Moscow Bites!

May, 1999

Moscow Bites!It wasn't until I returned to Moscow in January--after six long weeks in New York City--that I noticed the new and dramatic symptoms of the Russian financial crisis. I flew in on a Saturday afternoon on a flight that normally would have been packed with foreigners and Russians returning from the holidays. Instead, my Delta flight, which cost half what it did a year ago, was so empty I was able to stretch out in the middle three seats.When I arrived at Sheremetyye-vo-2 Airport. I wai...