Moscow tightens its lockdown to mirror UK’s restrictions

Moscow tightens its lockdown with residents only allowed out to go to work, hospital or the shops as coronavirus cases in the city pass 1,500 Russia has been lightly hit by the virus so far, with nine deaths and 1,534 cases, but it recorded 270 new infections in the past day so will lockdown from … Read more

Moscow orders all over-65s to stay at home

Moscow orders all over-65s to stay at home… then adds the rules do NOT apply to Vladimir Putin, 67 Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the elderly ‘must comply with an at-home regimen’ The measures would not affect Vladimir Putin because he ‘works where he lives’  Coronavirus has infected 438 people in Russia alone, predominately in Moscow Coronavirus … Read more

Moscow will use facial recognition cameras to keep 2,500 people in coronavirus quaratine

Moscow will use facial recognition cameras to make sure 2,500 people in coronavirus quaratine do not leave their homes 2,500 people evacuated from China to Moscow amid coronavirus outbreak They will be quarantined in their homes and hotels for two weeks to stop spread  Moscow mayor says facial recognition cameras will help keep them in … Read more

The winning images in the Art of Building Photographer of the Year contest from Spain to Moscow

The winning images in a prestigious building photography competition have been revealed – and they are truly mesmerising. The Art of Building Photographer of the Year contest, now in its 10th year, is run by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) to celebrate creativity in the construction industry. The competition’s judges sifted through thousands of … Read more

Inside Aeroflot’s Moscow training facility where MailOnline has a lesson in a Boeing 737 simulator

‘Keep pushing the nose down, bank to the left a little, now keep straight, keep straight, keep straight!’ Crash. It’s my first time attempting to land a plane and I’ve just clipped the top of some trees before the view out of the windscreen goes totally blank. MailOnline Travel’s Jennifer Newton is shown the ropes … Read more

Young Russian cadets arrived for the annual cadet ball at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow

Hundreds of young Russian cadets put on a display of glitz and glamour as they arrived for the annual cadet ball at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow. Staged by the Russian Federal Protection Service, St Andrew Hall was transformed into a sea of gold at the military soiree on Wednesday evening. Dressed to impress in … Read more

Young Russian cadets arrived for the annual cadet ball at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow

Shall we dance? Russian military school students take to the floor in glamorous pastel gowns and uniforms for the annual cadet ball at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow Hundreds of well-dressed young Russian cadets arrived at annual ball at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow Drummers of the secondary school No 1770 orchestra put on … Read more