I was talking with a Russian student in VRChat recently. I could only understand bits and pieces of what he was saying (his English wasn’t so great) but I did pick up on his fear and anxiety
He said he wanted to flee to Argentina because he didn’t want to get drafted. He also mentioned the economy wasn’t great and a few other things I just couldn’t catch
It got me wondering what life is actually like over there right now… Is it as rough as he made it sound?
They probably want to. But they don’t have the means as of right now.
Oh boy.
Depends a lot on whether you are renting a living space. People who rent aren’t many - I’ve seen estimates of 9%, 11% and 16% - thanks to many apartments being inherited since USSR, but most of those renting people are also young ones, who look at the housing market and see that even with the government’s help to young families(35% of mortgage compensation and it’ a 2% credit, if I recal correctly) many of them can’t afford to take credit for a new apartment, as those are overpriced af. And apartments in old buildings aren’t sold that often.
So, if you’re renting and work bottom of the barrel unqualified jobs, your budget is probably airtight and you have a credit or two. Starting a family would be near impossible under those conditions if not for subsidies. In some regions young families can get partial compensation of rent, if they can’t afford mortgage even with help, there is some money young mothers get and separate benefits for families with three children and up.
If you work a good unqualified job(you know, stuff that may require some experience in specific things, but no higher education) and don’t have to rent, stuff it’s already not bad. Qualified jobs can varry wildly.
Public transportation is good and universal healthcare is still kicking, even though there is defeinitely someone slowly choking it, so that helps.
But speaking of government workers, teachers and doctors get overworked and underpayed af. See the earlier comment about someone choking healthcare.
Poverty is there. Yay for capitalism. But it helps that if you own a living space, it’s pretty hard to lose it. You kinda have to try.
Since UR and Putin stabilized shit after the 90’s, it’s been a “we don’t make your life difficult, you don’t care what we do otherwise” sort of relationship. Since now the government has to make people’s life didfficult in certain ways, more and more people are becoming increasingly politically conscious at least. No party for “red” workers to rally behind though. CPRF isn’t very well trusted.