| Moscow City and Moscow Oblast (5402 words) |
 | Moscow as Russia's capital accumulates most of the country's financial and informational flows, and is by many standards the most convenient city in Russia in terms of doing business. |
| Although the city of Moscow is the capital of the Moscow Oblast, the oblast and the city are two separate administrative entities with no hierarchical relationship (unlike in other regions with the exception of St. Petersburg). |
| Moscow Oblast is divided into 39 districts (rayon) with local administration; 38 cities have independent status, which means they are subordinated directly to the Oblast Administration and not to the rayon where they are located. |
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