Putin's Park

Published: Dec. 2, 2017, 3:30 a.m.

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President Vladimir Putin has gifted Moscow with a new park \\u2013 a free public space right next to the Kremlin. Designed by the US architects behind New York\\u2019s High Line, Zarydaye Park is a bold step in city branding, aiming to demonstrate that Moscow is open to the world and to innovation. But does it break new ground for large-scale development projects in 21st century Russia? For Global Business, Lucy Ash explores some of the prizes and pitfalls of this notoriously bumpy terrain.

Contributors include: \\nBoris Bernaskoni, architect, Bernaskoni Bureau \\nGalina Gordushina, Head of Engineering, Mosinzhproekt \\nSergei Kuznetsov, Chief Architect of Moscow \\nMichal Murawski, anthropologist, Queen Mary University \\nAnton Pominov, Director, Transparency International Russia \\nCharles Renfro, architect, Diller Scofidio + Renfro Saskia \\nSassen, sociologist, Columbia University

Producer: Dorothy Feaver \\nPhoto: Zaryadye Park \\nCredit: Iwan Baan

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