In this issue of the magazine, Keith Gessen writes about Moscow’s endless traffic troubles. (Subscribers can read the full text; others can buy access to the issue via the digital edition.) In the video below, Gessen describes the scope and causes of this chronic congestion, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov’s efforts to combat it, and why Muscovites put up with the traffic.
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