The Timer on Tenderness: What New Year Corporate Parties Really Mean in Moscow
Forget Western holiday cheer. In Moscow, the New Year is an elite survival school. The city grants you a temporary indulgence—a corporate party, a chance for ‘rented’ romance—only to demand double the payment in January. Read the essay on the illusion of closeness, the uncompromising cold of the metropolis, and the making of a true Moscow Personality.

