On the evening of December 8, it was confirmed: the deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad had been granted asylum in Russia for “humanitarian reasons”. However, he and his family will not live a poor life in the capital Moscow…
After their spectacular escape into Putin’s empire, the former Syrian ruling family will of course not be homeless. According to the Financial Times, the extended Assad family is said to have acquired at least 19 luxury apartments in Moscow’s elite ‘City of Capitals’ complex in recent years.
Their value is estimated at the equivalent of 40 million euros, British media report. Now speculations are swirling: does the family live there now?
This is what an Assad apartment could look like:
Some of Russia’s richest businessmen live in the imposing twin-tower skyscraper. Ministries, multinationals and five-star hotels can also be found there. A skyscraper in the “City of Capitals” measures no less than 302 meters, making it one of the tallest buildings in Europe.
For comparison, this is what the average living standard in Moscow looks like:
The chic business district is the almost unattainable dream of many Muscovites. In the city of extremes, the average citizen is only used to small apartments in gloomy prefabricated buildings.
Son obtained his PhD in Moscow
In any case, Assad’s eldest son Hafez seems to be a fan of the metropolis: he studied at Moscow State University. Conditions may have been much more comfortable for him because of the many properties the family owned – because there were a lot of cockroaches crawling around in the dilapidated student dormitory. He completed his doctoral studies in June last year. Afterwards it was a big party, for which his mother Asma also came especially.
Source: Krone
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