The authorities seek an alternative to the Rossiya
April 12, 2012 Tatyana Shramchenko
More than 100 applications have been submitted for a competition to build the Zaryadye Park, which will rise on the site of the demolished Rossiya Hotel in central Moscow. Some projects are strikingly original, others ambitions, and still others push
Moscow faces the global challenge of the local architect
April 12, 2012 Darya Luganskaya, Moskovskiye Novosti
Russians are voting for the best project to develop the site of the demolished Rossiya Hotel near the Kremlin. The contest will run through April 20. One of its participants - architect Alexis Gaden of Lyon – explains why he wants to work in Moscow
Forget the facelifts – build roads
December 20, 2011 Ben Aris, Business New Europe
Investment pours into rail, roads and pipelines but cosmetic projects miss out on cash
Online, underground
October 12, 2011 Natasha Doff, the Moscow News
The Moscow mayor has launched an ambitious plan to cover the city with Wi-Fi
Goodbye, my Nizhni Novgorod 
October 6, 2011 Anna Nemtsova, special to Russia Beyond the Headlines
It was not the city’s fate to get destroyed in war: Houses fall here in peacetime
Payment terminals heading for U.S.
January 21, 2011 Anatoly Medetsky, The Moscow Times
Moscow's ubiquitous payment terminals are set to sprout in the United States this year
EBRD makes a U-turn
January 18, 2011 Pyotr Kanaev, Gazeta.RU
EBRD abandons plans to finance the highway through Khimki forest.
New mayor steps in to free Moscow’s clogged arteries
December 22, 2010 Mikhail Volkov, special to Russia Now
The capital’s roads are effectively at a standstill while the Metro is close to bursting point
Plans for Gazprom tower scrapped
December 10, 2010 Sergei Chernov, the St. Petersburg Times
The controversial Okhta Center project was scrapped Thursday, as St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko canceled her Oct. 2009 decree allowing the planned Gazprom skyscraper to increase its height to 403 meters, contrary to the 40-meter limit f
World Cup to help Russia kick oil habit
December 8, 2010 Yelena Shushunova, Vedomosti
Investing in Russian equity will henceforth depend on more than just the state of the commodities market, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
