# Russia plans largest pretrial detention center near Moscow, with capacity for 4,000

https://mins.news/en/item/100064

- Meduza, 2026-10-14 16:03 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/14/russia-plans-a-new-pretrial-detention-center-outside-moscow-with-room-for-4-000-detainees-it-would-be-the-largest-in-the-country

> Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service has put out to bid a detention center in the Solnechnogorsk district of the Moscow region, designed to hold up to 4,000 people. The complex will cover more than 42 hectares; the contract starts at 37.8 billion rubles, and completion is scheduled for October 2031.