Moscow is Becoming the New Capital of Cool

the best

Moscow is one of a kind, article is a snapshot of Moscow nightlife on that day... And it is accurate... Worker or mogul, one can come and enjoy the nightlife of Moscow and maybe one will want to be succesfull and think outsie of one's boundaries. Many blue collar Russians became succesful and this is what is all about, celebration of success! Let the party roll. Moscow is breaking all the rules, many people, many opinions.. who cares, enjoy this life, no one knows what will happen tomorrow.. rich become poor, poor becomes rich, enjoy while it lasts :)!!!

How many Muscovites actually live like this?

My guess is very few. This is another story of our current fascination with the rich and famous. With a few changes it could have been written a century ago. A few aristocrats and financiers lived in lavish luxury, while the rest of the population seethed with resentment. What's life like for the average factory worker? Are they still living in cramped aprtments eating black bread, smoked herring, and cheap vodka?

Typical

It seems every month there is another pedestrian article in some Western publication trying to capture the essence of Moscow in a few column inches. For those of us who live here, especially Western expatriates, these articles become increasingly tiresome to read as they often fail to truly capture the scene as a whole, whether it be the nightlife, social scene, economic realities or political situation.

To put it succinctly, there is no more exciting place on Earth to be right now.

Oh, and no DJ at Opera would ever play techno music. They have a purely house music policy. They're about as different as jazz and blues.

no substance

This piece lacks the analysis I would expect.. it is shallow and frankly has no substance. This belongs to a blog and not to the magazine.

RUSSIAN OIL

Too bad the russians didnt have thier oil pipelines when they were communists . They would have prospered and hopefully advanced mankind .