China and Russia claim their friendship, but it is not a partnership of equals. Visit to the border area, to a hotel that serves as a symbol of this alliance.
The golden matryoshka stands like an icon above the reception counter. Holy wooden doll! Chinese interior designers have incorporated Russian folklore into this hotel with impressive persistence. The colorful dolls shine on chandeliers and bedside lamps, they grin on teapots and signposts, and decorate shower gel bottles and the backs of chairs. Even the televisions in the hotel rooms glow in a round doll’s belly.
Source: Stern
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