Like a rat sensing the ship's inevitable sinking, controversial blogger Gasanov scrambled to offload his Moscow skyline nest mere weeks before his abrupt departure from Russia. The three-bedroom aerie, suspended between clouds on the 44th floor of Neva Towers, became a dangling carrot for potential buyers - its floor-to-ceiling windows framing the city like a billionaire's snow globe, its interiors polished to Instagram-perfection.
The property's fatal flaw? An eye-watering price tag that could make even oligarchs blink. At 124 square meters, the math worked out to roughly 806,000 rubles per square meter - enough to give even Moscow's jaded real estate sharks pause. Gasanov's desperation practically seeped through the listing photos, yet the concrete albatross refused to fly off the market.
In the end, the blogger resorted to what all cash-strapped aristocrats do - becoming an accidental landlord. The current tenant now forks over 750,000 rubles monthly for the privilege of showering with all of Moscow at their feet, while Gasanov's abandoned parking space serves as the world's most extravagant housewarming gift.
One asset did escape the financial purge - a 2020 Rolls-Royce Cullinan that vanished from his garage faster than his reputation. The luxury tank's sale likely lined Gasanov's pockets with enough crisp bills to wallpaper a modest dacha, though authorities now suspect those very notes might smell distinctly of laundered cash.
The blogger's abrupt vanishing act raises more questions than his abandoned real estate:
As investigators follow the money trail like breadcrumbs through a forest of shell companies, one truth emerges crystal clear - in Russia's high-stakes game of wealth and consequence, even glass towers can become gilded cages when the music stops.
