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canucktechie · Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 343 Location: Moscow

I made a round trip between Moscow and Kiev in May and the fare was about $50 each way in kupe. Platskart would be cheaper.

And of course you don't have to spend even one night in Kiev.Arrive in the morning, leave the same evening.

Eugeniusz · Joined: 13 Feb 2006 Posts: 17

I lived in St. Petersburg last year. It's not cheap. Restaurants are the same prices if not more. I spent around $30 at a vegetarian restaurant. I had a room from the school but my friends were paying 7-900 Euros for 2 bedroom flats in the city. If you use an agency that was the going rate. I guess you could go out further for cheaper rent but then figure in transportation $100+ a month. Groceries are accurate at about $200 a month. Clothes are expensive, very expensive, more expensive than home. $50+ for a sweater $80 for a Columbia jacket that is only good for the fall. That was at a cheap store I had to find by asking around and I had to travel across town too. Any book written in English from a book store is 2,3x's the price found online. I found one of the least expensive gyms there for $100-150 a month. That was after my fluent friend negotiated the price down. $700 in St. Petersburg with paid housing is possible for what you want to do but it will be a struggle if you need to buy something. Judging by your plans, you'll have $100 a week spending money for restaurants and going out if you're good, which you can easily spend in the clubs or bars in one night if buy a few rounds for your new friends which I can't imagine you wouldn't because they would buy it for you... I can't imagine what Moscow is like.

Eugeniusz · Joined: 13 Feb 2006 Posts: 17

rusmeister · Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 867 Location: Russia

BELS · Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 402 Location: Moscow

coledavis · Joined: 21 Jun 2003 Posts: 1838

Hi - with regard to this 3 months in, 3 months out: can other people confirm that this is definitely happening now?

expatella_girl · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:14 am Post subject:

maruss · Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 1145 Location: Cyprus

If this is so, then it's it's hardly worth going there at all to work, especially if you have to stay away for 3 months after each 3 months you are allowed in!When did they start this rule by the way?

expatella_girl · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:30 am Post subject:

This new regulation came into effect June 1. Part of a deal the Russian government made with the EU. Obviously non-EU passport holders are not affected by this new visa agreement.

What it does do, is force EU passport holders working under the table in Russia, to get work permits and work visas in order to stay.

It should be noted that the UK was not a cosigner to this agreement, so that UK citizens are not part of the deal. Neither are Norway, Denmark and Cyprus.

coledavis · Joined: 21 Jun 2003 Posts: 1838

So a UK citizen is ok then?

maruss · Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 1145 Location: Cyprus

If the U.K. had been included it would have been a big problem for all those Language Schools trying to recruit 'fodder for their mills...'
However in my case it will not make any difference because they already have full details of both my Cypriot and British passports-as I already p.m'd some members of this site last week,Putin and co. have taken a dislike to me and apparently will not let me back into Russia for reasons unknown...I suppose all I can do is hope for an 'orange revolution' over there,'a la russe!'
In any case there are still the Aussies and Kiwis,plus our friends in North America who speak Native English so they could manage without us Brits for a while!

expatella_girl · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:55 pm Post subject:

coledavis · Joined: 21 Jun 2003 Posts: 1838

On the point of becoming non personal grata for no obvious reason: I know that censorship is not desirable, but I think I would make a point of avoiding public mention of dear P in full, especially with words involving r.v..u...n. I rather think that search engines will look for such associations on boards such as this. I'm not paranoid; some people in a small town have suggested to my friends that I may be a purveyor of information to my home country (there is a three letter word beginning with s which is more concise) merely because of my habit of travelling alone in Russia...

expatella_girl · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:11 am Post subject:

What??

I read your post twice and I have no idea what y.o..u are talking about. No doubt the FSB is more clever at decoding secret messages than I am.

Carry on James Bond.