Can Russia really beat London for nightlife?
When my Russian friends told me partying in London was rubbish compared with the nightlife in their country, I was sceptical. Then I walked into Club Decadence. As a showbiz journalist in London I am used to drinking beverages, but even I was blown away when I saw more than 50 different labels on display. And this was only the first nightclub I visited in St Petersburg — or should that be St Partysburg? Each of the three dance floors in the club plays a different style of music and you can order food in the restaurant until 6am. The cuisine is far more sophisticated than the normal nightclub fare, with a menu offering everything from caviar and blinis to rabbit stew and roasted carp. Big on style Club Decadence was just one of a number of outrageous, flamboyant and totally show-stopping establishments I visited over three nights in St Petersburg and three in Moscow. My initiation into the Russian attitude to partying started as soon as my friends Evgeniy, Katya and I got on the three-a
