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[jpvanderwerf2001]

[maruss]

I would imagine it's probably much easier for a foreign guy to marry a decent Russian woman from outside Moscow than from the capital,for a number of reasons:
Firstly they don't have such high ideas of themselves, and would go for quality, rather than quantity in a person.
Chances to meet foreigners are also much less and there is a statistical shortage of available men anyway.
Of course there are downsides and the language and cultural barriers could pose problems unless at least one partner knows the others language well.
But at the end of the day,it takes two to tango and an guy who is a drunken,abusive slob with no work prospects or has other 'dark sides' which he tries to keep hidden is just as unlikely to end up alone in Russia as anywhere else!
There are also other factors too and I think that if someone of my age,55, found he was being chased by a gorgeous female in her late teens or 20's he should ask himself why and be very careful!

[expatella_girl]

Yes as I recall BELS was trying to incorporate under Russian law and create his own business. I'm thinking he didn't make it. He was in Russia for years and married with family.

BELS has disappeared completely from his Russian internet hangouts. He had a number of posts on another website for a couple of months about being discouraged with the Russian milieu and endless roadblocks and economic struggling, and talked about taking his family and going back to the UK. And then his posts ceased. I think he's gone home.

Too bad really. There are many fine things about Russia but it is an extremely difficult environment. Politically, economically, legally, and culturally.

[BELS]

It's ok I'm still here in Moscow western oblast for the moment. I've rented myself a flat in the next block to our home, and use it as a classroom. It's a two minute walk to my work now, which is better than travelling all over the west teaching in family homes.

So no more roadblocks and Russian redtape involved with renting a classroom in a public school building, and I've got most of my student groups back plus more on the way.


We are now fighting with the British redtape (Spouse visa). We might be ready by the end of the year. It's very difficult to responsibly return to your own country if you are now a family of four.

[expatella_girl]

Dah! You live!

Wunderbar. You're such a fighter (even though I don't know you at all). Good to see you can still peck out a message here and there. I'm a lurker on a number of Russian websites and haven't seen a peep from you anywhere since last summer .......

I believe the discussion involving you began with a previous post about incorporating an English language school in Russia.

Carry on.

[BELS]

Some people get it wrong. I'm simply an independant tutor, and can be nothing else. If I ever became bigger and develop as a school I would need a license. For example I am unable to employ teachers.

[kazachka]

Good to see you back, BELS:) So if I got it right, you got your TRP and just pretty much went into business for yourself? This is what my other half keeps advising me to do unless I have to bail for Alaska in the fall. This is essentially what I was doing before the new visa rules happened. I freelanced and taught privately then went into doing the governess thing while still keeping my private students. I don't like to have to rely on my job for a work visa/permit esp since things are slow at work now. Actually, what I did was just open up that waiting list I had for people who had been asking about private lessons. BTW, a couple of my privates were made redundant as well, so it's not just my boss who is losing clients because of the crisis. Things are so slow at work now, that if not for my private students, I'd really be up----creek.