Russia is known to business travellers for its vibrant cities, but Catherine Quinn discovers why the surrounding countryside is also prime location for incentive trips and breathtaking escapes

Discover the polished veneer of Kaliningrad, where the minerals, fishing and manufacturing industries thrive

Steven Rowland reports on St Petersburg, and highlights the differences that set it apart from the other canal-network cities

With a surge in popularity in recent times, Moscow is embodying the new Russia: brash, bold yet undeniably beautiful, Business Destinations’ Ben James provides a top ten guide to seek the best of the city

From the bright lights of Moscow to the European grace of St Petersburg, Ekaterinburg’s history and Kaliningrad’s burgeoning economy, Russian cities are interesting places to do business. By Sue Dobson

Spanning eleven time zones and twice the size of the USA, Russia is not a country that can be rushed. Many travellers go no further than Moscow, with its historic old city and lively nightlife, or follow the Volga boatmen along the waterways of the Czars to the baroque architecture of St Petersburg. This, however, […]

Founded by Peter the Great in 1703, the ground on which this beautiful baroque city stands now was little more than a swamp in the early 18th century. Yet during the reign of Elizabeth, Peter’s daughter, the city flourished into a grand city of picturesque plazas and busy canals, with neoclassical flourishes inspired by Italian […]

The Giant Bear of Russia has long been shrouded in mystery, but the city of Moscow feels somehow far more familiar. The imposing behemoth of the Kremlin and the view from Red Square in particular have become iconographic images of both the capital and the country as a whole. The association with the old Soviet […]