DOSSIER - Moscow: under the banner of renewal

Moscow, the economic heart of Russia, is diversifying and enhancing its image. For example, with its new business district, Moscow City. A first in a city where everything is displayed in Cyrillic. The Moscow hotel industry, considered to be the most expensive in the world, is also putting a damper on its prohibitive rates. In the spring, two new hotels opened: a Renaissance and a Radisson, with the initials R for Renouveau. It's a revival that shouldn't be dampened by the summer weather crisis, and one that the 2010 France-Russia year is celebrating with the big names in Parisian chic. Text Cécile Balavoine - Photos Ludovic Maisant