With A Mall Boom In Russia, Property Investors Go Shopping

By ANDREW E. KRAMER, New York Times
Tue, 01/01/2013 - 12:42pm

While malls appear to be past their peak in the United States, in Russia they are luring shoppers with money to spend, and investors like Morgan Stanley.

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