Reconstruction of the Pushkin Museum and the adjacent areas will be made on the draft British architect Norman Foster. Apparently, the work of such well-known architect demanded decent pay.
The desire to turn the Pushkin Museum in developed museum complex in terms of architecture, like in Europe should also affect the internal politics of the museum to visitors on the system as a whole. Part of this money could be spent on improving facilities for the expansion of shops (souvenir and book), to increase the number of cash registers, the replacement of staff in the halls.
Maybe it will be so ...? (I'm an optimist?)