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10 Feb 2012 | Cirque du Soleil
 The world premiere of the new Cirque du Soleil production, Zarkana, was recently held in Moscow. The show is on in Moscow from now through April 8th.
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27 Jan 2012 | Prokhorov Official Candidate
 Russian Billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov has officially been registered as a presidential candidate by the Russian election authorities after he collected all the signatures he needed with less than 5% error.
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9 Dec 2011 | Hermitage opens new exhibits
 The Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg has announced the opening of two new exhibitions, marking the anniversary of its foundation on St. Catherine's Day, the 7th of December.
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25 Nov 2011 | Ice Museum
 This winter there is a special ice museum in St. Petersburg, and although it's a bit out of the way to get to, if you're a fan of ice sculptures it's well worth seeing. Over 1,100 tons of crystal clear ice and 300 tons of snow have been used to create the winter wonderland.
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14 Nov 2011 | Moscow Polytechnic Museum
 The Moscow Polytechnic Museum has revived an old tradition of holding educational concerts, lectures and poetry readings.
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28 Oct 2011 | Cheap Hotel and Disneyland
 In an effort to bring more foreign tourists to Moscow, the city government is planning to build more inexpensive 3-star hotels as well as a Russian Disneyland!
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18 Oct 2011 | Kremlin Cup
 The 22nd annual ATP Kremlin Cup is underway in Moscow, featuring the top Russian players and several other top international players, all competing for the top prize of $1.5 million!
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3 Oct 2011 | Da Vinci - The Genius Exhibition
 The Leonardo Da Vinci - The Genius Exhibition is currently in St. Petersburg as part of the cross cultural year of Russia and Italy. The Genius exhibit is part of a traveling exhibition that has been on the road for 10 years celebrating all the masterful works of the genius himself, Leonardo Da Vinci.
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20 Sep 2011 | Vietnamese Festival in Russia
 Moscow and St. Petersburg on September 20-27 will host the festival of Vietnamese culture. The Vietnamese Culture Minister Hoang Tuan Anh announced the festival on Monday, which will include several performances and exhibitions.
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9 Sep 2011 | Muslim Film Festival in Kazan
 The 7th annual Muslim Film Festival opened this week in the capital of Russia's Tatarstan republic of Kazan.
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30 Aug 2011 | Dam Completed in St. Petersburg
 Recently Russia completed work on the multi-billion-dollar construction of an abandoned Soviet-era dam complex in St. Petersburg to protect its former imperial capital from potentially devastating floods.
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18 Aug 2011 | New Ferry Stop in Tallinn
 Russian ferry line adds another weekly stop in Tallinn. The St. Peter Line will add a shore stop in Tallinn to cruise ferry Princess Anastasia's route out of St. Petersburg.
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21 Jun 2011 | Happy Birthday Victor Tsoi
 Today, June 21st, would have been the 49th birthday of the Russian rock legend Victor Tsoi, former front man on the equally famous Russian rock band from the 1980s Kino!
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6 Jun 2011 | Russian Language Day
 Today President Medvedev declared June 6th Russian language day. June 6th is also the official birthday of the most famous Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, who is considered the founder of the modern Russian language.
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27 May 2011 | Giant Matryoshka Dolls
 This week in Moscow opened an unusual exhibition of giant Matryoshka dolls. The rare exhibit will be held in Moscow’s AFIMALL City shopping center.
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