Soviet era tower blocks in MoscowCruising west down Moscow’s impressive ten-lane Novorizhskoe shosse towards Istrinskiy, images of the old and new Russia flash by. Amidst the clapped out chugging Ladas and rusty old vans, expensive imported BMWs, Mercs and Hummers whiz past. The flat landscape is similarly one of contrasts: interspersed with seemingly endless stretches of Soviet era tower blocks …