http://www.intechopen.com/books/advanced-topics-in-environmental-health-and-air-pollution-case-studies/air-pollution-in-moscow-megacity It's very technical but I can explain in some areas of Moscow you have a concentration of dangerous elements even 5 times more a guard level, like in Leningradsky pr. Station of controls. I practical all stations pollution levels is very hard but particularly in south east areas of the city This site is made by russians. Level of life by Numbeo.com: Moscow Sanitary Public Free service: Absent and bad quality. Apartment prices: very high. climate: terrible (ery cold in winter and very hot in summer). Security: very low. Food prices: very very high. Quality of air: terrible. Medium buy power of moscovite: very low Is it a paradise? You decide! Lfe comparison between Berlin and Moscow: Purchasing Power Index Berlin: 94.08 Moscow 50.62 Safety Index Berlin: 73.85 Moscow: 45.25 Health Care Index Berlin: 71.76 Moscow: 47.46 Consumer Price Index Berlin: 82.77 Moscow: 76.37 Property Price to Income Ratio Berlin: 6.91 Moscow:21.11 Traffic Commute Time Index Berlin: 52.27 Moscow: 58.95 Pollution Index Berlin: 26.77 Moscow: 86.11 General index quality of life: Berlin 167.05 Moscow: 0.20 It signify in Berlin you live more then 100 times better then in Moscow