However, not everyone thinks the Moscow government will be able stick to their word. The director of one of the largest tourist agencies operating in Russia says this idea cannot be put into action.

“I don’t believe these plans can be realized,” said KMP Group Director Aleksandr Makliarovsky. “We already have three-star hotels in central Moscow, but they can’t afford mid-range prices. They are offering prices you normally pay for four-plus hotels. Although these are commercial hotels, I think the Moscow government will face the same problems. It’s not just a technical problem. They can only be mid-range hotels far from the center.”

The Moscow government has not yet commented on the issue for RT.

Lada Samodumskaya, Director of Sales at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Moscow, says Moscow definitely lacks a good number of three-star hotels.

“Till now, the three- and four-star hotel market has not been very popular among investors, mostly because of the return-of-investment factor,” Samodumskaya said. “Most of the hotels that were opening in the last couple of years, and the ones that are going to open next year and the year after, are five-star hotels.”