Mall fever.

• Author: Tavernise, Sabrina
• Position: International - Russia - Brief Article

Russian capitalism has spawned a new leisure class in Moscow: mall rats. They arrive on free shuttle buses, play video games for hours, and hang out in the food court. Young Russians have virtually no memory of the shopping agony their parents faced--the drab stores, the lines, the empty shelves under Communism. Malls didn't come to Moscow until six years...