Faced with rising seasonal demand, the Bolshoi theatre has reserved some tickets for the December Nutcracker run to be sold in an online auction.
Due to soaring wartime inflation, most Bolshoi tickets have doubled in price this year. The auction batch will cost even more.
Good to see that capitalism is alive and well within shadow of the Kremlin.
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