The 4th most popular blog site in the world, www.livejournal.com, has been acquired by a Russian media company SUP. LiveJournal is the most popular blog platform in Russia and is used mainly by intellectuals and young people. For many people it's become the only independent source of information in Russian.

SUP's CEO Andrew Polson is well known in Russia for establishing the most popular entertainment magazine, Afisha.

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The cream of the crop? Well, that’s subjective. But it is fair to say that Kasta are one of, if not the most, popular act in Russian hip-hop. And rap music, while not as popular in Russia as elsewhere in the world, is a fast-growing genre. Moreover, Kasta have to be given credit as pioneers. The trio from Rostov-na-Donu has been around since 1996 – a time when homegrown hip-hop was still very rare.

These days Kasta are a well-known band. Their numerous albums have achieved an impressive level of commercial success and their songs regularly feature on movie soundtracks and the like. The song ‘Goryachee Vremya’ (see the video below), which featured on the soundtrack for the 2002 action hit AntiKiller, was a particular boost to their fame.

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We have just been reviewing our stats for 2006 and realized an interesting detail: it may well be that almost every person traveling to Russia from USA, UK, Canada or Australia uses Way to Russia to plan the journey

Let's look at the numbers. About 1.4 Mln people visited Way to Russia site in 2006 and 789 000 of them are from USA, UK, Canada and Australia (data from Google Analytics and SpyLog).

At the same time, around 550 000 Americans, Britons, Canadians and Australians visited Russia in 2006 (projected data from GosKomStat).

So we decided to organize a contest for the best press-release regarding this fact and the prize will be a special 2007 present from Way to Russia team plus lots of appreciation. If you need more information (like stats), please, see our Business section or contact Dmitry Paranyushkin.

Thank You!