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...
View ArticleCityMetric 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....
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleMoscow 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,...
View ArticleAre 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...
View ArticleRussian 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleLessons 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...
View ArticleUnbuilt 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...
View ArticleMoscow 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...
View ArticlePodcast: 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...
View ArticleCould 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...
View ArticleA “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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