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- Is Rio Safe?
One local’s perspective.
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- Top Five Boutiques
Absurdly high tariffs make shopping for foreign brands in Rio a pointless exercise, says bikini designer Lenny Niemeyer. Better to shop local:
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- “It’s Enough to Take Your Breath Away”
Bruno Wainer, avid surfer and founder of the film-distribution company Downtown Filmes, deconstructs Rio’s top three—and bottom one—beach scenes.
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- Post-Soviet Novels Worth One’s Time (That You Can Buy Here)
Russia’s literary luck has certainly cooled since the days of War and Peace
- April 25, 2011
- The Curse of the Fluff
Every year, just as the heat has finally set in, Moscow is rendered wintry once again—by poplar fluff.
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- Azerbaijani Tonight?
Moscow’s home to tucked-away kitchens serving some of the world’s most obscure cuisines.
- April 25, 2011
- Red October Redux
The Red October micronabe is Moscow’s own Île de la Cité.
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- Three Bands of Right Now, and the Clubs to See Them At
NRKTK, Mujuice, and more.
- April 25, 2011
- The Women Of Moscow
Last year, Moscow’s most powerful woman was Elena Baturina, wife of then-mayor Yuri Luzhkov and the third-richest woman in the world—two facts not exactly unrelated (her development company magically got the most plum city contracts). But with his exit went her clout. Candidates for the vacancy include:
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- The Lonely Locavore
Boris Akimov is a type familiar to Brooklyn but virtually unseen in Moscow: the woodsman hipster.
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