelers who are planning vacations face a modern dilemma: Splurge on a traditional hotel, or potentially save a few bucks by renting someone’s home on Airbnb? Here are some tips on becoming a well-reviewed guest. Read Listings Carefully This may sound obvious, but bear with me: Read — don’t skim — an Airbnb listing.…
A Bluffers’ Guide to Global Football-speak Nogomet (Croatia) Britain’s role in bringing football to the world means the vast majority of countries use variations of the words “football” or “soccer” as their names for it, but that’s not the case in Croatia, Bosnia and Slovenia, where it’s known as nogomet — a portmanteau of noga…
LEGAL ENGLISH WORKSHOP Writing Tips for Russian Lawyers… and others Instructor: Richard Tomar, Esq. American Lawyer from Washington, D.C. Pick up writing tips and learn how legal writing uses technical terminology that can be categorised in four ways: 1. Specialized words and phrases unique to law, e.g., tort, fee simple, and novation. 2. Ordinary words having different meanings in…
Liza Girdimova — aka Monetochka — shot to internet stardom back in 2016 with self-penned pop songs poking fun at Russian life, world politics, and discount store cheese. Aged just 16, she soon amassed thousands of fans who had fallen in love with her laidback style and tongue-in-cheek-lyrics. Now the Yekaterinburg-born singer has finished school…
Moscow and St. Petersburg have ranked outside the 50 most expensive cities of the world this year, according to Switzerland’s UBS Bank. Out of 77 cities with high costs of living, St. Petersburg placed 51st and Moscow followed in 54th place, UBS said in its latest “Prices and Earnings 2018” survey. When including rent prices,…
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FLUENTRUSSIA’s free summer-time conversation clubs resume Friday evening June 8th on the veranda of Club Tangine Trubnaya, 15 Summer schedule: Friday evenings after work: 19:00-21:00 Sunday afternoons: 16:00-18:00 FR’s conversation clubs are led by a native-speaking English instructor and there is no charge to attend. Just show up and speak English. Call us at (495)…
One of the best of Russia’s cinematic events, the Beat Film Festival, will take place in Moscow for the ninth time from May 31st to June 10th. The Festival showcases documentary films about the world of music, contemporary art, media, street culture, sports and new technology. It will screen more than a dozen full-length films…