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Moscow’s Shukhov tower was saved from demolition by a smartphone poll

Historic BuildingsMoscowSaved. Image: Vasily Maximov at Wikimedia Commons. The Shukhov Tower has been called Moscow’s Eiffel Tower, but it’s not exactly its spitting image. For a start, it’s much...

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CityMetric Advent 8: Moscow's Christmas trees are actually misunderstood New...

AdventMoscowWorkers construct a New Year's tree in Moscow's Red Square. Image: Getty. Earlier this month, The Moscow Times tweeted out this mysterious meme to its 53,000 followers: Image: @MoscowTimes....

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The towers of Moscow's commercial district are standing half empty

MoscowSkyscrapersEconomicsBusinessLooks impressive, right? Image: Dmitry97ken at Wikimedia Commons. Moscow's new commercial district, "Moskva City", is pretty swish. It's home to six of Europe's seven...

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Moscow residents protest against murder of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov

PicturedMoscowImage: Getty. Last Friday, Boris Nemtsov, Russia's former deputy prime minister and a vocal critic of Putin, was shot several times on a bridge in Moscow. This wasn't just any bridge,...

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Are there really dogs commuting on Moscow's metro system?

MoscowUrban MythsAnimalsMetrosA dog clutches his season ticket. Image: Adam Baker via Wikimedia Commons. Run your eye down the Wikipedia entry for “Moscow Street Dogs” (bear with us here), and you’ll...

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Russian activists are using a community website to fight local corruption

GovernanceRussiaSt PetersbergMoscowRussian graffiti. Image: Beautiful Petersberg. How do you improve your neighbourhood in a country as corrupt as Russia? Well, in some of its biggest cities, activists...

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How did stray dogs learn to navigate the Moscow metro?

AnimalsMoscow A woman puts flowers at the monument to a stray dog called Malchik at Mendeleyevskaya metro station in Moscow. Image: Getty. For most of us, commuting is a task to be endured. Busy, noisy...

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Lessons from Moscow: Manchester should focus on what it does best – and what...

England's NorthEconomicsTechnologyManchesterMoscowThe old fish market in Manchester's Northern Quarter. Image: Getty. The first in a series of articles in which Nesta focuses on how Northern Powerhouse...

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Unbuilt Moscow: the utopias that never arrived

ArchitectureMoscowHistoryThe unbuilt Palace of the Soviets. Image: Ilya Ilusenko/Wikimedia Commons. Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour was demolished in December 1931. In its place now stands a...

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Moscow residents are rallying against the mass demolition of Soviet apartment...

MoscowHousingPoliticsThe Moscow protests in May. Image: Getty. In mid-May, thousands rallied in the Russian capital protesting the anticipated demolition of some 4,500 or more Soviet-era low-rise...

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Podcast: Glasnost

PodcastMoscowSnow in Red Square, Moscow. Image: Getty. This week, we’re getting out of the British Isles and heading east. Milo Edwards is a British comedian who moved to Moscow and, slightly...

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Could protests over waste disposal really bring down Russia’s President Putin?

MoscowWasteRussiaDon’t kill our kids: Protests in Volokolamsk, 120m west of Moscow, back in March. Image: Getty. A steady stream of garbage-laden trucks moves the waste of Russia’s capital to landfills...

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A “Palace for the People”: the design of the Moscow metro, in pictures

MoscowDesignArchitectureMetrosA shot of the design guide. Image: Blue Crow Media. Blue Crow Media is an independent publisher producing a series of urban architecture maps. The company’s latest work is...

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