The first in Russia and largest in Europe all-season ski complex has opened in Krasnogorsk (the Moscow Region). It is possible to ski in the complex even in summer.

This year tourists and Moscow citizens will not witness the tradition of putting the Maslenitsa effigy of fire at the main Maslenitsa celebration of Moscow at Vasilyevsky Slope near Red Square.

At a recent press-conference of the Moscow Tourism Committee there were announced plans of the Moscow authorities to attract more foreign tourists to the city – up to 5 million tourists annually.

The consulting company Scott Wilson and Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow have signed a partnership agreement. According to the document, Scott Wilson will work out a master-plan for the international airport Sheremetyevo for the period up to 2030.

The Islamic bank of development intends to finance constructing of a hotel-restaurant complex in Kazan (the Republic of Tatarstan) that would work in accordance with the laws of Islam.

On Saturday a Boeing-777 of Singapore Airlines with over 200 passengers aboard flying from Dubai to Moscow carried out emergency landing at Domodedovo airport in the Russian capital.

Next autumn Finnair plans to launch three scheduled flights a week from Helsinki to the Russian Ural city of Yekaterinburg.

As a result of yesterday’s negotiations between the Ministry of Transport of the RF and Georgia both sides have reached understanding concerning resumption of air communication between the two countries.

Development of the project for construction of the 3rd runway in Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow is expected to finish this year. In this way, Sheremetyevo may become the only airport in Russia that has three runways.

On February 19, 2008, Russia and Algeria signed an air communication agreement that implies increasing the number of flights between the capitals of the two countries, as the Minister of transport of Russia reports.