MMore than 50 Russian and foreign TV Channels participated in the Golden Ray Award, the first National Award in the Sphere of Satellite, Cable and Internet Television in the history of Russian television.

22 October the first Russian forum «Russia - Sports Power» was opened in Kazan.

Today the session of the presidium of the Ministry of sport, culture and youth affairs was held in Moscow.

The first day of Russian Tourism Association conference closed with the presentation titled «Tourism Sector under New Economic Environment. Saint-Petersburg Experience».

«INVETEKS» is one of the eldest and the most respected tourism exhibitions in Russia. This year it is held 17th time. In the showrooms of «Lenekspo» exhibition complex more than 400 participants from 30 countries presented their expositions. The number is amazing, and it is the evidence that even under difficult economical conditions tourism is still developing rapidly.

The 12th conference of Russian Tourism Association opened on 13 of October in Saint-Petersburg. Delegates and guests, all together more than 600 people, gathered  in Smolnij. Sessions are held in historical White Hall. The conference takes place in a quite complicated business environment so mutual decisions about  how to work and to live should be taken.