The Moscow planetarium may open to visitors by the end of 2009. "The planetarium will open to Muscovites and guests of the city, if we manage to solve all juridical problems concerning the buncrupcy".

No constructions higher that the "old Moscow" buildings are to be constructed in the centre of the Russian capital.

Excursions season has opened in the Valley of Geysers in Kamchatka. Till mid October the unique nature object will be open for tourists.

The majority of tourists visiting the Russian capital come from the USA, Germany and China, according to data provided by chairman of the Moscow Tourism Committee. They are followed by tourists from Great Britain, Turkey, Italy, France, Japan, Israel and Spain.

Aeroflot’s director general deems that it is necessary to construct the third runway in Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow as soon as possible.

Soon it will be possible to taste “meteorite rain”, “comet”, and “Milky Way” in new cafes-planetariums that will open in Moscow in the framework of the project of developing a chain of youth and family catering enterprises.

The Traveler's Digest magazine has published rating of the cities and countries inhabited by the most beautiful women with Moscow being the 6th on the list. The rating is based on a number of surveys amongst male travelling around the world.

A Russian disabled wheelchair woman Natalya Prisetskaya intends to file a suit against S7 Airlines. On the 30th of June the air company refused to take the woman aboard without an accompanying person.

Sudan President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir has sacked Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of the country and banned flights of all Antonov and Ilyushin aircraft. This measure was undertaken after an Ilyushin-76 plane had crashed in Sudan killing four crew members.

In mid July special cycle lanes will appear in four Moscow parks. The Department of Nature Management and Environment Protection of the city will prepare marked tracks, information screens and parking for cyclists.