Russia's 'informal' markets hamstring international sports governance
When I was 14 years old, I lived with a host family in a town about 200 kilometers (125 miles) northeast of Moscow. It didn’t take long for me to figure out that some of the items I brought with me from abroad seemed to have different meaning for my peers than they did for me. Hair conditioner. Denim jeans. Crayola markers, for example. At first, I assumed these items attracted attention because they were novelties. But an incident involving my contact lenses showed me that m