The first Chechen airline Grozny Avia has strengthened the recently resumed air communication between Moscow and Grozny, the capital of the Chechen Republic of the RF.

Last week the debut of a new reality-show “Hello Goodbye” took place on Russian TV. Any person at the airport may become a show participant, tell a story from their life, and gain a few seconds of fame.

Syrian Arab Airlines (Syrian Air) has transferred all its flights Damask-Moscow from Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow to Vnukovo.

The Moscow authorities have decided to equip city transport with a new safety system. So-called “alert buttons” will appear in buses, trams, and trolleybuses.

In a catalogue “1000 Best Beaches of the World” recently published in the USA Russia is represented only by the beach of the “Naturist Society” in the Gulf of Finland under St. Petersburg.

The 2nd International Festival of Flowers is to take place in St. Petersburg on June 2, 2008. According to the project organizers, they have prepared an intense programme with participation of the leading florists from Holland, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania and Russia.

Police investigators have detained four baggage handlers of Domodedovo airport in Moscow, suspected in regular stealing of valuable things from passengers` luggage. The police have opened a criminal case.

On June 10, 2008, presentation of a new transport service “Savyolovsky Rail Terminal – Sheremetyevo Airport” will take place in Moscow. Honourable guests and media representatives will be first to get to Sheremetyevo by train and to see over the new rail terminal at the airport.

According to the Russian tour operators, this year travel to Sochi is less popular than travel to other resorts of the Krasnodar Region. Potential tourists are held off by building sites and traffic jams.

In 2009 it is planned to finish reconstruction of the royal palace of Russian tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov in Kolomenskoye Park of Moscow. For visitors the palace will open on the annual City Day celebrated at the first weekend of September.