Miss Matryoshka 2006 Niki Yampolsky and the organizers of Russian Festival Matryoshka visit Ottawa as part of the Russian Speaking Congress of Canada. The congress discussed issues pertaining to the Russian community with members of parliament and Stephane Dion, leader of the opposition.
Alina Borisova, winner of the $3,500 Furnishings2Day's Favorite award, and fellow pageant contestant Kate Entsina, visits festival sponsor Furnishings2Day to pick her furniture prize.