Tag: Russia

VisitBritain is reinforcing its increased investment and commitment to the world’s seventh most valuable source market for international tourism by taking a trade delegation to Japan this week, where it will introduce British tourism businesses to key Japanese travel buyers.

The trip follows earlier visits to India and Russia.

Taking place in Tokyo, the Japan Mission will see a series of meetings and seminars looking to secure business from Japan’s quickly recovering outbound travel sector.

UFO ZoneEach year, thousands of UFO hunters and scores of scientists come to the Urals to study unexplained phenomena. But is there any explanation for the paranormal activity in this region? Where are the UFOs coming from?

Russia's republic of Dagestan has been the jewel of the country's martial arts scene for years now. The area has produced numerous Olympic Champions, boding well ahead of next year's London Games.

After the Fukushima crisis, there have been calls to test nuclear power plants against earthquakes and floods.
Recent disasters across the world have raised safety concerns and Russian inventors could soon be cashing in on those fears.

Russia has been the source of some of the world's most moving and grooving influences in the psychedelic trance genre for the last few years. Riding the crest of this relentless wave of dance floor-shaking sounds is Blitz Studios. Since its inception, Blitz and its artistic director DJ Dharma Kaya have been tirelessly busy, innovative and very effective in churning out ever new and killer sounds. Blitz has been the mother to the globally acclaimed release "Vostok 1" which is still receiving regular rotation in DJ sets and playlists worldwide today.

We had Putin the topless fisherman with a ripped torso, and Putin the fearless adventurer neutralising a tiger with a single tranquiliser dart. Yesterday, on his 56th birthday, we were introduced to yet another macho incarnation of the Russian Prime Minister Putin the judo master.

In Let's Learn Judo with Vladimir Putin, a 90-minute film shot over the past year-and-a-half, the former Russian president shares his favourite judo moves with viewers, who are intended to be young Russians learning the Japanese martial art.