For totally different reasons, Moscow, the capital of Russia, has recently acquired a magnificently weird shape after annexing a huge tract of land shooting out

For totally different reasons, Moscow, the capital of Russia, has recently acquired a magnificently weird shape after annexing a huge tract of land shooting out roughly in the southern direction (nos. 11 and 12 on this map [1]). In Russia, city and region boundaries are important, but Moscow city limits are insanely important in terms of pensions, taxes, schools, and healthcare (it's much better to be inside than outside). The main motivation for this land grab, however, was to give housing developers more space to build new houses, and newly minted burgesses are torn between being happy because of imminent social spending hikes and being terrified of the total redevelopment of what they used to call their home area. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Moscow#/media/File:Msk_all_districts.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Mo...