The sky above Moscow will turn into the arena for a grandiose pyrotechnic show on the International Day of Children protection, June 1.

A reserved part of taiga with the total area of 1200 hectares is on fire on the territory of the national park on the lakeside of Baikal.

Since June 1 the air company Aeroflot starts from St. Petersburg to Berlin, Munich, and Hamburg. Passengers will fly to Germany from the northern capital on planes Airbus A319/320/321.

In the second half of the year Russian Railways are planning to introduce special machines for selling tickets for long-distance trains. They will be set not only at railway stations but around the city as well, in particular – in trade centres.

Russian October Railway has sent an official letter to the Estonian company GO Rail which operates on the lines Tallinn-St. Petersburg and Tallinn-Moscow to inform that they stop giving service to the train Tallinn-St. Petersburg.

On May 9 Russian air forces in Moscow will hold works over eliminating clouds and creating nice weather for the period of events devoted to the day of victory in the Great Patriotic War.

On May 13, Sunday, a walking excursion “Pasternak without bronze” will be organized in Moscow. The author of the idea and the excursion guide is Maria Bakhareva.

A new business-hall has opened in the sector of international flights of Domodedovo airport. It opened instead of the hall of the East-Line group which was situated in the same zone.

The air company S7 Airlines together with the company Standard-Reserve offers passengers of regular flights a complex insurance while earlier passengers could traditionally insure only their life from an accident.

The company UCS has presented their new system of self-service called R-Keeper Self-Service for restaurants, bars, night clubs, and VIP-halls in St. Petersburg.