I'll try this one last time, because I can see English is not your first language. So perhaps you're misunderstanding me.
At first, I was talking about renting an apartment in lieu (instead) of a hotel. That was the $150 a day price. Yes, I know that equals $4500 a month, but no one rents those for a month. I was referring to a FEW DAYS. You were the one that brought up monthly prices. If you're going to rent an apartment with a year lease, you claimed that you'd need to spend $5000 to get anything that did not look like the picture you posted.
I said this was untrue, I have many - MANY - friends working in Moscow who are not reimbursed housing and do just fine at about $1000 a month. Don't believe me? Go talk to the expats at Expat.ru. On that site, I am "Ghost". Feel free to pm me or start a topic claiming I am wrong and watch the hundreds of expats stomp on you about it.
Lastly, you quote your friend who rented a place in Chistie Prudy - which I also said was one of the most expensive areas there is.
If you still insist I am wrong, all I can do is nod and just say "ok". I know I'm right. I lived there up until last year, and I still own property there now, off Rubsovskaya Nab.
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Of course there is no obligation on your part to answer.