Moscow

One of country’s most prominent politicians believes the capital should be located further away from its Western borders. 

Four times weekly service from Moscow-Chita-Moscow started on 27 October.

A 15 million rouble subsidy has been granted to airline S7 to operate flights on the Moscow to Gorno-Altaisk route during the rest of  2012.

Russia will have 11 time zones instead of the current nine, with Siberia's Kemerovo region moving one hour further from Moscow.

Incident at Khabarovsk Airport leads to passengers bound for Moscow being evacuated from plane.

Trendy Muscovites stay cool in fashionable ice terrace at the Reka restaurant with views of the Moscow River.

Yakutia Airlines Boeing-737 held, leaving passengers waiting for an another aircraft to fly from Moscow.

33 hour journey between the capitals could be in place by 2020.