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It should be noted that the private owners of the airport must have an excellent PR firm to get NY Times to write a favorable article. In "The Submarine" essay PG mentioned that his firm never managed to get a NYT article.

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I would hardly call the article favorable. Sure it says the airport is well run and profitable, but that is just an example of how the Russian government will step in and steal . Not exactly a ringing endorsement for investment.

True, this is not a story about generating investment interest but about attracting attention to the issue and painting the government as a villain. The story is favorable because it leads the audience to pre-judge the situation in favor of the current airport owners.

Joe Nocera has written quite a few opinion columns about Russian politics, including a couple about Khodorkovsky. Looks to me like he's just interested in the subject.

The BBC has been writing similar articles recently http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2586983

Right, Bill Broder, the Hermitage Capital guy has been speaking up recently as well. There is going to be economic forum in St. Petersburg in 2 weeks. It is typical to see an up tick in these types of articles before major public events in Russia.

You would not even consider it might just be a good example of the point the columnist is trying to make?

It's an op-ed, not an article. A little bit easier to get.

s/must/may/, or maybe the author is interested in the state of Russia as indicated by his earlier article on the subject.

>PG mentioned that his firm never managed to get a NYT article.

At the same time though, this is an airport and government bullying, not some tech startup. I know we have our heads deep in this tech world, but come up for air for a minute and see that the differences in topic area might have had some kind of influence too.

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