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.

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.

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.

A mini spacecraft *Oduvanchik, designed specifically for space travel, is expected to appear in Russia by 2012. Oduvanchik will be able to take one pilot and four passengers or 600 kilos of cargo aboard and to carry out orbital and suborbital flights.

The first electro buses – a hybrid of the bus and tram – are to start routing around Moscow in 2008. The new urban means of transport will be equipped with a powerful accumulator and will have 30 seats.

Currently, the share of the underground constructions in Moscow is 8% while many other city agglomerations use 20-25% of their underground space, which gives them stable development and comfortable existence.

The Moscow authorities do not plan to construct any new airports in the region but intend to develop the infrastructure of the existent airports instead, as Deputy Mayor of the city said last week.

On the territory of the park visitors can get acquainted with various forms of the urban environment organization, including an unusual fountain made from solitary and gardens of cactuses of different shapes.

The 5th international retro-rally “Golden Ring”, Russian analogue of the Italian Mille Miglia, goes of from Red Square in Moscow on the 5th of July.

The Moscow authorities have approved a project of developing a public catering network in 2008-2010 that includes opening cafes for kids, youngsters and the whole family.