6K views · 138 reactions | Russia, like many other countries, struggles with the problem of homelessness. Estimates of Russia’s homeless population range from the thousands to millions. Meet Georgina Deiratani, a woman who lived in Syria and moved to Moscow in 2002. Since 2017, she has organized a food bank to feed the homeless at Yaroslavsky Station every Wednesday. | The Moscow Times | Facebook

2K views · 33 reactions | Police in Moscow detained 39 protesters at a rally calling for opposition candidates to be allowed to run in September's elections to the Russian capital's parliament. | The Moscow Times | Facebook

Yegor Zhukov, a student at Moscow’s Higher School of Economics with a popular political YouTube channel, was detained on Aug. 2 on suspicion of “mass unrest,” a crime punishable with up to eight years in prison, after he took part in Moscow’s mass opposition protest on July 27. HSE students have picketed and fundraised more than 1 million rubles ($15,000) for his legal fees, while three of his schoolmates were detained on Aug. 5 in Moscow for holding pickets in his support. | The Moscow Times

Moscow, a bustling city of 12 million people, has become a ghost town amid the coronavirus pandemic. Muscovites may only leave their homes to buy groceries, go to the pharmacy, take out the trash or walk their dog. | The Moscow Times

2K views · 57 reactions | Every year on Oct. 29, hundreds of Muscovites line up in front of the ex-headquarters of the Soviet secret police to read the names of the victims of Stalin’s Great Purges. Despite the rain and the cold, the event brings together hundreds of people—young and old. | The Moscow Times | Facebook

114K views · 285 reactions | This is how Moscow businessmen are...