Samara, known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev, is the ninth largest city in Russia and the administrative center of Samara Oblast. Some statistics indicate that it is the eighth or ninth-largest city by population, rather than sixth. Read More
Marking the 100th anniversary of pop and opera singer Roza Baglanova in the UNESCO list of anniversaries for 2022-2023, the cultural organ of the United Nations (UN) paid a fitting tribute to the legacy of the artist known as the "little Kazakh girl" ...
Wife of Russia's leading Opposition figure and Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, Yulia Navalny, has been detained among several others during an "unsanctioned" rally here demanding his release. ...