5 years The reception held in celebration of the publication’s anniversary was attended by officials from the Moscow government, heads of foreign companies, and ambassadors The Golden Ring Hotel in Moscow hosted an evening dedicated to the 5-year anniversary of Capital Ideas. The journal is published with assistance from the Department of External Economic…
Days of Moscow in Germany Days of Moscow took place in Leipzig and Berlin on November 10-17, 2018. A delegation from the Russian capital, headed up by Minister of Moscow and Head of the Moscow Department of External Economic and International Relations Sergey Cheremin, visited the German cities to take part in the events. Leipzig…
TASTE AND GOOD CONVERSATION: From dusk till dawn For over 200 years, linguists haven’t been able to figure out where the word “cocktail” comes from. There are so many versions, it’s easy to get confused. But the Mercedes Bar in Moscow, which is located in the very beginning of the elite Kutuzovsky Prospekt, is no…
This section of the magazine – “Moscow Vocabulary” – was born of remembering … Ronald Reagan, who appeared to be a fan – and collector – of Russian proverbs and sayings. Well, and we would like to guide you into a world of Russian idioms – just as bright and colorful. ВПИСАТЬ НОВУЮ СТРАНИЦУ – vpisat’ novuyu stranitsu. (To write…
Do it all: not everyone will make it to the future January marks the beginning of a new calendar, which means this is usually the time people reflect back on their previous year and try to do everything they didn’t get around to. For example, visit a theatre premiere that everybody keeps talking and writing…
The illiterate person is like a blind man, or books vs. smartphones People who think that all Russians do in their spare time is have dinner parties or go to the banya are very wrong. The myth does not line up with reality. And the reality is that Russians love to read, maybe more so…
Hopes and eye-openers from the new Nostradamus He has already been dubbed a “political Nostradamus,” and for good reason! Valery Solovey predicted Donald Trump’s victory, a number of major political crises in Europe, and serious shifts in Russian leadership. Professor, department head at MGIMO, and one of Russia’s most famous political scientists Valery Solovey answered…
Pyotr Tolstoy: We don’t think any country in the world has a right to lecture Russia on democracy Pyotr Tolstoy – a famous Russian journalist, producer, show host on Channel One, and Deputy Chairman of the State Duma – told Capital Ideas how information about Russia is disseminated, and talked to us about national pride, the renovation…
How to convince a business tourist to come to Moscow Moscow hosted the national MICE conference Your appetite subsides while you’re eating. The World Cup in Russia proved one thing to Russian tourism agencies: we can do anything if we want it badly enough. During the championship, 3.5 million foreigners visited our country. Foreigners…
James Larkin has been building banyas in Russia for over 20 years In 1993, James Larkin, who was a student at the prestigious Brunel University in the UK, came to Russia for the first time. He knew right away that he belonged here, and couldn’t stop thinking about how to move to Russia. Three years…