From gulags to Gucci.

PositionRUSSIA - Brief article

Under Soviet dictators, Russians going to Siberia were often headed for the gulags, or forced-labor camps. These days, they're going shopping. This vast region of central Russia is experiencing a shopping-matt boom as sky-high oil prices boost the Siberian economy. Marts are nothing new in Russia: Plenty have been built since the end of Communism--and the Soviet Union--in 1991. What is new is the...

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