Yes - the crew doesn't leave the aircraft which some see as a real shame. I used to do the route weekly and remember the crew on the outbound were often mentioning how the route is quite polarising between those who like the dynamics of the route and those who truly detest it - especially the overnight flight from LHR

I was lucky, I started off when it was shorthaul and our expectation as passengers were very low - CE on a shorthaul 767, desperate to get a D/F seat, ideally at the back of the front cabin so you could get off quickly. Then it went longhaul, with a 747 and 2 x longhaul 767s every day - good longhaul service and longhaul TPs which did wonders for my lifetime TPs

Then, just as I stopped travelling to Moscow, the service started to downgrade with the odd A321 substitution and more and more shorthaul 767s. It certainly now seems to be a dog's breakfast of a service. I'm happy to be travelling elsewhere now - but I do miss the Hilton Leningradskaya where I was always treated very well..