[jb6]

They would always make claims about how Russia was growing again, getting stronger and more populous, etc.

It is and this kanook is off his rocker. I just got back from a trip there 1 month ago. New Moscow is now under construction, with 3 sky scrapers up, another on the way and about 20 more planned....this is the new IT/Business park.

Euro-land is a cool mall....4 stories high, has a full soccer stadium and is about 4 blocks long in size. And guess what, the middle class are the main shoppers. This is one of many malls. Furniture World is a 4 story store 1.5 blocks long. The Ikea store is the width of a super k-mart and 3 stories tall and the list goes on and on.

[FreedomCalls]

I believe the Moscow McDonald's is the world's largest in size and volume of daily sales for a single restaurant in the McDonald's chain as well. Do you know if that's true?

[Neophyte]

Euro-land is a cool mall....4 stories high, has a full soccer stadium and is about 4 blocks long in size. And guess what, the middle class are the main shoppers.

Moscow isn't (representative of) Russia and never has been. And that about "middle class"... in the middle of what is it situated? this kanook is off his rocker.

What, Steyn has his facts wrong, or what?