powerful oligarchs once seemingly untouchable are now fair game if they displease the leader. so we were supposed to be dining at another restaurant this evening and when they heard that you would be joining me, we were uninvited. should i be concerned about having dinner with you? this is a country of corruption. and if you have business, you are in a very unsafe situation. everybody can press you and destroy your business. that s it. this is a system. meet boris nemtsov. he was deputy prime minister under yeltsin and today is one of putin s most vocal critics. this restaurant was kind enough to take us in, but the chef is a brit, so maybe he has less reason to worry. first course, gentlemen? ah. at yornik restaurant they are serving their own versions of dino-era russian classics. a modern riff on borscht. typically a chunky hearty beet and cabbage broth with chunks of
powerful oligarchs once seemingly untouchable are now fair game if they displease the leader. so we were supposed to be dining at another restaurant this evening and when they heard that you would be joining me, we were uninvited. should i be concerned about having dinner with you? this is a country of corruption. and if you have business, you are in a very unsafe situation. everybody can press you and destroy your business. that s it. this is a system. meet boris nemtsov. he was deputy prime minister under yeltsin and today is one of putin s most vocal critics. this restaurant was kind enough to take us in, but the chef is a brit, so maybe he has less reason to worry. first course, gentlemen? ah. at yornik restaurant they are serving their own versions of dino-era russian classics. a modern riff on borscht. typically a chunky hearty beet
a modern riff on borscht. typically a chunky hearty beet and cabbage broth with chunks of meat, here it s a puree with a more elegant, shall we say, deconstructed presentation. critics of the government, critics of putin, bad things seem to happen to them. yes. unfortunately, existing power represent let i say russia of 19th century. not of 21st. critics of putin, beware. oligarch mikhail khodorkovsky accused putin of corruption and wound up spending ten years in prison and labor camps. alexander litvinenko accused state security services of organizing a coup to put putin in power. he was poisoned by a lethal dose of radioactive polonium. and viktor yushchenko the former ukrainian president poisoned, disfigured, and nearly killed by
typically a chunky hearty beet and cabbage broth with chunks of meat, here it s a puree with a more elegant, shall we say, deconstructed presentation. critics of the government, critics of putin, bad things seem to happen to them. yes. unfortunately, existing power represent let i say russia of 19th century. not of 21st. critics of putin, beware. oligarch mikhail khodorkovsky accused putin of corruption and wound up spending ten years in prison and labor camps. alexander litvinenko accused state security services of organizing a coup to put putin in power. he was poisoned by a lethal dose of radioactive polonium. and viktor yushchenko the former ukrainian president poisoned, disfigured, and nearly killed by a toxic dose of dioxin.
fair game if they displease the leader. so we were supposed to be dining at another restaurant this evening and when they heard that you would be joining me, we were uninvited. should i be concerned about having dinner with you? this is a country of corruption. and if you have business, you are in a very unsafe situation. everybody can press you and destroy your business. that s it. this is a system. meet boris nemtsov. he was deputy prime minister under yeltsin and today is one of putin s most vocal critics. this restaurant was kind enough to take us in, but the chef is a brit, so maybe he has less reason to worry. first course, gentlemen? ah. at yornik restaurant they are serving their own versions of dino-era russian classics. a modern riff on borscht. typically a chunky hearty beet and cabbage broth with chunks of