Cost of Living in Moscow

It's very hush hush within the Kremlin for obvious reasons.So far 58 million new Omnicron infections within the past 9 days.Pits are being dug in remote areas by the government to burn bodies so far 12 million have died and numbers are rising by the hour.

Is it safe there for an single Indian woman to stay in Moscow. I'm an IT professional

Putin lives in your head rent free. These Russians, are they in the room with you right now? :D :D :D Lunatic.

Putin and his henchmen from the Kremlin will be extradited forcefully from Russia to stand trial in front of the EU and UN council will be present.Its not a hearing of facts because the facts are already there so it'll be a definite convictions.Gallos are already being built for a public hanging world leaders will attend.

I work on the maintenance crew in Germany which takes care of that so I know the facts.Futhermore during the maintenance shutdown the EU ordered all homes and businesses small and large to equip them with all electric on grid which includes heating which 37% was subsidized by taxpayers money in reserve.The false propaganda being spewed by Russian trolls is incorrect.No lights out anywhere in the EU and no cold buildings as such

Putin the Kremlin and others in high level positions in Russia including Russian citizens have gone back beyond the Soviet union era into atleast 20 to 30 years of nothingness.Look at the costs of things here.Whether costs are under inflated or over inflated it's unaffordable.This is just a small taste of what's to come for all Russian citizens on a major downside.

Putin isn't getting any money from the European union as of April 2022.Reality being Russia economy is tanking quickly
Poland Africa and USA took care of all needs for all of Europe.Nothing was ever stolen from Russia since day one truth be known.

More of the same fake news Putin is spewing in vain.But game over for Russia and Putin.Yesterday extremely heavy sanctions were placed upon Russia effective immediately by countries globally. India has walked away from Russia permanently and the SCO Shanghai commission IMF and the UN as well.

The next step will be cremation of Russia on a massive scale no breathing thing spared regardless.

War between any countries should be the least of concerns.It's impossible for any virus to consume the world that rapidly.The bubonic plague was the worst in history to date.

It's never been a virus from the beginning the so-called covide19 virus.
Instead governments globally distributed biochemicals used for warfare against citizens globally.

It attacks the softest tissue in the body being the lungs eats holes in the lungs causing respiratory failure quickly has been every diagnosis.

Fact is people are dead globally but they just don't know it yet.It's a population killer globally and it'll continue to do its job until humanity is eliminated.

I found out what 19 represents not online but impeccable sources instead.People globally are living on borrowed time it's true myself included.

Hate hate and more hate throughout the world online no peaceful existence anywhere.What really needs to happen is a natural disaster worldwide so people must rely on each other no matter what countries they're from. My first time looking at this site for costs of living. The comments throughout this site are disgusting and repulsive to say the least.

Goodbye

Nothing really matters anymore with any countries. People need to just get over themselves and live their lives. Friend of mine works for u s customs told me Russians are banned for life from entering. But that includes Belarus and many other countries too. People need to stay in their own countries and forget about moving to countries that are opposite from what their cultures are which includes u s citizens moving to other countries too.The u s is closing the door on the world and locking it which is a good thing.

Russian parliament has filled treason and war criminal charges against putin. But all the Kremlin is trying to do is try to cover their guilt. We are coming to Moscow to watch your guts boil out of the Kremlin. From there we will torchure the rest of the Russian population all are guilty all will be eliminated. Putin can say the war is over anytime he wants to but it won't matter. We won't finish until the Russian population is finished and that's a fact.

shut up and take it like a dog Even dogs know how.

Russiais already started to crash worse than the soviet union and it'll only get much worse. Within 2 years or less Russia will be flat out broke there's no avoiding it. Closed off from the global economy already even China backed away.By February 2023 Russian oil and natural gas will completely stop being purchased in the EU and the process is already moving forward rapidly.Drunks and drug addiction fills Russia as a whole. A failing country unfolding before the world's eyes to see. The crash will be 3 or 4 times worse than the collapse of the soviet union ever was. When that happens the world can sit back and watch Russians starve to death remembering how Russia tried to starve Asia,Middle East and Africa.

Karma bites

I'm not Russian but I feel badly for the Russian people who have endured so much just like Ukrainians have. Remember many Russians were living in Ukraine too. Think for a moment about how devastating it is to the children if you have a heart.One man made the decision to uproot the lives of millions remember that.

No worries the united states is selling all of Europe LPG gas natural gas ,gasoline and diesel now 50% less than Russia ever did as a token of being nato members. The richest place in the world doesn't need anyone's money petroleum or even tourism.Currently Tanzania Africa is building a natural gas pipeline to Europe. The only ones who will be freezing is Russia. Never underestimate the power and skills and resources of the United States.Putin will flee from Russia with his family to Syria very soon. His jet is fully fueled and in the hanger.However once Putins jet takes off it'll be blown out of the sky before Putin ever reaches his escape to Syria. We know Putins every move 24/7 believe it.

Anonymous, I'm not sure who're you writing this for, but since this site is about statistics, I'll do this community a favour and factcheck your comment.

You will earn nothing - pro-government commenters sometimes are offcially employed and are paid an adequately
Russia is disconnecting from the global internet - not yet
every Russian citizen has lost their jobs - no
bank accounts due to the ruble becoming worthless - no
Lets see over 13,000 protesters were arrested - kind of
beaten badly - usually people get forfeit or 15 days detention
Russian citizens are that angry - sadly they are not

OK…all you need to know is that this site was created by s Serb living in occupied part of Bonsia known as Republica Serbska!!! All the comments on this Moscow cost of living thing can only be looked at through that…

How funny Supposed Rich Capitalist

Obviously you haven't driven 20km outside of Moscow but if you actually did you'd be on bumpy dirt fields. UN experts you said categorize Russia best infrastructure etc . You are just another putin az kissing comie trying to save face globally but it isn't working, the whole world knows better. Russia economy always was on the rocks way before sanctions decades before. Putin and his cronies talk alot of smack but nothing to back it up its always been like that. So go back to your mommas basement and drink some more nectar where you belong wannabe.

There is literally zero evidence for anything you are saying. You come up with the most ridiculous claims and just repeat them. Then you create a fake 2nd person that joins your side (the fake guy from Georgia) to lend more credence to the anti-Russia sentiment you are trying to create.

The origin of the claims for Russian soldiers raping was Lyudmila Denisova, Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights. None of the claims were corroborated by anyone independently. What happened to her by the way? She was fired! By a vote of no confidence from Ukraine's parliament on May 31st: https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/russia-ukraine-latest-news-2022-05-31/card/ukraine-s-parliament-dismisses-human-rights-chief-1kQWT7i0GHXyeqh6spRe

But trolls like you will just keep repeating these claims, hoping no-one bothers to actually do any digging to see where they came from since articles citing her lies are still all over the web.

And so it goes with every preposterous, horrific sounding claim about Russia - if its not debunked within 48 hours it typically unravels on its own within a few weeks and disappears from the propaganda narrative to avoid scrutiny.

The same propaganda machine that told us Ukraine was winning, the Ghost of Kiev is real, the brave soldiers on Snake Island told the Russian battleship to F- yourself (they surrendered without a fight), Bucha was a massacre (Russian soldiers were already gone), Russia has been bombing Donbas for over 8 years (lol, yea we're suppose to believe they launch Tochka-U missiles from Ukraine's direction at Russian speaking people Ukraine hates).

Now they're telling you that Russia is blocking grain and starving the world, when in reality its the Ukrainian forces essentially under western US NATO command that are placing mines, which detach and float off into the sea, and making safe passage for grain shipments impossible. Now there are reports of Ukrainian forces setting grain fields on fire.

The reality is that the west is the one that could care less about the Ukrainian people and uses them as a pawn. They would be much better off if they rose up and kicked out Zelensky, replaced him with an anti-NATO Ukrainian who actually obeyed the Minsk accords.

Oh it's never been a troll thing or a western thing either.Many countries globally hate the west but they are normally the first to scream for help when they need the west. I fully agree with the post on July 1,2022 for these reasons.Putin and his henchmen think they have the right to invalid countries like Georgia where I'm from Tbilisi to be exact. There's over 65 countries looking at what Putin ordered. Do you really think the west is in control of other countries feelings about what happened and ongoing? You must be a pro Putin supporter or just deranged.What about all of the people Russian soldiers killed in Georgia when they took northern Georgia during the 2008 Olympics? Do you think the west had anything to do with that? I lost two brothers and one sister in that episode. Say nothing more.

The person below clearly drank a bit too much of the western propaganda koolaid.

None of these things were said about Russia before now suddenly they are killers and rapists. What changed? The entire Russian population? Or perhaps Western propaganda that brainwashes the gullible “save me daddy” Westerners on the daily?

The same propaganda machine that proclaimed vaccines stop transmission to admit that it didn’t, Covid came from Chinese people and eating bats to admit that it didn’t, that Ukraine was winning all along and now it’s not, there are Nazis in Ukraine (pre 2022) but now there aren’t because they have a Jewish president (2022). Men can get pregnant. And so on and on.

I'm now in Russia, so lemme tell you who really support Putin and the war. You can devide Russian people in 2 generations. The older one (30-75 years old) they ussually watch TV, so you can expect a big part of them are brainwashed. I would say 90%, including my father, grandmather, aunts and uncles. I managed to cut off the TV antena a few years ago for my mother and installed YouTube. When the war started I from time to time showed her the reality, videos, pictures, youtube videos and she firmly against the war now. So guys the situations is not desperate!
What about the younger generations (to 30). You can subdevide to 2 categories. 1 is modern and open-minded, and 2nd are naive divs from contryside who are used to watch TV. It's hard to pinpoint the scale but I would say the open-minded category highly preveils in the cities, conutryside doesn't really bring any political value. So about 80% (based on how it feels like) are good and anti war. So good are 10% in older generation and 80% in younger. What's the root cause of everything that's going on right now? TV.

Rub/USD 0.00952. Prices so height, but salaries is not raise. Life in Russia isbe unpredictable and uncomfortable now

To all Russians

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Anonymous BOT who wrote the message on Apr 23, 2019. You said that you have lived all your life in Russia in the town of Kasimov? Let's start with the fact that if you are Russian, you should know that in our country the KGB has not existed for more than 30 years. Further, the nonsense that you are talking about beatings, capturing your sons and so on is such that I cannot take it seriously. Life which you describe literally as if you are talking about the serfs of the 14th century. Harvesting firewood to heat your food and not die in winter, fishing to prepare supplies for the winter ... You probably also live in the forest? Do you have a fishing license and permit? Do you have a license to cut wood? We have environmental protection and nature, you will be slapped with such a fine for this that you really start to starve. Then you say that in Kasimov there is no electricity and gas for more than 10 years, no one at all ... This is a lie, you have never been to Kasimov, apparently. Kasimov is a beautiful historical town in the Ryazan region, there are many churches, there is a Kremlin (who does not know, almost every historical city in Russia has a Kremlin. The Kremlin is the Russian name for the central fortress / castle in the city). Here everyone has electricity and gas, there are banks, restaurants, factories, car services, hospitals, and so on. Do you think all this works on firewood?

Anonymous, I'm not sure who're you writing this for, but since this site is about statistics, I'll do this community a favour and factcheck your comment.

You will earn nothing - pro-government commenters sometimes are offcially employed and are paid an adequately
Russia is disconnecting from the global internet - not yet
every Russian citizen has lost their jobs - no
bank accounts due to the ruble becoming worthless - no
Lets see over 13,000 protesters were arrested - kind of
beaten badly - usually people get forfeit or 15 days detention
Russian citizens are that angry - sadly they are not

Costs of everything in Russia are very expensive now especially here in Moscow. Deep cuts in salaries haven't helped at all due to lack of business and being closed for almost one year didn't help either. So hold off on trying to predict costs for now since items normally purchased change upward daily.

Putin talks alot of trash about his so-called ZIRCON Hypersonic missles but they don't exist. I defected from a very high level position in the Russian military not long ago.

Certain inaliation of everything breathing in Russia is imminent should Russia continue to taunt the U S military. That also includes China.

Both countries talk alot of trash but in the end the U S military will smell the bodies burning in Russia and China and the landscape scorched to ashes.

Nothing on here is correct never will be. Besides why would anyone ever want to live in Moscow or anywhere else in Russia? The currency has never been stable alcoholics galore both male and female. Let's not forget women on the streets day or night transmitting their communicable diseases selling themselves for a few rubles.

Muscovites ' idea of a decent life is as follows: to have a spacious apartment in the city ($200,000 - $ 300,000), a country house with a plot of land for summer holidays ($100,000- $ 200,000), a Korean or Japanese car ($20,000- $ 30,000), to give children a higher education ($20,000- $ 30,000)

Medical care in Moscow is free of charge. This means that your life will be saved without any conditions. Without five-star comfort, but quite qualified and modern methods. But, of course, no one will treat your chronic diseases for free or do a massage.

Education for children is free and is at a fairly high level. At least the schools are comfortable and safe, and the teachers are sufficiently qualified. Children at school are not aggressive - there are no fights and other violence in schools. Most likely, everyone will want to be friends with a foreigner. This, unfortunately, does not apply to children from Asia, because of the contemptuous attitude towards migrant workers.

Yan, that looks reasonable and similar compared to our calculations just we rent for 60k as we use a 2 bedrooms flat in the centre.

I love it when Russians shoot my Hawaiian pizza and then throw the pizza in my face. The gunpowder from the bullet is an excellent garnish for my pizza.

These comments about salaries in Moscow and Russia are laughable.Putin has raped Russian citizens financially along with other high level people in government and private favorites of Putin who work together with him to financially enrich themselves.Let's see Putins current net cash worth is 213 billion usd no joke. He also has a huge Palace he owns in Russia along with a mansion in Switzerland and one in France.Not to forget 9 private jets he owns and numerous exotic cars. Look at the watch on his wrist next time it only cost $85,000 usd.

I would like to know what is “City Centre” for Moscow? For me the rents look relatively low.

Learn how to spell if you're going to troll people punk.You're obviously bored with your menial existence liar.

There are very few high earners in Moscow more like 85% of workers get between 60 to 70 rub each month nonskilled workers 45rub monthly.

Maybe you live in a different Moscow than I do hum? Doctors, lawyers, and real-estate companies normally make 100,000 to 165,000 each month per employee depending upon their specialty so that doesn't fall into the category of median monthly salaries.114,000 may look like an average monthly salary to you and that's your opinion which I respect,but the reality being that's not correct.If you've ever worked in Moscow you'd know my numbers are correct because I'm from Moscow. The majority of information online is way over inflated by the Kremlin to make things look progressive.But the reality being the majority of people originally from Moscow live with their parents or relatives. It's not uncommon to see adults and their children living in one small house with their parents.As far as real-estate companies go,the Kremlin dictates which real-estate companies flourish or become nonexistent. Much of that depends upon how connected that real-estate company is with the Kremlin. Once again you have a right to your opinion, but just remember propaganda within the Kremlin is big business reputation wise.

114000 rub/mo looks like an average salary rather than a median. Median wage in Moscow in 2019 was around 66000 rub/mo

The average salary in Moscow by 50% of the population is at least 114,000 rubels per month (GBP£1,120). Rentals are 50-65% lower than in London (and even then I am sure the actual rental prices in London is far higher). This means the Russians have higher living standards than the average Londoners... Pretty depressing.

However, problems can be if a) you need expensive drugs prices on which are not state-controlled (although state caps prices on lifesaving drugs, some can still cost a lot) b) somebody else is living off your pension (in Moscow there is a big-big rarity, but in depressive villages/towns it is not as rare) c) outside Moscow minimal pension is less than that sum(average is ~15k, minimal is at the "pensioner's living minimum", which is something like 9-10k). d) (practically) all housing in moscow has utilities, as practically all housing without them was demolished,but it's not the case in smaller&poorer cities, so some retirees indeed don't have utilities(although state caps utility expenses as 22% from the income).

I have a question. If it's cheap and elders get pension which I know isn't much why they starving n no utilities?

The site's averaged numbers are true. I am from Moscow and get 70.000 rub net. Being single, I pay 30.000 rub per month for a low-class one room apartment outside of city center. In fact, the closeness to the metro here is what is important, so you could live quite far from the center but still feel comfortable if the apartment is close to the metro. The remaining money (40.000) is comparatively enough for life, but you would want 50-60.000 rub per month excluding rent to lead a comfortable life.

Everything above 100.000 per month is very good, if you live alone. If you are recruited here from abroad, there's a high possibility you'll get more.

Public transportation is very cheap, compared to practically all Western world, yet high class. I personally prefer Moscow underground to New York's, Paris's etc. Telephone+internet is cheap and typically includes lots of free GBs for 10$/month. Flats are warm during winter, and bills are also VERY cheap compared to e.g. the EU - water, gas - after living for some time in Germany and in Denmark, I began appreciating both the warm flats and the low bills in Russia :-) Also, life is quite safe here, and all the stories about tanks/bears on the streets are what they are - just stories.

I want to know my husband visit today Russia in Moscow for language course in Russia , is it helpful to get job over there and is it possible to give interview online and get work visa for me.

Hi..
I will come for a job next month to moscow.
my salary will be 45,000/- rub per month.

hope to dedicate 6000/- rub for expenses. is it okay..??
how much will be a cheapest accomadation there..??

Thank you.

Although most data seams reasonable, there are some notes I'd like to add.

Generally quality of life is quite high in Moscow, and one of the highest across Russia, of course.
Main drawbacks are distances and traffic, dirt all around for 6-7 months a year (Oct-Apr) and poor food quality.

Public kindergartens and schools are free in Russia, however, there is no guarantee for availability, especially for kindergartens.
I doubt (although don't know for sure) medical care is free for non-citizens, so private insurance would be some 70k RUB/year. Anyway it is must-have, as public healthcare wastes your time way too often.

Public transport system is well-developed and continues to grow. Ticket cost is extremely low, taxi rides are moderately-priced.
Driving a car in Moscow for an unprepared non-resident is quite a trial: intensive and dense traffic, aggressive driving, cameras everywhere. Be prepared if you try, and start from car-sharing, which is also quite developed.

As for safety, most of districts are safe. There is a lot of video surveillance around, and I guess one need to put special efforts in order to get hurt. However there are lots of people who will try to con a foreigner. Police is not willing too much to help you if you run in trouble, so don't be too trustful.

The city has loooooots of places to visit, and if you are interested in Russian culture you'll keep yourself busy for a year, I guess.
City parks are being developed, although there are not too many of them (depending on district however).

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Spendings.

For a single person approximate spendings would be about 90-100k a month, half of them for 1-room apartments next to subway station in a good district, that saves much time. This is valid for economy mode. For "middle-class style living" I'd reserve 120k, again, half for apartments.
For 3-member family one would need some 130k + apartments - 55-80k.

Actual spendings will very depending on lifestyle.

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Salaries (as I see them for Dec 2019)

Average salary for an IT specialist varies from 50-80K (tech support engineer) to 150K (qualified system administrator or highly specialised engineer) and 180-200K for a middle programmer with some good background, and even higher for senior professionals. .
Others earn much less. An average salary is some 80K.

What is also important to keep in mind is that Russian personal income tax is as low as 13% for residents, non-residents owing a patent, or highly qualified personnel.

> Please advise, 100.000 Ruble is enough for single person ?
NO!

Of course, 100k net is more than enough for a single person. In fact, it's possible to save up a half of that salary (maybe, even more, depending on the lifestyle of course)

>>>...and the russian education system is also worse than the US system, based on international education scores.

Don't agree with that statement, since simple check shows that Russian scores in Mathematics, Science and Reading are higher than in the USA

http://factsmaps.com/pisa-worldwide-ranking-average-score-of-math-science-reading/

As a muscovite, I would say that cost of living in Moscow is higher too, than described on the page:)