In the absence of a Russian tourist office, Aeroflot's office at 70 Piccadilly (071-491 1764) is acting as an unofficial travel information centre. The international airline has a good stock of free literature; it includes useful guides to Moscow and St Petersburg (with maps which show post-communist names), plus informative brochures on Siberia and the Russian Far East.
Destinations in Russia available in the current Independent/Lufthansa two-for-one promotion are St Petersburg and Moscow (both pounds 399), Ekaterinburg (pounds 679) and Novosibirsk (pounds 899).
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