Превосходно написанная статья (eng) о современных московских ночных клубах.
Karina, from Volgograd, is celebrating her birthday upstairs at the V.I.P. tables ringing the main dance hall. "All these girls come to Moscow," she says, casting her eyes at the sea of women below, many of whom have traveled great distances to hunt oilmen and those who own banks. "They're looking for a guy who will buy them a car and give them $100,000." Karina flicks her blond hair and it kaleidoscopes through all available light. "Not me. I came here for $10 million." In this society, it is mainly the men who practice the commerce. The fairer sex works the angles. It is clear from talking to Karina and others that these girls are not cheap. Instead of fighting for the Western ideal of gender equality, which is not an option, they have become super-feminine, exerting all the power a brutally beautiful woman can bring to bear, which is not inconsiderable.