A fabulous National Geographic tour through the region enjoying an oil boom. Medvedev-Putin is loving it as well:
The Kremlin's budget now overflows with funds for new schools, roads, and national defense projects, and Moscow's nouveau riche are plunking down millions of dollars for mansion-scale "dachas."
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/05/glamorous-siberia/216398/
