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This is a site that I might have deferred to Neil since it's more his bailiwick, but hey, he took the Manhattan Kayak piece a while ago. So there. Here is a series of really interesting photos from underground Russia, or more specifically under ...

Russia's President, Dmitry Medvedev, completed a four-nation tour of Latin America late last week with a final stop in Cuba. The relations between the two countries appear to be strained and, at present, intense; however, Russia, like China, has an ...

Tomorrow, I leave for Russia. I have never been before and I am psyched. However, I can't believe I chose this particular week to visit Moscow and St. Petersburg. Of course, I picked the dates before knowing that some 50,000 English fans are ...

Here is a laundry list of my observations based on traveling in Russia and talking to people here. I am stating in advance that this post might offend people (believe me, I've already taken a ton of heat for my prior posts, even if some were meant to ...

I have always wanted to see Russia. Growing up in a satellite communist country, with the Soviet Union--the occupying force--pitched as the Evil of all Evils, it took me a while before I thought I could honestly visit the country with an open mind. ...

The Guggenheim's massive Russia! exhibit opened last week, an unprecedented collection of over 250 pieces. As the show's overview explains, this is the largest collection of Russian art to leave the region since the end of the Cold War, and ...

Greetings from Moscow! Bolshoi in Russia is my variation on Big in Japan. (Bolshoi means "Big" in Russian. Get it?) Stay tuned for my live dispatches from Russia. There are two ways to travel between Moscow and St. Petersburg and they cost about the ...

If you happen to be in Ulyanovsk, Russia today, man are you in luck! In an effort to boost Russia's sagging population, the local government has proclaimed Wednesday, September 12, to be Family Contact Day. What does that mean, exactly? Well, ...

The budget airline trend which has swept through Europe in the last few years has finally reached Russia. On Monday, January 29, SkyExpress launched Russia's budget airline category with an $18 flight from Moscow's Vnukovo airport to the city of ...

I am fortunate to have spent a lot of time in Russia on my travels and for some strange reason, keep going back for more. The only problem is that it's a long flight, an arduous visa process and Moscow itself is very expensive. But now, I've found a ...

Traveling in Russia in the wintertime often means wonderful shortcuts when rivers and lakes freeze over and local drivers simply plow right over them. This is particular true at Lake Baikal in Siberia where the water can freeze up to ten feet thick ...

Russians are long last discovering the power of the internet to help with their travel plans when money is tight and distances are far. Recently launched sites like www.Mahnem.ru and www.Poputchika.net are helping individual travelers find travel ...

Traveling between Russia's two largest cities should not be as difficult as it is. Most people take the overnight train but the train is unfortunately a popular target for criminals. I once heard a story that the train pulled into Moscow one ...

It was during my first trip to the Soviet Union in 1991 that I first tasted caviar. Restaurants at the time often placed big dollops of it on the table like salsa at a Mexican restaurant. I didn't like it at first but caviar, as I would learn, is ...

Plans have just been announced to build a tunnel underneath the Bering Strait and connect Russia with the United States. Although a final go-ahead has yet to be issued, proponents of the plan estimate that the project would cost up to $12 billion and ...