This is The Guardian.

Today, what Bashar al-Assad did next.

At the end of last year, a new family moved into the luxurious Rublyovka neighborhood in the suburbs of Moscow.

Packed with sprawling mansions, heavily armed guards and high walls,

Rublyovka is the most elite place to be in Russia, home to political elites, celebrities,

and a healthy smattering of oligarchs.

It's extremely secluded. You know, just imagine high fences, cameras everywhere.

At the same time, you know, these luxurious villas, a very picturesque area at the same time.

There's the Moscow River is next door.

This is Piotis Sauer, the Guardian's Russia Affairs reporter.

Funny enough, I know this neighborhood really well because I grew up in this neighborhood myself.

Oh, right.

And I lived there for the first 16 years of my life.

And he says it's definitely not the kind of place where you drop around next door to borrow a cup of sugar.

Well, it's a strange neighborhood because you're often, you're surrounded by beautiful forests,

but also by massive fences and guards.

And you don't always know who your neighbor might be.

You know, Unukovych, the Ukrainian ex-president who fled, apparently was living two houses besides me.

But people had no idea.

There were just rumors going around.

The Russian President Putin lives there himself.

And, you know, there's rumors that Edward Snowden lives somewhere around as well,

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