The competition aims to raise awareness of global child homelessness. With just over one month left until the glitzy 2018 FIFA World Cup, Russia is hosting an altogether different kind of football tournament. Its stars are orphans, have been abandoned by their parents or come from extreme poverty. The Street Child World Cup is traditionally…
Photography is all about light — something that’s hard to come by in winter when you live in Murmansk, the world’s largest city above the Arctic Circle. Add to that subzero temperatures and biting cold wind blowing from the Arctic Ocean, and you’ve got unpleasant shooting conditions for your average urban photographer. For Serj Ius, -38?C isn’t…
Enjoy Russia’s capital on 2 wheels – and ride around with your pals. First, you need to register on Moscow’s bike sharing website (https://velobike.ru/en/), on the app (App Store, Google Play), or on a terminal. The app shows the nearest rental station to you. When registering you need to give your name, email, and mobile…
Russia has become Europe’s biggest cinema market, overtaking France at the box office in 2017, according to a tally of 28 European Union members and 10 non-EU countries. On Wednesday, Russian cinemas replaced foreign films including box-office hit Avengers: Infinity War in favor of Russian war films to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the Soviet…
Every year on May 9, Russia celebrates Victory Day to commemorate the Soviet victory in World War II. In Moscow, the day is marked with a massive parade through the city center, showcasing the Russian military’s tanks, planes, artillery and soldiers. A total of 13,000 troops, military police and cadets, as well as 159 combat…
Springtime in Moscow is good news for athletes: the running season is off to its annual post-winter start. On May 20 Moscow will host a half-marathon (21.1 kilometers), one of a series of races that gradually help runners train for the full marathon in September. Dmitry Tarasov, director of the Moscow Marathon, told The Moscow…
Wild swings in meaning between seemingly similar verbs is what trips up learners. When I taught English in the Greek port of Piraeus, a colleague and I used to spend idle time in the staff room speculating on what the hardest language in the world might look like. Perhaps there would be different verb endings…
The 90th anniversary season promises fun and fascination for everyone. Gorky Park opened its 90th summer season on May 1. Over 20 events will take place on various sites around the park and in Muzeon for visitors of every age and virtually any interest. The weather might not be ideal, but the festivities should help…
Hundreds of football fans visited the 2018 World Cup ticket office in Moscow when direct sales launched on Tuesday. About 400 people lined up to enter the ticket office before it opened at 2 p.m. local time, TASS news agency reported. About half had arrived before 9 a.m. to reserve a place in line.Tickets were previously…
Savannah Fortis is a photographer and writer currently based in Sofia, Bulgaria. Besides documenting the country’s folk musicians, she’s working on a long-term project based on her travels by bus entitled A Country in Transit. From pictures of market stalls and people selling cigarettes from the boot of their cars to cinematic landscapes, her Instagram…