Why you definitely won't regret the decision to go ahead and buy tickets for the World Cup.

While western social media such as Facebook and Instagram are globally the most popular, Russians still prefer to use the homegrown social network, Vkontakte, or VK for short.

Peter I was one of the greatest reformers in Russian history, and his rule has been scrutinized and written about by generations of historians in Russia and abroad. Mysteries remain, however; sometimes quite disturbing ones that still loom over his reign.