"MYTISHCHI, Russia: Property developers are racing to build up prime land in Moscow’s leafy outskirts with plans that involve razing entire villages and felling acres of forest. Now determined locals are fighting back to stop the developers in their tracks and preserve the environment, local heritage and their homes and with some success, such as in the village of Vostochnaya Perlovka, northeast of the capital."

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