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SPIEF DIARY: Back in the USSR — a surreal tour of the St. Petersburg forum

I found myself humming ‘Back in the USSR’ by the Beatles as I ambled through The Expoforum, my mind a jumble of Cyrillic letters
There was a media industry corner (not to be confused with the media center), where TASS, Gazeta, Sputnik news and RT nestled closely together as if for mutual support

By Frank Kane · 07 June 2019