The prime minister has asked the Moscow mayor to consider building a park and recreation area in place of the former Rossiya Hotel. The prime minister explained that the draft proposal for a parliamentary centre and business and hotel complex would create an additional burden for the centre of Moscow. "Nearly all parklands in the centre of Moscow have been destroyed in the past decades. There are hardly any left," Putin said as he visited the proposed construction site with the mayor. "There are certainly less in the centre than anywhere else," Sobyanin added.

"Perhaps we should build a park area here, right in the centre of Moscow next to the Kremlin?" Putin said. "That would be a very interesting decision," the city's mayor said, supporting the idea. Vladimir Putin asked Sergei Sobyanin to discuss the proposal with Moscow residents, the Moscow City Duma and the Moscow Government.