Some of their best hotels had air conditioning available every winter!
My mother visited Russia in the mid 80’s. Her idea of high culture was all-you-can-eat-buffets. So…her standards weren’t so high. She thought the USSR mostly resembled the depression era 1930’s, which she was very familiar with. So yeah, not so much diabolical…as run down and pathetic. From her description, the collapse should have been obvious.
And now!!? They’re back to being diabolical!
We also are back to depression era roads and rail. Everything comes around that goes, oh so, around.
