Friday marks the opening of a new exhibition at The National Center of Photography featuring the work of the American fashion photographer Deborah Turbeville. The internationally acclaimed artist studied with the legendary Richard Avedon. The exhibit will run through March 13th and is accompanied by lectures and screenings given by Turbeville called “Elements of Style”.
Turbeville [...]

Approximately a third of all Russians smoke according to a survey carried out by Romir Monitoring. The survey showed that while 31% of Russian women and men smoke, half of them would support a ban on smoking in public places.
Russia has the highest number of smokers per capita in the world. 42% of deaths are [...]

Russian President Vladimir Putin put on a pair of skis and hit the slopes in Sochi to try to help the Russian city in its bid to host the 2014 Winter Games. He was visiting the Psekhako Ridge ski area which is a newly developed winter facility that would host the snow sports events. It [...]

Thousands of Moscow women and men have just finished up a week long celebration which is their equivalent of Mardi Gras - a holiday called Maslenitsa which is known for lots of sun-shaped pancakes, beer and honey ale and all types of celebrations that go on non-stop to celebrate the coming of Lent.
Maslenitsa was celebrated [...]

The United Nations Development Program has named Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova to be a goodwill ambassador. Immediately following the announcement Sharapova made a $100,000 donation towards the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and said that her work would focus on helping that area continue to recover from the tragic 1986 nuclear accident.
Sharapova’s parents lived in Gomel [...]