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Moscow. The Austrian construction company Strabag starts a new job in the immediate vicinity of the Kremlin. A luxury Four Seasons Hotel will be built at the banks of the Kremlin, the developer being a close friend to the oligarch Mikhail Fridman.
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Moscow. Moscow´s Primary Schools abolish nurseries. Some schools refuse to admit new students and blame new hygiene regulations for this. Parents are outraged but powerless. Schools, run as a business?
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Moscow. Russia's capital city is to grow even bigger, at least territorially. An expansion to the south of Moscow was agreed with the regions. Two million people are to move. The program will cost billions.
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Moscow. Siemens and the South Korean hyundai Group are prepared to build not only new metro lines in russia, but also to run them, according to a press release. Siemens were not prepared to comment.
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Moscow. The Lenin Mausoleum next to the Kremlin reopened for visitors today, after the regular restoration work on Lenin's mummy had been completed. Meanwhile there is still a dispute over the future of the mausoleum.
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Moscow. The Russian population in total is shrinking, albeit slower than expected. Meanwhile, more and more people move to Moscow. This is the result of the 2010 official census, which was published in the end of March.
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Moscow. Trying to find an appropriate apartment in Moscow one has to dig deep into one's pockets. A recent survey by a British recruitment company concludes that the Russian capital is the worlds number two in property prices.
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Moscow. In Negligence Street, located in the Kuznetsky Most district in the old center of Moscow you can find a little treasure, the Sandunov baths. You won't be able to bathe anywhere else in such splendor.
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Moscow. It is still the middle of winter and Greenpeace is talking about summer, warning that Moscow could be covered again in smog from peat bog and forest fires. Peat bogs are still smoldering despite the severe frost.
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Moscow. The Lenin Mausoleum closes its doors. The official line is that the mausoleum will be closed for two months for maintenance works but discussions about the future of the revolutionary leader are increasing.
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