Putin proposed the creation of parkland at the site of hotel "Russia"

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin invited the Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyaninu given to the creation of a park area on the ground one hotel "Russia" in the center of the city.

"Maybe we create parkland, right in the center of Moscow, the Kremlin?" said Putin, viewing on Friday along with the location where the construction of the Sobyaninym.

Capital city called this decision interesting. "It would be great. This would be a very interesting solution ", said the head of the city.

The premier explained that, in turn, discussed the draft parliamentary business center and hotel complex in case of realization will create additional load on the center of Moscow.

"Estimated construction will close the historical view", "agreed the capital city.

At the same time, Putin noted that the Central Moscow for decades have destroyed almost all park facilities. "Almost there", he said.

Sobyanin has agreed, noting that "in the center of their less".

Furthermore, Putin suggested that Sobyaninu discuss the idea of restoring the Park at snesennogo HALL "Russia" with the Muscovites, Mosgordumoj and the Government of Moscow.

"Poobsuzhdajte and the public to attract. I think Muscovites turn (in discussion), "said Putin.

Decision on reconstruction, and in fact the demolition of the hotel "Russia", built in 1967, on the embankment of the Moskva River on the draft of the Soviet architect, Dmitry Chechulina, was adopted by the Government of Moscow in the year 2004. In its place by 2008, planned to build a complex of low rise hotels to 2 thousand rooms, concert hall and other buildings with a total area of more than 400 thousand square meters.

Demolition of the hotel "Russia" began in February 2006, and was mostly completed by early 2010. In January 2011, the head of the Department of MEDIA and advertising Moscow Vladimir Chernikov proposed to remove the fences around the snesennogo hotel that hosted illegal advertising.

The project, according to which investor instead of a hotel in the heart of Russian capital, was to be multifunctional complex on the famous British architect Norman Foster, company "CHURCH Development " entrepreneur Shalva;. However, to realize their plans businessman in 2008, prevented the world financial crisis-Chigirinskij was forced to withdraw from almost all of its development projects in the Russian Federation.

In the summer of 2009, the Moscow authorities announced that they will have to re-create the project complex on "Russia", since the previous draft Foster them does not belong, and in the spring of 2010, Vladimir Resin, then the post of Deputy Mayor of Moscow, has promised that the first set will become operational in 2012.

To date, however, the fate of the deregulated and remains questionable. According to the number of MEDIA, which, however, has never confirmed the administration of the President of the Russian Federation, on the site of the former hotel was built, the Parliamentary Centre. In June 2011, the new head of capital requirements, zammera city Marat Husnullin informed that the Government of Moscow has not yet been defined, that will be built on the spot one "Russia".

Expansion of Moscow also played a role in the fate of the land under one of the hotel. In particular, immediately after the proposals of the President of the Russian Federation on the expansion of capital, the Mayor of Moscow, Sergey Sobyanin said that the new parliamentary Centre should be built outside the MKAD, while stressing that such matters are dealt with at the federal level.

Topic: HALL "Russia", MEDIA, MKAD