On 06/11/16, alexander koryagin said the following...   
       
    ak>  AI> I would say "I live in the Moscow area". Region os OK too, I just pre   
    ak>  AI> area.. :)   
    ak>    
    ak> If you put it in a newspaper title you would omit "the". Because it is   
    ak> all clear without "the"?  ;)   
      
   It would pass and we would understand what is meant but in common reading and   
   writting we would always use the "the" in that sentence. A newspaper might   
   remove the word for the purpose of making it fit, but even then they would   
   make it fit if they could.   
      
    Ttyl :-),   
            Al   
      
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