Vladimir Putin The President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed the law on the renovation of housing in Moscow, involving the demolition of Khrushchev and the relocation of their residents to new homes. Document posted on Saturday, July 1, on the official portal of legal information. The renovation programme prioritizes the demolition of apartment buildings with regard to their technical condition. We are talking about buildings of the first period of industrial housing, and the houses, “similar in characteristics of structural elements”, in which the unit owners voted for inclusion in the program. To apartment houses of the first period of industrial housing construction include building with nine stories and less, built on standard projects, which were developed between 1957 and 1968. The renovation will not apply to emergency buildings, their demolition will continue in accordance with existing legislation, said “Interfax”. The decision on inclusion of homes in the program are
