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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.

Aziz Karimov
2 min read
Politics

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.

Otabek Yusupov
2 min read
Culture

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.

Aziz Karimov
2 min read
Incidents

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.

Aziz Karimov
2 min read
Incidents

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.

Otabek Yusupov
2 min read
Incidents

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.

Aziz Karimov
2 min read
Technology

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.

Sevara Azamova
2 min read
Society

Several exits to the inner side of the MKAD closed in Moscow

Traffic has been temporarily closed on a number of exits to the inner side of the MKAD in Moscow — near Kievskoye, Borovskoye and Mozhayskoye highways, Ozernaya Street and General Dorokhov Avenue. This was reported by the Telegram channel “Deptrans. Operatively”. Earlier, a truck overturned on an exit from the YUVKh in the south of the capital, breaking through a fence.

Javlon Tursunov
2 min read
World

Muscovite hired a lookalike of his deceased neighbor to seize her apartment and money

According to the capital's Ministry of Internal Affairs, a 41-year-old Moscow resident hired a woman resembling his deceased neighbor to steal money from her account and register her apartment on Prospekt Mira in his name. Two million rubles were stolen from the account; the organizer was detained in Ramenskoye and taken into custody, while the accomplice left Russia.

Sevara Azamova
2 min read
Culture

Registration for “Night of the Arts” opens in Moscow — over 500 hours of events at 120 venues on November 3 and 4

Registration for the annual “Night of the Arts” event in Moscow has begun, announced Alexei Fursin, head of the capital’s Department of Culture. The events will take place on November 3 and 4 at 120 venues, with the total duration of events exceeding 500 hours. This year, the theme “A Different View” has been added to the motto “Art Unites,” and among the new venues are the Obraztsov Puppet Theater, the Digital Business Space, TON-TSENTR, and “Vorobyovy Hall.”

Javlon Tursunov
2 min read
Health

MSU Begins Emergency Measles Vaccination After Law Student Infection

After a measles case was detected in a student of the Law Faculty of Moscow State University, the university has begun emergency vaccination and anti-epidemic measures. Vaccinations are administered by specialists of City Polyclinic No. 209 and the MSU University Polyclinic. Rospotrebnadzor has identified the circle of contact persons, and Law Faculty students have been switched to distance learning from October 21 to November 3.

Javlon Tursunov
1 min read
Science

Climatologist Chernokulsky explained how Moscow's climate will change: more thaws, downpours and heat waves

Deputy Director of the RAS A. M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics Alexander Chernokulsky warned that winters in Moscow over the next 10–20 years will become slushier, and heat waves will become more frequent in summer. At the same time, severe frosts and snowfalls will not disappear entirely, and black ice caused by alternating thaws and freezes will become more common.

Sevara Azamova
3 min read
Incidents

Truck crash on MKAD impeded traffic on the inner side

On the inner side of the MKAD, a passenger car and a heavy truck collided, paralyzing traffic in one lane. This was reported by the Telegram channel 'Na MKADe DSP Moskva'. Earlier, there were reports of an overturned truck on the exit from the YUVKh and traffic jams in the south of Moscow.

Sevara Azamova
2 min read