TALLINN, Estonia — Estonia will open the Baltic states' largest maritime museum in a hangar once used by Charles Lindbergh. The main attractions at the 15 million euro ($20 million) Seaplane Harbor will be a British-built submarine dating from the 1930s and a life-size replica of the...

.... Park Kultury, Smolenskaya. Wed., Thurs. and Fri. noon to 7 p.m., Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 637-2564/5682. Central House of Artists: Moscow Architecture Biennale, to Sun. Located at 10 Krymsky Val. M. Park Kultury, Oktyabrskaya. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., closed Mon. 8-499-238-9634/1245, www.cha.ru Dom Ikony Na Spiridonovke: Icons and other works of Christian art from a private collection, permanent display. Located at 4 Ul. Spiridonovka. M. Arbatskaya, Tverskaya. Noon to 10...

... 20th-century Russian oils, to Sat. MT Pick New Jack of Diamonds (Bubnovy Valet): works by this early Russian avant-garde group of artists from Russian museum collections, June 7 to Sept. 30. Located at 12 Vorotnikovsky Pereulok. M. Mayakovskaya. Ticket office open noon to 7 p.m. 699-1178/4774, www.domnaschokina.ru Galeyev Gallery: Vasily Masyutin (1884 -1955): etchings from 1911 to 1920, to July 1. Located at 19/6 Bolshoi Kozikhinsky Pereulok. M. Mayakovskaya. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sat. and Sun. noon to 6 p...

... "The Nutcracker." And, with time, there should be much else in the theater's repertoire, both classical and modern, to display Smirnova's remarkable gifts. The Bolshoi caught the subtleties of "Emeralds," the elusive, French-flavored opening segment of "Jewels," with nearly as much skill. Yevgenia Obraztsova, another Vaganova graduate, recently acquired from the Mariinsky, and Anna Tikhomirova gave accomplished and nicely contrasted performances in the two leading roles...

... with good accessibility remain hard to find.  In Yekaterinburg, 2011 was a record year for new office space: Eight business centers — one Class A, four Class B+ and three Class B buildings — with a total of 280,000 square meters of space opened in the "Capital of the Urals." It will take several years for Yekaterinburg to absorb that much office space, according to experts. At the same time, the city is already suffering from a deficit in quality offices with good engineering...

An in-depth profile of Mikhail Abyzov, Open Government liaison and a Cabinet minister, by Russia's only daily English-language newspaper. 28 May 2012 Minister Mikhail Abyzov twice denied in a November interview that he would accept a government job. "I am not going to work as a public...

The first part of a new intersection at the notorious bottleneck where Leningradskoye Shosse and the Moscow Ring Road meet should be open by the end of this year. The first part of a new intersection at the notorious bottleneck where Leningradskoye Shosse and the Moscow Ring Road meet should be open by the end of this year. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin ordered contractors to...

Boldness of the sort displayed by U.S. President Richard Nixon in opening discussions with China is needed now in the negotiations over Iran's nuclear program. Rearranging the deck chairs would not have saved the Titanic. Nor did the endless debates on the shape of the table in the Vietnam negotiations advance the...

Nearly 200 of Moscow's museums, parks, theaters and cultural centers are staying open after hours Saturday as part of the city's sixth annual Night at the Museum project. Most participating venues will be open from 6 p.m. until midnight, some much later, and will offer free admission. Nearly 200 of Moscow's...

(VIDEO) The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case Friday against a police officer after a video surfaced showing him kicking a reportedly pregnant female protester in Sunday's March of a Million protest event. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case Friday against...

Founder of the MMM-2011 pyramid scheme Sergei Mavrodi is under investigation for "aiding and abetting illegal business activity," after the Novosibirsk prosecutor's office opened a criminal case in relation to the scheme. Founder of the MMM-2011 pyramid scheme Sergei Mavrodi is under investigation for "aiding and abetting illegal business activity," after the Novosibirsk prosecutor's office opened...

... constant in the market since Lehman, and although this has had a seriously negative impact on the IPO market in general, other companies have recently come to market and more are about to list in the near future. Whether or not the markets will remain open during the rest of the year is a different topic altogether. Many Russian companies will most certainly be looking eagerly for a window of opportunity to raise their own financing. In recent years, there has been a continuing trend for Russian companies...

... like a somewhat alien concept. "You know when you see a yacht or something, and there is a mental barrier saying 'That's not for me' — you just don't associate yourself with it," he said. "Then when I tried it — it was eye opening." Since then, he has taken his family on camper-van — or recreational-vehicle — trips all over Europe and the United States. Smitten with vacationing on the road, three years ago he decided to bring his newfound passion to Russia...

Beat Film Festival, which presents a range of documentaries on music and contemporary culture from all around the world, opened late Wednesday at the Gorizont movie house. Beat Film Festival, which presents a range of documentaries on music and contemporary culture from all around the world, opened late Wednesday at the Gorizont movie house. One of this year's highlights...

... the Kremlin Suite, which can book for 83,000 rubles ($2,600) a night or more, feature a picturesque view of Russia's center of power. InterContinental Moscow Tverskaya This five-star InterContinental hotel on Tverskaya, in the very center of Moscow, opened in December last year. Designed by British firm AlexKravetzDesign, the 12-story hotel has more than 200 rooms, a restaurant, bar and ballroom, as well as a fitness center and spa. It is part of the Summit multifunctional complex, which contains...

The Investigative Committee has opened an inquiry against self-exiled businessman Boris Berezovsky, who recently pledged a $1.5 million bounty for the arrest of Vladimir Putin. Self-exiled billionaire Boris Berezovsky, who recently pledged a 50 million ruble ($1.5 million) bounty...

... project to increase the total area of city parks fivefold in the next five years. Hotels in Moscow are ready for more tourists, and as the luxury segment is reaching a saturation point, operators are now aiming to capture the mid-market. Mid-market openings this year include Azimut Danilovskaya and Mercure Arbat. "Development of budget hotels in Moscow is limited due to a number of reasons, one of which is high cost of land. Nearly all hotels within the Third Transport Ring are upscale,"...

Police have opened a criminal case in connection with a brawl between members of pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi and the family of a Chechen government official over the official's wife's parked car, after a video of the fight went viral online. Police have opened...

... of the bridge. "I climbed with a crane. There is no place higher to go." But police and Federal Security Service officials were waiting for Raskalov when he came down the bridge, which will be the world's longest cable-stayed bridge when it opens. Raskalov said the authorities questioned him and his friends for three hours before letting them go. "We carried out a preventive conversation with them," a police spokesman told Interfax, adding that the trio's actions were illegal and...

... on Monday signed an order relieving all Cabinet ministers of their duties, as required by the constitution, Interfax reported. The Cabinet includes 25 ministers, including seven deputy prime ministers. 2:18 p.m., Putin Says Russia Will Be an ‘Open, Honest, and Predictable Partner’: In a short speech after being sworn in as president, Vladimir Putin said Dmitry Medvedev helped spur the creation of a stable economic foundation and a “responsible” civil society and said Russia...