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From MSNBC is this interesting article about a new holiday in Russia that just passed. Called "Day of Family, Love and Fidelity", the organizing committee says "This is a holiday celebrating common human values. It has no boundaries and no nationality." To read the article, click here.

07/10/08 by visitEarth
Tags: Russia, tourism, travel, Day of Family, holiday, Moscow, MSNBC

 

Here's a great article written by an American visiting Moscow to film a documentary about the "New Russia". On her arrival and throughout her stay, she realizes just how much America has lost its standing in the Russian Federation. "During a week spent with multi-millionaires, club kids, publishing tycoons, beauty queens, reformed gangsters and Russia's biggest rap star - I often felt the object of pity and scorn. The American dream? Very yesterday's news here where the smell of well-laundered money - and lots of it - is in the air." To read the article, click here.

06/11/08 by visitEarth
Tags: Moscow, Russia, Russian Federation, Kremlin, American, rubles, rich, wealthy

 

This video is an incredible treat. Taken while scuba diving in the Russian Arctic Circle, the montage features a group of Beluga whales that aren't at all afraid, and in fact are interactive and very playful, even tugging at the diver's fins, swimming upside down and mugging for the camera! These creatures are so gentle and intelligent, and with the soft music and the green tinge of the water, these Belugas are graceful and beautiful to watch.

06/03/08 by visitEarth
Tags: scuba, Russia, Arctic Circle, Russian, Beluga, beluga whales, diving

 

Stuart Edwards

It turns out the skyrocketing demand and price for oil is creating many millionaires from Russia, who in turn our buying an unprecedented amount of expensive houses and real estate in Australia, along Brisbane's famous Gold Coast. From the BBC, "Flush with wealth from oil and mining, Russian entrepreneurs are snapping up multi-million dollar waterfront mansions and luxury penthouses in Surfers Paradise and surrounding districts." To read the entire article, click here.

05/21/08 by visitEarth
Tags: Russia, Russians, Australia, Brisbane, Gold Coast, investment, real estate, luxury

 

What a fantastic palace just outside of St. Petersburg, Russia. The Peterhof Palace is immense, beautiful, both the exterior light coloured architecture and ornate gold interior. It's amazing to think that this was onetime simply a seasonal residence for the Russian Tsar - now that's a summer home!

05/16/08 by visitEarth
Tags: Peterhof, Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia, Tsar