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Moscow Launches Citywide Snow Clearance With Prosecutorial Oversight

About 130,000 workers with more than 15,000 machines are deployed across high‑risk sites.

Overview

  • City crews are clearing pitched roofs of apartment buildings along with protruding facade elements, gutters and drain funnels during daylight hours.
  • Operations prioritize major roads, pedestrian zones, sidewalks and approaches to metro, Moscow Central Circle and rail platforms, as well as transport hubs and key public facilities.
  • Work areas are cordoned off with tape and barriers to block pedestrian access, and residents are urged not to cross the restrictions.
  • Municipal services are working in an intensified mode with emergency brigades from engineering companies and district prefectures on 24/7 duty.
  • Moscow Prosecutor Maxim Zhuk ordered supervisory support for the cleanup, with prosecutors monitoring timeliness and citizens’ rights and warning owners of non‑residential buildings about administrative liability for failing to clear snow and ice.