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St.Petersburg City Government approved the plan of extending the city's underground transport system to the Pulkovo airport. This will help settle transportation issues for the new ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre which are supposed to be opened in 2013 near the airport.

Kempinski is going to open its second hotel in the Russian capital, «Nikolsky Kempinski Moscow» in the second quarter of 2012. The new five-star hotel will offer its guests 210 rooms and suites, including two «presidential» suites with an area of 260 sq. meters. The hotel will overlook the historic city center, the Kremlin and Red Square, within walking distance will be the Bolshoi Theatre and the most famous shopping mall in the capital, GUM.
The hotel will run a French cafe in the Parisian style, Italian restaurant and international restaurant which will serve Mediterranean cuisine, a cigar lounge and Hispanic bar with a terrace on the top floor. Business travelers will appreciate the convenient location of the hotel, which is located in the close vicinity to the State Duma, the major business centers and other major governmental and commercial buildings. Grand Ballroom Hotel promises to become a popular venue for cocktail receptions and ceremonies and will accommodate up to 200 guests.

The second capsule hotel will be opened in Moscow's Sheremetyevo international airport.  The hotel's construction starts this year in the transit zone of ​​Terminal E. According to preliminary announcement, the hotel will be ready to accommodate first guests in 2012.At a disposal of tourists will be a small number of economy and business class rooms.  Rooms rent will be available from a period of four hours.  The hotel will be in demand among foreign tourists who make a long-term transfer in Moscow. Construction of the hotel is included in the development plan of Sheremetyevo Airport as an international hub. This will be the second hotel of this type at the airport. The first capsule hotel «Air Express» is located on the fifth floor of the terminal «Aeroexpress».

The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow has opened the exhibition Parisian School with works by Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso and other artists who painted in Montparnasse in the early 20th century.
The exposition presents drawings and sculptures by fifty authors - from Modigliani to Man Ray and Brassai - as well as their photos. Lots of them generated new tendencies and styles of painting, such as surrealism, expressionism, and cubism.
A separate hall is allocated for works by Chaim Soutine and Amedeo Modigliani, who were friends. Special attention at the exhibition is given to the collection Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme.