Now in St. Petersburg, you can get your own donut delivery! A candy store called, "Glaze" (Глазурь), is a fresh donut company making delicious American donuts of many different varieties. So, for example, a donut without filling, but with frosting will cost 70 rubles. A donut with apple and cinnamon, berries or bananas inside, will cost 80 rubles. And a donut with cheesecake or cream sauce with a mint glaze will cost 90 rubles.

The Russian State Duma has just adopted an anti-smoking law. The members of the Duma voted the adoption of the new bill on. 441 members voted in favor of the bill and just one member voted against it. The new law will come into force on June 1st, 2013. Starting on January 1, 2014, the tax on tobacco products will increase drastically. Then starting on June 1st, 2014, there will be a complete ban on smoking in trains, hotels, restaurants, and railroad stations. Tighter control over the production of tobacco products, as well as equipment for the production of these products will come into force on January 1st, 2017.

The Aurora is a symbol of the October Revolution and its famous 1917 “blank shot”, was the signal for the storming of the Winter Palace. In 1944, the cruiser was put on eternal parking in the Neva River, as a museum-monument for naval history of St. Petersburg. Since the mid- 20th century, it is a branch of the Central Naval Museum of Russia.

A great deal is coming to St. Petersburg soon! The Cultural Committee of St. Petersburg decided to make an event for all those who love going to the theatre, to be able to go for only 10 rubles! Last year the Cultural Committee of St. Petersburg decided to do it on Valentines Day, but this year it will be held on City Day, May 27th. The theatre box office will start selling tickets on May 25th in the morning.

Cities in the southeastern part of Finland will propose soon to develop a 36-hour visa-free trip to Finland to Russian tourists coming by train. The director of the development of Lappeenranta, Markku Heinonen said that his experiment would show whether the European Union and Russia could successfully in the future create a visa-free travel agreement.

In 2013, Sennaya Ploshad will begin to be remodeled. Recently, the city agreed on a draft for the reconstruction and remodeling of the square. The current station of Sennaya Ploshad will be demolished shortly and in its place, will be the Assumption Cathedral which was destroyed during the war in 1961.

The upcoming Olympics in Sochi next year are fast approaching! With all the excitement that it will bring to the people of Russia and around the world, an Olympic countdown timer has been set up on Malaya Konyushennaya Street. The timer shows how many days, hours, minutes, and seconds are left until the start of the Olympic games in Sochi- 2014. The design consists of three panels, which contain an asymmetrical design of diamonds, blue triangles, and other blue colors. Both sides feature an electronic scoreboard with red numbers.

In St. Petersburg, there will soon open an erotic 3D cinema. In addition to the cinema, there will be a museum, which will display the history and culture of eroticism, plus a collection of sex machines, a library, and a shop. The 3D cinema is promised to be the only one of its kind in St. Petersburg!

Today, 27 January, the city of St. Petersburg, celebrates the 69th anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi siege during the Great Patriotic War (World War II) from 1941-1945. At 7 pm tonight, the torches at the Rostral columns will be lit up in remembrance of those who lost their lives during this time. Then at 9 pm, a fireworks show will be held at the walls of the Peter and Paul fortress.

Just a few days ago on January 19th, 2013, the Siberian town of Novosibirsk hosted the Miss Snow Universe beauty pageant. There were 20 beautiful contestants who bared the freezing cold temperatures in just a blue bikini and banner. According to the pageant co-organizer, Tatyana Fetisova, said that the girls desired to have a session in a blue swimsuit because they wanted to do something out of the ordinary, and the best way to do this is in one of the most coldest places on Earth, Siberia.