So much more than totalitarian ghosts in the glitzy New York of the East

By Meghan O’Connell

Red Square is ready for Christmas. (All photos by Meghan O'Connell).

Russia has an image problem.

Some of us hear the word and ours minds immediately fly to thoughts of the cruelty of communism, Soviet gulags, the brutality of the recent conflict with Georgia and a prime minister who seems unashamed about having been part of the secret police apparatus in the bad old days. (more…)