{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Context XXI","provider_url":"http:\/\/contextxxi.org","title":"Contemporary Moscow\n","author_name":"Amelie&nbsp;Lanier","width":"1200","height":"800","url":"https:\/\/licra.at\/contemporary-moscow.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/licra.at\/contemporary-moscow.html'\u003EContemporary Moscow\n\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003EWhen I first came to Moscow I was with a friend from Leningrad, Igor, who had offered to show me Moscow, and I had consented. That was a big mistake. The most inappropriate person to introduce you to Moscow is someone from &#8217;Peter&#8217;, as Petersburg has always been called. We got out of the train and he started to complain about Moscow: &#8217;I hate it. It\u2019s a big village. Everybody comes here only for shopping!&#8217;\n\n\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith his remark Igor referred to the fact that in Soviet times almost the only&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"..\/contemporary-moscow.html\" class=' pts_suite'\u003E(...)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}