Alexandra Kovaleva – or Baba Shura (Granny Shura) as she is known — is an 84-year-old Moscow resident forced by legal authorities to live in degrading conditions in one of the wealthiest cities in the world. She has been charged, for more than a decade, for utilities that don’t exist. She has no water and no electricity, but the authorities nonetheless claim she owes more than $7,000 in unpaid bills.
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Aliide Naylor: The tragic tale of Baba Shura
An elderly woman wearing a mask walks in central Moscow, on June 2, 2020, amid the outbreak of COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus.
