Moscú es una orgía de mafia, decadencia y ultra-corrupción que navega por las profundas aguas de un gigantesco lago kitsch.
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According to another report on the Forbes list, Moscow has overtaken New York City as home to the most billionaires, with 74 of the super-rich elite now counting the Russian capital as their home. By contrast, 71 billionaires live in New York, according to the magazine's annual list, which placed London in third place with 36.
Russia now counts a total of 87 billionaires, ousting Germany in second place but still trailing the first-placed United States, which has 469.
"Russia is again the dominant story in (Europe) this year. Its billionaires are just fast and fearsome. What's fascinating is that every single one of them is self made," said Forbes senior editor Luisa Kroll.
[Moscow has now more billionaires than NY]
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Moscow's rapidly growing skyline will soon feature an eye-popping new addition: Crystal Island, which will be the world’s biggest building when completed. Sir Norman Foster’s mountainous 27 million square feet spiraling “city within a building” will cost $4 billion and it is scheduled to be built within next 5 years.
[World’s Biggest Building Coming to Moscow: Crystal Island]
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Y luego ocurren cosas como esta.
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Since it opened in spring 2006, the Diaghilev Project had become the favourite party venue for Russia's fun-loving billionaire elite. Its denizens included playboy oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov, worth $15bn; Russian tennis star Marat Safin; and Roman Abramovich's ex-wife Irina, who let her hair down here after her divorce from the Chelsea FC owner. Liz Hurley and Naomi Campbell have also popped in.
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Mere mortals could also buy a table - $3,000 for a modest spot on the balcony, going up to $15,000 for the 'imperial' box, decorated with faux-Renaissance portraits. For this, you got your own 'elitny' lavatory, seating space for 15-20 friends and a scowling, black-suited bouncer to keep away hoi polloi. Journalists invited to watch the celebrities, meanwhile, had to wear orange labels to make clear they had not passed the face-control test.
[Mystery nightclub blaze adds to fears that Russia's party is over]
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Hay cosas tan absurdamente excesivas que sólo pueden existir en Moscú:
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He aquí la Rusia del siglo XXI.
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Más decadencia por el estilo en:
RU TV - la cadena de televisión en la que todos los videoclips son como el de arriba - e English Russia.
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Cuando veo estas pequeñas cosas, no puedo evitar sentir una especie de orgullo patrio por la fría y enorme tierra que me vio nacer.
