Category - Russia Guide

Polonium poisoning was brought into the public eye back in 2006 due to the mysterious death of Alexander Litvinenko. Prior to those events, polonium had been virtually unknown and there was certainly no record of it...

All across Russia there are some historic landmarks and any one of them could make the list of famous Russian buildings. Some are known for their beauty, some their history and others are iconic images that make them...

Lithuania, in the Baltics, is one of Europe’s newer states, having gained independence from the Soviet Union on 11 March 1990. This article contains a number of useful Lithuania facts – from detail about its...

Microsoft has, for a long time, had a troubled relationship with Russia. A fast developing country, with startling growth in not just its economy but in computer ownership, Russia is a perfect target market for the...

The KHL (Kontinental Hockey League) is the premier Russian Hockey League. It actually includes teams from four countries – Russia, Belarus, Kazakhistan and Latvia, although the last three countries only have one...

Everyone who has ever seen a spy movie, or has even a passing knowledge of Russia and the Soviet Union has heard of the KGB. But a lot have people haven’t realised that, in today’s Russia, the KGB doesn’t exist. The KGB...

Putin might like to think he’s all manly and courageous with his topless fishing and hunting tigers and all that. But he’s got nothing on President Medvedev. Dancing on camera like a drunken and overly...

If you ever visit websites like reddit or slashdot, or indeed any website that posts jokes, you will no doubt have encountered the In Soviet Russia meme, also known as the Russian Reversal. Essentially, the idea is that...

Russia today is formally known as the Russian Federation, and it has only ever had three Presidents. The full list of Russian Presidents is, therefore: Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin and the current Russian President...