Advertisement Continue reading the main storyAs for the buildings themselves, not all are in disrepair. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe Moscow authorities claim an 80 percent approval rating for the initiative. The former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a dissident now in exile, called the scheme “suicidal,” a reckless act “enabled by the absence of free elections and independent courts.”Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMany Russians see the program as a real estate boondoggle. He gave the project his blessing back in February, but now says he would not sign any law that violates citizens’ rights. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThis time, though, the government may have overreached.

Source: New York Times May 22, 2017 12:56 UTC