Russian Parliament Approves Controversial Housing Demolition Program

</p> <p>A bill outlining Moscow authorities’ controversial demolition program passed its third, and final, reading in the State Duma on Wednesday. The demolition plans have sparked the widespread protests in the city in recent months.</p><div class="hbqlr66214787829e7" > <div id="yandex_rtb_R-A-749142-1"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> (function(w, d, n, s, t) { w[n] = w[n] || []; w[n].push(function() { Ya.Context.AdvManager.render({ blockId: "R-A-749142-1", renderTo: "yandex_rtb_R-A-749142-1", async: true }); }); t = d.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s = d.createElement("script"); s.type = "text/javascript"; s.src = "//an.yandex.ru/system/context.js"; s.async = true; t.parentNode.insertBefore(s, t); })(this, this.document, "yandexContextAsyncCallbacks"); </script></div><style type="text/css"> @media screen and (min-width: 1201px) { .hbqlr66214787829e7 { display: block; } } @media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) { .hbqlr66214787829e7 { display: block; } } @media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) { .hbqlr66214787829e7 { display: block; } } @media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) { .hbqlr66214787829e7 { display: block; } } @media screen and (max-width: 767px) { .hbqlr66214787829e7 { display: block; } } </style> <p>Just two lawmakers voted against the bill, one abstained, and 399 deputies voted for it, the Republic news website reported. Ahead of the vote several dozen Muscovites picketed the parliament building, demanding the bill be abolished. According to Sergei Mitrokhin, a politician from the Yabloko opposition party, eleven demonstrators were detained by the police, including Mitrokhin.</p> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-template-part"> <div style="height:0" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)"> <hr class="wp-block-separator alignwide has-css-opacity is-style-wide"/> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-layout-1 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <div class="wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-layout-4 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex"> <p> Posted </p> <div class="wp-block-post-date"><time datetime="2017-06-13T11:00:00+00:00">June 13, 2017</time></div> <p> in </p> <div class="taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms"><a href="https://cultureru.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a></div> </div> <div class="wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-layout-5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex"> <p> by </p> <div class="wp-block-post-author"><div class="wp-block-post-author__content"><p class="wp-block-post-author__name">admin</p></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-layout-2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <div class="wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-layout-6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex"> <p> Tags: </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <section class="wp-block-template-part"> <div class="wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)"> </div> </section> </main> <footer class="wp-block-template-part">  <script type="text/javascript" > (function(m,e,t,r,i,k,a){m[i]=m[i]||function(){(m[i].a=m[i].a||[]).push(arguments)}; m[i].l=1*new Date(); for (var j = 0; j < document.scripts.length; j++) {if (document.scripts[j].src === r) { return; }} k=e.createElement(t),a=e.getElementsByTagName(t)[0],k.async=1,k.src=r,a.parentNode.insertBefore(k,a)}) (window, document, "script", "https://mc.yandex.ru/metrika/tag.js", "ym"); ym(45733521, "init", { clickmap:true, trackLinks:true, accurateTrackBounce:true }); </script> <noscript><div><img decoding="async" src="https://mc.yandex.ru/watch/45733521" style="position:absolute; left:-9999px;" alt="" /></div></noscript>  <div class="wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <div class="wp-block-group alignwide is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-layout-10 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)"> <p class="wp-block-site-title"><a href="https://cultureru.com" target="_self" rel="home">Culture</a></p> <p class="has-text-align-right"> Proudly powered by <a href="https://wordpress.org" rel="nofollow">WordPress</a> </p> </div> </div> </footer> </div> <script type="text/javascript">(function(w,doc) { if (!w.__utlWdgt ) { w.__utlWdgt = true; var d = doc, s = d.createElement('script'), g = 'getElementsByTagName'; s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.charset='UTF-8'; s.async = true; s.src = ('https:' == w.location.protocol ? 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