Ladas in Cuba

Lesson Brief Esquire Russia
It's strange the things that one finds around the world. Fabian Zakharov, a Russian-Cuban living in Miami, makes his living selling spare parts for the classic Soviet cars "Zhiguli" and "Moskvich." Most of his business is from Cuba where these old cars are still on the road. Because of the American embargo on Cuba, Zakharov sells his parts to Cubans in Miami, who then use friends and connections to get them to their final destination in Cuba. -This language set features crucial Russian technical vocabulary relating to car parts. Sign up for a subscription or 2 week free trial to gain access to all of Foreigncy’s daily Russian language learning sets.
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