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The new modesty of Russian billionaires Until recently, according to the German newspaper Die Welt, the Russian rich considered it a matter of course to show off their wealth. The fanciest cars, yachts and elite brands of champagne – all this is over, according to the author. → 17 Things We'll Miss About MOSCOW Let’s face it — sooner or later, the vast majority of us will have to pack our bags and bid this city farewell. And while a list of things we won’t miss about Moscow might well fill a book, even the most raving of Russophobes would admit that there are certain charms that belong to the Russian capital alone → Paradise With An Outdoor Toilet An oasis of freedom and an amorous temptation: the dacha is the national shrine of Russians. But understandably, not for all of them. The adversaries of dachas persistently fight against this tradition → A Night in Moscow: It'll Cost You And in Moscow, hotel rooms are among the most expensive -- and hardest to find -- in the world. According to Hogg Robinson Group, a corporate-services firm, the average room rate in Moscow has risen by 93% since 2004 → Only Fools Would Fix a Broken Road Russia's two gravest ills, according to the celebrated 19th century writer Nikolai Gogol, were its fools and its roads. And even though the overall population of contemporary Russia continues to shrink by more than half a million people a year, fools appear to multiply as profusely as ever → Free and Flush, Russians Eager to Roam Abroad A water aerobics class at a hotel in Antalya, Turkey, built for Russian tourists to resemble the Kremlin and St. Basil’s Cathedral → Russians embrace a longing for all things Soviet Despite its horrors, the Soviet Union did have its charms. With a blend of yearning and revulsion, some relive its sweeter moments  → The word “comrade” is no longer in fashion, so now what? From “kind sir” to “fellow Russian” to “guy”; since the word “comrade” stopped being politically correct Russians no longer know how to address each other → The Future Ruling Class of Russia It’s 3am on a Friday along a narrow Moscow canal driven black Hummers, BMWs with tinted windows and at least one Lamborghini crawl along the canal, past guards in dark suits and earpieces to reach the entrance of Rai – Paradise – a popular nightclub among Moscow’s wealthy teenagers → City on Heels I first came here in 1988, and since then I can't stop coming back. Every two or three years. That’s why I think I can really judge how much life has changed in this city over the last 20 years. In the heart of the empire of evil, in the city of the Master and Margarita → Prada instead of “Pravda” Say “No!” to fur hats and Doctor Zhivago chic! Young Moscow designers don’t care about “Russian Style”. Russia has moved brutally from Pravda to Prada  → Drinking vodka is part of doing business Christian Guinot, 41, is managing director of Mediaedge-CIA’s Russian agency in Moscow. He moved to Moscow a year ago → Rublevka: "The Beverly Hills" of rich Russians Anyone who has less than $10 million in the bank becomes pretty much an outsider in Rublevka → From the depths of Moscow A commuter new to the city is haunted by the images of the poor and desperate and buoyed by glimpses of kindness she sees on the subway → Moscow GUM in continuous movement Once upon a time it used to be a state shopping centre; now it’s a temple of luxury and consumption → From Russia With Luxe 21st-century Moscow is nonetheless a much more diverse, energetic and multidimensional place than ever before → The strange holidays of the Russian rich The rich of Russia, tired of caviar parties in private jets and helicopter rides to ski slopes, have found a new means of entertainment → List of rules of behavior in Moscow The site of the British foreign ministry has posted advice for English football fans visiting Moscow for the selection match for Euro-2008 with the Russian team → Losing the Food Fight Vasily Arkanov, journalist, translator (New York)<BR>“Ogonek” magazine<BR>Why Russian cuisine hasn’t caught on in the West → Ladies, don’t go to Moscow! Impeccable make-up, stunning figures and modern style. During a visit to Moscow, the experts from “The Corner” were enchanted by the local women →