Why is Moscow a city of rings?
In short, Moscow historically expanded in concentric rings: first, merchants and artisans settled around the Kremlin, then these neighborhoods were also enclosed by fortifications; and, later, the neighborhoods that sprang up around them were fortified, as well.
By the end of the 16th century, Moscow had already become a major merchant city. The so-called ‘White Wall’ surrounded the settlements. At the end of the 18th century, wide tree‑lined streets took its place – the Boulevard Ring.
Later, neighbouring villages joined Moscow and the boundary of the new territories was marked by an earthen rampart. After the Great Fire of Moscow of 1812, plans were made to build a wide street lined with front gardens on the site of the former fortifications. Over time, it grew into the Garden Ring.
Until the mid‑19th century, the third ring around Moscow marked the city’s legal borders. Nowadays, the modern Third Transport Ring runs through these territories.
Moscow actually has two whole circle subway lines and a railway ring.
The motorway ring around Moscow was opened in 1962. Until the 1980s, the MKAD was considered the city’s official border – today, however, many districts of Moscow extend beyond it.
📷 Sergey Ryzhikov/Roscosmos, Mikhail Uspensky / Sputnik, Albert Garnelis / TASS, mosmetro.ru
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In short, Moscow historically expanded in concentric rings: first, merchants and artisans settled around the Kremlin, then these neighborhoods were also enclosed by fortifications; and, later, the neighborhoods that sprang up around them were fortified, as well.
By the end of the 16th century, Moscow had already become a major merchant city. The so-called ‘White Wall’ surrounded the settlements. At the end of the 18th century, wide tree‑lined streets took its place – the Boulevard Ring.
Later, neighbouring villages joined Moscow and the boundary of the new territories was marked by an earthen rampart. After the Great Fire of Moscow of 1812, plans were made to build a wide street lined with front gardens on the site of the former fortifications. Over time, it grew into the Garden Ring.
Until the mid‑19th century, the third ring around Moscow marked the city’s legal borders. Nowadays, the modern Third Transport Ring runs through these territories.
Moscow actually has two whole circle subway lines and a railway ring.
The motorway ring around Moscow was opened in 1962. Until the 1980s, the MKAD was considered the city’s official border – today, however, many districts of Moscow extend beyond it.
📷 Sergey Ryzhikov/Roscosmos, Mikhail Uspensky / Sputnik, Albert Garnelis / TASS, mosmetro.ru
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⚡️ Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation:
The Press Bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (#SVR) reports that, according to information received by the SVR, the issue of appropriating the Bank of Russia’s funds frozen in the EU continues to preoccupy Brussels.
This time, experts are drawing up proposals to establish a new supranational body where Russian assets could be “hidden” after being moved out of Euroclear, the securities depository under Belgian jurisdiction.
❗️ EU bureaucrats are in a hurry. They fear that without confiscating Russian assets, they will be unable to keep indefinitely financing the corrupt Kiev regime, which serves as an expendable tool in NATO’s conflict with Russia.
EU leaders have a vested interest in completing their operation to steal Russian assets before elections in several European countries in 2027. After that, the “window of opportunity” for seizing these assets may simply close if the elections produce governments less sympathetic to the Kiev regime and opposed to fuelling a major war in Europe.
☝️ In this regard, Europe’s would-be thieves are particularly wary of the upcoming presidential election in France and parliamentary elections in Spain, Greece and Poland.
The EU’s current ruling elite would do well to understand that its attempts to steal Russia’s sovereign funds will undermine trust in European institutions. Countries of the Global South will no longer regard European jurisdiction as a “safe haven”.
Europe, meanwhile, will be unable to maintain the stability of its own financial system without the support of major foreign holders of European securities, such as China, India, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Singapore.
👉 The thief will therefore be punished, whatever happens.
The Press Bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (#SVR) reports that, according to information received by the SVR, the issue of appropriating the Bank of Russia’s funds frozen in the EU continues to preoccupy Brussels.
This time, experts are drawing up proposals to establish a new supranational body where Russian assets could be “hidden” after being moved out of Euroclear, the securities depository under Belgian jurisdiction.
❗️ EU bureaucrats are in a hurry. They fear that without confiscating Russian assets, they will be unable to keep indefinitely financing the corrupt Kiev regime, which serves as an expendable tool in NATO’s conflict with Russia.
EU leaders have a vested interest in completing their operation to steal Russian assets before elections in several European countries in 2027. After that, the “window of opportunity” for seizing these assets may simply close if the elections produce governments less sympathetic to the Kiev regime and opposed to fuelling a major war in Europe.
☝️ In this regard, Europe’s would-be thieves are particularly wary of the upcoming presidential election in France and parliamentary elections in Spain, Greece and Poland.
The EU’s current ruling elite would do well to understand that its attempts to steal Russia’s sovereign funds will undermine trust in European institutions. Countries of the Global South will no longer regard European jurisdiction as a “safe haven”.
Europe, meanwhile, will be unable to maintain the stability of its own financial system without the support of major foreign holders of European securities, such as China, India, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Singapore.
👉 The thief will therefore be punished, whatever happens.
💬 Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin:
📄 A JOKE OF A CHANCELLOR | or the role of the individual in creating problems
Germany’s days as Europe’s largest economy are OVER.
Just over ten years ago, Germany was one of Russia’s key economic partners in Europe.
Germany prospered thanks to affordable energy supplies from Russia. We, in turn, increased our budget revenues and developed our industries.
All of this was built on mutually beneficial cooperation.
Looking back, Germany was far more assertive in defending its national interests at that time, building relations that served its country and its people.
❗️ Germany’s current leadership, headed by Merz, has made a STRATEGIC MISTAKE. Instead of addressing its citizens’ problems and looking after its own country, Merz has become an active participant in hostilities on Ukraine’s side, financing the neo-Nazi Kiev regime and supplying it with weapons at German citizens’ expense.
And he did not stop there.
Throughout the State Duma election campaign, we recorded numerous instances of interference by German state institutions. Even before voting began, they were already passing judgement on the election results, seeking to discredit them and declaring that they would not recognise them.
Incidentally, Landtag elections were taking place in Germany at the same time as our State Duma election campaign.
Our position has always been clear and remains so: this is internal affairs of a sovereign state. The people of each country determine their own future by electing their representatives to public office.
Now that the results are in, we can congratulate our colleagues on the conclusion of their election campaign. And on its outcome.
🗳 The people of Germany’s states have made their choice.
Merz has become A JOKE OF A CHANCELLOR.
Just as Zelensky has long been ILLEGITIMATE.
In six months, it will be Macron’s turn to HEAD FOR THE EXIT.
Clinging to power, ALL OF THEM have brought MISERY and PROBLEMS upon the peoples of their own countries and beyond.
THEY WILL HAVE TO ANSWER FOR IT ‼️
📄 A JOKE OF A CHANCELLOR | or the role of the individual in creating problems
Germany’s days as Europe’s largest economy are OVER.
Just over ten years ago, Germany was one of Russia’s key economic partners in Europe.
Germany prospered thanks to affordable energy supplies from Russia. We, in turn, increased our budget revenues and developed our industries.
All of this was built on mutually beneficial cooperation.
Looking back, Germany was far more assertive in defending its national interests at that time, building relations that served its country and its people.
❗️ Germany’s current leadership, headed by Merz, has made a STRATEGIC MISTAKE. Instead of addressing its citizens’ problems and looking after its own country, Merz has become an active participant in hostilities on Ukraine’s side, financing the neo-Nazi Kiev regime and supplying it with weapons at German citizens’ expense.
And he did not stop there.
Throughout the State Duma election campaign, we recorded numerous instances of interference by German state institutions. Even before voting began, they were already passing judgement on the election results, seeking to discredit them and declaring that they would not recognise them.
Incidentally, Landtag elections were taking place in Germany at the same time as our State Duma election campaign.
Our position has always been clear and remains so: this is internal affairs of a sovereign state. The people of each country determine their own future by electing their representatives to public office.
Now that the results are in, we can congratulate our colleagues on the conclusion of their election campaign. And on its outcome.
🗳 The people of Germany’s states have made their choice.
Merz has become A JOKE OF A CHANCELLOR.
Just as Zelensky has long been ILLEGITIMATE.
In six months, it will be Macron’s turn to HEAD FOR THE EXIT.
Clinging to power, ALL OF THEM have brought MISERY and PROBLEMS upon the peoples of their own countries and beyond.
THEY WILL HAVE TO ANSWER FOR IT ‼️
What are the names of Russian cities in other languages?
For Russians, these names sound utterly exotic!
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For Russians, these names sound utterly exotic!
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🎙 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the “Dialogue on Fakes 4.0” Forum (Moscow, September 22, 2026)
Key points:
• Russia encourages professional dialogue in virtually every field, including efforts to counter the use of information as a weapon. This is particularly relevant today, when information floods every aspect of our lives and modern technology allows any news story, even one that is unverified or outright false, to reach millions, if not billions, of people almost instantly.
• I consider the staged killing of civilians in Bucha, a suburb of Kiev, to be the most cynical farce. Russian troops withdrew from the Kiev Region on March 30, 2022. Two days later, the town’s mayor appeared on television, proudly declaring that Ukraine had regained full control of Bucha and that no Russian soldiers remained there. The footage was filmed on the town’s main street. It is a wide street, and it was completely empty. Yet three days after our units withdrew, a BBC crew appeared there and broadcast a report showing that very same street, with dozens of bodies neatly laid out along its sides, dressed in remarkably clean clothes despite the mud and slush all around.
• Anti-Russian hysteria was whipped up. New sanctions were announced as punishment. As you know, then British PM Boris Johnson arrived, forbade the signing of the Istanbul peace accords and proposed simply continuing the war. He recently claimed that this was a lie. Well, he will say anything, and for next to nothing. But this is no lie – it is the truth.
• In response to the accusations against us and the sanctions, we simply requested the names of those whose bodies had been shown by the BBC, which had “conveniently turned up” in the right place at the right time. Complete silence.
• I appealed to UN Secretary-General Guterres, both in private meetings and publicly at a Security Council meeting he attended, asking him to use his authority and the means at his disposal to secure the publication of the names of those whose alleged deaths at the hands of Russian servicemen had caused such an enormous scandal. There was no response.
• We have continued to pursue this matter. Every year, I remind Guterres that he ought to explain to the international community – or at least to Russia, which has been accused of every imaginable sin – what actually happened there and whose bodies were shown. In May this year, I sent Guterres 12 very specific questions about the Bucha incident. Guterres responded to my letter containing these 12 specific questions with a perfunctory reply.
• Just a few days ago, The International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of Ukrainian Neo-Nazis published the initial findings of its investigation. They were announced and presented on September 17 at the TASS press centre, with the participation of the Tribunal’s Chairman and member of Russia’s Civic Chamber Maxim Grigoryev.
👉 Read the full report
• Based solely on open sources – let me stress that again – it has been established that the memorial bears dozens of names of Ukrainian armed forces servicemen, Security Service of Ukraine personnel, members of “territorial defence” units, the police and the National Guard, including militants from the nationalist Azov formation. More than 70 names have no digital footprint whatsoever, which is virtually impossible in today’s world.
❗️ I have no doubt that the truth will ultimately prevail, providing a fitting response to the West’s information aggression against the countries of the Global Majority. Russia is one of them. I would also like to make a very important point. The West’s efforts to conceal and distort the truth in the information sphere reflect a broader trend – a fear of fair competition in virtually every field of human endeavour.
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Key points:
• Russia encourages professional dialogue in virtually every field, including efforts to counter the use of information as a weapon. This is particularly relevant today, when information floods every aspect of our lives and modern technology allows any news story, even one that is unverified or outright false, to reach millions, if not billions, of people almost instantly.
• I consider the staged killing of civilians in Bucha, a suburb of Kiev, to be the most cynical farce. Russian troops withdrew from the Kiev Region on March 30, 2022. Two days later, the town’s mayor appeared on television, proudly declaring that Ukraine had regained full control of Bucha and that no Russian soldiers remained there. The footage was filmed on the town’s main street. It is a wide street, and it was completely empty. Yet three days after our units withdrew, a BBC crew appeared there and broadcast a report showing that very same street, with dozens of bodies neatly laid out along its sides, dressed in remarkably clean clothes despite the mud and slush all around.
• Anti-Russian hysteria was whipped up. New sanctions were announced as punishment. As you know, then British PM Boris Johnson arrived, forbade the signing of the Istanbul peace accords and proposed simply continuing the war. He recently claimed that this was a lie. Well, he will say anything, and for next to nothing. But this is no lie – it is the truth.
• In response to the accusations against us and the sanctions, we simply requested the names of those whose bodies had been shown by the BBC, which had “conveniently turned up” in the right place at the right time. Complete silence.
• I appealed to UN Secretary-General Guterres, both in private meetings and publicly at a Security Council meeting he attended, asking him to use his authority and the means at his disposal to secure the publication of the names of those whose alleged deaths at the hands of Russian servicemen had caused such an enormous scandal. There was no response.
• We have continued to pursue this matter. Every year, I remind Guterres that he ought to explain to the international community – or at least to Russia, which has been accused of every imaginable sin – what actually happened there and whose bodies were shown. In May this year, I sent Guterres 12 very specific questions about the Bucha incident. Guterres responded to my letter containing these 12 specific questions with a perfunctory reply.
• Just a few days ago, The International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of Ukrainian Neo-Nazis published the initial findings of its investigation. They were announced and presented on September 17 at the TASS press centre, with the participation of the Tribunal’s Chairman and member of Russia’s Civic Chamber Maxim Grigoryev.
👉 Read the full report
• Based solely on open sources – let me stress that again – it has been established that the memorial bears dozens of names of Ukrainian armed forces servicemen, Security Service of Ukraine personnel, members of “territorial defence” units, the police and the National Guard, including militants from the nationalist Azov formation. More than 70 names have no digital footprint whatsoever, which is virtually impossible in today’s world.
❗️ I have no doubt that the truth will ultimately prevail, providing a fitting response to the West’s information aggression against the countries of the Global Majority. Russia is one of them. I would also like to make a very important point. The West’s efforts to conceal and distort the truth in the information sphere reflect a broader trend – a fear of fair competition in virtually every field of human endeavour.
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#KievRegimeCrimes
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
💬 During the week of Russia’s State Duma elections, Ukrainian militants carried out more attacks on civilian facilities than in any other week since the start of 2026.
Kiev sought to disrupt voting in the new regions – the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, as well as the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics – by attacking polling sites.
Numerous schools, cultural centres, social facilities and administrative buildings sustained serious damage from targeted Ukrainian drone strikes. On the morning of September 20, Ukrainian terrorists deliberately destroyed a polling station at a school in Prishib, Zaporozhye Region.
On September 20, the main voting day, Ukrainian armed groups launched their largest attack on civilian targets. According to Russia’s Defence Ministry, 1,951 enemy attack drones and nine cruise missiles heading towards Moscow and the Moscow Region were destroyed over the course of the day. The attacks resulted in deaths and injuries, as well as damage to homes, industrial facilities and logistics infrastructure.
Over the past week, the highest numbers of civilian casualties from Ukrainian attacks were recorded in the Belgorod Region, the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, and the Zaporozhye, Kherson, Moscow and Rostov regions.
On September 14-20, attacks by Ukrainian Nazis resulted in 379 civilian casualties: 338 people were injured, including 18 minors, and 41 were killed, including four children.
In total, Ukrainian armed formations fired at least 8,889 munitions at civilian facilities on Russian territory over the seven days – more than 1,250 strikes a day.
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
💬 During the week of Russia’s State Duma elections, Ukrainian militants carried out more attacks on civilian facilities than in any other week since the start of 2026.
Kiev sought to disrupt voting in the new regions – the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, as well as the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics – by attacking polling sites.
Numerous schools, cultural centres, social facilities and administrative buildings sustained serious damage from targeted Ukrainian drone strikes. On the morning of September 20, Ukrainian terrorists deliberately destroyed a polling station at a school in Prishib, Zaporozhye Region.
On September 20, the main voting day, Ukrainian armed groups launched their largest attack on civilian targets. According to Russia’s Defence Ministry, 1,951 enemy attack drones and nine cruise missiles heading towards Moscow and the Moscow Region were destroyed over the course of the day. The attacks resulted in deaths and injuries, as well as damage to homes, industrial facilities and logistics infrastructure.
Over the past week, the highest numbers of civilian casualties from Ukrainian attacks were recorded in the Belgorod Region, the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, and the Zaporozhye, Kherson, Moscow and Rostov regions.
On September 14-20, attacks by Ukrainian Nazis resulted in 379 civilian casualties: 338 people were injured, including 18 minors, and 41 were killed, including four children.
In total, Ukrainian armed formations fired at least 8,889 munitions at civilian facilities on Russian territory over the seven days – more than 1,250 strikes a day.
Forwarded from Консульский департамент МИД России
В МИД России и российские загранучреждения периодически поступают обращения с просьбами помочь в розыске родственников или знакомых, связь с которыми не поддерживается уже много лет. Желание найти близкого человека может быть продиктовано как психологической потребностью, так и причинами сугубо материального характера. Например, человек может быть зарегистрирован на чьей-либо жилплощади либо числиться одним из собственников имущества, которое планируется продать. Рассказываем, какие шаги могут быть предприняты в зависимости от того, где находится разыскиваемое лицо – на территории России или за рубежом.
Forwarded from Консульский департамент МИД России
Что может МВД России
На территории Российской Федерации вопросы предоставления адресно-справочной информации относятся к компетенции Министерства внутренних дел. В сентябре с.г. вступил в силу новый административный регламент МВД России, благодаря которому возобновить контакт с человеком, находящимся в России, стало проще.
Так, обратиться с заявлением о поиске может как частное лицо, так и организация, лично или через представителя. Сделать это можно с использованием портала «Госуслуг» или в районном подразделении МВД по вопросам миграции. При наличии сведений орган МВД России направляет извещение, в котором указаны контакты заявителя, непосредственно разыскиваемому лицу. Такое лицо, при желании, само выходит на связь с инициатором его розыска.
В случаях, когда речь идет о лицах, зарегистрированных или поставленных на учет в жилом помещении, принадлежащем заявителю на праве собственности, ему может быть предоставлена адресная справка, содержащая сведения о таких лицах.
На территории Российской Федерации вопросы предоставления адресно-справочной информации относятся к компетенции Министерства внутренних дел. В сентябре с.г. вступил в силу новый административный регламент МВД России, благодаря которому возобновить контакт с человеком, находящимся в России, стало проще.
Так, обратиться с заявлением о поиске может как частное лицо, так и организация, лично или через представителя. Сделать это можно с использованием портала «Госуслуг» или в районном подразделении МВД по вопросам миграции. При наличии сведений орган МВД России направляет извещение, в котором указаны контакты заявителя, непосредственно разыскиваемому лицу. Такое лицо, при желании, само выходит на связь с инициатором его розыска.
В случаях, когда речь идет о лицах, зарегистрированных или поставленных на учет в жилом помещении, принадлежащем заявителю на праве собственности, ему может быть предоставлена адресная справка, содержащая сведения о таких лицах.
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"Об утверждении Административного регламента Министерства внутренних дел Российской Федерации по предоставлению государственной услуги "Предоставление собственнику жилого помещения…
"Об утверждении Административного регламента Министерства внутренних дел Российской Федерации по предоставлению государственной услуги "Предоставление собственнику жилого помещения…
Forwarded from Консульский департамент МИД России
Что может МИД России
Если же заявитель обращается в МИД России или загранучреждение Российской Федерации, чтобы найти контакты человека, выехавшего за рубеж, то ему следует иметь в виду, что действующее законодательство Российской Федерации не наделяет Министерство иностранных дел, а также дипломатические представительства и консульские учреждения полномочиями по отслеживанию передвижений граждан за рубежом и по осуществлению оперативно-розыскной деятельности.
В соответствии с частью 5 статьи 18 Консульского устава Российской Федерации консульское должностное лицо может обратиться в компетентные органы государства пребывания за содействием в розыске российского гражданина, предположительно находящегося на территории консульского округа соответствующего загранучреждения. Однако возможность получения такой информации в большинстве случаев ограничена или вовсе отсутствует в силу законодательства страны пребывания в сфере персональных данных.
Таким образом, приходится констатировать, что зачастую консульские должностные лица, стремящиеся в гуманитарных целях оказать содействие заявителю в поиске родственника или близкого, сталкиваются с проблемой отсутствия соответствующей информации. Облегчить задачу может постановка на консульский учет.
Например, если человек, уезжающий или уже уехавший за рубеж, найдет всего несколько минут, чтобы подать заявление о постановке на учет, указав необходимые контакты (сейчас это можно сделать онлайн), то в случае необходимости консул сможет связаться с разыскиваемым лицом и сообщить ему данные родственников или знакомых, заинтересованных в установлении связи с ним. Обращаем внимание, что в случае изменения контактных данных гражданин может обратиться в загранучреждение с просьбой об их актуализации в системе консульского учета.
Таким образом, постановка на консульский учет – это один из действенных инструментов, который позволит «не потеряться» и при необходимости восстановить прошлые связи.
Если же заявитель обращается в МИД России или загранучреждение Российской Федерации, чтобы найти контакты человека, выехавшего за рубеж, то ему следует иметь в виду, что действующее законодательство Российской Федерации не наделяет Министерство иностранных дел, а также дипломатические представительства и консульские учреждения полномочиями по отслеживанию передвижений граждан за рубежом и по осуществлению оперативно-розыскной деятельности.
В соответствии с частью 5 статьи 18 Консульского устава Российской Федерации консульское должностное лицо может обратиться в компетентные органы государства пребывания за содействием в розыске российского гражданина, предположительно находящегося на территории консульского округа соответствующего загранучреждения. Однако возможность получения такой информации в большинстве случаев ограничена или вовсе отсутствует в силу законодательства страны пребывания в сфере персональных данных.
Таким образом, приходится констатировать, что зачастую консульские должностные лица, стремящиеся в гуманитарных целях оказать содействие заявителю в поиске родственника или близкого, сталкиваются с проблемой отсутствия соответствующей информации. Облегчить задачу может постановка на консульский учет.
Например, если человек, уезжающий или уже уехавший за рубеж, найдет всего несколько минут, чтобы подать заявление о постановке на учет, указав необходимые контакты (сейчас это можно сделать онлайн), то в случае необходимости консул сможет связаться с разыскиваемым лицом и сообщить ему данные родственников или знакомых, заинтересованных в установлении связи с ним. Обращаем внимание, что в случае изменения контактных данных гражданин может обратиться в загранучреждение с просьбой об их актуализации в системе консульского учета.
Таким образом, постановка на консульский учет – это один из действенных инструментов, который позволит «не потеряться» и при необходимости восстановить прошлые связи.