Russia's dacha building boom shows rich-poor gulf http://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSL0181204320071121?sp=true
Wed Nov 21, 2007
By Conor Sweeney
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The spires of a Germanic-looking palace rise over a muddy building site outside Moscow like a suburban Disney castle, while a Roman villa and a New England-style mansion jostle for room nearby.
These opulent dachas -- second homes for the elite -- are the latest status symbols for Moscow's super-wealthy. http://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSL0181204320071121?sp=true