Another Shore - Russia

One of the culinary delights in Russia is the range of soups and this one is one of my favourites. It's meaty and rich... and delicious....

a Turkish brand of bubble gum that was hugely popular in the former USSR countries in the 1990s and is still available in Russia today. ...

As widely reported , a fire in a shopping centre in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russian has killed 14 people, with more bodies likely to be found. ...

A Tulsky pryanik is one of those things that Russians appear to think that everyone abroad knows about Russia and buys as a souvenir... like...

My wife's in Moscow for a week - gone to see family and her favourite Russian group, Agata Kristi, who've reformed for a couple of c...

The good news is that the Moscow Times reports that the suicide rate is the Russian capital is falling.  The bad news is that...

...don't do it at all. The president has faced a lot of criticism recently...