Russia’s two capitals - St Petersburg and Moscow - are quite distinct from one another. I like St Petersburg, but not necessarily for the reasons one might expect. I prefer the people of St Petersburg to those in Moscow. Dubliner John Le Jeune in Skolkovo, MoscowWhen I visited St Petersburg in 2009, I spent a month in the region. She was not how I imagined a stereotypical administrator would be - and this is a paradigm of how St Petersburg can be worlds apart from Moscow.

Source: The Irish Times May 31, 2021 09:56 UTC