My only knowledge of Russia came from Hollywood movies, James Bond films in particular - though I was aware that From Russia with Love was made back in 60s.
This is just one of the many questions I have been asked recently as a result of blogging here. What a question!
A student of a medical academy in Krasnoyarsk was ejected after refusing to stop wearing her headscarf.
Fashion comes full circle as boots with 1,500 years of history become a cat walk sensation.
Greenpeace is demanding the Russian government blocks a major Gazprom link to Shanghai across one of Siberia's most sacred wildernesses.