Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe MOSCOW, April 28 (UPI) -- Russia's Kremlin has allocated more than $1 million toward technology that will guarantee good weather in the country's capital city for its May 1 festivities. Russia's government is investing in "cloud seeding" technology that will ensure "blue skies" in Moscow on May 1, which marks both International Worker's Day and a celebration of the Orthodox Easter. Advertisement The process involves spraying a solution of granulated carbon dioxide, liquid nitrogen and cement from a special plane. According to a document translated by Russia Beyond The Headlines the procedure planned for May 1 will cost about $1.32 million. Moscow has employed these tactics since the Soviet Era and spent more than $6 million on cloud seeding in 2015. Read More U.K. Royal Mail threatens to stop delivering to man after cat attacks Woman uses crowdfunding campaign to rescue cat from tree Moscow schoolgirl fools airport security, flies to St. Petersburg ticketless