Russia’s Asian pivot
By Thierry Thodinor
To appreciate St Petersburg – the city of my heart – you’d better not be allergic to Tchaikovsky or sailing marine. Vladivostock requires you to raise your heartbeat to the level of a Ramones concert and be prepared to board a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
What is being built there is the new Rome of the Asia-Pacific, nothing less than the European capital of the Far East.