Water Is a Drive of Nature
STRATEGIES FOR BUSINESS IN MOSCOW Water is a drive of Nature Leonardo da Vinci A PROPOS Vladimir Mayakovsky once wrote about a city that’s great transportation, systemizing car traffic in Moscow, and for cars, but not for people. He was talking about New regulating parking, which led to a reduction in parking York, which the famous Russian poet visited in the 1920s. spaces in the center. The takeover of cars that New Yorkers had to deal with But the government in Moscow is concerned with more back then was only experienced by Muscovites over half than just air quality. The quality of water, soil, and green a century later, when the Soviet Union collapsed and the spaces are also on the agenda. They are all parts of the country rapidly shifted from communism to capitalism. same important issue - the environment, which permeates The number of cars on city streets started growing so all aspects of urban life. rapidly that it soon led to a serious transportation collapse. Moscow started suffocating in traffic jams, which took up The “environment” as a concept is not limited to nature. a lot of space and poisoned the environment. Statistics It also includes environmental aspects of city life like show that 90% harmful emissions come from cars. modern urban facilities, a developed transportation system, and welcoming public spaces where people can rest, I remember how a close American friend came to visit me interact, play sports, and engage in other leisure activities. in Moscow in the 90s. After meeting him at the airport, we took my Volga to Hotel National, which was located next There are more and more places like this in the city.
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