Are only fools Russian in, following oil arrest?

Conscious that the arrest of billionaire oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky may have put a downer on Russia’s economy, just after our enthusiastic News Analysis on design prospects in Moscow (DW 23 October), we e-mailed our contact near the Kremlin, Mildberry director Pavel Parfenov. But three days later, he still hasn’t replied.

We’ll bring you news as soon as we have it. We’re sure he’s fine, but perhaps now is a good time to redecorate the dacha.