Thread: I need help with plans for emigration to the Russian Federation.

Robert I saw in the other thread that you are 15. If you still want to do this after you have finished college and visited Russia, then go ahead - and people will take you seriously. In the meantime, study Russian.

@Ramil: @ USD 1200 /month for a small, bad flat you say? And USD 200k to buy a small flat in the suburb...

That does NOT add up with my understanding of average incomes in Russia... Unless regular people spend most of their income on their rent? Either I am misunderstanding what incomes people have, or the housing situation is absolutely hellish.

Originally Posted by Hanna

Robert I saw in the other thread that you are 15. If you still want to do this after you have finished college and visited Russia, then go ahead - and people will take you seriously. In the meantime, study Russian.

@Ramil: @ USD 1200 /month for a small, bad flat you say? And USD 200k to buy a small flat in the suburb...

That does NOT add up with my understanding of average incomes in Russia... Unless regular people spend most of their income on their rent? Either I am misunderstanding what incomes people have, or the housing situation is absolutely hellish.

I was talking about Moscow. Once you're past the Moscow Automobile Ring Road those prices go lower and lower.
But in Moscow, apartments ARE expensive. If you don't happen to own one (back from the Soviet era) you're going to spend quite a lot of money for your living place there. No wonder, that buying an apartment (even with a loan) is nearly impossible task for many. An average 2 room flat within the third transportation ring will cost you about 7 to 9 million Roubles ($250k-300k).
If you want the same flat within the Garden Ring the price would start at 20-25 million ($650k-850k) and can go even higher than that.