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Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor
"That's Telling em".
SNOB Magazine, Wow, someone has a Death Wish!
If this is a trend for things to come, whereby the Super Rich of Moscow will be featured in thier oplulent homes, while the majority of Muscovites like in post War crumbling concrete Stalinist Apartment Blocks will certainly outrage some, when the average Muscovite salary is $200.00 a month. Golden Circle Apartments cost around $2,000 a month for a one bedroom flat.
Nothing like having the Super Rich Russians with American Dollars hanging out of their pockets, SNOB Magazine Tucked under your arm, while walking down the Arabat late at night, flaunting it in front of the Gypsies and Babuskas.
If the Metro Police or Militia do not take you out, the Roving Gangs and Russian Mafia will. Nothing like painted a BIG $ Bullseye on your Forehead, for those looking for an easy score.
By James Kilner
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's super-rich love to flaunt their wealth. Soon they will have a magazine called Snob to help them.
Mikhail Prokhorov -- whose wealth is estimated at around $22 billion -- plans to spend $150 million setting up a magazine, website and television station called Snob, the general director of the new venture told Reuters on Wednesday.
"It's for people who are successful and those who want to be successful," said Andrei Shmarov, who will run Snob.
Prokhorov, 42, made his fortune in the chaotic 1990s when businessmen bought up parts of former Soviet industries for a fraction of their real value.
The Forbes Rich List ranked Prokhorov as the 24th richest person in the world. He is one of the owners of Norilsk Nickel, the world's biggest nickel producer, and Polyus Gold, Russia's biggest gold producer.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary's online edition, www.askoxford.com, a snob is: "A person who has an exaggerated respect for high social position or wealth and who looks down on those regarded as socially inferior".
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