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Football fans visiting Moscow during the World Cup added about 96.6 billion rubles ($1.6 billion) to the city coffers during the tournament, which ran from June 14 to July 15. "[A total of] 3.8 million fans attended the World Cup …
Russia is celebrating Spring and Labour Day today, May 1st. Being a traditional European spring celebration, May Day is a national public holiday in a majority of countries. The date is currently celebrated specifically as 'Labour Day' or …
According to the latest information, during the hurricane in Moscow, 12 people were injured, one girl died, the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin wrote in his Twitter account. He said that the girl was hospitalized and died …
On Saturday, December 13, employees of newspapers and magazines, television and radio companies, news agencies and online publications celebrate the Day of Russian Press. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev congratulated …
Moscow Deputy Mayor for Transport Maxim Lixutov said that the strengthening of security measures in the Moscow metro allowed to prevent the passage of more than 260 thousand dangerous items, among which more than 17 thousand different types of …
Number of tourists who visited Moscow this year is close to 20 million, Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin said. According to Sobyanin, tourism industry has become a significant part of Moscow's economy. He …
Ahead of presidential elections scheduled for March next year, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and opposition firebrand Alexei Navalny are among President Vladimir …
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said that incomes of Moscow population are currently growing. He made this statement at today's meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. …
Slightly more than 5,000 Soviet-era low-rise apartment blocks in Moscow have been incorporated into the so-called housing renovation program, Moscow’s Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said at a city government meeting. …
Russia’s State Duma has adopted the bill on housing renovation in Moscow on its third (final) reading on Wednesday. The draft law received 399 supportive votes and two votes against the bill, one deputy refrained from voting. The …
Most residents of Soviet-era low-rise apartment blocks set to be demolished in Moscow over the next 10-15 years support the city’s so-called renovation program, the capital’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin said. …
Storm killed 16 people in Moscow and the Moscow Region on May 29, a spokeswoman for the Russian Investigative Committee, Svetlana Petrenko, said. "Eleven people were killed in Moscow and three others in the Moscow Region," TASS cited Petrenko as saying.
The hurricane that struck Moscow City on Monday afternoon was unprecedented, Moscow City mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, TASS reports. "I can't remember within my recollection any other such calamity with the …
Millions of people worldwide are celebrating the main Christian holiday, Easter Sunday. This year the Orthodox Christian Church and the Catholic Church are celebrating Easter on the same day. The next time when the two Churches share Easter …
"Surely, someone slipped wrong information about migrants from Kyrgyzstan to the mayor of Moscow," the President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev said, 24.kg reports. According to him, he didn't …
A solemn parade dedicated to the anniversary of the historic parade of November 7th 1941 has started on Red Square in Moscow with the chime of bells and "The Sacred War" song. The servicemen carry flags of units that defended …
Russian President Vladimir Putin has led ceremonies launching a monument to St Vladimir Duke of Kiev, who brought Eastern Orthodox Christianity to …
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin attended the opening ceremony of the Moscow Central Circle and travelled on the train of the Moscow Central Circle, which was built to the City …
The mayor of the Russian capital, Sergei Sobyanin, has congratulated the Muscovites on the Day of the city, pointing out that thanks to their work, skill and talent Moscow lives and develops. …
Today, the Russian capital is celebrating its 869th birthday. Although the date is not round, the organizers have prepared for the Muscovites and the guests of the capital more than 1 thousand celebrations that will take place at 212 sites and …
