Fire at noted huge Brutalist block in Moscow leaves two dead

Two people died in a fire at one of the Russian capital’s most notable buildings, a gargantuan Brutalist apartment block that viewers have likened to a toppled skyscraper.

Emergency officials said on Thursday that a preliminary investigation indicated the fire was caused by electrical problems in one of the building’s units.

It was constructed by the Soviet Ministry of Medium Machine Building, which also built nuclear power plants and developed nuclear warheads, and completed in 1986 after 14 years of work.