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Moscow's English-speaking residents and language learners will have something new to listen to starting on November 12. city is launching brand new radio station in English to cater to expats, tourists and local residents. new station, to be called Moscow FM, is being set up by Moscow's city hall. It is part of ongoing initiative to make city easier to live in for non-Russians. radio channel follows hot on heels of street signs in English, which emerged for first time several months ago. Moscow's Deputy Mayor Andrei Sharonov told "Moscow Times" newspaper that next stage of city's project would be to provide tuition to city's police officers to study English.

Moscow FM will have strong focus on news – both national and international. "Moscow Times" reported that: " news content will be produced by state-funded English language TV channel Russia Today and will make up 20-30 per cent of airtime." spokesman for new station promised it would be, " fundamentally new urban radio". It is sure to be hit with tens of thousands of Moscow's foreign residents as well as five million tourists who pass through Russia's capital every year. It should also prove popular with Russians learning English in Moscow. Language student Oksana Ivashin said she would be tuning in regularly to station, "for Russian perspective on English news".