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Miss Russia finalists invite you to visit their hometowns

Step off the usual tourist tracks of Moscow and St. Petersburg and head to Yekaterinburg, Tver and Vladivostok.

Russian ship with British tourists free of Antarctic ice

The ship was bound for the Argentine port of Ushuaia.

Nod for foreign tour guides

Tour guides from Russia, South Korea, Iran and Japan will be allowed to operate in Malaysia from October.

Largest log resort in Asia launched

The units are built of pine imported from Russia.

Beware of the brown bear

Shotgun-toting wardens escort visitors around in Kamchatka in the Russian Far East, home to bears, reindeer and volcanoes.

Mud bath in Russia

Mud bath in Russia

Tus lake in Russia's Khakassia region is surrounded by mineral-rich black mud where tourists often go for a swim or cover themselves in the mud.

Stepping into the past

Each summer Russia's indigenous people come together in Magadan, in furthest north-eastern corner of the country to remember their traditional way of life.

Miss Russia finalists invite you to visit their hometowns