April 21, 2005

hamish in moscow

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Hamish wri­tes about his recent trip to Mos­cow:

I wal­ked from my hotel to the Krem­lin, along the Mos­cow river. Got to Red Square, and it was cor­do­ned off, I guess they were get­ting ready for some kind of state cele­bra­tion, like “Cele­bra­tion of Trac­tors in Space Five Year Pro­duc­tion Plan­ning Heros” day, or some­such.
The guards who stop­ped me laughed, when I asked if I could go in, and said the only thing in English that they see­med to want to. “Twenty dollars.” They laughed, and I laughed, and I won­der how serious they were. Not sure that all Red Square guards are elite guards, but sure as hell I have no idea about the deli­cate eti­quette of bri­bing them. 

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