Luxury living, a primetime TV show, and an endless flow of vodka could await the NSA whistleblower in Moscow. He just has to stay away from examining Russia’s own ills.
If Snowden wants to stay in Moscow, it'll cost him. The capital – where tepid coffee smothered in condensed milk will set you back $8.29 – was recently named the world's second most expensive city for expatriates in a survey by Mercer.
Moscow's (expensive) skyline.
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But if Snowden — who earned as much as $200,000 while an intelligence contractor — wants to test the high end of the market, he could check out vacant apartments at 3 Shvedsky Tupik, or Swedish Dead End. The heavily guarded compound is a stone's throw away from the Kremlin, home to several members of Putin's inner circle, and has two apartments on the market for over a year, yours for only $50 million.
Snowden's potential home on "Swedish Dead End."
