“He squatted on his haunches, and I joined him. Muscovites, with the insistent air of urbane sophisticates, like to note that the pose is not native to Russia. Balancing yourself on your heels, often for hours, to wait or talk… — Andrew Meier Copy Share Image
“I knew we were going to pass one of the Soviet Union’s most secret atomic sites, the subterranean labyrinth code-named Krasnoyarsk-26, once one of… — Andrew Meier Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t just ‘divide and conquer,’” said Kazikhanov. “It was ‘divide, conquer, and tie up in trouble.” — Andrew Meier Copy Share Image
“Reports had long held that Bykov had backed Lebed with funds, hoping for a cozy relationship. But the enmity, the aide said, had run… — Andrew Meier Copy Share Image
“The city is built on an inhuman scale. Everything is by design inconvenient for Homo sapiens.” — Andrew Meier Copy Share Image
“More than one Moscow banker told me of the day when the Russians entered the Champagne Wars. The music was blaring, and the girls… — Andrew Meier Copy Share Image
“He squatted on his haunches, and I joined him. Muscovites, with the insistent air of urbane sophisticates, like to note that the pose is… — Andrew Meier Copy Share Image
