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  2nd Ikea Mall in Moscow

  From the Economist January, 18th 2005:
  
  Crying foul
  Ikea, the Swedish furniture retailer, accused officials of delaying the opening of its new $300m mall on the outskirts of Moscow. “We're subject to blackmailing, sabotage and pressure for bribes,” said Lennart Dahlgren, head of Ikea in Russia. The grand opening for Eastern Europe's biggest mall, with more than 250 businesses, was cancelled at the last minute on December 2nd, after Moscow regional officials said an underground gas pipe could be damaged by customers driving to the store. The mall was eventually opened on December 15th, after Ikea agreed to build a ramp over the gas pipe and reaffirmed its intent to put $1m towards local sports facilities.
  
  • 19 Jan 2005, 6:59 pm
  Chris Helmbrecht wrote: > From the Economist January, 18th 2005: > > Crying foul > Ikea, the Swedish furniture retailer, accused officials of delaying > the opening of its new $300m mall on the outskirts of Moscow. “We're > subject to blackmailing, sabotage and pressure for bribes,” said > Lennart Dahlgren, head of Ikea in Russia. The grand opening for > Eastern Europe's biggest mall, with more than 250 businesses, was > cancelled at the last minute on December 2nd, after Moscow regional > officials said an underground gas pipe could be damaged by customers > driving to the store. The mall was eventually opened on December > 15th, after Ikea agreed to build a ramp over the gas pipe and > reaffirmed its intent to put $1m towards local sports facilities.