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From: Chris Schuepp <cschueppATwebDOTde>
Date: 2009/3/23
Subject: cost of living in RU
To: mediamentor
George,
don't mix up "average monthly income" and "cost of living" in Russia. There's a huge difference. I hope you are not in for a bad surprise, because literally everybody is making money on the side in Russia. Otherwise they couldn't survive. So except for some babushki who get the regular state pension, I don't think many people in Russia live on 50 USD.
S7 is a pretty good airline. Kind of a Russian version of a low-cost European airline like WizzAir or RyanAir or EasyJet. Their website is in Russian, English and German - here's the link to the English version: http://www.s7.ru/en/index.html
By the way, you should find out where you arrive in Moscow. You seem to depart to Chelyabinsk from Domodedovo (DME) Airport, but most international flights arrive in Sheremetevo. That's pretty much on the other end of the 10-million people megalopolis and it can take you up to 4-5 hours on a taxi to make that trip. And it will cost you anything up to 200 USD if you don't get the right taxi service. They like to seriously overcharge... There's some cheap deals, but you need to speak Russian or have a Russian speaker to assist you to get that done. You don't speak Russian, do you? Anybody fixing the transportation within Moscow for you? I don't want to scare you, but Moscow seriously stinks and it can be the biggest rip-off in the world if you are not prepared.
let me know if you have any questions.
Chris
From: Chris Schuepp <cschueppATwebDOTde>
Date: 2009/3/23
Subject: cost of living in RU
To: mediamentor
George,
don't mix up "average monthly income" and "cost of living" in Russia. There's a huge difference. I hope you are not in for a bad surprise, because literally everybody is making money on the side in Russia. Otherwise they couldn't survive. So except for some babushki who get the regular state pension, I don't think many people in Russia live on 50 USD.
S7 is a pretty good airline. Kind of a Russian version of a low-cost European airline like WizzAir or RyanAir or EasyJet. Their website is in Russian, English and German - here's the link to the English version: http://www.s7.ru/en/index.html
By the way, you should find out where you arrive in Moscow. You seem to depart to Chelyabinsk from Domodedovo (DME) Airport, but most international flights arrive in Sheremetevo. That's pretty much on the other end of the 10-million people megalopolis and it can take you up to 4-5 hours on a taxi to make that trip. And it will cost you anything up to 200 USD if you don't get the right taxi service. They like to seriously overcharge... There's some cheap deals, but you need to speak Russian or have a Russian speaker to assist you to get that done. You don't speak Russian, do you? Anybody fixing the transportation within Moscow for you? I don't want to scare you, but Moscow seriously stinks and it can be the biggest rip-off in the world if you are not prepared.
let me know if you have any questions.
Chris
2 comments:
Have you checked your flights then? Do you have to change airports in Moscow?
All is well... they had things in hand... I do not change airports and the hotel is at the airport I land at... same thing for the return... Thanks much for the heads-up on this...
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