Paul Goble
Staunton, Mar.3 -- Until this month, Russia law had imposed serious restrictions on the construction of new buildings near anything that the government had declared a monument. Preservationists, ordinary Russians and tourists were pleased but developers were angry. Now, the developers have won a major but possibly temporary victory.
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed a decree eliminating as of March one what are known as "preservation zones" around tens of thousands of monuments across the Russian Federation (newizv.ru/news/2025-03-02/zhk-s-vidom-na-pamyatnik-pravitelstvo-ubralo-ohrannye-zony-vokrug-ob-ektov-kultury-436100).
That means that developers will be able to build new structures far closer to these monuments than ever before. Preservationists are outraged wn will certainly contest such construction in court, but Moscow by this action has shown that it is likely to back the developers most of the time, however committed to "traditional values" it routinely declares itself to be.
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