But then we live in absolute monarchy mentality still :o), where, as Kulverstukas has mentioned Putin flies SU-s and displays other un-healthy interest to various technical "toys" driving like MIR to the bottom of Baikal lake (imagine THEIR contingency planing for "un-reasonable VIP visit"!!! ;o))))),
where R/W route Moscow - St. Petersburg is straight line except for one "bug"/small curve - tsar Nicolas II finger-tip circled by his pencil by mistake on the map, when drawing a line
and Moscow subway ring line is said to owe its existence to Stalin's coffee cup with overspill left on the map without noticing.