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Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Oleg Baranov, Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the City of Moscow, opened the new building of the Shcherbinka District Police Department, where they met with Moscow police officers.
"This is a modern, bright, and well-appointed building, perfectly suited for work. It has everything needed for both police officers and the public who will seek assistance there. So, congratulations, friends, on your new home!" said the Moscow Mayor.
Sergei Sobyanin presented Mikhail Romanitsa, Head of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the Troitsky and Novomoskovsky Administrative Districts of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the City of Moscow, with a certificate of transfer of the right to free use of a non-residential building with an area of 7,600 square meters, located at 2 Zakharyinskie Dvoriki Street, to the Internal Affairs Directorate for the New Moscow Administrative Districts.
"On behalf of our personnel, I can assure you that we will ensure the safety of Muscovites," Mikhail Romanitsa emphasized.
Sergei Sobyanin noted that the city continues to improve the material resources of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Moscow.
"A lot has been accomplished. Most of the buildings are already in good condition, but there's still a lot of work to be done. In 2025, we built four new buildings, and in 2026, two more. We're continuing the reconstruction," the Moscow Mayor said.
Compared to 2010, the overall number of offenses in Moscow has decreased by 35 percent, and the number of the most dangerous crimes against the life, health, and property of Muscovites has decreased several times.
"The Moscow government provides systematic support to the Moscow police. Since 2011, over 250 police facilities have been built and reconstructed in Moscow. Units are located in
comfortable, well-equipped buildings, which certainly improves the quality of performance of official duties,” the Mayor of Moscow wrote on his channel in MAX messenger.
Source: Sergei Sobyanin's channel inMAX messenger
The new building of the Shcherbinka district police department
Before moving to a new building, the Department of Internal Affairs (OVD) for the Shcherbinka District of Moscow occupied a two-story building at 6 Zheleznodorozhnaya Street. The total floor area of the premises was only 813.5 square meters. This was insufficient for the full-fledged and effective operation of the department, which employed over 180 people and served the rapidly developing Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug with a population of over 135,000.
The new 7,600-square-meter district department building was constructed according to a custom design at 2 Zakharyinskie Dvoriki Street, approximately a 20-minute walk from the Shcherbinka train station on the Moscow Central Diameter 2 (MCD-2). Construction lasted from June 2022 to August 2025. The work was financed by the Moscow city budget under the "Safe City" program.
"The building on Zakharyinskiye Dvoriki Street is nine times larger than the department's previous building. It is now a 20-minute walk from the Shcherbinka MCD-2 train station. It offers comfortable conditions for police officers to work, study, train, and rest. The building is equipped with modern utility systems, furniture, office equipment, and all necessary facilities. The surrounding area has also been landscaped," Sergei Sobyanin noted on his MAX messenger channel.
Source: Moscow Mayor's channelMAX messenger
The building's ventilated façade is made of porcelain tile. The basement is also clad in porcelain tile. The surrounding area is landscaped.
The four-story administrative building (including a technical floor and basement) provides comfortable conditions for police officers to work, study, train, and rest. The department is equipped with modern utility systems, furniture, office equipment, and all necessary facilities.
Combat and training facilities have been set up for the staff. These include a rifle and laser (multimedia) range, as well as offices for the duty station, the investigative department, the criminal investigation and inquiry departments, the security and suspect escort teams, and the logistics department. The building also houses a wrestling hall and a gym with locker rooms and showers.
A conference room with a modern multimedia system is equipped for holding operational meetings and other work events.
For the accommodation of service vehicles, there is a built-in garage for eight cars and an above-ground parking lot for 19 cars.
The move to the new building on Zakharyinskie Dvoriki Street will be completed in the near future.
Security, openness, and comfort: a new standard for the Metropolitan Police's buildings
The city provides systematic assistance to the Moscow police in modernizing its material and technical resources. The newly constructed and renovated buildings of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the City of Moscow provide comfortable conditions for service. They are equipped with modern duty stations, offices, laboratories, break rooms, gyms, shooting ranges, cafeterias, and refreshment areas, and the surrounding area has been landscaped.
The safety of employees and visitors is ensured by modern electronic security, surveillance and access control systems.
Since 2010, 30 new Metropolitan Police facilities have been commissioned in the capital. These include the building complexes of the Internal Affairs Directorates for the Western, Southern, and Eastern Administrative Districts, the police departments for the Akademichesky, Beskudnikovsky, Golyanovo, Danilovsky, Kotlovka, Molzhaninovsky, Ochakovo-Matveyevskoye, Rostokino, Severny, Tverskoy, Khovrino, Khoroshevo-Mnevniki, Shcherbinka, Yuzhnoportovy, and Yakimanka districts, as well as the Moskovsky police station, the Kommunarsky Inter-Municipal Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, the Canine Service Center, and a complex of administrative buildings on Ryabinovaya Street.
In 2026, construction of the facility in the Losinoostrovsky district (six thousand square meters) will be completed, and in 2027 – in the Prospekt Vernadskogo district (6.4 thousand square meters).
Plans for 2027–2030 include the construction of 20 facilities. Modern administrative buildings will be built in the districts of Tverskoy, Bekasovo, Obruchevsky, Zyuzino, Prospekt Vernadskogo, Chertanovo Tsentralnoye, Chertanovo Yuzhnoye, Tsaritsyno, Filevsky Park, Kryukovo, Vykhino, Troparevo-Nikulino, Shchukino, Filimonkovsky, Voronovo, Vnukovo, Krasnopakhorsky, and Troitsk.
At the same time, comprehensive reconstruction and improvement work is underway at the facilities of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Moscow. Since 2011, work has been completed on 222 facilities. These include:
— 80 buildings of district departments of internal affairs;
– six residential buildings – family dormitories for police officers;
— 91 sports and hockey fields for training and recreation of personnel;
— 45 other departmental objects.
This year, major repairs are planned for five facilities, including the Krylatskoye District Department of Internal Affairs and the administrative buildings of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Moscow.
"Work to improve the capital's police facilities will continue. Plans include the construction and renovation of approximately 30 more facilities," the Moscow Mayor emphasized in his MAX channel.
Source: Sergei Sobyanin's channel inMAX messenger
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Safe City: On the State of Crime in Moscow
Between 2010 and 2025, the total number of crimes committed in Moscow decreased by 35 percent, from 185,900 to 120,900. Last year, the number of crimes decreased by 7.7 percent compared to 2024.
The crime rate per 100,000 people decreased by 48.5 percent, from 1,770 to 911.
The number of murders has decreased by more than 3.5 times, apartment burglaries by 64 times, car thefts by almost 47 times, robberies by 13 times, robberies by 20 times, and hooliganism by almost five times.
The number of crimes in public places has decreased more than threefold.
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