Message to Man Film Festival 2013 Opens in St Petersburg (photo courtesy SPT) Russia’s only documentary film festival marks its’ 23rd year and demonstrates that our human experience is not easy to understand and full of surprises. The film festival … Continued
The renovation of the General Staff Building of the State Hermitage Museum is undergoing final renovations and covers 60,473 square meters. The East Wing of the Staff Building will be used by the Hermitage for showcasing additional collections. The East … Continued
On August 6th, 2013 Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed an decree which changed the Tsarskoye Selo railway station name back to the original name. After the Bolshevik Revolution in 1918 the railway station was renamed Children’s Village (Detskoye Selo) to give a … Continued
While traveling by boat around the city is fairly new in St Petersburg (Venice has had such services since 1881 for example), the fledgling business is already in peril and funding from the city is ready to be cut. The … Continued
The Russian government is finally stepping in and creating a road map for budget airlines to enter the Russian market. Russia will get its first domestic low-budget airline carrier in 2013, with the next coming in 2014. However, already this spring British … Continued