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16/03/2010 | Moscow News №09 2010

Russia’s cops sold second-hand bulletproof vests

Alyona Topolyanskaya
A huge scandal is brewing in the Russian police department, after allegedly law enforcement officers received bulletproof vests of poor quality

Yakub Kartakayev, Dagestan resident, suspected of murdering a police officer in Moscow © Andrey Stenin/RIA Novosti

16/03/2010 | Moscow News №09 2010

Moscow cop killer found under the bed

Evgeniya Chaykovskaya
Police found the man who shot two officers after his father ratted him out. The suspect in the shooting of two policemen in Moscow at the weekend was found hiding under his bed after his father contacted the police

Tracks are heading to Zelenograd © RIA Novosti

15/03/2010 | Moscow News №09 2010

Moscow metro expands

March 16 – 18

15/03/2010 | Moscow News №09 2010

Rollercoaster ride

Moscow's newest amusement park opened its doors on Saturday, boasting an indoor roller-coaster and so-called 5D cinema

A protestor carries a portrait of Stalin at a rally in Moscow © Valery Melnikov/RIA Novosti

15/03/2010 | Moscow News №09 2010

No retreat over Stalin ads

City Hall mounts a spirited defence of including the dictator in May 9 plans

Police officer gunned down, another wounded in west Moscow © Andrey Stenin/RIA Novosti

15/03/2010 | Moscow News №09 2010

Dark nights for Moscow policemen

Evgeniya Chaykovskaya
Three attacks on police officers in the Russian capital over the weekend

“All are equal before the law” say protestors outside Lukoil’s office © RIA Novosti

11/03/2010 | Moscow News №08F 2010

Moscow’s road rage boils over

Anna Sulimina
Public outcry over two controversial car crashes is spurring the authorities into taking action

11/03/2010 | Moscow News №08F 2010

Russia’s capital plots kiosk crusade

Andy Potts
Official pledges to bring order to unregulated street trading

This lynx, found living wild in a factory complex off Prospekt Mira, is among the more unlikely species resident in Moscow © RIA Novosti

11/03/2010 | Moscow News №08F 2010

Moscow’s wild side

Andy Potts
Despite noise and pollution, the capital’s population includes beavers, moose – and even a lynx

Automobile accident on the Gagarin Square, Moscow, that involved LUKOIL Vice President Anatoly Barkov's Mercedes car © RIA Novosti

11/03/2010 | Moscow News №08F 2010

Lukoil car crash to be investigated at the top

Alyona Topolyanskaya
President Medvedev makes the interior minister personally responsible for investigation into fatal crash involving oil boss

The fire which gutted the glitzy Opera nightclub early on Tuesday morning was started deliberately, investigators believe © Andrey Stenin/RIA Novosti

11/03/2010 | Moscow News №08F 2010

Opera blaze was arson

Evgeniya Chaykovskaya
Police launch criminal probe into nightclub fire which left one dead and another missing

A photo showing a cigarette stubbed out on a sleeping baby has appeared on Moscow's streets with the caption "Smoking near a child is even bigger torture" © publikator_s/livejournal.com

10/03/2010 | Moscow News №08F 2010

Anti-smoking shock tactics

Alyona Topolyanskaya
Creators of a controversial new ad say the end justifies the means, but concerned Russian parents beg to differ

Automatic multistory parking lot in the Bashilovskaya Street, constructed under the Moscow government's People's Garage project © Valery Melnikov/RIA Novosti

10/03/2010 | Moscow News №08F 2010

Private garages to be demolished to make place for public car parks

Evgeniya Chaykovskaya
Moscow authorities plan to demolish private garages in favour of public car parks, a project known Narodny Garazh (Popular Garage). The owners should not count on compensation

Traffic policeman at work in downtown Moscow © Vladimir Vyatkin/RIA Novosti

10/03/2010 | Moscow News №08F 2010

Moscow Police Chief Apologizes for use of Human Shield

Alyona Topolyanskaya
Head of Moscow Police Major General Vladimir Kolokoltcev apologized to the car owners whose vehicles were damaged, when traffic police used them as “human shields,” while trying to apprehend a criminal, RIA Novosti reports

A sumo wrestler © Anton Denisov/RIA Novosti

09/03/2010 | Moscow News №08F 2010

Sumo raid thwarted

Anna Arutunyan
Wrestler’s colleague tries to take the rap, but witnesses claim it was a team effort

A fireman silhouetted against the blazing roof of the Opera nightclub on Tuesday morning © RIA Novosti

09/03/2010 | Moscow News №08 2010

Fire sweeps through elite Moscow nightclub

Anna Sulimina
A devastating fire could ring down the final curtain at a favourite haunt of Russia’s golden youth

09/03/2010 | Moscow News №08 2010

Russian writer’s home demolished

Andy Potts
Conservationists lament loss of historic writers’ home

People do not share the authorities' enthusiasm over Russia's financial situation © Ruslan Krivobok/RIA Novosti

05/03/2010 | Moscow News №08 2010

Russians worry about jobs despite “economic revival”

Evgeniya Chaykovskaya
People do not share the authorities’ enthusiasm over Russia’s financial situation. More people expect cuts in salaries and dismissals, according to a poll conducted by Levada-Center

04/03/2010 | Moscow News №07F 2010

New metros, new gridlock

Andy Potts
The Metro grows, but traffic snarl-ups are growing faster

Cheburashka has won a stay of execution after cash problems hit plans to sweep souvenir stalls away from the Arbat © Evgeni Vasiliev

04/03/2010 | Moscow News №07F 2010

Moscow mothballs Arbat plans

Vladimir Kozlov
Famous street must wait until at least 2012 for its ‘cultural and artistic’ makeover