OREANDA-NEWS. October 2, 2009. The city authorities of Moscow plan to have Ukraine Hotel opened in Q1 2010, the first deputy mayor, Vladimir Resin, said at a press conference on October 1.

Vladimir Ermolaev, head of the Agency for Hotel Development Coordination operating under the Department of Urban Development of Moscow, told journalists in early September that Ukraine Hotel undergoing reconstruction and restoration was to be opened under the name of Radisson Royal in December.

Mr Resin emphasized that, according to the program aimed at building hotels in Moscow, most of the hotels under construction would be two-and-three-star ones located in the uptown areas.

“There will be only a small number of four-and-five-star new-built hotels in Moscow,” the first deputy mayor added.