News Front
June, 2010
Rap on the WristMoscow—The muckraking newspaper Vedomosti took notice last year when Prime Minister Vladimir Putin twice gave away the $10,500 Blanc-pain watch he was wearing, first to a shepherd's son after sharing tea with the man's father and a month later to a factory worker who suggested he leave a memento of his visit. This prompted the paper to examine the wrists of 32 other powerful Russians. The most expensive watches belonged to Vladimir Resin, the first deputy mayor of Moscow, who h...
