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Why Moscow wants to tear down Khrushchev-era buildings

Two long term residents of Moscow, Maria Volkonskaya and Alexandra Selivanova, explain why they are opposed to plans to demolish some of the city's most iconic Khrushchev-era apartments.

(Picture: an excavator demolishing a five-storey apartment block in Moscow. Credit: Natalia KOLESNIKOVANATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images)

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