The mass wave of car arson in Moscow began because of the widely publicized image of the "Butovo arsonist" (Butovo is a district of Moscow). That view was expressed by criminal psychologist Mikhail Vinogradov. According to him, "an epidemic of vandalism is highly contagious, so now cars will be burning in different parts of the city." http://newsru.com/russia/04jun2008/piroman.html Obviously, it’s garage developers who are setting the cars on fire. A parking space in Moscow costs about 70 grand on average. A couple of weeks of arsons and it’ll hit 100.
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