Lessons learnt by Fiona today
1. Don't count your chickens, they'll all get bird flu.
2. Don't believe a word Russian letting agents say, ever.
3. Never think that just because you have agreed to rent a flat, have withdrawn large amounts of money to pay for it and arranged a meeting time to sign it over to you, that the letting agent ever had any intention of ever considering renting you the flat.
4. Russia....There's gotta be a better way.