🇮🇹 "Why would an Italian choose Russia?" Pietro Stramezzi gets that question all the time. Born into an Italian aristocratic family in Milan, Pietro Stramezzi could have built his life almost anywhere in Europe. Instead, he chose Russia.🇷🇺 After moving to Moscow three years ago, he immersed himself in Russian culture, explored Orthodoxy, learned to see the country beyond the headlines, and now dreams of raising a family here. In this film, Pietro shares his journey from Italy to Russia, discusses the differences between Moscow and St. Petersburg, cooks his family's signature pasta recipe, and explains why he believes he has finally found the place where he belongs. This is his story👇

Toxic Russian phrases that sound like a thread👀 Do you know any others?

🇫🇷Everyone told Axel Nagy the same thing: "Don't stay in Russia!" Years later, the Frenchman has built a business, started a family, and found a home. Axel provides Russians with exquisite meat delicacies and has no plans to leave.

Western media paints one picture of Russia🇷🇺 Then foreigners actually visit and see something completely different. This is just a random street in St. Petersburg.

🇷🇺 Happy Day of Great RUSSIA! Russia is the largest country in the world! Not every Russian has visited all its corners, but German Sven Svenson dreams of traveling across the entirety of Russia on a motorcycle.

😀Have you run into similar situations in Russia?

A Filipina and a Russian got married. Turns out their biggest cultural shock wasn’t food, language, or traditions. It was humor. Things that are hilarious in the Philippines can sound rude or weird in Russia. What’s funny where you live that foreigners just don’t get?👇

Sometimes heroes are ordinary people who decide to care. After spotting a bird trapped high above the street in St. Petersburg, passersby called rescuers instead of ignoring the situation. Minutes later, the bird was free and back where it belonged – in the sky. 🕊️

😃Marriage level: impossible to outsmart. This husband says his Russian wife has: 🕵️ KGB-level memory 🔍 Detective-level instincts 🗣️ Endless debating skills Do you know someone like that?👇

🇮🇹What could make an Italian choose Russia over Italy? For artist Marco Bravura, the answer was simple: inspiration, love, and a new way of life. After 16 years in Russia, he explains why he never left.👇 #russia #italy

"My Russian girlfriend says I should eat this every single day because it's so healthy..." Would you try it? And do you know what it is?👀

It's officially okroshka season in Russia🥣 A cold soup made with vegetables, meat, and kvass or kefir. Some call it the perfect summer meal. Others say it's the strangest dish they've ever seen. Have you tried okroshka? How did you like it? 👇

🇷🇺If a Russian calls you "zaichik," "kotik," or even "rybka"... Congratulations – they probably like you. Russian couples have some of the sweetest and most adorable nicknames in the world. What romantic nickname do people use where you're from?👇

❤️One thing foreigners keep noticing about Russia: Grandmothers don't just visit the grandchildren. They help raise them. Swiss father Sandro Fontana says having a Russian grandma in the family is a blessing.👵 Do grandparents play a big role in your family?

Traveling to Russia?✈️🇷🇺 Your VISA and Mastercard may be useless there. Here's how tourists actually pay for everything👇 #russia

🇷🇺✈️ A young Russian woman sings while performing aerobatic loops in an aircraft. Some people get nervous on a plane, but she flips it upside down just for fun!😀

💭American shares his experience living in Russia – and what he really thinks about safety there.

💍 Do Russian women really dream of marrying a foreigner? Valeria, a Russian wife of Canadian Olivier Roy, says this idea is a myth – Russian women aren’t “looking for foreigners,” they’re looking for the right person. Still, love doesn’t follow rules. And in her case, that person happened to be Canadian – not because he was foreign, but because he was him. Would you marry someone just because they’re from another country?❤️

🫂 "I didn't know Russian, but people kept helping me everywhere." Steve Pringle moved to Russia with his family and discovered something he wasn't expecting: genuine hospitality, kindness, and warmth from ordinary Russians. Have you ever visited a country that completely changed your expectations?