Originally Posted by hotel_user

Garden view or Kremlin? Raffles heads to Moscow

In the 1970s even the best hotels in Moscow were brutal-looking concrete eyesores run by the state-controlled Intourist organisation. Shady characters in heavy coats traded black market goods in the lobbies, the bars were dotted with glamorous...

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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/b...scow-s8l69bnzw