Walking the brightly lit, well paved, bustling streets of central Moscow, it is easy to think that reform in Russia is now mainly a question of leisurely detail. But take a drive to some miserable town half an hour outside the capital, and the urgent necessity of huge changes stares you in the face. How much longer can Russia's public services, roads, bridges and other bits of public infrastructure survive on their current diet of neglect?
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