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Why Moscow is the greenest city in the world How did Russia’s industrial and historical center also become a heavily vegetated city? According to WorldAtlas, 54 percent of Moscow’s territory is covered by public parks and gardens, making it the greenest city in the world. There are 20 square meters of trees and shrubs per inhabitant in Moscow – many times more than in Tokyo, London or Beijing. This happened because of the combination of two factors: first, Moscow was initially built amongst the forests of the North-Eastern Russia, second, landscaping and greening starte...

These are unusual times, and the state of affairs can change quickly. Please check the latest travel guidance before making your journey. Note that our writer visited pre-pandemic. The Russian capital is well known for its flamboyant after-dark scene, which runs the gamut from burlesque shows and hipster bars to techno clubs and contemporary theatre venues. Although there are still glitzy clubs offering VIP tables and Cristal magnums, by and large the indulgent tackiness of the post-Soviet Nineties has been forgotten and you’re more likely to find cosy cocktail bars, craft beer spots or ...

Mass Arbitrary Arrests, Police Brutality, Prosecutions A policeman detains a man while protesters try to help him, during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. © AP Photo/Valentin Egorshin (Moscow, February 1, 2021) – For the second weekend in a row, Russian police forcibly and at times brutally dispersed peaceful protests, arbitrarily detaining more than 5,000 people across Russia, Human Rights Watch said today. That topped the previous record for the largest number of people d...

RUSSIA-POLITICS/NAVALNY (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV):UPDATE 3-Russian police detain over 450 at protests against jailed Kremlin critic Navalny's jailing

Russian state prosecutors said they would ask a court on Tuesday to jail opposition politician Alexei Navalny for up to three and a half years, and the Kremlin said it would not listen to U.S. complaints about his case.