Nagatinskaya flood basin reconstruction

A new park is planned to be built in Moscow ‪#‎Nagatinskaya‬ flood basin in 3 years.
According to the Moscow ‪#‎mayor‬ Sergey ‪#‎Sobyanin‬ Moscow deserves to have a world class ‪#‎park‬!
According to the project the park will work 365 days a year and will have a skating rink, children yacht school, cinema, bicycle roads and many other attractions for children.

Nagatinskaya flood basin

                                              Nagatinskaya flood basin project

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Yeniseisk

Yeniseisk is one of the oldest cities in the Eastern Siberia. It was founded in 1619 as a fortress by the Cossacks on the left bank of the Yenisei river. Nowadays it is very popular among tourists for its rich history and numerous monuments.

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Amur tiger in airport. How it can be possible? See the pictures from Vnukovo.

Photo from livejournal by ivandalavia

free wi-fi on Moscow bus stops

#Megafon has announced free wi-fi on 108 Moscow bus stops. It has become more pleasant to wait for a bus. You can chat with your friends https://www.facebook.com/groups/FriRusEnglishSpeaking/ or read posts in social networks https://www.facebook.com/FriendlyRussia without paying for Internet.
Free wi-fi is available in a 30 meters radius which means that you do not need to sit under the roof of the bus stop only.
Each router can provide access up to 64 users at a time with 10 mbite/sec speed.

Baby strollers parade

Do you have kids? Are you creative enough? Do you plan to be in Moscow in July? If you have 3 yes, then the following info will be useful for you.

On July 11th a traditional baby strollers parade will take place in Gorky Park.
You can participate in this action together with your family. For this you need to register at the official web page of the parade http://parad.mama-tv.ru/2015 where you should tell about your idea of decoration, your story - what you want to show and express. 
In case you have only idea and no materials you can ask for help in the specially organized art garage. 
If you consider that your kids are quite grown up to sit in a stroller - it's not a problem. You can use dolls stroller or design baby stroller so that you "grown up" kids would be happy to navigate it.

Below you'll find some pictures of this performance from the previous years for it to be clear how to behave and what to create :)

Just look how funny it is! You should go! :)

Sochi today - heavy rain and serious consequences

Sochi today had a very heavy rain which lead to serious consequences.
Below you'll find video and photos which do not need other comments.
We wish Sochi residents and tourists to go through the disaster with minimum losses.

Caspian Challenge by Laura Kennington

Did you hear about Laura Kennington? She describes gerself as a "fitness professional, adventurer and ice cream enthusiast". Currently Laura is travelling alone through Russia - a 2,300 mile journey by kayak along the length of the Volga River in Russia, from source to sea.

That's a challnge of a brave person!
We are following you on your ‪#‎CaspianChallenge‬ Laura Kennington ! And we wish you good luck and a marvelous journey!

Here's her first blog from Russia. Please enjoy reading :)

http://lauraexplorer.com/2015/06/08/caspian-challenge-perseverance-persistence-and-plan-adjustments/