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:) I won't even ask on what you spend your money on :wink:

Don't believe the VendingMachine! No good comes out of talking machines!

I lived non-frugally in Russia for a year on 10k, I don't see why anyone can't do the same, even if the prices are a little...

You are, of course, right. Sovetskoe Shampanskoe... my liver is already screaming!

Well, I could find bottle of sovetskaya for 65 roubles. And I have tasted vinegar, they don't taste alike! Maybe I am a sucker for cheap champagne...

Well I guess it depends on currency rate, but yes you are right, it is kinda low. But when I was there, a bottle of champagne cost $2.. a couple of those and I was good to go for the evening!

I lived in Peter a year, and had my own apartment. I also bought my own groceries. I bought mostly imported food and I spent about $20-25 for one week of food.

Rent was $500 (3-bedroom apt), my...

I hear of people learning Russian in Pskov, Murmansk and Vladimir... maybe those are better places?

$1200 for a month!? You will live like a king!

Tuition for a year: USD ~$2000
Dorms for a year: USD ~$2000
Food for a year: USD ~$1200
Alcohol for a year: USD ~$500

Of course this depends on where in Russia, these prices should be true for...