Masquerade (Russian: Маскарад ) is a verse play written in 1835 by the Russian Romantic writer Mikhail Lermontov. The four-act play, set in 1830's St. Petersburg aristocratic society, highlights the rebellious spirit and noble mind of the protagonist, Yevgeny Arbenin. It is often compared with Shakespeare's "Othello" in its essential story line.
Masquerade is a Russion play written by a writer who's from a country with the capital of Moscow.
This is true. The writer is Russian.