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Shopping with the oligarchs

Shopping with oligarchs
Models play in fake Russian rouble notes on the Alliance Continental Asset Management Stand Photograph: Andy Hall/Observer
Shopping with oligarchs
Fur is the order of the day for visitors to the fair Photograph: Andy Hall/Observer
Shopping with oligarchs
Soldiers and ballerinas entertain the visitors Photograph: Andy Hall/Observer
Shopping with oligarchs
The partner of a potential buyer at the luxury car stand Photograph: Andy Hall/Observer
Shopping with oligarchs
A woman shows off her cigar jewellery. 89,000 euros buys you a cigar ring decorated with rubies and diamonds Photograph: Andy Hall/Observer
Shopping with oligarchs
Visitors at the fair Photograph: Andy Hall/Observer
Shopping with oligarchs
A visitor shows her appreciation of a Swarovski crystal-encrusted Mercedes Benz Photograph: Andy Hall/Observer
Shopping with oligarchs
Nadya Skazka, a well known socialite and "it" girl attends an awards ceremony at the fair Photograph: Andy Hall/Observer
Shopping with oligarchs
Socialites at the fair's awards night Photograph: Andy Hall/Observer
Shopping with oligarchs
A prospective customer tries out a four-poster bed complete with $70,000 mattress Photograph: Andy Hall/Observer
Shopping with oligarchs
Business is done and buys are made Photograph: Andy Hall/Observer
Shopping with oligarchs
Models help sales on the private gulf-stream jet stand Photograph: Andy Hall/Observer
Shopping with oligarchs
A couple show off their furry fashion sense as they arrive Photograph: Andy Hall/Observer
Shopping with oligarchs
Donatella Versace arrives at a party in the Moscow Versace shop, the most lucrative Versace outlet in the world. With her is Anastasia Gorbachev, grand-daughter of the former President Photograph: Andy Hall/Observer
Shopping with oligarchs
The editor of Russian Grazia, Daria Veledeeva, (in blue) attends the Versace party in downtown Moscow with Anastasia (l) and Ksenia (r) Gorbachev Photograph: Andy Hall/Observer
Shopping with oligarchs
The young elite relax at an exclusive members-only club in Moscow after the Fair Photograph: Andy Hall/Observer
Shopping with oligarchs
The Moscow rich at an after-fair members-only nightclub Photograph: Andy Hall/Observer
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