How to survive with my Russian salary. Prices in Russia.

I get paid 1,600 British Pounds every 4 weeks working a basic office job in a small English town, which equals 187,110.62 roubles. My rent is £600 (70,166.48 roubles). Bills like water/electricity/gas/council tax are £300 (35,083.24). This leaves me £700 (81,860.90) for food and doing things with my girlfriend every month. Just a little comparison for you from a UK viewer.

Very brave girl, i will continue to watch you

I traveled to Russia in April 24th. Just came back to the States. I've made a point to live on 300 rubels for 3 days. 300 rubels =3 dollars. Transportation was paid in advance already for the entire month. Ie 30O rubels were for the food only. As a result , based on what I bought, it lasted for 3 days . Ie , there's no way to live in New York on $3, but in Moscow being frugal, one can go without being hungry on 300 rubels.

Hello from Romania, I just married a Russian lady, in december 2023 and I know very well, from her, how is life in Russia. She is from Moscow, where the salaries are bigger than in other cities. Her salary was 500 Euro. What I want to say is that when she comes here in Romania, she still thought as being in Moscow and when I went to the market she wrote me a list with what to buy and it was like this: - three tpmatoes; - two peppers, - half a kilogram of cherries - few onions etc. I told her that here nobody is doing like this, we are buying kilograms of something. Ans then she explained me that she couldn't afford to buy kilograms and the rest that you've explained very well in your video. Such a pity that a country such reach in oil, gas, minerals, technology, cannot offer (...for the moment) a better life to it's inhabitants. My wife explained me which are the main reasons (mafia, corruption, oligarchs, etc.). You are producing a lot of goodies, but most of them are being routed direct to export, for big money by the mafiots who captured Russia like an octopus. I wish you all the best and keep you hope alive. Better days will come, that's for sure !!

informative video. nice :)

Very informative video. Thanks for sharing.

This is interesting stuff, I really enjoyed it. Your planning of your expenditures. I lived in Russia-Moscow so I know what I’m talking about.hats off to you Ma’am

I work in Chinese university and get around 1300$ per month free apartment, once a year free international travel and summer vacation 2 months and winter vacation 2 months paid vacations, 16 hours a week, anything more is double rate

Thank you very much for your video :) What city/region do you live in? There must be a great difference in income between e.g. Moscow and smaller cities.

Interesting video. I had always wondered how this worked. Hello From Australia.

Thanks for shedding a light on how you manage the day to day life with your salary. What about the housing cost? I assume you perhaps own an apartment therefore you don't have to pay rent. Say if you were to be paying the rent, how much would that be per month? I would also assume that the pay scale would vary very differently from city to city as the cost of living is different therefore it would be nice if you could provide your sudience with a bit of context, otherwise it doesn't make much sense. Thanks

Your total salary is equal to 25000 Indian rupees with forex conversion rates. By Indian standards you are spending too much, without any savings. With a low salary, you are living a unsustainable luxury life like having a 160 rubles cofee every day. Try to avoid luxury spends and make savings.

US folks feel struggle with income $200/day. Different mentality

your accent is nice to the ear

Very interesting video, hard to wrap one's head around the modest salaries and prices since I'm living in Canada and my salary and costs are significantly more. Sounds like Russia is very affordable for me to visit after the conversion. Appreciate the information!

In Chelabynsk oblast average salary is 50,034RUB, that's $543. But it's for the entire oblast, my guess is that the number for the city is higher.

Спасибо, мадам for your interesting living costs presentation. If you don’t already do so, I suggest you do regular bookkeeping and register monthly income and costs, also for coming months. Prioritize – what is essential and among disposable funds what deserves priority. From my perspective there is a fair amount of fluff in your spending, but then again there are extra costs as a working gal, while I am retired. FYI in Turku, FI my monthly pension is about 1430 €, while rent is 670 € and food costs 300 €. From the remainder I also donate to good causes and the needy. Health being so vital, it’s good to find out causes for dis-ease (backache or whatever). Is it lack of proper nutrition or regular exercise, etc, and to set about remedying that! There are many ways to “stretch” money: plan ahead, cook your own meals and take to work, make use of thrift shops and free cultural events, etc. Удачи!

I think you did a good job!😺

Russia is the biggest Landmass and has the biggest stockpile of natural resources on the entire planet yet citizens does seems to struggle. Leaders have failed biggly. But thanks for the insight. Great video!

What do you do for that salary and is that a normal salary in Russia?