From: RussiaToday on Sat, Dec 13 2008 2:18 PM

Ksenia Sukhinova from Siberia has been crowned the new Miss World in a glamorous show in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 21-year-old student from the Tyumen region beat 109 rivals.

From: RussiaToday on Fri, Nov 21 2008 8:19 PM

Traditional Russian dolls dressed by popular fashion designers have gone on display in Moscow. The 31 dolls, known as Matryoshkas, had previously been auctioned for more than 700,000 euros to raise money for charity. The event drew hundreds of fashion lovers, including supermodel Naomi Campbell.

From: RussiaToday on Tue, Oct 07 2008 4:22 PM

That’s what one film director compares his film about snowboarding to. At the premiere at one of Moscow's leading film venues, Russian riders were hoping to attract more people to snowboarding.

From: RussiaToday on Mon, Jul 21 2008 10:28 AM

Moscow’s glamour Queens have donned their high heels, and bounded through the streets in the city’s annual high heels sprint. Girls competed in a "80 meters on heels" race in no less than nine centimetre high shoes.

From: RussiaToday on Mon, Jul 14 2008 9:37 AM

They’ve performed at New York’s Carnegie Hall, Russia’s State Kremlin Palace and the Royal Palace of Madrid. Now Russia’s Turetsky Choir have made Arkhangelskoye Estate outside Moscow the latest venue to enjoy their music.

From: RussiaToday on Mon, Jun 23 2008 8:21 AM

A top German film director has told RT about the making of his acclaimed movie, ‘Absurdistan’. Veit Helmer’s allegorical comedy tells the story of a tiny village inhabited by just 14 families between Asia and Europe.

From: RussiaToday on Fri, Jun 20 2008 12:36 PM

The Sex and the City series has been a striking success all over the world - and Russia is no exception. For many women it has become an indispensable guide to the fraught relations between the sexes, as well as a trend-setter in the world of fashion. As the full-length film premiered in Moscow o...

From: RussiaToday on Sat, May 31 2008 3:49 AM

Russia’s Dima Bilan, the winner of the 2008 Eurovision song contest, has started a tour of Europe. On May 31 he is in the UK with the Eurovision winner’s party taking place in one of London’s top night clubs. The irony is that Britain’s where the biggest row over block voting has emerged.

From: RussiaToday on Thu, May 29 2008 3:21 PM

Ukrainian media officials say Russian singer Dima Bilan's win in the Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade was rigged. The statement was published by a Ukrainian newspaper.

From: RussiaToday on Sun, May 25 2008 5:10 PM

Bilan received a hero's welcome at home, with hundreds of fans and dozens of journalists coming to meet him at Moscow’s Sheremetevo airport on Sunday night.

From: RussiaToday on Sat, May 24 2008 1:20 PM

For the first time in its history, the Eurovision song contest has been won by Russia. Dima Bilan, with help from a master violinist and an Olympic skating champion, took the prize. It means that Moscow will host next year’s event.

From: RussiaToday on Wed, May 21 2008 8:47 AM

For the first time in the history of the Cannes Festival, three Russian movies are vying for the Golden Camera award for the best first feature film - Sergey Dvortsevoy’s ‘Tulip’, Bakura Bakuradze’s ‘Shultes’ and Valeria Guy Germanika’s ‘Everybody Dies But Me’.

From: RussiaToday on Tue, May 20 2008 7:43 PM

Russian pop singer Dima Bilan has qualified for the Final of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place on Saturday, May 24.

From: RussiaToday on Sat, May 17 2008 12:13 PM

Nnenna Freelon, the renowned American jazz singer, has given her first ever performance in Russia. It was a night of nostalgia, with some classic jazz from the 1930s and 1940s including some of Billy Holiday's hits.

From: RussiaToday on Wed, Apr 30 2008 4:56 AM

There was hardly a person in the Soviet Union during WW2 who didn’t see the political cartoons on Hitler, Mussolini, Franco and other fascist leaders by the "Kukryniksy" group of artists. It was largely down to their posters that Soviet soldiers were encouraged to fight.

From: RussiaToday on Wed, Apr 16 2008 8:40 AM

Glamour and glitz from Hollywood’s golden age is the inspiration behind an unusual exhibition now open in Moscow. The show, combining celebrities’ photos with retro jewellery, is on at the ‘Kino’ gallery. The smiles of Marilyn Monroe, Ava Gardner and Audrey Hepburn are set to captivate and bewitc...

From: RussiaToday on Fri, Mar 21 2008 9:08 AM

The Georgian National Ballet "Sukhishvilli" are extremely busy on tours around the world, but coming to Russia is a great joy for them, as they are always in demand here by those who miss their culture.

From: RussiaToday on Mon, Mar 17 2008 12:11 PM

World-renowned Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev would have been 70 years old today. Nureyev was educated at the Leningrad Ballet School and starred with the Kirov Ballet before defecting to the west during a tour of France.

From: RussiaToday on Mon, Mar 10 2008 10:14 AM

She isn't a movie star but she does have millions of fans throughout the world. She's made her fortune on the small screen. She's an Internet sensation and her online students call her Sexy Marina. She's not modest about her success - and calls herself one of the hottest women...

From: RussiaToday on Sun, Mar 02 2008 6:49 AM

Some may consider it perverse; others say it's a sophisticated and beautiful art. But judging by the popularity of Moscow's second annual Bondage Fest, there are plenty of fans.