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On 1 June, the Ritz-Carlton Moscow will open its doors after months of delay. The 11-storey luxury hotel is on the spot where the former Hotel Intourist, a scruffy Soviet tower-block, stood until its demolition in 2002.
Writer: Shaun Walker
Moscow
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