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Articles by Bela Lyauv
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Q&A: Yury Luzhkov Says He's a Completely Free Man
Immediately after Yury Luzhkov was dismissed from office, his friend and predecessor Gavriil Popov asked him to be dean of the International University...
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Strategic Thinking Means Saying 'No'
Andrei Sharonov is a city government official with a business background. Now, as deputy mayor for economic policy, one of his main tasks is to improve...
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City to Pay $1.4Bln for Luzhniki Makeover
City Hall plans to turn Luzhniki into a cultural center as well as a sports complex, with reconstruction in the run-up to the 2018 football World...
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Moscow Expansion Focuses On Western Part of Region
Land plots on Moscow's west side are leading candidates for facilitating its growth: Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Moscow region Governor Boris Gromov plan...
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$1.2Bln to Be Spent on City Roads
City Hall will allocate 84 percent of 39.5 billion rubles ($1.4 billion) of not yet dispersed funds to road construction. The money will be used to build...
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Luzhniki Complex Sold to City Hall for a Song
Vladimir Alyoshin, the main owner of the Luzhniki Olympic complex, is selling his stake in the company to the city of Moscow for 10 million euros...
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City Committee to Drive Affordable Housing Plan
A Moscow City Hall committee has been created to provide housing at 50,000 to 60,000 rubles ($1,700 to $2,000) per square meter to people on the...
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Bus Lanes Planned to Ease Traffic Jams
Moscow officials have compiled a list of streets that will feature bus lanes. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has many times said the traffic jam problem needs...
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Sobyanin Building Freeze Raises Housing Prices
Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has forbidden new construction in downtown Moscow. The mayor's announcement has already impacted the market. Investors are returning...
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Abramovich to Invest in Gorky Park, Recreation
Billionaire Roman Abramovich plans to build an amusement park near Skolkovo and restore the downtown Gorky Park. He volunteered to develop Gorky Park...
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City Housing Construction Hits Record Low
Last year, a record low amount of housing construction took place in Moscow, even less than there was in the early 1990s. Government figures indicated...
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City Hall Cancels High-Rise Projects
A decision was made at the last session of the City’s building commission to terminate eight construction projects, a source in the mayor's office told...
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Baturina, Anisimov Talks Die Quickly
Inteko president Yelena Baturina on Saturday discussed the sale of assets to Vasily Anisimov's real estate holding Coalco, but the meeting was brief because...
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Moscow to Start Asset Sales With 78 Stakes
City Hall will begin the large-scale asset sale promised by Mayor Sergei Sobyanin with stakes in companies where Moscow is not the controlling shareholder...
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Tax Cases Targeting Chigirinsky Closed
Real estate developer Shalva Chigirinsky may return to Russia now that criminal investigations targeting him for tax evasion have been closed, Vedomosti...
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Chaika Goes After Baturina Land
Moscow prosecutors are pushing City Hall to cancel an order that allowed Yelena Baturina's Inteko to acquire 55 hectares of land. Prosecutor General Yury...
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High-Rise to Lose Builders' Penthouses
Dom na Mosfilmovskoi's large penthouses, intended for the co-owners of Don-Stroi, will be demolished, in line with orders from city authorities to reduce...