Comments on: Russian Winter Festival in London http://www.siberianlight.net/london-russian-winter-festival/ The Russia Blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:29:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andy http://www.siberianlight.net/london-russian-winter-festival/#comment-44955 Andy Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:18:01 +0000 http://www.siberianlight.net/2008/01/08/london-russian-winter-festival/#comment-44955 Helen - as far as I know, Norilsk is still a 'closed' city. This doesn't mean that foreigners can't go there at all - just that they need to get special permission. Because MMC Norilsk Nickel, one of the world's largest mining companies, is based in Norilsk, there are quite a lot non-Russian businessmen and consultants going in and out of the town. You might want to check out this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMC_Norilsk_Nickel" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia page on Norilsk</a>. Tim - I actually went to last year's event, and still didn't get to see DDT :-( Helen – as far as I know, Norilsk is still a ‘closed’ city. This doesn’t mean that foreigners can’t go there at all – just that they need to get special permission.

Because MMC Norilsk Nickel, one of the world’s largest mining companies, is based in Norilsk, there are quite a lot non-Russian businessmen and consultants going in and out of the town.

You might want to check out this Wikipedia page on Norilsk.

Tim – I actually went to last year’s event, and still didn’t get to see DDT :-(

]]> By: Tim Newman http://www.siberianlight.net/london-russian-winter-festival/#comment-44953 Tim Newman Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:24:45 +0000 http://www.siberianlight.net/2008/01/08/london-russian-winter-festival/#comment-44953 I'm still disappointed I didn't get to see DDT at last year's event. :( I’m still disappointed I didn’t get to see DDT at last year’s event. :(

]]> By: helen http://www.siberianlight.net/london-russian-winter-festival/#comment-44943 helen Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:30:52 +0000 http://www.siberianlight.net/2008/01/08/london-russian-winter-festival/#comment-44943 is Norilsk still a closed city to foreigners? is Norilsk still a closed city to foreigners?

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