4 years? What's your legal status over there, if you don't mind me asking? You guys keep misleading those Russia-loving Westerners into thinking it's an easy walk to relocate to Russia. There are no state-level immigration programs for people with no connections, period. How about telling them the truth?
Joseph says it all at the end, "I came to Russia for my wife but I am staying in Russia for me, life in Russia is way better!" Brilliant! Gosh, I have fallen in love with a country, I never thought that would happen to me.
Considering Russia is putting over 40% of its GDP into its armed forces. I somehow doubt the sunshine and rainbows image you and other give off about Russia will last much longer.
I have been to all European countries and in Japan, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and many more! Russia is the best out of those countries by far!
@@scottishguyinmoscow hi, I just recommended your channel to one of my subscribers, because he said, "Western visitors are not welcome anymore. Russia is also not considered to be safe for visitors". So, I said, "watch Expat American, Scottish guy in Moscow (+a few more channels) and you will see that everything is not like you think
Greetings from Japan! I’m soooo glad to see both of you walk&talk combo! I appreciate your sense of humor! Please do more videos with Joe and other westerners in Moscow!🙏🏻
Been watching both your channels for a while, yes I'm subscribed.. I just love seeing how life could be, I'm so envious of you all, Love from UK to you all.
ПРИЕЗЖАЙТЕ!!! ЗДЕСЬ ,ХОРОШО>> ЛЕТОМ И ОСЕНЬЮ, И ЗИМОЙ И ВЕСНОЙ... ВСЕГДА, МОЖНО НАЙТИ ,МНОГО ИНТЕРЕСНОГО. В МОСКВЕ ЕСТЬ КЛУБЫ,ГДЕ СОБИРАЮТСЯ ЧТОБЫ ПОСЛУШАТЬ И ПОИГРАТЬ ШОТЛАНДСКУЮ, ИРЛАНДСКУЮ, АНГЛИЙСКУЮ МУЗЫКУ. МНОГИЕ ХОРОШО ГОВОРЯТ НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ. ЗДЕСЬ ЛЕГКО ОРИЕНТИРОВАТЬСЯ. 😉☝️👍
That is what I will be doing very soon too. I have been to Russia several times already and it always feels like home and that is something the country I was born in has not felt like for a very long time.
Have you interviewed the Canadian family Arend and Anneesa yet ? They have 8 children with them in Russia, and their oldest son stayed behind in Canada with his relatives. So that's 9 children they have. Neither of them spoke Russian like you, Scottish Guy, when they first arrived in Russia 🇷🇺 but they're learning the language, and that is the main goal besides finding land to farm on as they did in Canada 🇨🇦 I watch a lot of these Russia UA-cam videos with people from the West mainly moving to Russia for different reasons. Like Joseph Rose said he did it for his wife, who was born and raised in Russia and was home sick for Russia after living in America for a couple of years. That, to me, is what love is about. Moving to a foreign country that you don't know much about but you learn. Anyway, I have been subscribed to your UA-cam channel for a while now, a Scottish Guy in Moscow. I thought to myself since I have subscribed to a Canadian family UA-cam channel and an American family like Joseph Rose's channel and Martyn from the UK and his Russian wife channel and the two Aussie families from Australia who move to Russia I thought to myself why not your channel a Scottish Guy in Moscow ? That way, I get to know different people from the different countries in the West who move to Russia and get their opinion on what they think of Russia. Cheers 🍻 from Canada 🇨🇦 👍 to you in Russia 🇷🇺 a Scottish Guy in Moscow. 😊
Thanks for another informative and interesting video. I share the same view, experience and similar questions from home. I'm hoping to remain here until 2027 before heading back home to Australia. I've visited as far north as Kostomuksha and the far east (Magadan and Chukotka), been to St Petersburg four times (I enjoy the Sapsan train trip); As per my expereince in Moscow I felt safe and it was relatively easy to find a beer and pizza; people are friendly and inviting and curious as to why an Australian was so far from home.
Wow, that's a coincidence. I am a resident of Kostomuksha, the northwestern part of the Karelia region. A small beautiful city on the shore of a lake, completely riddled with forest islands. How did you come to us? We are quite remote from other settlements. The border with Finland is 36 km away.
I've been to Russia fairly regularly since 1990, and 1) it has come a VERY long way since then and 2) every year I go it's always better. Good for you for taking the plunge and sharing your experiences!
As an American and not a City Slicker, Russia is pretty much what I assumed it to be. There are not many differences between here and there. I love wide open spaces and nature. I haven't seen too many animals in the wild yet but I will keep watching for them.
Hi, I'm from Russia. I'm 37 years old. We used to really think that people in Europe lived better than we did. But when the war started, I willy-nilly began to study the lives of Americans, Frenchmen, Englishmen, Estonians and other representatives of the European world. And I was horrified to discover that Europe (in its majority) is a dirty and dangerous place. You foreigners experience “culture shock” from Russia. I too have experienced culture shock from America and Europe. But my shock is with a minus sign. A medic will let you die if you don't pay. At any moment a man can run up to you and try to steal your phone. Garbage stinks all over the streets, people walk by, they're fine with it. Drug addicts everywhere. That's what surprised me. But what surprises me the most is your surprise about cleanliness and service:) Before the war I thought you had cleaner and better service. I can say with certainty that it is not only in Moscow. Come to us in Kazan. I can confidently say that you will be delighted. So to say that there is one good city in Russia - Moscow - is wrong. It is a lie. Now all of us in Russia realize that we need to protect our culture. Our values. You will always be welcome, come and live here always - Russia is huge. But please also protect Russia from the attacks of lies and untruths.
I have seen a lot of Russia dating back to USSR 1976. The USSR was clean and well organizied peaking in the late 70s than there was a decline through the 80s and when the USSR ended (in the west they claim if collapsed due to form of government but it ended because one leader simply desolated the USSR and the component states became independent of Moscow. Some states that formed won the jackpot having all the Soviet build infrastructure and investment by Moscow and the work of it largest state which is Russia. So Russia lost its investment in those states that built them up.Some did well having ready made infrastructure like Poland, others became very corrupt like Ukraine which was very dependent on almost free resources and money from and then selling products at high prices to Russia The 1990s was a very hard time for average people in Russia and it was almost exclusively do to hostile American interference. There was such a eagernous to join the western world Yeltsin permitted US advisors to set up offices in every government agency but those advisors worked against Russia in every way with the goal of bankrupting it and breaking the country into 8 poor countries and giving extraction rights to western companies to control the rich resources. The final blow against the interests of the Russian people was the US advisors demanded that from a command economy to a demand economy all the state industry needed to be privitized, quickly and completely. That US plan was almost the big win for the US, controlling the resources and destroying every industry with a scheme to privatize all state assets all at once. There was not enough money in circulation for anyone to offer even a tiny fraction of their worth, so overnight all the assets of the state would have sold for tiny amounts, and would not have the money to re-start production. Since that was the obvious hostile act by the US an alternative was devises, distribute shares to all the workers in each industry. A share did not put food on the table and many of those industries had leaders who were to become oligarchs. They stopped paying wages but most Soviets kept working because they were loyal to the factories as all they ever knew. The shares were seen as useless to th future oligarchs offered food or a tiny amount for their shares, which were seen as useless by starving workers. A few groceries could but a state in a company. The median amount they got for their shares 4 days of groceries per worker the agency/factory who had no income for months. It only took a couple weeks to collect all the shares of a large industry that had a market value in the billions of dollars, So all the major industries were captured by some very unsavory people, That scheme to crash the industries and cause mass starvation was run out of Washington. The only reason Russia did not fully collapse was Yeltsin felt responsible for allowing the US to rape the country and drop the male life expectancy 13 years in a span of two years. Yeltsin knew his advisors were all controlled by Washington so he hatched a secrete project that took some balls since it the US who controlled my of his government and the 30,000 western NGOs that moved in, he had to work in total secrecy and not trust anyone, he searched for an honest administrator that could be trusted. He found a lawyer who had been special assistent to the reform minded popular governor of St Petersburg and moved his to a mid level in the federal government, a lawyer who had developed a reputation for being un-corruptable. I met him in the city admiration a few years before where he heard my proposal for a social services idea I proposed. He sat quietly listening to my idea and at the end came up with 3 reasons it could not work with current laws. Further research revealed he was correct. That was who Yeltsin introduced as the new interim president when he caught everyone off guard by resigning the office of president and appointed his ace in the hole as leader until elections could be held. That was the first time the country hear of Putin. And with all odds, all the oligarchs all the corrupt and full weight of the US government, Yeltsin saved the country and the saving of Russia was actually accomplished when the government, oligarchs, US and everyone out to make him fail. The west is still trying to undermine him and Russia but failing, Russia has been transformed and the progress adds up every single year to the point that Russia is a better place to start a small business raise a family, live a culture rich life regardless of income. It has been a unique opportunity to see a country with so many people and governments out to crush it and how it provides a superior quality of life.
these expats walk in circles in the central square of the nation's capital. What did you expect? Piles of garbage and drunken bastards from the Soviet Glubinka? Well, these propagandists won't show that on this channel XD
Kitay gorod - China town in Russian, but in this context Kitay is not China, Kitay in acient Russian meant the fortress wall, so parts of this wall is still there
Good on you fellas, love what you are doing, its so great people can see how life actually is in Moscow. I am also a Westerner in Moscow and just started making videos too. I just love it here!
In this world there should be an alternative to everything that exists, unwittingly, but Russia has become just such a place, an alternative to Western values, and that is good , we still have a choice.
What are the employment opportunities for a English guy who speaks almost no Russian? I am married to a Russian girl and our daughter age 7 has UK and Russian citizenship. I have been to Russia several times and love the country. I would be looking to stay Novosibirsk or Moscow.
In this case finding employment will be probably pretty difficult. I would suggest learn at least some Russian before applying or moving there. Especially, since you have a Russian wife it should be easy to practice your language skills with her.
Согласно закона О гражданстве РФ ст.16 пп.4 и 5. Вы можете получить российское гражданство в упрощенном порядке, т.к. Ваша дочь россиянка, но для этого Вашей жене надо вернутся с дочерью в РФ и где-то зарегистрироваться на постоянное место жительства (если это не сделано сейчас). (Конечно, если Вы не попадаете под ст.18 того-же закона). Знание языка и проживание в течении 5 лет, а также знание истории не обязательны. НО! Язык надо учить конечно! Это все таки Россия, а не Британия.
I still remember a Scottish teacher who came here for the first time four years ago and he was really flabbergasted to find out how well-educated our teachers are and how much we know about the history and culture of Scotland and of other countries that he asked for a pause to come to senses. It was unforgettable! 😂.
I have lived a lot in Europe (practically all countries) and Russia has gone far ahead. While Europe is only degenerating. I never thought that everyday life and service in Russia would cause a feeling of proud, or smtg like superiority, but the further you go, the more so.
If Russia is not also degenerating, why is Russia's birth rate 1.49 children per woman? Russian's "Traditional values" apparently is not enough. They have feminism, female employment, TikTok, Facebook, etc. If you love Russia you will look into its very real problems that are shared with every developed country in the world - lack of children, thus lack of a future.
I'm a Norwegian in Georgia and I feel safe having many Russians around me. They look mostly like Norwegians, and they behave themselves. Norwegians abroad often do not behave well, so I am glad they're not here.
I just subscribed to your channel, my Scottish friend, and I must say that I love the Scots and the Irish too, I think they are a little more natural and direct than other Westerners, and as for Scottish bars, I think they still need to work a little more on marketing, unlike Irish or English, but that does not mean the quality! The Scots are an interesting and noble people and full of understanding, and I am most interested in their real native language, which has nothing to do with English!
Moscow surely needs more Scottish establishments. There was this restaurant "Шотландская клетка" on Sretenka street, but it didn't survived Covid lockdown, unfortunately. There are Scottish bars, but they are quite rare.
Great video mate.. loving them. Great to see expatAmerican with you, i also enjoy his channel. Travelling with russell also is another great you tube showing some great parts of Moscow. Im out next month for a quick holiday and see family .. cant wait as the weather is looking grrat 🇷🇺🏴
Oh you`ve met Joseph even before i has came to suggest this in comment ;) Great ! Also thank you for an opportunity to compare your accents in a live convo )
Just watched your vids with the American and the English teachers. Decided to help you out and subscribe. Just came across your channel, liked your style of walking about as you record. Reminds me of Alex Christoforou of “The Duran”i, Acouple of Greeks, one raised in the states and one in London, interesting conversations. Christoforou has informative walkabouts like you do, only in Cyprus. He has separate channel within The Duran proper, in case you want to check him out. I’m going to view your channel often, and will take a look at the Americans as well. You are different enough personalities,I believe, to make your separate presentations diverse enough to be interesting. Thanks for the insights.
The visa situation in the U.K. is family visa 1 year, tourist 2 weeks, business 6 months two entries, work visa 3 year’s support ie: teacher, the TRP is 3 years then permanent, then citizenship
I found your channel and subscribed. I love to get more information about life in Russia. If I would be a younger age I would be happy to relocate to Russia or Belarus. Unfortunately, the rest of my life I have to live in WOKE, black hole of Europe where every year quality life becoming worse and worse and no hope for better future... . Greeting from a friendly Lithuanian man.
I have UK and Russian citizenship. I usually just work a minimum wage job in the UK for like 2-3 months per year and that gives me enough money to live like a rich man in russia for the next 9-10 months. It's annoying having to keep flying back to England just to make money but I have a good way of life anyway. Unfortunately I can't find any job which pays more than like 200$ a month in russia
Yes ! Yall are friends! Joseph Rose and his wife are the ones who are showing the world life in 🇷🇺 so much more is shown a d Eddie from Moscow Photographer , WildSiberia .. all youtubers.
I guess all the foreigners who considers moving to Russia would be interested in 2 practical things: 1) how to get a job without knowing Russian perfectly (or not knowing it at all), and what salaries approximately they can get 2) what are the legal aspects they should consider before going to Russia. Would be very interesting to know your and your friends experience on that! Thank you very much!❤
I don’t have experience but visa should be doable at least the 3 year multi entry thing. For permanent residency you need basic Russian skills. I would suggest learn some Russian isn’t that hard because a European language. Even a little is better than nothing. Without Russian employment outside being an English teacher will be difficult. I mean that’s why you have so many UA-camrs.
If you do not take professions where a diploma is needed, for example, the profession of a welder, then salaries will be high enough for a working profession. A good welder earns 150 - 200 thousand rubles (1600 - 2100 $) after taxes per month. This is a good salary, from which 30 thousand ($ 330) can go to rent an apartment, 25 thousand ($ 270) for food, Internet connection 1500 rubles.($16), public transport is still 2000 ($22). You spend the rest on whatever you want.
@@scottishguyinmoscow that is great to hear. There is always away I don’t doubt that. In the end the better your Russian the more opportunities you have.
hi,can you tell me what microphone you using? I have DJI osmo action camera, but microphone built in not very powerful. Your voice nice and clear. Thank you.amd please, what are your camera settings?
There is one complaint only. Leave the Red Square alone. Moscow is huge and full of interesting places. Make your blogs attractive not to mention the RS.
I travelled to Russia in 1993. The only drawbacks for me to move to Russia are cold climate (compared to my home Southern California) and flat geography. Here in Southern California, I have mountains, deserts, Ocean. It's going to be tough to leave Southern California for Russia or Eastern Europe.
I’ve been down here playing Russia on hard mode in Krasnodar. Very hard to find people who speak English. Thank god I have a few good friends and my wife to help me. I would be so lost trying to get around on public transportation etc
Some ideas on places I've visited: - Bergen, Norway (lived 35 years): alcoholics, drug addicts are housed in the residential neighborhoods. This can be dangerous, I've almost ended up in fights with them because I looked at them sternly when they were misbehaving. - Plovdiv, Bulgaria (lived 1 year): much better than Bergen. I've never felt in danger. Bulgaria is perhaps a bit like Russia, but with less money, and worse infrastructure. Bulgarians love Russia, and Russians love Bulgaria. They have a lot of history together. - Tokyo, Japan (lived 4 years): hard to compare, but very safe and very convenient. I had some run-ins with druggies, and I doubt this would have happened in Moscow. This one guy imagined that I was laughing at him, although I was just having a conversation with a friend. But since I was way bigger than him he never got close to attacking me. - Batumi, Georgia (lived 1 month): very safe, except for gotta watch out for stray dogs at night. On paper Georgia is a poor country, but it's just as safe as the safest places in the world wrt. crime. Traffic and stray dogs are things to look out for, but you can live in total peace here. Safer than my hometown Bergen, Norway? For sure, although most areas of Bergen are safe enough.
Hi dude great videos,actuall y Russia looks beautiful and authentic , with such history with so many regions and cultures, i too would like to find a way to move there too, am in yhe Scottish Borders 😂
@scottishguyinmoscow, I live 8 hours away from Moscow by train in a sleepy charming old town, aka Gateway to the Russian North. If you're curious about life in the sticks of Russia, I could show you around for a day.
Hello from Greece. We also have free helthcare (which is good) but living conditions are horrible, especially in big cities... 100% rise in crime due to illegal imigration and 0% social cohesion... as for cleanliness I would rather not talk about it...
People, in general, find what they are looking for. Remember visiting Chicago for the first time in mid ’80’s, and you would be expecting to “Alphonse Capone” style gangsters with Tommy guns around every corner. It was, however, extremely disappointing at how mundane, shabby, and rundown the city was.
I’m a Brit who has been living in Moscow for 4 years 🇬🇧🇷🇺💪🏻
👍❤
4 years? What's your legal status over there, if you don't mind me asking? You guys keep misleading those Russia-loving Westerners into thinking it's an easy walk to relocate to Russia. There are no state-level immigration programs for people with no connections, period. How about telling them the truth?
And how do you like it in Moscow?
Wow! Very cool. Are you married to a Russian?
What about your job it's online or in english
Joseph says it all at the end, "I came to Russia for my wife but I am staying in Russia for me, life in Russia is way better!" Brilliant! Gosh, I have fallen in love with a country, I never thought that would happen to me.
Thanks! I agree.
Considering Russia is putting over 40% of its GDP into its armed forces. I somehow doubt the sunshine and rainbows image you and other give off about Russia will last much longer.
I'm British and have been to Russia 15 times great country 🇷🇺 🇬🇧 ❤
I have been to all European countries and in Japan, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and many more! Russia is the best out of those countries by far!
Oh, thank you for such an opinion about our country ❤❤❤
100000%%%%!!!!! 👍💯
It’s the best for me too
Why do you think that?
@@scottishguyinmoscow hi, I just recommended your channel to one of my subscribers, because he said, "Western visitors are not welcome anymore. Russia is also not considered to be safe for visitors". So, I said, "watch Expat American, Scottish guy in Moscow (+a few more channels) and you will see that everything is not like you think
I watched both videos and.... as a Russian, I want such people from all over the world to live in my country
Thanks so much!
Hello Scottish, American, Canadian, etc. people you’re very lucky to stay in Russia🤍💙❤🇷🇺☦🙏🌹🍀Welcome in Russia !
Thank you!
Thank you!
Greetings from Japan! I’m soooo glad to see both of you walk&talk combo! I appreciate your sense of humor! Please do more videos with Joe and other westerners in Moscow!🙏🏻
oi mate. that new jujutsu kaisen is crazyyyyyy
Thanks! I like collaborating
I am watching and subscribed to both channels. Sending love your way from the French Alpes
Thank you! 🏴🤝🇫🇷
Wow! The Alps
Been watching both your channels for a while, yes I'm subscribed.. I just love seeing how life could be, I'm so envious of you all, Love from UK to you all.
Thanks so much!
ПРИЕЗЖАЙТЕ!!! ЗДЕСЬ ,ХОРОШО>> ЛЕТОМ И ОСЕНЬЮ, И ЗИМОЙ И ВЕСНОЙ... ВСЕГДА, МОЖНО НАЙТИ ,МНОГО ИНТЕРЕСНОГО. В МОСКВЕ ЕСТЬ КЛУБЫ,ГДЕ СОБИРАЮТСЯ ЧТОБЫ ПОСЛУШАТЬ И ПОИГРАТЬ ШОТЛАНДСКУЮ, ИРЛАНДСКУЮ, АНГЛИЙСКУЮ МУЗЫКУ. МНОГИЕ ХОРОШО ГОВОРЯТ НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ. ЗДЕСЬ ЛЕГКО ОРИЕНТИРОВАТЬСЯ. 😉☝️👍
Thanks for subbing!
Very refreshing to hear Joseph say he didn’t move to Russia because he was running from America. So many Americans say the opposite.
Yeah it was a great conversation
Hi Sam. Your channel is great too
@PassportBachelor Literally the best country in the world. lol
"I came for my wife, I stay for me", that tells all! ❤ Thanks for this most nice and clear conversation.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks!
That is what I will be doing very soon too. I have been to Russia several times already and it always feels like home and that is something the country I was born in has not felt like for a very long time.
@@GregoryBamber sounds like a plan.
@@GregoryBamber 💪💪💪
Expat American brought me here
Me too.
same
He’s a good guy!
@@scottishguyinmoscow oh yeah been following his channel for awhile now, I liked in the most recent video you guys mentioned grounds keeper Willy
@@gate7clampthe Emperor is here.😁
Два моих любимых англоязычных блогера в одном видео, супер!
Thanks so much!
Ura❤@@expatamerican3234
Thanks for watching!
Same here! I'm delighted to see you both
Have you interviewed the Canadian family Arend and Anneesa yet ? They have 8 children with them in Russia, and their oldest son stayed behind in Canada with his relatives. So that's 9 children they have. Neither of them spoke Russian like you, Scottish Guy, when they first arrived in Russia 🇷🇺 but they're learning the language, and that is the main goal besides finding land to farm on as they did in Canada 🇨🇦 I watch a lot of these Russia UA-cam videos with people from the West mainly moving to Russia for different reasons. Like Joseph Rose said he did it for his wife, who was born and raised in Russia and was home sick for Russia after living in America for a couple of years. That, to me, is what love is about. Moving to a foreign country that you don't know much about but you learn. Anyway, I have been subscribed to your UA-cam channel for a while now, a Scottish Guy in Moscow. I thought to myself since I have subscribed to a Canadian family UA-cam channel and an American family like Joseph Rose's channel and Martyn from the UK and his Russian wife channel and the two Aussie families from Australia who move to Russia I thought to myself why not your channel a Scottish Guy in Moscow ? That way, I get to know different people from the different countries in the West who move to Russia and get their opinion on what they think of Russia. Cheers 🍻 from Canada 🇨🇦 👍 to you in Russia 🇷🇺 a Scottish Guy in Moscow. 😊
I’ll try to find them and check out what they are doing
I have their contact.
Нормуль... Поговорили, вспомнили о былом... Россия для сильных людей, не думайте что здесь всё легко... Но мы стремимся к лучшему
Thanks for watching
Love Russia from Germany!
Beautiful video, loved it! Keep them coming!❤
Thanks so much!
Thank you! Will do!
Thanks for another informative and interesting video.
I share the same view, experience and similar questions from home.
I'm hoping to remain here until 2027 before heading back home to Australia.
I've visited as far north as Kostomuksha and the far east (Magadan and Chukotka), been to St Petersburg four times (I enjoy the Sapsan train trip); As per my expereince in Moscow I felt safe and it was relatively easy to find a beer and pizza; people are friendly and inviting and curious as to why an Australian was so far from home.
Nice, I’ve got an Australian mate here, from Tasmania
I have not been to Australia.
Wow, that's a coincidence. I am a resident of Kostomuksha, the northwestern part of the Karelia region. A small beautiful city on the shore of a lake, completely riddled with forest islands. How did you come to us? We are quite remote from other settlements. The border with Finland is 36 km away.
I've been to Russia fairly regularly since 1990, and 1) it has come a VERY long way since then and 2) every year I go it's always better. Good for you for taking the plunge and sharing your experiences!
As an American and not a City Slicker, Russia is pretty much what I assumed it to be. There are not many differences between here and there. I love wide open spaces and nature. I haven't seen too many animals in the wild yet but I will keep watching for them.
It’s great here!
I agree in the end Russia isn’t that different in many aspects
You don't sound like you have been in Russia long.
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@@Flat_Earth_Sophia I'm not in Russia I'm trying to learn more about Russia
Greetings from the Netherlands 💂💂🇷🇺🇷🇺🙏🙏
Thanks for saying hello
Hi, I'm from Russia. I'm 37 years old. We used to really think that people in Europe lived better than we did. But when the war started, I willy-nilly began to study the lives of Americans, Frenchmen, Englishmen, Estonians and other representatives of the European world. And I was horrified to discover that Europe (in its majority) is a dirty and dangerous place. You foreigners experience “culture shock” from Russia. I too have experienced culture shock from America and Europe. But my shock is with a minus sign. A medic will let you die if you don't pay. At any moment a man can run up to you and try to steal your phone. Garbage stinks all over the streets, people walk by, they're fine with it. Drug addicts everywhere. That's what surprised me. But what surprises me the most is your surprise about cleanliness and service:) Before the war I thought you had cleaner and better service. I can say with certainty that it is not only in Moscow. Come to us in Kazan. I can confidently say that you will be delighted. So to say that there is one good city in Russia - Moscow - is wrong. It is a lie. Now all of us in Russia realize that we need to protect our culture. Our values. You will always be welcome, come and live here always - Russia is huge. But please also protect Russia from the attacks of lies and untruths.
I have seen a lot of Russia dating back to USSR 1976. The USSR was clean and well organizied peaking in the late 70s than there was a decline through the 80s and when the USSR ended (in the west they claim if collapsed due to form of government but it ended because one leader simply desolated the USSR and the component states became independent of Moscow. Some states that formed won the jackpot having all the Soviet build infrastructure and investment by Moscow and the work of it largest state which is Russia. So Russia lost its investment in those states that built them up.Some did well having ready made infrastructure like Poland, others became very corrupt like Ukraine which was very dependent on almost free resources and money from and then selling products at high prices to Russia
The 1990s was a very hard time for average people in Russia and it was almost exclusively do to hostile American interference. There was such a eagernous to join the western world Yeltsin permitted US advisors to set up offices in every government agency but those advisors worked against Russia in every way with the goal of bankrupting it and breaking the country into 8 poor countries and giving extraction rights to western companies to control the rich resources. The final blow against the interests of the Russian people was the US advisors demanded that from a command economy to a demand economy all the state industry needed to be privitized, quickly and completely. That US plan was almost the big win for the US, controlling the resources and destroying every industry with a scheme to privatize all state assets all at once. There was not enough money in circulation for anyone to offer even a tiny fraction of their worth, so overnight all the assets of the state would have sold for tiny amounts, and would not have the money to re-start production. Since that was the obvious hostile act by the US an alternative was devises, distribute shares to all the workers in each industry. A share did not put food on the table and many of those industries had leaders who were to become oligarchs. They stopped paying wages but most Soviets kept working because they were loyal to the factories as all they ever knew. The shares were seen as useless to th future oligarchs offered food or a tiny amount for their shares, which were seen as useless by starving workers. A few groceries could but a state in a company. The median amount they got for their shares 4 days of groceries per worker the agency/factory who had no income for months. It only took a couple weeks to collect all the shares of a large industry that had a market value in the billions of dollars, So all the major industries were captured by some very unsavory people, That scheme to crash the industries and cause mass starvation was run out of Washington. The only reason Russia did not fully collapse was Yeltsin felt responsible for allowing the US to rape the country and drop the male life expectancy 13 years in a span of two years. Yeltsin knew his advisors were all controlled by Washington so he hatched a secrete project that took some balls since it the US who controlled my of his government and the 30,000 western NGOs that moved in, he had to work in total secrecy and not trust anyone, he searched for an honest administrator that could be trusted. He found a lawyer who had been special assistent to the reform minded popular governor of St Petersburg and moved his to a mid level in the federal government, a lawyer who had developed a reputation for being un-corruptable.
I met him in the city admiration a few years before where he heard my proposal for a social services idea I proposed. He sat quietly listening to my idea and at the end came up with 3 reasons it could not work with current laws. Further research revealed he was correct. That was who Yeltsin introduced as the new interim president when he caught everyone off guard by resigning the office of president and appointed his ace in the hole as leader until elections could be held. That was the first time the country hear of Putin. And with all odds, all the oligarchs all the corrupt and full weight of the US government, Yeltsin saved the country and the saving of Russia was actually accomplished when the government, oligarchs, US and everyone out to make him fail. The west is still trying to undermine him and Russia but failing, Russia has been transformed and the progress adds up every single year to the point that Russia is a better place to start a small business raise a family, live a culture rich life regardless of income. It has been a unique opportunity to see a country with so many people and governments out to crush it and how it provides a superior quality of life.
@@stanspb763 Хрен им всем , Мы будем хранить Россию
Thank you ...your right how West is.. even state of Tennessee was more religious is changing fast.
Thank you, I love it here, great people!
welcome to the REAL WEST, don't fall for western media propaganda brain washing.
Welcome to Russia! We are always glad to communicate with intelligent, friendly people.😊
What I noticed in the video was , it was clean and full of families and children . And Christian.
Yes for sure
You are correct!
these expats walk in circles in the central square of the nation's capital. What did you expect? Piles of garbage and drunken bastards from the Soviet Glubinka? Well, these propagandists won't show that on this channel XD
CHILDREN! I dont see ANY children here in So Cal (beside from the newcomers)
Kitay gorod - China town in Russian, but in this context Kitay is not China, Kitay in acient Russian meant the fortress wall, so parts of this wall is still there
True
Oh Expat American!✨ Great to see this collaboration.
Yeah, it was as a fun video to make!
Interesting conversation in a beautiful city!
Good on you fellas, love what you are doing, its so great people can see how life actually is in Moscow. I am also a Westerner in Moscow and just started making videos too. I just love it here!
Awesome, thank you!
Thanks for the comment
Прогулялась с вами по Москве ❤ Спасибо. Я из Луганска, но временно не там, но как же хочется домой 🙏
I've been waiting for this video.
Thanks Dude
Nice one man!
In this world there should be an alternative to everything that exists, unwittingly, but Russia has become just such a place, an alternative to Western values, and that is good , we still have a choice.
Yes it’s good to have options in life
Amen
Life alternative TV
@@Inferlogist you mean Life Altering?
@expatamerican3234
Aalo good name.
👍
For some yes for some no 🤣 but we’re biased since we currently live here and for sure it’s better than our native country 🙌🏻
And it make a good video title 😄
There are good and bad things in any country but in general Russia is better than most places.
What are the employment opportunities for a English guy who speaks almost no Russian?
I am married to a Russian girl and our daughter age 7 has UK and Russian citizenship. I have been to Russia several times and love the country.
I would be looking to stay Novosibirsk or Moscow.
In this case finding employment will be probably pretty difficult. I would suggest learn at least some Russian before applying or moving there. Especially, since you have a Russian wife it should be easy to practice your language skills with her.
Согласно закона О гражданстве РФ ст.16 пп.4 и 5. Вы можете получить российское гражданство в упрощенном порядке, т.к. Ваша дочь россиянка, но для этого Вашей жене надо вернутся с дочерью в РФ и где-то зарегистрироваться на постоянное место жительства (если это не сделано сейчас). (Конечно, если Вы не попадаете под ст.18 того-же закона). Знание языка и проживание в течении 5 лет, а также знание истории не обязательны. НО! Язык надо учить конечно! Это все таки Россия, а не Британия.
Most people work in school or embassies from what I understand
@@scottishguyinmoscowyes English tutoring is the quickest way to make money.
@@scottishguyinmoscowIt's not hard to find a job. The whole problem is ignorance of the Russian language
2:36 - look at the background.. This is so cute!!🥰
Fellow scot living in moscow where i have been there for 18 years. Dumfries boy from a wee town to Moscow what a place to live
Nice one, glad we have another Scottish guy here!
Very cool
I still remember a Scottish teacher who came here for the first time four years ago and he was really flabbergasted to find out how well-educated our teachers are and how much we know about the history and culture of Scotland and of other countries that he asked for a pause to come to senses. It was unforgettable! 😂.
I have lived a lot in Europe (practically all countries) and Russia has gone far ahead. While Europe is only degenerating. I never thought that everyday life and service in Russia would cause a feeling of proud, or smtg like superiority, but the further you go, the more so.
The world is changing.
@@expatamerican3234 So is Europe, and not to the better.
@@sputzelein I am very sorry to hear this. Like the idea of 1950s America, Romantic Western Europe is gone. 🥲
If Russia is not also degenerating, why is Russia's birth rate 1.49 children per woman?
Russian's "Traditional values" apparently is not enough.
They have feminism, female employment, TikTok, Facebook, etc.
If you love Russia you will look into its very real problems that are shared with every developed country in the world - lack of children, thus lack of a future.
I'm a Norwegian in Georgia and I feel safe having many Russians around me. They look mostly like Norwegians, and they behave themselves.
Norwegians abroad often do not behave well, so I am glad they're not here.
Your both so endearing, I have no idea how I got here but I'm subscribing to both your channels and I thoroughly enjoyed the video
Thank you very much!
Nice collaboration! Enjoyed your video
Thanks
Just love this.
Thanks so much!
Спасибо за добрые слова о нашей стране и за красивую прогулку!
Thanks for a nice video! Interesting to know your thoughts about living in Russia.
Thank you for watching Lily
Thanks
Nice conversation it was like the exchange of experiences 😌
Thank you madam
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome. Great to see this
Thank you!
Thanks
Great video! Thanks for sharing, mate!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks
I just subscribed to your channel, my Scottish friend, and I must say that I love the Scots and the Irish too, I think they are a little more natural and direct than other Westerners, and as for Scottish bars, I think they still need to work a little more on marketing, unlike Irish or English, but that does not mean the quality! The Scots are an interesting and noble people and full of understanding, and I am most interested in their real native language, which has nothing to do with English!
Thank you my friend!
Is there still a Scottish language?
@@expatamerican3234ua-cam.com/video/7-LGRNIyD88/v-deo.htmlsi=V3_fRlFkTy2AAaEv
Moscow surely needs more Scottish establishments. There was this restaurant "Шотландская клетка" on Sretenka street, but it didn't survived Covid lockdown, unfortunately. There are Scottish bars, but they are quite rare.
@@sergeyshubin352 apparently there is at least one Scottish pub in Moscow.
Great video mate.. loving them. Great to see expatAmerican with you, i also enjoy his channel. Travelling with russell also is another great you tube showing some great parts of Moscow. Im out next month for a quick holiday and see family .. cant wait as the weather is looking grrat 🇷🇺🏴
Yeah I speak to Russel, he’s a great guy, he has helped me with my channel
@@scottishguyinmoscow glad to hear it mate.. ye i watch lots of his videos 👍🏼👍🏼 always interesting stuff on it
Oh yeah! One more perfect combo of my favourite English - speaking bloggers! Glad 2 watch both of u, guys!
Oh you`ve met Joseph even before i has came to suggest this in comment ;) Great ! Also thank you for an opportunity to compare your accents in a live convo )
Look at those buildings. Amazing
They are beautiful
@@scottishguyinmoscow love the Channel! Aloha from Maui !!
Just watched your vids with the American and the English teachers. Decided to help you out and subscribe. Just came across your channel, liked your style of walking about as you record. Reminds me of Alex Christoforou of “The Duran”i, Acouple of Greeks, one raised in the states and one in London, interesting conversations. Christoforou has informative walkabouts like you do, only in Cyprus. He has separate channel within The Duran proper, in case you want to check him out.
I’m going to view your channel often, and will take a look at the Americans as well. You are different enough personalities,I believe, to make your separate presentations diverse enough to be interesting. Thanks for the insights.
The waiting not so important, obviously it will be amazing video as always .
❤from🇨🇦
Hope you enjoyed it!
Hopefully we can also surprise you!🎉
Great video guys ….watch both your channels. Very informative, keep up the good work 👍
Great video - really enjoying the information - keep waking up the world
I like your Scottish accent, sounds really great. Very refreshing next to American pronunciation.
The visa situation in the U.K. is family visa 1 year, tourist 2 weeks, business 6 months two entries, work visa 3 year’s support ie: teacher, the TRP is 3 years then permanent, then citizenship
Thanks for confirming
Профессор Мориарти?:)
да
@@ТатьянаРа-у8о🤣🤣🤣
I'm sure that healthcare is much better than in Scotland, Am I right?, Brits did quite a lot
of health tourism in Spain.
Good video. Thanks.
Glad you liked it!
Glad you liked it!
Thanks!
I enjoyed this video. 😊❤
Thanks so much!
Joseph is a real good guy.......he made the right decision to move there and so did you and many others.
I found your channel and subscribed. I love to get more information about life in Russia. If I would be a younger age I would be happy to relocate to Russia or Belarus. Unfortunately, the rest of my life I have to live in WOKE, black hole of Europe where every year quality life becoming worse and worse and no hope for better future... . Greeting from a friendly Lithuanian man.
Ждем🙂
Very soon!
Start the countdown!
Top chat. Sub’d, to both channels. 🇬🇧👍
Great collaboration ☺
Subscribed! Like! Keep going, bud!
Here he goes 💪🏻
Great video and collaboration. Thanks!
Thanks!
Super collab😊
Thanks 🤗
good job guys 👌
Thanks!
That accent is really cool
I have UK and Russian citizenship. I usually just work a minimum wage job in the UK for like 2-3 months per year and that gives me enough money to live like a rich man in russia for the next 9-10 months. It's annoying having to keep flying back to England just to make money but I have a good way of life anyway. Unfortunately I can't find any job which pays more than like 200$ a month in russia
big fat liar 😂 in Moscow you may spend $200 for dinner 😂
Yes ! Yall are friends! Joseph Rose and his wife are the ones who are showing the world life in 🇷🇺 so much more is shown a d Eddie from Moscow Photographer , WildSiberia .. all youtubers.
Yes, they are all great guys
I guess all the foreigners who considers moving to Russia would be interested in 2 practical things:
1) how to get a job without knowing Russian perfectly (or not knowing it at all), and what salaries approximately they can get
2) what are the legal aspects they should consider before going to Russia.
Would be very interesting to know your and your friends experience on that!
Thank you very much!❤
I don’t have experience but visa should be doable at least the 3 year multi entry thing. For permanent residency you need basic Russian skills. I would suggest learn some Russian isn’t that hard because a European language. Even a little is better than nothing. Without Russian employment outside being an English teacher will be difficult. I mean that’s why you have so many UA-camrs.
If you do not take professions where a diploma is needed, for example, the profession of a welder, then salaries will be high enough for a working profession. A good welder earns 150 - 200 thousand rubles (1600 - 2100 $) after taxes per month. This is a good salary, from which 30 thousand ($ 330) can go to rent an apartment, 25 thousand ($ 270) for food, Internet connection 1500 rubles.($16), public transport is still 2000 ($22). You spend the rest on whatever you want.
So far all my experiences are good. I have a great job here that requires me to speak English
@@scottishguyinmoscow that is great to hear. There is always away I don’t doubt that. In the end the better your Russian the more opportunities you have.
😂@@ЮрийОрлов-ш9ц
People: watching the video to discover smth new.
Me: watching the video to see how people react to two guys speaking English 😄😄😄
And how was it?
@@scottishguyinmoscow really interesting 😁
My first Scottish conversation.
The reality is chalk an cheese
Being a Scot you will understand the reality in the U.K., I am a Brit married to Russian.
I will have to trust you. I don’t know.
Yeah life is better here for sure
Oooh my two favourite expacts ❤
Thank you!
I love this accent!)
Not much RU comment, comparing to other expat bloggers.
Надо менять эту статистику, ребята. Парень интересный, как по мне;)
Thank you very much!
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How about an older married couple, 50's - is there a chance for people like us?
hi,can you tell me what microphone you using? I have DJI osmo action camera, but microphone built in not very powerful. Your voice nice and clear. Thank you.amd please, what are your camera settings?
Hi, GoPro 11 black with built in mic
There is one complaint only. Leave the Red Square alone.
Moscow is huge and full of interesting places. Make your blogs attractive not to mention the RS.
I travelled to Russia in 1993. The only drawbacks for me to move to Russia are cold climate (compared to my home Southern California) and flat geography.
Here in Southern California, I have mountains, deserts, Ocean. It's going to be tough to leave Southern California for Russia or Eastern Europe.
I can’t wait!
What, you can't wait to see yourself on screen again? 🤷🏼♂️ OMG! So narcissistic...🤦🏼♂️
Mr too!
@@Sergey_Bezhentsevmy smile never gets old! Did you see me on the Real Reporter and Russian Code? This is the end of the weekend Trilogy!!!
@@expatamerican3234
No, I don't... And I'll not... This propaganda was already enough for me...🤦🏼♂️
@@Sergey_Bezhentsev Shut the door on your way out😂
Please do a video with englishman Sam (Sam's adventures in Russia) who lives in Vladimir, close to Moscow. He lives in Russia more about 20 years
I’ve been down here playing Russia on hard mode in Krasnodar. Very hard to find people who speak English. Thank god I have a few good friends and my wife to help me. I would be so lost trying to get around on public transportation etc
Я голосовал за Путина на прямых выборах. А кто голосовал за Риши Сунака или Карла III ?
Living the life mate doing what you said you would do 🎉
Subscribed, right now!!!
You rock
Some ideas on places I've visited:
- Bergen, Norway (lived 35 years): alcoholics, drug addicts are housed in the residential neighborhoods. This can be dangerous, I've almost ended up in fights with them because I looked at them sternly when they were misbehaving.
- Plovdiv, Bulgaria (lived 1 year): much better than Bergen. I've never felt in danger. Bulgaria is perhaps a bit like Russia, but with less money, and worse infrastructure. Bulgarians love Russia, and Russians love Bulgaria. They have a lot of history together.
- Tokyo, Japan (lived 4 years): hard to compare, but very safe and very convenient. I had some run-ins with druggies, and I doubt this would have happened in Moscow. This one guy imagined that I was laughing at him, although I was just having a conversation with a friend. But since I was way bigger than him he never got close to attacking me.
- Batumi, Georgia (lived 1 month): very safe, except for gotta watch out for stray dogs at night. On paper Georgia is a poor country, but it's just as safe as the safest places in the world wrt. crime. Traffic and stray dogs are things to look out for, but you can live in total peace here. Safer than my hometown Bergen, Norway? For sure, although most areas of Bergen are safe enough.
Hi dude great videos,actuall y Russia looks beautiful and authentic , with such history with so many regions and cultures, i too would like to find a way to move there too, am in yhe Scottish Borders 😂
Yeah, as authentic as a polished turd.
Some are white and clean. It's impossible. Have you received a visa? Is it difficult??
I do not understand.
I have a visa
@scottishguyinmoscow, I live 8 hours away from Moscow by train in a sleepy charming old town, aka Gateway to the Russian North. If you're curious about life in the sticks of Russia, I could show you around for a day.
nice colab)) добро пожаловать!)
Thanks you!
Well I love America it has many beautiful countries to visit, nice people and beautiful girls.
I love America too, I spent a lot of time there. This is an interesting conversation
Don’t miss it! 😁
❤@@scottishguyinmoscow
Good 👍 👍 kontent
Hello from Greece. We also have free helthcare (which is good) but living conditions are horrible, especially in big cities... 100% rise in crime due to illegal imigration and 0% social cohesion... as for cleanliness I would rather not talk about it...
Visit Minsk as well. You will definitely enjoy it!))
Good luck!
I like to hear not only american english.
Its like "Paris syndrome", but backwards
Thanks! Were we different enough?
People, in general, find what they are looking for. Remember visiting Chicago for the first time in mid ’80’s, and you would be expecting to “Alphonse Capone” style gangsters with Tommy guns around every corner. It was, however, extremely disappointing at how mundane, shabby, and rundown the city was.