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Ice Hockey World Championship 2016 will be held from 6 to 22 May in Russia in the two cities. Competitions will be held in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Championship Matches will be held in two arenas:
"VTB Ice Palace" in Moscow (the nearest metro station - Avtozavodskaya).

New problems have arisen among tourists from Finland in the Russia. The fact is that for a stay on the territory of the border zone for foreign citizens Russian visa is insufficient. To stay on the territory of the border zone have to have special permission. Arriving tourists must pass this territory without stopping.

Circus “Na Fontanke” (Цирк на Фонтанке) began operating after renovation in St. Petersburg. Opening of the Circus on Fontanka will be held December 18 2015. The renovation of the building began in mid-2014 and lasted for about 1.5 years. During the repair was carried out a great amount of work: fortified foundation, walls repaired, rebuilt the dome, renovated interiors and upgraded amenities. The circus also regained its historical name - Circus Ciniselli.

Stockmann will sell its stores in Russia. This company was forced to losses and the weakening of the ruble.

Sales of the Stockmann department store in Russia amounted to about 240 million euros and an operating loss of 26 million euros in 2014. The company currently has seven stores in Russia (5 in the Moscow region, one in St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg 1), as well as a logistics center and administrative and support prdrazdeleniya. The Stockmann in Russia has about 2300 employees.

We are against paid roads! These words these days can often be seen on heavy vehicles in the news on TV in Russia. So truck drivers expressed their disagreement with the introduction of fares on roads on for trucks with permissible maximum mass exceeding 12 tones in Russia.

Ski season winter 2015 - 2016's, scheduled to open in the next few days in Finland. Skiing is very popular in this country. There is a large number of small and large ski centers. They come here to ski, and the inhabitants of border regions of Russia.

The second by number of passengers’ airlines in Russia is experiencing great economic problems. Most likely the airline will be declared bankrupt. There are proposals to create several other companies on its basis.

A new, high-speed train "Lastochka" will begin to run between St. Petersburg and Vyborg September 2 2015. The electric train will make two stops, at stations Udelnaya and Zelenogorsk. Travel time between Vyborg and St. Petersburg will be 1 hour 15 minutes. Tickets from Vyborg to Finland Station of St. Petersburg will cost 282 rubles. Currently, the most convenient form of public transport to move between Vyborg and St. Petersburg is a bus.

Hotel are being checked for compliance with the requirements for the classification of the declared category (number of stars) in Saint Petersburg. This checking is carried out in preparation for the World Cup 2018. To obtain an application from the FIFA World Cup Accommodation Office for servicing the championship need to know to which category hotel is suitable.

World Exhibition Expo Milano 2015 was opened May 1, 2015 in Milan. The exhibition will last till October 31, 2015. This is one of the main events of 2015 in Italy. Milan was elected to host the "Expo-2015" at the General Assembly of the International Exhibitions Bureau March 31, 2008 in Paris. Representatives of over 140 countries will take part in the exhibition will be.