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East 17 in Moscow

Sheryl Garratt, The Independent, July 1996

WE'RE IN THE atrium of a sleek, modern, five-star hotel that is actually in Moscow but could be almost anywhere in the world. In the bar, the man from Pepsi is unhappy. "It's like the wild west out here," he says, "Everyone's a cowboy."

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