Mobissimo

Russia conjures up many images, some good, some bad.  Now mother Russia is all about luxury with many of the world's richest hailing from the former Stalin stronghold.  Read more here about the capitalist revolution happening now.

Dubai, eat your heart out. With a mind-bending 100 new skyscrapers in the works, Moscow is threatening to trump the emirate’s superlative cityscape and establish itself as the 21st century’s pinnacle of luxury. Futuristic designs include the world’s first rotating high-rise, slated for completion in 2010 (Dubai is still waiting for planning permission), plus the world’s biggest building: starchitect Norman Foster’s $4 billion “Crystal Island” on the Moscow River is so massive, it’s going to need its own internal climate system (architectural detail pictured). This “city within a building” supposedly sees the light of day in 2012, by which time Foster’s other city project, Russia Tower, will have debuted as Europe’s tallest (and the world’s second tallest) building.