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kazachka · Joined: 19 Nov 2004 Posts: 220 Location: Moscow and Alaska

BELS- I thought you have your own private school out there. Why would you need to contact Bonne to work for them? I'm confused as to why you'd need them at all if you have your private business???? Wink

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

Sorry I do understand how you are confused and therefore I have edited it.
But don't think I have a booming busineness at the moment. It's tough building full group classes in a Western region. We need approx 150 students in total, and we might achieve this in September this year hopefully.

But it has taken us three years to achieve this. Most of this has been word of mouth and achievement and not forgetting my wife who is highly qualified.

leroy · Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Posts: 49

Muscovites will only pay the big bucks for native speaker teachers though, regardless of how highly qualified a Russian teacher of English is.

jinji · Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 11

ihaven0commentz · Joined: 26 Aug 2006 Posts: 6 Location: USA

Uh... how much do you need to earn in-order to live in the most expensive city on Earth?

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

You mean London?

In Moscow you can have a beer in an outdoor pub for $2.50, go to a concert for $5-10-15, a football or hockey game for $5, take the metro for $.50, etc.

Deicide · Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:55 am Post subject: Bloody hell...

Can't anyone agree on anything here..I'm seriously considering Russia for next year, along with Japan...but there doesn't seem to be any consensus about the place. Some say...*beep* it, it's sooooooooooo expensive, especially Moscow..others say...nah...Moscow is affordable and I'm saving hundreds of USA a month here...nost say though forget about it...Russia and Japan are the places on my list for next year, either or...and whilst I have the lowdown on Japan more or less..I can't get solid concrete answers on the Mother Country. Moscow is great or shite depending on whom you ask...personally would be most interested in St. Petersburg...it's close to Europe, where most of my friends are, it's big enough, over 4 million, it's pretty and supposedly less dangerous than Moscow...having grown up in NYC I don't want to live in something that is all too similar to it...so basic, basic question: can I live and work in Russia and still save at least 500 USD a month...I almost never go out, don't drink at all and don't smoke, my only real expenses are bobybuilding supplements, which I order from a friend in Germany discounted and of course I would love to learn Russian...if anyone has solid, solid info then pm me or just reply here...cheers to all here...pax vobiscum