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...bottle were going for under two bucks. Within a week after the deadline, at least 15,000 small stores, including expensive wine boutiques, went out of business. Shelves of imported alcohol have been stripped bare, except for lonely bottles of German alcohol-free wine. The posh Bosco Café in Red Square, Moscow, famous for its cocktails and elaborate wine list, now typically restricts its aperitif offerings to unimaginative gin or scotch, while patrons wash down fish dishes with overpriced Chianti from Bosco's depleted stocks, as no white wine is to be had. Retailers smell a conspiracy. "These...
...fishermen, life has become far more precarious for them, as they struggle to compete against international companies. As the blistering afternoon sun beats down, the fishermen of Garrucha (pop. 8,000) pull their boats into the harbor with the day's catch, and gather in a café on the dockside. Over coffee they talk for hours. "Fuel prices have risen, and fish prices are really low. We wonder if it is worth it anymore," says Juan Cervantes, 55, who began fishing on his father's boat at age 14, married a local girl at 17, and supported their four...
...beautiful at that time of day. A trip to Wandie's bar in Soweto[an error occurred while processing this directive] may be a bit of a cliché, but it's still a must to sample township life. And then I'd end my night at the Horror Café in downtown Johannesburg, where some of the best undiscovered musicians play local hip-hop, ragga and soul. It's a young, mixed crowd - very cool. Palesa Madumo, advertising executive First hit the Design Quarter, Jo'burg's newest and hippest shopping mall at Fourways in the north...
...over Russia's energy resources. The rise of Rosneft is typical. Founded in 1993, Rosneft was for years an insignificant holding company overseeing a jumble of small oil fields. Since getting hold of the Yukos assets, which it nominally acquired from an unknown finance company whose address was a café in the city of Tver, it has become the nation's third largest oil company, producing 1.5 million bbl. per day. While president Bogdanchikov is an oil-industry expert, the chairman of the board is Igor Sechin, Putin's deputy chief of staff. Gazprom, the state company that controls...
...small table, sofa bed (for children under 12, who stay free), balcony and, best of all, a hammock with views across the rooftops. A plethora of local dining options means there's no real need for Casa Camper to have its own restaurant, but there is a ground-floor café serving breakfast and a complimentary all-day snack buffet of sandwiches, soup, and so on. You'll be refueling there frequently if you're going to attempt all the sightseeing possibilities of the neighborhood, which include La Boqueria market, the Opera El Liceo, the Plaza Catalunya and lots...