Moscow|Russian Federation
Statistical Data
Google entries for Moskau
Moscow + Москва + Moscou 893.100.000
Google entries per inhabitant 77,66
City Founding 1.147
Surface area / city 1.081 km²
since 01.07. 2012 2.550 km²
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moskau
CLIMATE DATA
Max. temperature Ø 9,4
Min. temperature Ø 1,1
Rainfall / year (mm) 691
Days of rain 122
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moskau
POPULATION
Inhabitants / city (official) 11.5 million (2010) [1]
Inhabitants / city (estimated) 15 million [2]
Inhabitants / metropolitan area 16.1 million [4]
Daily commuters 3.000.000 [2]
Population density / city 10.642 inhabitants / km² (2011) [1]
[1] http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moskau
[2] http://wikitravel.org/de/Moskau
[4] http://www.newgeography.com/content/002682-the-evolving-urban-form-moscows-auto-oriented-expansion
Age groups in Russia in %, 2012, estimated
0-14 15,7
15-64 71,3
>64 13
www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
Population history
1920 1.028.200
1939 4.182.916
1979 7.830.509
2010 11.503.501
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moskau
Unemployment 0,7%
http://www.gtai.de/GTAI/Content/DE/Trade/Service/Online-News/2012/11/medien/gs2-russland-lohnkosten.pdf
TRAFFIC (2012)
registered cars 4.2 millions [1]
Increase per year 200.000 [2]
Average speed 18 km / h [3]
Parking spaces 1,4 millions [2]
[1] http://www.mos.ru/en/authority/activity/urban/index.php?id_14=22030
[2] http://www.gutefrage.net/frage/was-sind-die-hauptprobleme-von-moskau
[3] http://business.rea.ru/projects/big-moscow/book_big_moscow.pdf
Commuters
40% of the people working / studying in Moscow need more than 1 hour to reach their workplace or school. Only 4 % reach their destination within less than half an hour.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/daily-moscow-commute-gets-longer/423497.html
Parking violations in the inner city
In no-standing zomes 46.000 / day
On streets and pavements 89.000 / day
http://www.gtai.de/GTAI/Navigation/DE/Trade/maerkte,did=723542.html
Traffic jams
Number 800 / day
Average duration 2,5 hrs.
Ammount of time spent in traffic jams 15 hrs. / month
Commuters 1.25 million / day
Job concentration 2 million workplaces / 6,5% of the city area
http://business.rea.ru/projects/big-moscow/book_big_moscow.pdf
Moscow officials indicate that approximately two-thirds of Moscow’s employment is in the central area. This is a much higher figure than in the world’s two largest central business districts – Tokyo’s Yamanote Loop and Manhattan – each of which contains a quarter or less of their metropolitan employment.
http://www.newgeography.com/content/002682-the-evolving-urban-form-moscows-auto-oriented-expansion
Congestion of the traffic infrastructure in % during the rush-hour
Cars 42%
Metro 20%
Bus, streetcars 22%
Suburban trains 32%
http://www.ffue.org/PDF/Moscow-PL-02-rev.pdf
Not enough traffic space (streets and stationary traffic)
Traffic space in a normally developed city ca. 25%
In Moscow inside the garden circle ca. 28%
Garden circle up to the 3rd circle ca. 14%
3rd circle up to the Highway circle ca. 6%
http://www.moskultinfo.de/attachments/File/archnadsor.pdf
Public Transport
Metro-lines 12 [1]
Lenghts of the metro net 308.9 km [2]
Newly planned routes 150 km [3]
Bus 700 Bus-lines [1]
Number of Buses 3.500 [1]
Trolleybuses 140 lines [1]
Total Length of the trolleybus line net 600 Km [1]
Number of trolleybuses 3.500 [1]
Streetcars 40 streetcar lines [1]
Total lenght of the streetcar net 180 km [1]
Number of streetcar wagons 700 [1]
[1] http://www.tut.fi/idcprod/groups/public_news/@l102/@web/@p/documents/liit/p031469.pdf
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Metro
[3] http://www.gtai.de/GTAI/Navigation/DE/Trade/maerkte,did=723542.html
Passengers (daily, metropolitan area, 2011)
Metro 6,5 million
Bus, streetcar, trolleybus 1,5 million
Suburban trains 6,0 million
Department of Transport and Road Infrastructure Development, http://www.ffue.org/PDF/Moscow-PL-02-rev.pdf
Taxis 40.000
Thereof illegal taxis 20.000
http://www.ffue.org/PDF/Moscow-PL-02-rev.pdf
ECONOMY
GDP (2011) 335,96 billion USD [1]
GDP per Capita (2009) 37.088 USD [2]
Russia’s share of the GDP 22,5% [1]
[1] http://blog.securities.com/2012/08/small-number-of-regions-produce-the-lions-share-of-russias-gross-value-added/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_federal_subjects_by_GRP
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_federal_subjects_by_GRP
Concentrated in Moscow (in %, compared with all of Russia)
Construction work 13% [1]
Turnover / retail 17% [1]
Revenue from taxes 80% [2]
Bank capital more than 50% [3]
Headquartered foreign banks and financial instituitons more than 90% [3]
Foreign investments 57% [3]
Scientific organisations 20% [3]
Research Centers more than 50% [3]
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow#Economy
[2] http://www.winne.com/russia/cr08.html
[3] http://www.investinmoscow.ru/en/Home/Investment/Materials/Material?materialId=5098a5d4-aa20-46fc-8843-a5b9e4dfd48a
Industrial Sector in Moscow
Employees more than 600.000
Employees / % of the working population 11,9 %
Large and medium-sized enterprizes ca. 1.000
Small enterprizes ca. 15.000
Share in the Moskow GRP (Gross Regional Product) 17,8%
http://www.tut.fi/idcprod/groups/public_news/@l102/@web/@p/documents/liit/p031469.pdf
Construction Industry
Spending for urban development and construction (2009) ca. 12 billion EUR
Work force in bis and medium sized construction companies (2010) ca. 150.000
Work force concerning construction in total ca. 1 million
http://www.tut.fi/idcprod/groups/public_news/@l102/@web/@p/documents/liit/p031469.pdf
Alcohol consumption in Russia 18 liters pure alcohol per person / year
Deaths because of alcohol poisoning 40.000 / year
Deaths / year due to alcohol and nicotine 900.000
Economic damage 79,6 billion
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/opinion/17Schrad.html?_r=0
Life expectancy (2012, estimated)
Men 60,1
Women 73,1
www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
Average income (Moscow, 2012) 1.311,48 EUR
http://indrus.in/articles/2012/10/05/moscow_average_wage_reaches_1500_18149.html
Poverty line in Russia
Official Poverty line 160,63 EUR
People below the poverty line 19.1 million
National average 13,4 %
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/analysis-economic-quandary-puts-life-at-199-per-month-at-risk/463159.html
Official minimum wage in Russia (2012) 116,02 EUR
Earners of minimum wages 1.3 million
Thereof in the public sector 650.000
http://rt.com/business/news/russia-minimum-wage-poverty-711/
LIVING COSTS
Number of working hours required for the purchase of…
1 Big Mac min. 18
1kg Brot min. 7
1kg Reis min. 12
1 iPhone 4S 16GB hrs. 119
http://www.ubs.com/global/en/wealth_management/wealth_management_research/prices_earnings.html
Prices (in EUR)
12 eggs 1,40,-
1 kg tomatoes 2,27,-
Bread for 2 people (1 day) 0,63,-
0,5 l beer in the super market 1,10,-
1 l milk 1,17,-
Cleaning woman (1 hour) 16,57,-
Monthly rent for a 85 qm flat
in an expensive neighbourhood 2.065,-
1 l petrol 0,74,-
Monthly ticket for public transport 35,-
Cab ride (8 Km) 11,81,-
http://www.expatistan.com
CITY EXPANSION
Old city area 1081 km²
City area since 01.07.2012 2550 km²
Planned new jobs in the city area 1 million
Planned new housing spaces 2 million
Estimated costs 275 billion Euro
Estimated construction time 15 - 20 years
http://a-ap.ru/index.php?id=268&L=1
WORK-RELATED MIGRATION IN RUSSIA
Estimates (legal / illegal) 10 million [1]
Thereof registered 2 - 2,5 million [1]
Other estimations (Federal Migration) 11 - 14 million [2]
Work-related migration’s (legal / illegal) share of the russian BIP 10% - 12% [1]
Illegal migrants from Central Asia 70% - 80% [1]
Illegal immigrants in Moscow ca. 3 million [3]
[1] http://carnegieendowment.org/2012/07/11/illegal-immigration-can-it-be-stopped/d94s
[2] http://de.rian.ru/russia/20121102/264862214.html
[3] http://www.aktuell.ru/russland/news/drei_millionen_illegale_einwanderer_in_moskau_20898.html
“Rubber Houses” ( = houses where employers register working migrants without their knowledge, while the migrants are actually living in cellars or factory buildings)
Discovered „Rubber Houses“ in Russia, 2011 6.400
Incorrectly registered migrants 300.000
Penalty for employers who register incorrectly 12.500 EUR + prison and unfree labour
Penalty for incorrectly registered people 50 bis 100 EUR
Penalties are a third higher in Moscow and St. Petersburg than in the rest of the country.
http://www.wsws.org/de/articles/2013/jan2013/russ-j15.shtml
Some headlines
14.04.2011 Migrant workers had to live in Moscow like slaves
http://www.wz-newsline.de/home/panorama/wanderarbeiter-mussten-in-moskau-wie-sklaven-leben-1.633179
03.04.2012 Moskow: 17 people die due to a container fire
http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/moskau-markt-brand-feuer-gastarbeiter-a-825410.html
12.09.2012 Fire: electrical short kills 14 incarcerated migrant workers
http://russland-heute.de/articles/2012/09/12/feuer_kurzschluss_toetet_14_eingesperrte_gastarbeiter_15219.html
15.11.2012 Human rights activists outraged: no penal proceedings on account of slavery in Moscow
http://www.gfbv.de/pressemit.php?id=3298
Corruption in Russia
Transparency International Corruption-Index 133 out of 174 [1]
Paid bribe money in 2010 (estimated) 5 billion USD [2]
Average bribe money 178 USD [2]
Bribe money for a driving license after not
having passed the exam 330 - 500 USD [2]
[1] http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/corruption-index-keeps-russia-in-zone-of-shame/472591.html
[2] http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10110806
Cyber-Crime-Economy
Turnovers 2012 4,5 billion USD
Costs of
DDoS-Attack 30 - 70 USD / day [2]
Email Spam 10 USD / 1 million emails [2]
SMS Spam 3 – 50 / 100 - 100,000 messages [2]
Botnet 200 USD / 2.000 Bots [2]
DDoS-Botnet 700 USD [2]
Hacking of a Facebook- / Twitter-Account 130 USD [2]
Hacking of a G-Mail-Accounts 162 USD [2]
Hacking of a company mailbox 500 USD [2]
[1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2012/04/24/russias-millionaire-dollar-hackers/
[2] http://cyberlawradio.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/clbr-segment-1-russias-underground-cyber-economy/
