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I have read that negating the verb быть is obliged to write the substantive in the genitive case. Thus, the following sentences are correct:
Ивана нет дома.
Ивана н

How can be translated this sentence:

He is not in Moscow

I think that is

Его нет в Москве

but looking in the book "Russian Learner's Dictionary: 10,000 Words in Frequency Order" I find