Russian Kafe » moscow http://www.russiankafe.com A blog about Russia. Featuring interesting photos, videos and links. Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:28:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Moscow traffic http://www.russiankafe.com/2010/10/29/moscow-traffic/ http://www.russiankafe.com/2010/10/29/moscow-traffic/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:09:19 +0000 jim http://www.russiankafe.com/?p=607 Typical mad night in Moscow.

Typical mad night in Moscow. Traffic… under Lenin’s petrified look!!!. by ittitipercaso on Flickr.

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Museum of Soviet arcade machines.

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Moscow metro by juan del pozo on Flickr.

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by Dmitry Mordolff on Flickr.

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by Dmitry Mordolff.

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]]> http://www.russiankafe.com/2010/09/03/aerial-view-of-moscows-most-famous-buildings/feed/ 0 Red Square Smog http://www.russiankafe.com/2010/08/27/red-square-smog/ http://www.russiankafe.com/2010/08/27/red-square-smog/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:34:56 +0000 jim http://www.russiankafe.com/?p=445 A photo of the smog recently experienced in Moscow.

Red Square Smog

by Óscar Robres on Flickr.

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After weeks of gagging on noxious fumes from surrounding wildfires and melting under 100-degree temperatures, not to mention fretting over radioactive smoke, Muscovites are finally in the clear.

A day after breaking the record daily high for the 22nd time this summer, temperatures here on Thursday dropped to a more customary 70 degrees, with an almost giddy Russian news media reporting that the next few days would bring still cooler weather.

via Moscow Journal – Moscow Weather Back to Normal After Fires, Heatwave – NYTimes.com.

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Sunset in Kuzminki Park

“Sunday Evening, Kuzminki Park” on Yandex Photos

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moscow 12 pm, by psydivision.

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Severe hurricane hits Russia after deadly heatwave – Youtube.

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