Why did the French get it?
Dear Madam, It was both a feeling of joy and a feeling of anxiety that prompted me to write to you. The joy is caused by the fact that you Russians are becoming more and more like us French. No, no, don't think that I mean the obvious passion of the wealthiest Russians for our resorts, both mountainous and Mediterranean. This, you know, is in the order of things, in this you are no different from either the Americans or the Japanese.