Crumble, bumble
NEON road signs, neatly trimmed verges, pothole-free asphalt—the Rublevo-Uspenskoe Shossee, known as the Rublevka, to the north-west of Moscow, is by far the best country road in all Russia. It was along this route that Russia's rulers whizzed in their limousines on August 27th to inspect a spectacular fire at the country's tallest building, the Moscow television tower.
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