Editing Moscow (section)

===1991–present===
When the USSR was dissolved in 1991, Moscow remained the capital of the [[Russian Federation]]. Since then, a market economy has emerged, producing an explosion of Western-style retailing, services, architecture, and lifestyles. The city continued to grow during the 1990s to 2000s, its population rising from below nine to above ten million. Mason and Nigmatullina argue that Soviet-era urban-growth controls produced controlled and sustainable metropolitan development, typified by the greenbelt built in 1935. Since then, however, there has been a dramatic growth of low-density suburban sprawl, created by heavy demand for single-family dwellings as opposed to crowded apartments. In 1995–97 the MKAD ring road was widened from the initial four to ten lanes.

In December 2002 [[Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo]] became the first Moscow Metro station that opened beyond the limits of MKAD. The [[Third Ring Road (Moscow)|Third Ring Road]], intermediate between the early 19th-century [[Garden Ring]] and the Soviet-era outer ring road, was completed in 2004. The greenbelt is becoming more and more fragmented, and satellite cities are appearing at the fringe. Summer dachas are being converted into year-round residences, and with the proliferation of automobiles there is heavy traffic congestion.<ref>Robert J. Mason and Liliya Nigmatullina, "Suburbanization and Sustainability in Metropolitan Moscow," ''Geographical Review'' (2011) 101#3 pp. 316–333.</ref> Multiple old churches and other examples of architectural heritage that had been demolished during the Stalin era have been restored, such as the [[Cathedral of Christ the Saviour]].
In 2010s Moscow's Administration has launched some long duration projects like the ''Moja Ulitsa'' (in English: ''My Street'') urban redevelopment program<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rbth.com/politics_and_society/2016/11/04/city-of-the-future-moscow-gets-a-much-needed-makeover_644341 |title=City of the future: Moscow gets a much-needed makeover |first=special to |last=RBTH |date=4 November 2016 |access-date=23 May 2018 |archive-date=24 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524081811/https://www.rbth.com/politics_and_society/2016/11/04/city-of-the-future-moscow-gets-a-much-needed-makeover_644341 |url-status=live }}</ref> or the Residency renovation one.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/oct/31/moscow-residents-vote-russia-demolition-rehousing |title=The wrecking ball swings at Moscow – a photo essay |first=Chris |last=Leslie |newspaper=The Guardian |date=31 October 2017 |via=www.theguardian.com |access-date=27 January 2019 |archive-date=28 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228205451/https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/oct/31/moscow-residents-vote-russia-demolition-rehousing |url-status=live }}</ref>

By its territorial expansion on 1 July 2012, southwest into the [[Moscow Oblast]] the area of the capital more than doubled, going from {{convert|1091|to|2511|km2|sp=us}}, resulting in Moscow becoming the largest city on the European continent by area; it also gained an additional population of 233,000 people.<ref name="Merger2">{{cite web |url=http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c32/461491.html |title=Expansion of Moscow borders to help it develop harmonically: mayor, Itar-tass, July 1, 2012 |date=1 July 2012 |publisher=Itar-tass.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113003818/http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c32/461491.html |archive-date=13 November 2013 |access-date=9 July 2014 }}</ref><ref name="Mos.ru">{{cite web |url=http://www.mos.ru/about/history/ |title=Moscow city government official site |publisher=Mos.ru |access-date=9 July 2014 |archive-date=20 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720113907/http://www.mos.ru/about/history/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The annexed territory was officially named ''Новая Москва'' (New Moscow).