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According to the Brookings Institute, Moscow is economically the sixth most powerful city in the world, with a Gross Regional Product (GRP) of $553bn in 2014. Its debt to GRP ratio is marginal – just 1.1 per cent compared to 11.7 per cent for New York – and in 2015, according to the country’s Central Bank, it attracted half of all the foreign direct investment made in Russia.

A city of paradoxes, the government would like Moscow to also be known as one of the smartest cities in which to live.

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Moscow (full report)

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In this edition, we focus on Moscow, which celebrated the 870th anniversary of its official founding in September (2017). The challenge for Moscow’s Mayor Sergey Sobyanin and his government is to preserve the essential character of one of the world’s most charismatic capitals while
ensuring that it meets citizens’ needs in the 21st century

City Lights

Eduard Lysenko: Minister of the Government of Moscow, Head of the Department of Information Technologies

Eduard Lysenko: Minister of the Government of Moscow, Head of the Department of Information Technologies

City Lights

Eduard Lysenko is a driving force behind Moscow’s smart city journey. He explains why cities must develop beyond being simply an administrative machine and into a partner and helper to the citizen.

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In this edition, we focus on Dortmund in western Germany. With around 600,000 inhabitants, Dortmund is the eighth-largest city in Germany and the gateway to the Rhine-Ruhr region in the heart of Europe.

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