Across the globe, spies gather in inconspicuous dens to meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online explores café-restaurant Michel, where the last remaining operators can maintain Franco-Russian business friendships.
Just a few blocks from Russian government offices, café-restaurant Michel remains a favourite haunt of Moscow-based businesspeople, particularly members of the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI France-Russia, or CCFR) whose next members' dinner it will host on Thursday 19 October.
The small restaurant, which has around ten tables,
