RUSSIAN oligarchs and ex-KGB chiefs are turning to Cape York and Great Barrier Reef wilderness as the "new frontier" to hunt boar, fish for black marlin and bask in luxury. Honeymooning couples from the former Soviet Union are part of the new order "glasnost" in tourism as they look to escape a brutal cold for adventure and warmth in the Sunshine State. "The Cold War is over," said Natasha Arens, a Cairns-based Russian tour agent. "Lots of Russians got very rich in the fall of communism and made their fortunes in diamonds, oil and gas. "Now they want to come for holiday." ALSO IN THE NEWS TODAY: FIRST ROO OF FIGHT CLUB...
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