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Here is an interesting piece of news I just picked up from Reuters… Putin had a meeting with Moscow city officials last monday and they decided to close the city owned Vnukovo airport and merge it with the state owned Sheremetyevo to counter the rise of the cities most modern and in my opinion successful airport, the privately held Domededovo. Well, the conspiracy theory enthusiasts among you should keep their eyes and ears open . Those who think about monopolists and government officials filling their pockets with money as well, since they also said in that meeting, that Sheremetyevo should be privatized after the merger, cling cling…

“We agreed with the mayor of Moscow, the transport minister and a representative of the Finance Ministry to combine into a single complex Sheremetyevo, 100-percent owned by the government, and Vnukovo airports, where the government holds a 75-percent stake,” Putin said.

Here is the full story at Reuters…

Bummer. I liked Vnukovo. It was easy to get there. Usually there were not so many lines, as in Domodedovo and the terminal was renovated bit by bit, over the past years, making it much more comfortable to fly from Vnukovo. What a waste of money… I considered it always as a real alternative.