Saint Petersburg

July 17, 2006

In Moscow — 30-degree heat, in St Petersburg — rain, situation normal.

St Petersburg humour.

Darling, pick up Telesem (the Russian equivalent of the TV Guide) on your way home

More St Petersburg humour.

The devil’s been expelled down to earth

It was the last day of the “G8” summit, which is why all of software and CD stores were closed. They shut them to prevent foreign delegates from snapping up a bunch of movies at 150 roubles a pop, all the while proclaiming that piracy is rife in Russia.

Store closed for technical reasons until 10 a.m. on 18.07.2006
Movies — Music — Games

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The next day Muscovites and visitors completely ignored each other as they hurriedly went about their business.