Culturally and historically rich, this gargantuan country is home to a venerable culture and some of the world's most iconic sights and art treasures, despite being despotically ruled (as it has for nearly all its history).

However, for the time being we do not recommend travel to Russia - particularly by citizens of Western countries - due to its status in the past several years as a dangerous rogue state and particularly its unprovoked February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the worst threat to European security since World War II.

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Russia rated - surprise! - worst country in Europe for gays/lesbians

Just came across a Guardian piece published a few weeks ago with some interesting findings from something called the LGBTQ+ Danger Index, which ranks the world's 150 most-visited countries using eight factors, including legalized same-sex marriage, worker protection and whether, based on Gallup poll findings, it is a good place to live. Sweden comes in first, followed by Canada, Norway, Portugal and Belgium. My adopted country Spain comes in at number 10, but my native country the USA is just…

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The Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg

The gemlike Church of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is known to Petersburgers as the Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood - or even just the Church on the Blood - as it marks the spot where Czer Alexander II was fatally wounded in an assassination attempt on March 1, 1881. It was co-designed by Alfred Parland, a Scottish-German architect, and Archimandrite Ignaty, who presided over the Russian Orthodox Church at the time. Following decade read post

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  • Jorge Carlos Tejada Sobrino December 17, 2024 at 1:34pm
    Oh, this is rich. The Russian government is urging its citizens not to travel to the West because they could be harassed and "hunted"! I´ve been thinking the same thing in reverse - any Westerner traveling to Russia is crazy, and likely to end up a pawn in the hands of the dictatorship, which arbitrarily arrests people like Britney Griner to hold hostage https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-12-11/russia-tells-...
  • Jordan Simon November 11, 2024 at 7:38pm
    Wow... https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/short-planes-rus...
    Short of planes, Russia asks Central Asian airlines to run domestic flights
    Facing a shortage of planes due to Western sanctions, Russia is in talks with some Central Asian countries for their airlines to run domestic flights…
  • David Paul Appell October 27, 2022 at 4:47pm
    This just published piece from BBC Travel on five ancient sites across the world includes an eerie, 550-meter array of giant whale ribs and vertebrae known as "Whale Bone Alley" on a Siberian island called Yttygran, built by pre-Inuit people and though to be around 2,000 years old. Never heard of it, but wow. https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20221025-five-ancient-sacred-sit...
    Five ancient sacred sites around the globe
    From Mongolia's mysterious deer stones to cities to honour the dead, ancient sites built by people trying to make sense of life, death and the univer…
  • Max Pesling June 7, 2022 at 12:35pm
    The percentage of Russians traveling abroad has dropped calamitously - to about 15% of pre-COVID-pandemic levels - due to sanctions and restrictions over their country's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Furthermore what little travel remains has been reoriented (so to speak) toward Asia as well as the Middle East. More from travel industry site eTurbo News: https://eturbonews.com/ukraine-invasion-destroys-russian-outbound-t...
    Ukraine invasion destroys Russian outbound tourism | eTurboNews | eTN
    According to the latest industry data, Russian outbound tourism, already severely handicapped by the global COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions, has
  • José Balido March 5, 2022 at 12:19pm
    Over the years there has of course been unending debate about the nexus of politics and travel, but never in memory has there been such a drastic and sudden realignment of the travel industry as what is going on today with regard to Russia as fallout from its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, including closure of North American and Western European airspace to Aeroflot and other Russian aviation as well as cancellation of cruise line calls in St. Petersburg and river cruises in Russia and the Ukraine. More details at:
    https://eu.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2022/03/01/how-ru...
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/more-cruise-lines-cancel-r...
  • Tripatini February 24, 2022 at 10:06am
    For the time being we do not recommend travel to Russia - particularly by citizens of Western countries - due to its status for the past several years as a dangerous rogue state and particularly its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the worst threat to European security since World War II.
  • Victor Tribunsky December 5, 2012 at 7:54pm

    Castle Muromtsevo in Vladimir, Russia: An Almost Buried Wonder.

    Castles are quite a rare architectural feature for Russia. There are plenty of churches, fortified hermitages, well-preserved military fortresses and ancient manors of the nobility, but the castles are the great wonder (really yet to seek).

    Here you can see three castles, but can you really guess which one is located in Russia?

    muromtsevo-russian-castle-1.jpg?w=780&width=700

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  • Sam Scribe November 25, 2012 at 12:53am

    Ted, I took a train trip through Russia a few years ago. This isn't the one that I took, but I came across it when I was doing my research and the link still works so they still offer it: http://www.guideposttours.com.au/util/doc.jsp?n=GW12-Caucasian-Expl...  Not a cruise, but these railroad journeys are as close to a cruise as anything on land can be.  

    http://www.guideposttours.com.au/util/doc.jsp?n=GW12-Caucasian-Explorer_131850417077072.PDF
  • TED JONES November 25, 2012 at 12:40am

    Do any cruises go to Tagenrog?

  • TED JONES November 25, 2012 at 12:34am

    What's the best way to get to Tagenrog from UK?

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