In that period he wrote about 3,000 articles for publications including the St Petersburg Times, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Transitions magazine, the New York Times,[1] the International Herald Tribune, Bloomberg News,[2] The Art Newspaper,[3] Art & Auction, and many more.
He came to Russia in June 1992, and soon after joined with a group of young Russians to create Moscow’s first organization helping the homeless.
In 1998 The New York Times tapped him as a special features writer for St Petersburg and Northwest Russia.
As one of the only full-time foreign correspondents in St Petersburg, he contributed to other publications, including People magazine, Departures and Art & Antiques.
He covered Russian auctions in London and New York, as well as interviewing Moscow’s secretive billionaire collectors, and tracking their acquisitions.