The Russian Federal Service for Consumer Protection and Welfare closes several McDonald’s restaurants. How popular is plane spotting in Russia? What are Bolshoi Theater’s plans for the coming season? And what was the Soviet/Russian summer residence, or dacha, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore like?
The Russian Federal Service for Consumer Protection and Welfare says numerous violations of health legislation were discovered at several of McDonald's restaurants in Moscow during a recent inspection. This led to the temporary closure of several locations in the nation’s capital. We discuss the reasons, what Muscovites think and recall the first McDonald's restaurant in Moscow.
Plane spotting is the international hobby of observing, photographing and logging of the registration numbers of aircraft. How popular is it in Russia? Is it dangerous to be seen with cameras and binoculars around a Moscow airport? Vasily finds out.
The Bolshoi Theater’s popularity in the world is undisputed. The company’s recent tour of the US was a great success, not marred in the least by the latest political developments. In the coming year the Bolshoi Company is planning to tour Japan, Hong Kong and Brazil. How hard is it to get tickets to a night at the opera in Moscow? Natasha investigates.
In Mailbag - a listener’s question about the Soviet/Russian summer residence, or dacha, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
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