I visited St. Petersberg (Leningrad) when I was working on a project in Estonia in July 1997. I found the city to be much bigger than I expected with rows and rows of LEGO-like low rise appartment buildings. The standard grid pattern of the streets made almost every street look the same, but the government buildings and the former Soviet buildings were absolutely stunning (I highly recommend a visit to the summer palace - the works of art are so plentiful you will need to spend several days to fully appreciate it).
it helped russias weak economy to recover
No. Russia's economy has become extremely unstable. Source: http://carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=42182
russias capital resources are trees and other stuff like that
armenia
Moscow
baseball
russias fav food
Duma
russias fav food
White Blue Red
Moscow or in Russian its Moskva
Vladmir Phutin (or Putin)