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GV People in Moscow street
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GV INTERIOR Pizza being cooked in kitchen as rock music plays (9 shots)
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CU PULL BACK GV Bottle of Cinzano in wall rack
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GV Waitress serving people inside restaurant (4 shots)
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GV Restaurant workers at bar
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Background: The normally-severe city of Moscow is starting to take on a cosmopolitan flavour, with ethnic restaurants appearing alongside traditional workers' canteens. The latest addition is a pizzaria in Gorky Street in the city centre. In less than a month, this has become the talk of the town, with be-jeaned and tee-shirted Muscovites flocking in large numbers for a taste of capricciosa or neopolitana. Inside, socialist austerity is forgotten in a sparkle of wine glasses and the wafting scent of freshly-cooked cheese. The throb of rock music from a juke box in the corner adds to the atmosphere, while in darkened corners, young couples dine intimately. For Muscovites, la dolce vita has arrived; after years of socialist virtue, they are being allowed to become decadent. But it's not all good news. So popular is it that there's always a queue outside; and two hours seems like a long time to wait for what some westerners basically regard as just fast food. Traditional Soviet shortages don't help either. Inside, a wine rack looks sadly sparse, a bottle of Cinzano standing in solitude in its slot. But for all its problems, the pizzaria is popular, and apparently it's there to stay.