What's the city

Built in 1859 the Orthodox Russians were given permission to build their church in the Byzantine Muscovite style. It's in Geneva.

This should be fun.

Name this city..............

Is it in CIS?

the two guys in the middle pic look like Starsky & Hutch..

Yes it's in the CIS

the two guys in the middle pic look like Starsky & Hutch..

But not as friendly. The city has a well known place where you can find plenty of guys like that.

I can't find a large image of the city so here is another clue...........

Your Atavar and the headstone in your post, I believe were part of the Russian Mafia and are of several "Heavies" buried in Yekaterinburg city ?

http://www.englishrussia.com/?p=723

Correct Ken. Ekaterinburg is a very interesting city. The church in the picture was built as a memorial to the Czars family who were assasinated near the city.

The city was also known as the crime capital of Russia in the 90's.

It also sits on the divide between Asia and Europe.

Your go...........

OK, Here we go :-

Ballarat

Correct.

Well at least it lasted an hour...

Silly me for thinking I could sneak that one past you...

The street signs indicated the country, the weather told me which state, it just took a while to find the right town hall.

Haven't been there myself.

What's the city?

It's in middle America.

St. Paul, Minnesota?

St. Paul, Minnesota?

no.

On second thoughts i think it's Tulsa, Oklahoma?

I didn't even get to use my "24 hours from..." clue.

Well done RR.

Ahh, but i've been whistling "Living on Tulsa time" all day!

Name this city...........

Manaus?

Very good. Over to you Croc.

how about a city Mr. Croc?

how about a city Mr. Croc?

Fair go! He's only just confirmed my guess.

What's this capital city?

Abuja!

Too easy!

At first it reminded me a lot of Bandar Seri Begawan, but definitely nothing that big over there...

Anyways, here's my challenge: this is the main street of a strategically v. important city

Murmansk.

Try this one....