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Moscow to host the 2030 World Weightlifting Championships

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has announced that the 2030 World Championships will be held in Moscow, while the 2029 tournament will take place in Ahmedabad, India. This is the first global championship in an Olympic sport entrusted to a Russian city after 2022.

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Moscow divers search for 30-year-old Muscovite who went missing after a quarrel with her boyfriend

In Moscow, divers are examining the waters of the Moskva River near the Picturesque Bridge, where, according to the Telegram channel Baza, traces of 30-year-old Elizaveta, who went missing on October 21 after a quarrel with her boyfriend, may be found. The woman disappeared on her way home from the gym through the Beryozovaya Roshcha park; her phone came online several times, but no one answered the calls.

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Tunneling of the connecting branch between the Biryulyovskaya and Zamoskvoretskaya metro lines has begun in Moscow

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced in the Max messenger that tunneling has begun on the connecting branch between the Biryulyovskaya and Zamoskvoretskaya metro lines. The Esmina tunnel boring machine will travel more than 565 meters and build a single-track tunnel from the assembly chamber near the Zamoskvoretskaya radius toward the ZIL station on the Biryulyovskaya line. The work is underway in the Danilovsky district, in the floodplain of the Moskva River, with a maximum depth of 23.8 meters.

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Rapper Navai's concert in Moscow postponed to November 8

Rapper Navai's performance in Moscow, originally scheduled for October 22, has been postponed to November 8 and will take place at the VK Stadium venue at 20:00. The postponement is linked to the artist's detention in Kazakhstan, where a court remanded him in custody for two months; however, on October 20 the case was dropped and the performer was deported from the country.

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Drone attack temporarily halts operations at all four Moscow airports

On October 24, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported a series of downed drones, after which all four Moscow airports, including Sheremetyevo, were temporarily closed. Arriving flights were redirected to other cities, including 25 flights accepted by Pulkovo. At Moscow City, people were evacuated from the IQ-Quarter tower, although TASS attributed this to an alarm malfunction.

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Mother of nine-day-old baby left near an apartment building found in Zelenograd

Law enforcement has identified the woman who left her nine-day-old son near a residential building in Zelenograd. According to the Moscow prosecutor's office, the mother, born in 1999, explained her actions by fear of losing her partner. The child, found on the evening of October 24, has been placed in a specialized facility; the investigation into the circumstances continues.

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Motorcyclist hits pedestrian on Varshavskoye Highway in Moscow

At night on Varshavskoye Highway in Moscow, a motorcyclist hit a pedestrian who, according to preliminary data, was crossing the road against a red light. The moment of the accident was caught on video, and the footage was published by the capital's Department of Transport. The condition of those involved in the accident is being clarified.

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Moscow Tests Mobile Robot for Charging Electric Vehicles

Rosatom and the Moscow Department of Transport have begun testing a mobile charging station at a parking lot on Triumfalnaya Square. The robot, with a 74.6 kWh battery, supports charging up to 60 kW and is summoned via the Moskva Metro app; for now it is operated by an engineer, with autonomous movement planned for the future.

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