MOSCOW - One of the best-kept secrets about a threatening gray granite building opposite the Kremlin is that it has some of the cheapest food and booze in town.The building, home to the State Duma, Russia's lower house of Parliament, is your place if you're in for a cup of tea for a nickel, or a beer for a dime.Those responsible for representing the people of Russia still get treated like the Soviet proletariat of old: the refreshments are not necessarily good, but they're almost free.To get inside the Duma, you must pass a grim faced, gun-toting security guard - either smile your way throu...
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