But the summer festival in Moscow offers a parallel universe of entertainment, consumption and comfort. Think Berlin in the early 1940s. Just how durable is the Russian capital’s dual reality?...

 In Putin’s Moscow a summer of death and distraction

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普丁治下的莫斯科，一個充滿死亡與紛擾的夏天

今日《經濟學人》

據估計，本月在烏克蘭的俄羅斯傷亡人數已超過100萬人。弗拉基米爾·普丁對本國公民的控制愈發嚴厲。然而，莫斯科的夏季節慶提供了一個娛樂、消費和舒適的平行世界。想想20世紀40年代初期的柏林。俄羅斯首都的雙重現實究竟能持續多久？

The number of Russian casualties in Ukraine is thought to have passed 1m this month. Vladimir Putin’s grip on his own citizens grows ever tighter. But the summer festival in Moscow offers a parallel universe of entertainment, consumption and comfort. Think Berlin in the early 1940s. Just how durable is the Russian capital’s dual reality?...