Hi guys

My mom is interested in teaching English in Russia, probably some place around Moscow.

I tried to find some threads about this, but the best I could do was http://masterrussian.net/mforum/viewtopic.php?t=8251 and that didn't help at all.

So now I'm cluttering the General Board up :P

The opportunities to teach sound awesome, they promise to pay for a room, and to pay for her to fly there, and to pay for her to teach, and pretty much everything, plus I was stunned to see that "full-time" in Russia is about half the amount of hours that "full-time" is here in the States - so plenty of time for tourism. :P

Also, I was hoping to go along too and do some private tutoring. I'm all happy about this, because it sounds like a cash cow.

My mom has been more gloomy - she's hung up on the saying "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is". She has been looking for a catch, some strings attached.
She started going on about how Moscow is on of the most expensive places to live in the world. I reminded her that the companies offered to pay for the room - but does anyone know if that includes heat and water bills?
I'm also looking into St. Pete instead, but more people speak English there and it's more like a tourist city, so I'd prefer Moscow from the two.

So, does anybody know anything useful about this? My mom says there's a ton of information out there about it, but it will take her awhile to weed through it all.

Thanks in advance,
DDL