Word: domodedovo
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Downstairs, I climbed into the backseat of a minibus with curtained windows, flanked by KGB agents. We were preceded by a police car with a flashing light and siren and followed by another car. Lusia arrived at Domodedovo Airport % more than two hours later. She told me that as soon as she hung up after my call, our phone went dead (service wasn't restored until December 1986). Soon afterward, police and KGB cordoned off our building and stopped correspondents and friends from entering...
...local newspaper has complained that Moscow's Domodedovo airport -one of four in the Soviet capital-is a marvel of inefficiency where travelers are often greeted with the refrain, "No space, comrades. The aircraft aren't made of rubber, you know." Aeroflot stewardesses seem to be chosen for neither beauty nor efficiency. Refreshments are often limited to candy distributed before takeoff...
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