World’s Most Famous Volcanoes
There are over 600 active volcanoes on our planet, and 28 of them are in Kamchatka, in Russiaâ™s Far East. </p>
// Aug. 29, 2010 - 07:23 GMT
Photo tour with RIA Novosti: Newfoundland, Canadian land of light
The Canadian island of Newfoundland can be reached by ferry from the province of Nova Scotia.
// Aug. 28, 2010 - 08:10 GMT
World’s highest-paid female athletes
Serena Williams is the No. 1 female tennis player in the world. Financially, however, she lags behind her Russian competitor. According to Forbes, Serena earned $20.2 million last year.
// Aug. 21, 2010 - 08:28 GMT
Air show over Vasilyevsky Island
The first international salon of civil aircraft and aeronautics InterAeroCom: St. Petersburg 2010 opened on August 12 at the exhibition center Lenexpo on Vasilyevsky Island. The grand opening was followed by an air show performed by the Rus aerobatics team with Aero L-39 Albatross aircraft.
// Aug. 14, 2010 - 07:00 GMT
Left-handed celebrities
Left-Handersâ™ Day is celebrated worldwide on August 13. </p>
// Aug. 14, 2010 - 04:45 GMT
Day of Wrath prorest in Moscow
Two human rights advocates were detained on Thursday along with 35 other protesters after staging an anti-government rally in front of Moscow City Hall.
// Aug. 13, 2010 - 08:11 GMT
Russian scientists search for traces of lost expedition on Franz Josef Land
Russian scientists traveled to the Franz Josef Land archipelago to find traces of the expedition led by Georgy Brusilov on the Saint Anna schooner, which disappeared 100 years ago.
// Aug. 07, 2010 - 07:55 GMT
Barack Obama and his ladies
On August 4, Barack Hussein Obama, the first Afro-American president of the United States, turned 49. Obama was born in Honolulu, the capital of Hawaii. His father, Barack Obama, Sr., came to the United States from Kenya to study economics. His mother, a white American woman, Stanley Ann Dunham, was studying anthropology.
// Aug. 05, 2010 - 09:08 GMT
Kriushi: a Russian village burnt down by wildfire
Wildfires in the Ryazan Region have left almost 700 people without a roof over their heads. Several villages in the Ryazan and Spas-Klepiki districts of the Ryazan Region have been razed to the ground by the fires, with over 200 houses destroyed. One such village is Kriushi.
// Aug. 03, 2010 - 06:52 GMT