Hello Natasha. The film mentions that Russia continues to sell gas and fertilizers. But it does not say how much and at what price: The current situation is that Russia has practically lost the European market (apart from Hungary and Slovakia), the contract for the gas pipeline through Ukraine will expire in the new year, which will basically cut off the European market completely, and Europe has already switched to other markets, so it will not be possible to return even after the end of the SVO. The only salvation for Russia is China, which is exploiting Russia, buying gas at a reduced price and due to its situation, buying less and less and at a lower price. Gazprom has been making losses for at least 2 years, i.e. in 2023 it had $ 3.5 billion in losses and in 3 quarters of 2024 $ 7 billion, by the end of 2024 it will probably reach $10 billion in losses and it can be expected that without reaction it will go bankrupt. As for fertilizers, please wait until the end of 2025, then Russia will lose the European market and the Chinese will not buy much due to their internal problems. Russia already has nothing to do with the gas that it does not sell (it burns it - it is even very visible from the coast in Finland) because it is impossible to close a gas well like that and there is nowhere to store it. As for oil, please wait for the first decisions of Trump, immediately after that watch how the price of oil and therefore the margin goes down - so Russia will not earn anything.
Russia is losing this war. It spent too much on this war. The invalid pensions will bankrupt it . Maybe all women should leave for Melbourne , the prostitution is legal here, they can send money back to Putin
I think it’s a good idea to film when there are fewer people many people will feel comfortable being filmed, as long as you explain why there are fewer people.
The US and many other western countries still imports fertilizers, raw materials like metals from Russia which like food are not sanctioned, but there are the problems with paying for goods imported to Russia, transport to Russia because many companies don’t want to work with Russia and the enormous amount of money used on the war drives thought with lack of qualified workers the salary’s up in many sectors which result in inflation
Very interesting to see this everyday life. Prices on everything that you show makes you really wonder how there is so huge differencies all over the world. Thanks for upploading these videos. Very Educational and interesting! Cheers from Sweden!
@@patriknorsten5813 Yes, it is. So, you have to pay for normal food about 200-300$ which is 20-30% of average salary or 45-50% of median salary. Also, mortgage right now is mad, for 40000$ mortage your payment must be 700$ a month and it is 30 year mortgage. so, yes, you will pay 6 times of original price of your flat.
Russia health insurance is not free, it is paid from your salary by your employer before you get paid and it is 3% of your salary. You should make a partisan video of the quality of healthcare in Russia some day.
As an employer we negotiate an income and vacation agreement If we agree on a net $1500 a month that is how much they receive. Taxes are calculated and paid by the employer, and insurance etc. So when comparing western wages the wage is gross from which taxes are deducted and any deductions such as state and country or city tax, social security and many other mandatory payments. so that $1500 could easly be $900 net paid to the employee. $1500 a month net is enough to support a family of 4. In the US, to support 4 people, about $80,000 per year is needed which is earned by only 20% of the population. Most US families live on ever increasing debt that never gets fully paid off. It has been that way for bought 30 years.
@@spbstan Most Russian people do not have a monthly Salary of $1500 per month. Most people make below $700 per month and as low as $350 per month. ...Stop your fkn lying.
Its free. If u are jobless u will 5:37 get health care too And big diferrence about employer paymets that ordinary people do not bother about them at all. Your salary is always negotiated as net not gross. You negotiated 1000$ than you get 1000$
You have to pay extra on top of that 3% when you visit a doctor because in Russia there is such a corrupt standard that if you want to have good care, despite paying taxes, you still have to bribe the doctor or even buy medicines with your own money, which according to the regulations should be 100% reimbursed by the state.
Another interesting video. It must make many westerners jealous to see such low taxes. It's ironic, Canada, like Russia, has lots of oil and gas, but we also have high taxes. And food prices have increased a lot here, as well. Thefts of butter are increasingly common. Good to see your videos getting more view, though, I suppose that also means more hate. Oh well, the good with the bad.
Cost of living in Russia (and in Eastern Europe in general) is so cheap that, reading the comments, I realise that 90 % of people who watch this video simply don't understand anything because they cannot believe the prices that she writes . A lot of people ask if the prices she writes are prices per month, when she says that they are prices per year. She spends USD 9 PER YEAR as the tax of a 1 bedroom apartment in the city center of a big Russian city. Western people pay THOUSANDS OF EUROS per year for the same.... 1,000 TIMES MORE THAN IN RUSSIA..And she pays USD 35 per month for electricity, INCLUDING HEATING IN WINTER. Western people pay USD 500 - 1,000 per month just for heating a small apartment in winter, 30 TIMES MORE THAN IN RUSSIA,.
But Salaries are very high in the West, are you feeling ok. Most people in Russia make less than $600 per month and as low as $300 per month. Do you understand now?
@@STONE69_ yes, but prices are 10 - 100 times cheaper in Russia , and salaries in the west only 2 - 4 times higher than in Russia.. Do you understand why Russia looks better than the west? Or you have problems with simple maths?
Yes but she bought her apartment. If she rented her apartment and had to buy food it would be difficult because salaries are $600 to $1,000 a month or even less there. Such a pretty girl, I think she would do far better in the West where she could find a good husband with a high paying job. Very domestic and a good cook as well. I do not think it would be wise for her to publish anything political or too negative. She just presents things in a matter-of-fact manner. The sanctions should not apply to most food products as a lot of it is grown in Russia. They are price gouging there just as they do everywhere.
@@janroach1852 🤣🤣LOL, if girls like this on her 30s have been able to buy and fully pay an apartment is because real estate prices in Russia are 10 times cheaper than in the USA, Germany, Canada, etc. Beautiful girls like this are not interested at all in moving to the west to live with a random guy like you, who is not even goodlooking. Everybody can see on millions of youtube videos that the streets of Russia are full of beautiful girls walking next to goodlooking Russian men, but in the streets of the West you practically don't see one beautiful woman. Less than 1 % of Russian beautiful girls move tho the west. Do you think that a beautiful Russian girl will move to America, Germany, Sweden... to live with one random American guy who, even with a salary of USD 4,000, he cannot even pay the mortgage and buy a small apartment? 🤣🤣🤣 Continue dreaming about beautiful Russian girls....
Wow, your channel is Great....and your handwriting...perfect.! Beautiful spoken English as well. Thanks for your insight, it's great to see how you live. Cheers from Australia.
The average American utilities per month are probably $150 electricity, $100 for water, $60 for trash, $60 for heat, $100 for television, and $60 for internet. Food now is about $450 a person. Gasoline per gallon ranges in the US from about $2.50 to $4 now. In the USA there is no sales tax on non-prepared food but we have sales taxes on all other purchases that are 8%. Sales taxes go to cities. We have property taxes that are 1.1% a year for states that have state income tax. If a state does not have income tax the property taxes are very high. Property taxes go to counties. Federal income tax ranges from 2% (people who earn $2000 a yr) to 37% (people who earn $400,000 a yr or more). States that have income taxes go from 2% to 20%. So, someone who earns $400,000 a year will pay 60% in federal and state income tax.
@@annewhitney8809 Yeah, it just depends on where you are. In California gas is now $3.90 a gallon. In the southern US states gas is around $2.50, or maybe even a bit less.
She calculates taxes incorrectly. In Russia, taxes for an employee are - - 13% Income tax - 30% contributions to the pension fund, social security and medical insurance. A minimum of 43% in total. It's just that in the standard employee payment slip they only write 13%. All these contributions are paid by the employer. Then this "smart" girl writes that she, as self-employed, pays 4-6% Income Tax. But this is not true. She pays 6% of ALL money received by her, her expenses are not taken into account here. This is not an income tax, like for an employee, but a TURNOVER tax. It doesn't matter how much you spent and what your income is. You pay this tax like a transaction commission. Calling it an income tax is wrong. Also in Russia, VAT is 20%. This is not on her tax slip. Also in Russia, there are a million and a small cart of payments for people and businesses. Like everyone pays a recycling fee when importing a car, pay for installing a GLONASS button, pay the garbage operator to pay for garbage removal, etc.
you forgot the most important bill: GAS IN WINTER. Guys from UK write they pay even USD 1,000 per month. She pays around USD 10 / month of electrical heating, 100 TIMES LESS than in the UK.
@@_B_B_Bthe 22% tax you are talking about is paid by the employer, it's social tax. Employees don't pay that. She pays 6% because she is self employed.
only 2nd video I watched from you, just subbed. Love you got the butt shot in video lol. hey, can't hurt the sub count lol. good job. you are so organized too
her bills and taxes are crazy low--- or you have some problems with maths? Americans , Germans pay 10 - 50 times more than her, and their salaries are only 3 - 4 times higher. One American writes on the comments that he pays USD 1,600 PER MONTH FOR HEALTH INSURANCE. 🤣😂 I pay USD 40 month for that in France, including the best hospitals in the country.
In the UK, I have a 3 bed house and I live with my wife and daughter. Our energy bills range from £250 per month in Summer to almost £600 per month in winter. That doesn't include water, which is £67 a month. TV and internet is £57 per month. Council tax is around £100 per month. £50 in diesel gets me to and from work twice. My mortgage is £867 a month, then you have food, and everything else. Including my mortgage, my total monthly bills are around $2,500 U.S. If you aren't earning well here, you're screwed.
You have something that russians don t have: freedom of speach and travel. Did you asked yourself how much prices in Russia are subventioned by government to keep it low? Do you know that the key interest rate of the central bank of Russia is 20%, while in Europe it is below 6.5%? This says everything about the economic condition of Russia. Have you wondered what percentage of the monthly income the Russian pays on bills and food? The average salary in Moscow is $585 and in the rest of Russia it is $340. Russia does not have a functional economic market. Everything there is subsidized by the government to keep prices low. The Gazprom company had losses of $7 billion last year, while 3-4 years ago it had a profit of over $60 billion. That means bankruptcy! Who do you think pays for the company's losses? The Russians, through tax increases. Your children have a chance not to be brainwashed at school by propaganda, and you are not arrested and imprisoned if you criticize your government. Our freedoms in Western Europe are worth more than the low prices in Russia. If you think that life in Russia you can move there with your family. In 90 days you get Russian citizenship if you ask for it and then you are sent to the front line in Ukraine. This is real Russia! If this young lady were to present the negative things from Russia, in a maximum of a week she would be arrested and tried under emergency regime for defamation and treason, as happened to many bloggers who lived in Russia and did this. Follow Russian bloggers who live outside of Russia and learn the truth about Russia.
Just search average salary in Russia for a surprise hehe(PS it's not 300$ USD).Even pro west edited wikipedia shows that in 2020 and 2022 it was 35000-50000 RUB(but then the 60 RUB was 1 EUR),and now it is much more since the wages are growing fast(all time high 2024) in Russia and it is about 700 EUR for a average lower/middle class person and higher for lots of Russians.
@@pusaduva "Don't listen them 40000 rubles is nothing in Moscow 1 normal cup of coffee - 400. 1 bread - 100 Bill in normal restaurant, without alcohol - 1600 You will spend all of them in first week. For feeling good in Moscow, you must have around 100 - 120k per month." " Absolutely not, a cashier in kfc gets a minimum of 40000 in Moscow))))" Pensions are around 150-200 dollars, and according to today's exchange rate of 99 rubles for 1 dollar, the 40,000 rubles that the vast majority of citizens receive is 400 dollars. The average also includes the incomes of the oligarchs, because it is, after all, a militia totalitarian creation, strictly controlled by Putin's KGB in all spheres of life. Slaves were forced to live like slaves. That's how it was and that's how it will be. After all, they are called Slavs, and arrogant people in power who grunt in the stolen national gold and wealth, they know very well how to keep the oppressed cattle on the reins.
@@dragodragic-zl5yt I just searched average KFC wages in Russia and I got this -- Average KFC Team Member hourly pay in Moscow is approximately $15.61, which is 20% above the national average. Salary information comes from 8 data points collected directly from employees, users, and past and present job advertisements on Indeed in the past 36 months.So either you or KFC are smoking something.
You are comparing 3bedroom house with 1bedroom apartment. (Maybe even studio) in new building(heating etc costs are significantly lower than in soviet serial apartments)
Hello Natasha, I stumbled upon your video just now and really enjoyed it, and your English is excellent. I wish my Russian was 1/10th as good as your English then I would be happy. I am an American citizen who has lived in the city center of St Petersburg for many years and love it. My apartment is in a very convenient location and the house is 5 stories restored older building so it has gas and heat is from hot water in radiators in every room. It is 92 meters and very comfortable in the winter. We used to get a lot more snow but about 2011 the weather pattern changed and we get a lot less snow and often no snow on the sidewalks. The radiators and gas stove for cooking makes winters very cozy but with so much variety cultural and social options people are out of their homes doing things. I am from California where it is warmer but also had home in the mountains so we had a lot more snow and colder weather so St Petersburg is very comfortable. The city is large but so friendly and social one meets new friends every day. That is one thing, among others that makes living here perfect for me. it is much safer in Russia so more people interact with strangers, and of course much much more cultured with vast numbers of great museum, art, opera, drama, ballet, symphonies, dining, pubs, clubs, lectures, every day of the year. My utility bill is about $60/month, high speed fiber optic unmetered internet is about $7 and smart phone is about $5. There are farmers markets, small neighborhood grocery stores, butcher shops, bakeries and large supermarkets all within 100 meters of my door yet is on a quiet street so we have about the same costs of living except for the larger apartment with higher utilities. There are 237 drama theaters within 500 meters by foot and 600 beautiful safe parks in the city. Americans who visit do not believe me that is is so safe night or day until they are here for a few weeks. That is when they finally relax. In their own city, a woman walking anywhere is very frightened and should be because crime is really bad and there are homeless with mental problems or drug addition everywhere. Crime here is almost unheard of. |I know foreigners think they are superior because they might earn more but their quality of life is not even close to in Russian cities. Quality of life is excellent so a person earning $1400(the average now) has a better life than earning $12.000 a month in the US, and still would have no access to culture and would need a car for each person in the family over 18yo because there is no safe convenient public transportation. I know a lot of people who left Russia before 2010 to go to the US and none of them are happy now, they miss the access to culture and quality of life but now they can't leave due to too much debt. My debt here is $0 The medical system is GREAT, and even for non-citizens it is so low cost and good quality compared to the US where any illness can bankrupt a family. I had an operation on my hip and even with insurance that cost me $892/month, my out of pocket cost was going to ne $230,000 so I flew to St Petersburg from California and had the best care and the top orthopedic surgeon and 11 day stay in a deluxe private room and perfect results for $4880 and they apologized for it being so expensive. For any resident or citizen it would have been free. emergency medical care is free for everyone even short term tourists. IF you were living in the same size apartment in a city in the US you would have at least 20 monthly bills to pay and everything would be 2-12 times more expensive and you would never feel safe outside your home. I earned a lot as businesses owner but worked in 4 business daily and earned $140,000 a year but cost of living was so high there was little left over after $49,000 in taxes, on income and a lot of taxes on my home. I gave away all my assets to employees and family and moved with 2 suitcases and $6000 to St Petersburg and created a profitable business and very easily. Now it is even even easier to start a business. For $1300-1400 a month I have a life filled with friends culture, fun and no debt for 2 people, and no stress. The last time I was in the US my friend wanted to see an opera we both liked, while we were in New York city, the only city with regular performances, the mid grade seats cost $1600!! and was not as good of a theater, cast acoustics etc. as we as any of the 3-8 operas a night in St Petersburg for $20-30. If counting the children's museums there are 466 museums in this city. and 54 classical music theater. Ballet can be seen in 3-7 different theaters depending on day of the week....and free for students. I enjoyed your video and you seem to have a great personality and speak in a very pleasant manner, so naturally I subscribed. Besides your very attractive personality you are providing a service that counters the incredibly intense propaganda in the US about all things Russia. Everything the government and media says is deliberate lies. That is one of the joys about living in Russia, people and the government tell the truth. You can't find that in North America, Europe or UK. | Good luck with your channel Natasha!
@@michelebirini4010 Is your definition o propaganda, anything you did not know or that was not in corporate press? What was incorrect about my comments. How long have you spent studying Russian society in person? If you got away from your controlled media and observed other societies in person you might be very surprised to find that most of your controlled media was dishonest.
By means of comparison, looking at my last check, I grossed $3,234 and paid taxes (Fed, State, SS and Medicare) of $1,190 which is around 35%. My property tax is around $3,500 a year, I pay health insurance of $1600 a month and auto insurance on a 14 year old sedan of $400 every 6 months. If you have a full belly and are content with what you have, you are blessed indeed.
I am from France and I pay 5 - 40 times less than you for everything that you say (your health insurance price is beyond absurd, people pay USD 40 month for the same in France), and my salary is more or less like yours...so maybe you should consider to move to Europe...especially to Eastern Europe which is even 2 times cheaper than France and much safer....In Eastern Europe, even in Russia as you can see on the videos, people live much better than the life that you describe, that you barely have money to buy food, and with salaries of only USD 1,000 per month or lower.
_"According to recent data, Russians typically spend nearly _*_50%_*_ of their income on food, in contrast to a European average of about 15%."_ - Western Media _"Russian inflation soars past 70% since Ukraine invasion."_ - Western Media _"Since January, potato prices surged nearly 90%, carrots 54%, cabbage 50%, and apples 33%."_ - Western Media Is this true?
Western media also reported that Ukraine is winning, Putin is dying from cancer, Russia has no weapons and is using shovels instead of guns, Chinese washing machines are used for their weapons systems and Russia blew up their own Nord Stream pipeline (among many other whoppers). Question everything.
@@janroach1852 but foreigners like me don't get sent to the gulag and we can absolutely see that the western media only picks up on one or two weeks events and not report how everything stabilised the rest of the year.
I agree with you about what this lady dreams of. And I think that what she shows is what she has to show, because in today's Russia showing something that is not in line with Kremlin propaganda can end badly for her, e.g. a visit from some sad gentlemen with the FSB inscription on their uniforms and we will never see the nice lady again.
You forget that Russia self food blocks from the EU. And other companies don,t sell to Russia because the smo. There is no hate from mee. Because you do it your self. You accept the regime. There is no complaining.
Awesome video. That's cool to see how much it cost to live there now with what's going on over there. It all sounds really cheap to some of us , but I know the income is way less there so it's not very cheap for the people who live there. See I spend about $530 on power , natural gas, water , internet and cable TV. I also have a van so gas for 1 month is about $260 and $100 for Insurance For the month. The income tax that comes off my paycheck for the month is about $600. The government makes sure they take about 25 to 30% off every paycheck. There's a big difference in income and how things work.
In the case of Russia, the average wage does not work very well (or does not work at all). To reduce the tax burden, part of the salary is transferred to a bonus, which is not taxed and is not taken into account in statistics. For example. About 20 years ago, when I first got a job, I received 35 thousand rubles (about $830), but officially my salary was 12 thousand rubles ($285) Taxes were paid from the official amount. But the truth is there are disadvantages to this. Loans in the bank are also given only based on the official amount. At that moment, I tried to take out a loan for an apartment, but the amount that the bank offered me was less than my annual salary. Very often, when applying for a job, the employer asks (except for government organizations) how do you want to receive a salary "in white" or "in gray". If this is not a very large salary, then many people choose the gray one.
@@evl3894 Exactly as you write. There is huge corruption in Russia, most people work in the grey zone which is why they do not pay taxes, if they started paying all taxes the salary would be barely enough for food and not thinking about buying an apartment. Additionally, such grey work will cause that in the future the pension will be very low because the required contributions are not paid. It is similar with the health service, if you want good care you have to pay the doctor even though officially in Russia the health service is free. And it is better to forget about loans with the current interest rates and the decrease in the purchasing power of the ruble, most will be unpayable.
@evl3894 oh wow that's not good. I know people there don't get a chance to make a good living there because of all the government corruption. I know the costs of living are different from places to place. A pound of butter costs $7.00 Canadian dollars where I live. Yes that's a high price compared to what it costed 2 years ago. See in Canada you rent your apartment monthly, condos you buy but you still have to pay condo fees every month. But you can sell your condo when you move to make back the cost of the condo. I own my own house, more people live in house rather then apparents here.
@@RafałNowak-r7x Please stop writing, something you absolutely do not understand. I feel like I'm talking to a mentally disabled fanatic. In Russia, the pension is not a funded system, but a trust system. The pension that they receive now from current income. You don't understand how the economy works, you don't know anything about corruption, you don't know anything about the tax system and methods of withdrawal from the gray zone. And "the Russian economy was destroyed" back in May 2022, it was with such a statement that Biden made in late May-early June. Ok. If you believe so much in the nonsense you are writing, then name a specific date when we will see the changes you have indicated. And then we'll write to each other again.
Very interesting to see your finances! I pay about 35% in tax on an income of about $4500/month. We have free medical insurance including medicins. Our rent in a big city is very high, a small apartment can be $1200/month, in a small city like $600/ month. I work as a software developer but in Sweden it is payed just a fraction compared to the US. Electricity and petrol are very expensive here. Car insurance is around $30 /month tax about $130/year for a middle sized car. If you own a house you pay property tax that can be very expensive in big cities or very close to the sea. I tried to make borsht with just reedbeet, onion, broth and salt and pepper. Obviously it was not right! It would be nice if you shared the recepie so I could do it right!
Sweden seems extremely expensive! A few words about borscht - don’t forget to use lemon at the end of stewing beetroot and don’t boil the soup when you added beetroot in (the colour will become pale) P.S. I loved meatballs from Ikea 🥲
She calculates taxes incorrectly. In Russia, taxes for an employee are - - 13% Income tax - 30% contributions to the pension fund, social security and medical insurance. A minimum of 43% in total. It's just that in the standard employee payment slip they only write 13%. All these contributions are paid by the employer. Then this "smart" girl writes that she, as self-employed, pays 4-6% Income Tax. But this is not true. She pays 6% of ALL money received by her, her expenses are not taken into account here. This is not an income tax, like for an employee, but a TURNOVER tax. It doesn't matter how much you spent and what your income is. You pay this tax like a transaction commission. Calling it an income tax is wrong. Also in Russia, VAT is 20%. This is not on her tax slip. Also in Russia, there are a million and a small cart of payments for people and businesses. Like everyone pays a recycling fee when importing a car, pay for installing a GLONASS button, pay the garbage operator to pay for garbage removal, etc.
are you happy paying 35 % of your income (even with a salary that is not very high, like yours) to your government so that they can give it to african immigrants who don't even need to work and who have turned Sweden into one of the unsafest countries in the West?
@@_B_B_B if( very) wealthy Russian people also only pay 13 percent income tax, Then no wonder Russia has a top layer of insanely rich people. In most western countries the scale for higher income is around 40 to 55 percent income tax
@@baardagaam The income tax rate is growing. But not much. Usually the high rate is 15%. In reality the tax can reach 35%, but... This only applies to cases when it comes to direct wages. Shares, investments, deposits, etc. - a maximum of 15%. Or even 13% in some cases. In Russia, property taxes are very low and it is very easy to make it so that all the property will be in the hands of companies that will have almost zero revenue, and as a result will pay nothing at all. In Russia, the rich have become fantastically rich in the last 2 years, and the poor will soon begin to starve.
Many people withdraw their money from banks and this insane interest rate means nothing more than DO NOT TAKE MORTGAGE NOW. Banks don't have enough money.
The Russian ruble is trying to maintain its relatively in the world economy. It’s not. Paying high interest rates is one of many ways the Russian government is trying to prop up the exchange rate.
And how much do you pay rent? That is like the most important part of your bills. You might own an apartment, but getting a mortgage with a 23% interest rate is a financial suicide
She calculates taxes incorrectly. In Russia, taxes for an employee are - - 13% Income tax - 30% contributions to the pension fund, social security and medical insurance. A minimum of 43% in total. It's just that in the standard employee payment slip they only write 13%. All these contributions are paid by the employer. Then this "smart" girl writes that she, as self-employed, pays 4-6% Income Tax. But this is not true. She pays 6% of ALL money received by her, her expenses are not taken into account here. This is not an income tax, like for an employee, but a TURNOVER tax. It doesn't matter how much you spent and what your income is. You pay this tax like a transaction commission. Calling it an income tax is wrong. Also in Russia, VAT is 20%. This is not on her tax slip. Also in Russia, there are a million and a small cart of payments for people and businesses. Like everyone pays a recycling fee when importing a car, pay for installing a GLONASS button, pay the garbage operator to pay for garbage removal, etc.
she said in another video that she has 2 apartments. 1 bedroom apartments in nice districts in Russia, including in Moscow, cost from USD 50,000, 100 TIMES CHEAPER than in New York or Paris.
@@jorllx nope. I can find apartment in Paris for 50 000 - 100 000. Better ones for 100 000 - 200 000. And much lower mortgage rates and higher incomes in Paris. And 50 000 apartment in Moscow... That is apartment in super far away district. Close to Moscow centre, prices similar to Paris. I compare property prices with Bordeaux/ City similar to a Vladivostok. And, yeap, in France it cost more. Like 2-3 times. Not 100. And salary 3-4 times lower in Vladivostok than in Bordeaux. Only stupid people will compare cities with abnormal high property prices. Look at prices in Moscow city centre. Open Циан and look by your own.
@@_B_B_B apartments in Paris for USD 50,000 - 100,000 ? 🤣😂 Liberal people like you are in the same position as Jews in Germany in the 1930s, you have no armies that defend you....so good luck, kid....
@@_B_B_B Not in a a safe neighborhood in Paris which has become much less desirable than they were 20 years when it was relatively clean and safe. Also apartments are generally smaller
Way too many numbers, I don't understand!...😅🤯😂🙌 (Elegant handwriting, btw! As a teacher, I pay attention to that.) "Борщ" ("borsch") I can understand, though. Cuisine you can always understand!♥️😊🙏💪 Thank you for showing us around, Natasha! Have a nice day and God bless you!
Americans and Britons should be ashamed of provoking wars, including the war in Ukraine since 2014. You should be ashamed of one-sided bias and misinformation in the information age.
Very interesting video Natasha. Our basic tax rate in UK is 20% and then there's an extra tax, National Insurance, on top that's another 8%. But we only pay these on everything above 12,570 GBP a year. Our new government brought in a lot of extra taxes on businesses. Now farmers are no longer exempt from 20% VAT on inheritance tax. They'd been exempt before, because the farms were passed down from generation to generation. Now with all the extra tax, the farms might not be viable. It's a terrible shame for them, and it makes it harder for our farmers to grow food.
I Will not talk about Brasil. Here we are literally slaves It's insane taxes, insane Bills, it's ultimate modern slavery and 24 hours a day of zionist brain wash in the media.
That is not fair, farmers should be taxed on the sale of the property of if they farm it should not be taxed or many would have to sell just to pay the tax of property that was in the families for generations. It is only a gain when sold. That will force a lot of family farm out of business. Possibly corporate farms paid for that policy to reduce competitions.
@@spbstan Exactly, and the farmers are struggling to keep going as it is. The Labour government thinks that inherited wealth and property is a bad thing and should be taxed. They don't think of the effect on businesses and the economy. They never said much about what they were going to do before they got in. People elected them just because they hated the previous government and they all got it into their heads that they had to go.
@@spbstan What you said about corporate farms just reminded me: days before this budget with its tax increases, Bill Gates, the biggest owner of farmland in the US, had a meeting with our Prime Minister.
I think your videos are important. It reminds people that we're all the same. Unfortunately, sometimes we find ourselves in situations beyond the average persons control. No reasonable person wants war , or to see their loved one's sent into a war, however, these things happen as the result of someone else's aspirations and motivations. I can only hope that someday we can all realize that we have more in common, more to share, and be together on, than what separates us. Hopefully peace on earth 🌎 will prevail all said and done.
You're being very naive. Most Russians support the war, Natasha included. Like the Germans after WW1, they feel humiliated with the collapse of the Soviet Union. They have an enormous sense of victimhood and want revenge.
Thank you for sharing. You should do videos on recipes! If only my utilities bills were that cheap. We get very screwed over in America by health insurance companies.
I didn’t understand. Why would anybody pay taxes for a rented place? Or if it is property, why should or could one pay high taxes for a single-room flat?
You deserve freedom and prosperity, hope the you know what will end soon, it just makes everyone miserable and your economy worse and worse. It also has to do with inflation as a function of the worsening of the ruble, even though you have the same amount of rubles, things are more expensive to import, and so you will see the prices rise in numbers to make up for the weaking of your currency, this will only get worse and worse. and if you will not you will get stagflation as a function of the increase in interest rate to try to keep the inflation manageable. Thanks for being honest. Best to you.
Excellent presentation and education ... beautiful voice ... Hoping you can go live in USA or Germany before that place becomes N Korea ! ! ! Interestingly Rostov and Krasnodar are in allowed zone for our Storm Shadow and US ATACM
Putin regime has always been a far-right regime, that is why he has good relationships with Trump, Marine Lepen far right leader of France, President Orban from Hungary, etc. all Western far right leaders... Or maybe you thought that Putin was a liberal? 😂😂 LGBT is illegal in Russia....
90% are pro Putin - but why bring up Politics - the comments on here are out the gate - serious nonsense - why watch her if it upsets your pusay pathetic life
Putin is the best president in the last 50 years. According to the Russian *non-governmental* organization Levada Center, about 87% of the Russian population approved of Putin in the beginning of 2023, the highest in nearly 8 years. Russia debt: $304 billion vs USA debt: $36 TRILLION. Far right.... far right.... when you are 1 cm right from the center you are automatically FAR right.
Oh, life in Russia looks like a paradise! Cost of produce is low and affordable (because 95% is produced domestically, makes sense, right..where that number even comes from, TV?). Young beautiful people only everywhere, cost of utilities close to zero, insurance negligible, healthcare for free of course (even Canadians know what it means..), taxation in single digits and would be negative if it went even a bit lower,… Even babuchkas loving Putin would tell us everything is pricey and it is not easy to live in Russia but here we have demand for videos from there that can be satisfied while staying on the safe side by providing selected data points in line with what Kremlin wants western audience to hear about Russia. Easy money.
@@natasha-rostova What all? If I understood correctly, he has electric heating. I also have electric floor heating in the bathroom and I also have an electric sauna.
Her USD 35 = electricity (INCLUDING HEATING IN WINTER) + water + internet. I read people in the comments from UK paying USD 600 only for heating in winter, and Finland is colder than UK.... Your total utility bills in Finland for a small apartment must be around USD 1,000 per month at least.... 3O TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IN RUSSIA.
Talking about taxes is the most stressful thing. In Indonesia, tax officers are not much different from extortionists, where they are like CCTV cameras that monitor the turnover of every Indonesian citizen. Turnover increases slightly and immediately becomes the target of tax officers. ☠️ Even the addition of personal assets and grants to families are monitored by the Directorate General of Taxes. But of all the taxes paid by Indonesians, there is almost no impact on the welfare of society. Because everyone knows for sure that it will end in corruption.
She calculates taxes incorrectly. In Russia, taxes for an employee are - - 13% Income tax - 30% contributions to the pension fund, social security and medical insurance. A minimum of 43% in total. It's just that in the standard employee payment slip they only write 13%. All these contributions are paid by the employer. Then this "smart" girl writes that she, as self-employed, pays 4-6% Income Tax. But this is not true. She pays 6% of ALL money received by her, her expenses are not taken into account here. This is not an income tax, like for an employee, but a TURNOVER tax. It doesn't matter how much you spent and what your income is. You pay this tax like a transaction commission. Calling it an income tax is wrong. Also in Russia, VAT is 20%. This is not on her tax slip. Also in Russia, there are a million and a small cart of payments for people and businesses. Like everyone pays a recycling fee when importing a car, pay for installing a GLONASS button, pay the garbage operator to pay for garbage removal, etc.
I think, the least thing Russians should complain about must be taxes and prices. Much seems to indicate, that Ukraine is about to have its own nuclear weapons arsenal soon.
@@АНДРЕЙ3500 I've heard about it too, but there's no evidence for it. However, it should be remembered that Ukraine had a huge number of warheads before the collapse of the CCCP, and as a result, some could have gotten lost somewhere, and the scientists who worked on it are still alive. So no one had to give them anything because they could be capable of producing them themselves. In addition, there are rumors that Ukraine will soon have missiles (with conventional warheads) with the required range because it's had enough of the blockades that the West imposes on it (it's been fighting with its hands tied all the time because it can't use Western weapons on Russia's territory), and converting such a missile to a different warhead is probably not some incredible problem - that's what I think.
@@RafałNowak-r7x 1994 году Украина передала всё ядерное оружие России. ты всерьёз думаешь что создать ядерное оружие это как рогатку сделать? 🤣🤣 ты всерьёз думаешь что Украина применет его против России которая обладает самым большим количеством ядерных ракет в мире ?🤣🤣 загугли что по поводу ударов в глубь России говорил Путин.
But Russia is a breadbasket and therefore your prices for goods grown in Russia really should not be so high. Also Russia produces a lot of fertilizer. Wow, your electricity heating is very very low. Electric heating here is prohibitively expensive. Houses are heated by oil and gas. Some apartments do have electric heat but that would be expensive. Forty years ago I paid 180 a month electric bill for a two bed in the San Francisco area. We were gone all day until 9 pm at night most nights and would only put on the heat 9 pm until 6 am. After that I would never get electric heat. The soup looks very good. Bills here in a four bed house 650 gas, 180 electric, taxes 9,000 dollars a year (most people pay almost double that), house paid for no mortgage, 90 internet, food is about 100 a week per adult person. If you have kids, at least $1,000 a month for food. At the very least.
You have a beautiful handwriting.You explained and set apart each individual income and payment of utilities very nicely. The income tax is very interesting on individuals who work for themselves or for a company. The borscht you made looks absolutely amazing. The guy marrying you oneday....is one lucky fellow. ❤🇷🇺 Normally I do my shopping in the middle of the day too....find It less stressful.
California Electric bill well over $100 / month Gas another $100 House Tax $2500 / year (more for most people ) Car Insurance $1000 / year / Car House insurance $1000 / year Car tax $200 for one and $400 / the other Income tax 20% +/-
So cheap in CA….I mean I can believe you pay half or even less than other States in just about everything you listed here….why people are moving to TX from CA?….can’t be cheaper than that. And the health insurance in US or at least mine is garbage….since the Camarade Obama transformed the US Insurance industry into a 3rd world country insurance.
@@RomeoUrsu-fy9qo I'm old and have taxes based on 1980 rates I have solar on the roof and the temperatures here are only above 75F or below 50F about 20 days a year
@@RomeoUrsu-fy9qo Prop 13 in California limits property tax increases on a percentage basis which limits the increases. when the property changes hands or has major improvement there is a re assessment. Due to this reality My next door neighbor in the same sized house has a tax bill about 5 times mine.
@@enriquelaroche5370 Basically some people are lucky to be alive and stay in same house all their life….once someone is gone one way or the other,than THE FATHER LAW is gone… Here,even if I guild a barn with foundation equal more taxes…city comes and evaluates the barn for safety and taxes for sure….but they know pretty much before how much more in taxes….because a building permit is required and approved by city. Same with anything added to the house or addition. Many States also charge taxes for property that are sold …sale taxes on profit. And they charge just about anything including Social Security too as income. Should we call TAXES IN TAXES in everything? Life is so beautiful and cheap in USA😂😂😂😂😂….until people gets old or older…the reality kick in…powerless old people with just enough money to buy their daily survival stuff…if they lucky enough….many times elderly people are forced to sell their homes and move abroad to survive or to stay alive.
@@natasha-rostova у нас тоже вай-фай, но это к стоимости не относится, потому что основной интернет всё равно кабельный. Компания Интерсвязь.Не знаю только, это наша местная или она по всей стране.
In France, Saint-Raphaël , 2 rooms, living room, bathroom, kitchen, underground garage, private parking space, closed residence (58 sqm) . Rent + water, + electricity + internet + mobile phone + cable TV - Total 1700 euros/month. Food 700 euros/month, fuel + car insurance 450 euros/month, hygiene + health 500 euros/month, other expenses (minimum) 600 euros/month. Total = 3950 euros/month. Net monthly income - 4870 euros / month. Income from other sources, 2000 euros/month. Total income per month 6870 euro / month . Work 8-14 hours/day, 5 days/week . All calculated for one person , without sanctions .
Is it true that employers need to pay 30% of the salary in employer social insuranse contributions fore their employees? And do you as a self employed also have to pay this?
self-employed like her pay 6 %, as she says. Compare it to the 30 % that most self-employed pay in the west, and you will understand why most people like her, in Russia, at the age of 30, have fully paid apartments in districts that look nicer than Manhattan, which cost only USD 60,000. Have you noticed the district where she lives? Do you see people sleeping in the streets? Do you see dangerous looking people? And it is a random neighbourhood of a random Russian city, not the richest part of Moscow.
That’s nothing! My income tax is 28 percent, car insurance 500.00 every 6 months, there’s other taxes from your income for social security, healthcare, etc! Then in my state 10 percent on everything you buy
She calculates taxes incorrectly. In Russia, taxes for an employee are - - 13% Income tax - 30% contributions to the pension fund, social security and medical insurance. A minimum of 43% in total. It's just that in the standard employee payment slip they only write 13%. All these contributions are paid by the employer. Then this "smart" girl writes that she, as self-employed, pays 4-6% Income Tax. But this is not true. She pays 6% of ALL money received by her, her expenses are not taken into account here. This is not an income tax, like for an employee, but a TURNOVER tax. It doesn't matter how much you spent and what your income is. You pay this tax like a transaction commission. Calling it an income tax is wrong. Also in Russia, VAT is 20%. This is not on her tax slip. Also in Russia, there are a million and a small cart of payments for people and businesses. Like everyone pays a recycling fee when importing a car, pay for installing a GLONASS button, pay the garbage operator to pay for garbage removal, etc.
@ oh that’s what’s going on. I see, well our taxes I didn’t fully get everything percentage correct either! You had those kind of taxes in your income before you get paid the employer give you some benefits also.
@@donaldperson948 real 43% vs her 13% and absence of VAT... That makes all the difference. I think she deliberately kept silent about these taxes. Many stores indicate VAT on the receipt. You have to be blind, deaf or stupid not to know that it exists. I am preparing to emigrate from Russia. I have studied the taxes of almost all European countries. Most often they are either at the level of Russia, or a little higher. In the USA, taxes are lower or much lower, depending on the state and income. An ordinary worker in the USA will pay much less taxes. It is also often incorrect to directly compare rent in, say, the USA and Russia. For similar-sized properties, you will pay very similar rent. In the city where I now live, $ 450 is a normal price for renting an apartment with 1 bedroom of about 33-45 square meters. And this is without paying for utilities. Renting a house, like in the USA, 100-180 square meters in area with a couple of bedrooms will cost 1000-1800 dollars.
@ we’re basically screwed like you guys are! We live basically like you do. Everyone is living paycheck to paycheck! There’s basically not much or no extra money to go anywhere or do much. Everything is expensive. It’s all relative to both our countries!
@@donaldperson948 The average Russian earns $500-800 now. Yes, there are those who earn more. Especially in Moscow. So do the math. Rent is $400. Food costs almost the same as in the US, and gasoline is not much different in price. People in Russia now think about what they will eat and buy the cheapest available. If a Russian wants to buy, say, a new iPhone, he will pay his entire salary for a month, while in the US the average citizen will be able to buy 3-5 units. If in the US a citizen can start saving 10% of his income, he will be able to put aside $300-500 a month, while in Russia only $50-80. Buying a home without a government subsidy in Russia is financial suicide for almost everyone. Business equipment costs, say, $30,000 in the US, while in Russia the same thing will cost $60,000 or more. Because of imports, sanctions, etc. And so it is with everything. Russians are definitely not super poor, but the gap with Western countries is gigantic. It looks similar, but if you try to live the life of a Russian, you will feel yourself at the level of the poorest strata of Western society. You will be able to feel yourself in the shoes of a minimum wage worker. I will also note. Now in Russia, some workers in factories began to earn more, but their hourly wage is about 8-10 dollars. They just now work 10-12 hours 6 days a week. And so in many places. In the city where I live, the electricity is turned off every day in some area. Not long ago, 2 million people in my region sat without electricity for a day. Only 60% of bus routes are running. Public transport simply does not run. There are no drivers. Russia is in deep crisis. What you are talking about was in 2012. Then the difference between the West and Russia was minimal. Back then, Russians earned 1000-1200 dollars on average. Dollars of that time. Now they earn barely 800. An ordinary cashier or teacher earns 500 now. Remember the rent for 400-500? The cheapest apartment is 250. And you still need to eat. And pay for transportation. And clothes cost about the same. The population of Russia is very poor. You should not look at prices and taxes, but at how much and what you can buy with your money and what quality it will be.
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Hello Natasha.
The film mentions that Russia continues to sell gas and fertilizers. But it does not say how much and at what price: The current situation is that Russia has practically lost the European market (apart from Hungary and Slovakia), the contract for the gas pipeline through Ukraine will expire in the new year, which will basically cut off the European market completely, and Europe has already switched to other markets, so it will not be possible to return even after the end of the SVO. The only salvation for Russia is China, which is exploiting Russia, buying gas at a reduced price and due to its situation, buying less and less and at a lower price. Gazprom has been making losses for at least 2 years, i.e. in 2023 it had $ 3.5 billion in losses and in 3 quarters of 2024 $ 7 billion, by the end of 2024 it will probably reach $10 billion in losses and it can be expected that without reaction it will go bankrupt. As for fertilizers, please wait until the end of 2025, then Russia will lose the European market and the Chinese will not buy much due to their internal problems. Russia already has nothing to do with the gas that it does not sell (it burns it - it is even very visible from the coast in Finland) because it is impossible to close a gas well like that and there is nowhere to store it. As for oil, please wait for the first decisions of Trump, immediately after that watch how the price of oil and therefore the margin goes down - so Russia will not earn anything.
Russia is losing this war. It spent too much on this war. The invalid pensions will bankrupt it . Maybe all women should leave for Melbourne , the prostitution is legal here, they can send money back to Putin
Do you have VK?
I think it’s a good idea to film when there are fewer people many people will feel comfortable being filmed, as long as you explain why there are fewer people.
The US and many other western countries still imports fertilizers, raw materials like metals from Russia which like food are not sanctioned, but there are the problems with paying for goods imported to Russia, transport to Russia because many companies don’t want to work with Russia and the enormous amount of money used on the war drives thought with lack of qualified workers the salary’s up in many sectors which result in inflation
We appreciate your insight. Thanks for taking the time to provide this information.
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Dear Natasha thank you for sharing your life. Bless you. All the best from Sydney.
Hey Natasha! Thanks for posting this video on TH-cam. Hope you’re doing well and staying safe. Sending you warm wishes from Australia! 🙏🙏
I've never had borscht. It looks delicious. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Very interesting to see this everyday life. Prices on everything that you show makes you really wonder how there is so huge differencies all over the world.
Thanks for upploading these videos. Very Educational and interesting! Cheers from Sweden!
Her prices are similar to most of the world except in US, Canada, UK and EU.
@@spbstan What do you mean by that? Similar to the rest of the world??? Seriously?
@@patriknorsten5813 Yes, it is. So, you have to pay for normal food about 200-300$ which is 20-30% of average salary or 45-50% of median salary. Also, mortgage right now is mad, for 40000$ mortage your payment must be 700$ a month and it is 30 year mortgage. so, yes, you will pay 6 times of original price of your flat.
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Thanks for the video, please keep them coming. Take care. Russell from Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK.
Russia health insurance is not free, it is paid from your salary by your employer before you get paid and it is 3% of your salary.
You should make a partisan video of the quality of healthcare in Russia some day.
As an employer we negotiate an income and vacation agreement If we agree on a net $1500 a month that is how much they receive. Taxes are calculated and paid by the employer, and insurance etc. So when comparing western wages the wage is gross from which taxes are deducted and any deductions such as state and country or city tax, social security and many other mandatory payments. so that $1500 could easly be $900 net paid to the employee. $1500 a month net is enough to support a family of 4. In the US, to support 4 people, about $80,000 per year is needed which is earned by only 20% of the population. Most US families live on ever increasing debt that never gets fully paid off. It has been that way for bought 30 years.
See Countryside acres(You Tube) a Canadian Family that moved to Russia they just had an operation in a Russian hospital and tell all the details
@@spbstan Most Russian people do not have a monthly Salary of $1500 per month. Most people make below $700 per month and as low as $350 per month. ...Stop your fkn lying.
Its free. If u are jobless u will 5:37 get health care too
And big diferrence about employer paymets that ordinary people do not bother about them at all. Your salary is always negotiated as net not gross. You negotiated 1000$ than you get 1000$
You have to pay extra on top of that 3% when you visit a doctor because in Russia there is such a corrupt standard that if you want to have good care, despite paying taxes, you still have to bribe the doctor or even buy medicines with your own money, which according to the regulations should be 100% reimbursed by the state.
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A loser country.
Real inflation in Russia is about 25-30% not 9% like government says. 21% in banks😮😂And will be more .
Nabibulina is doing what the FED is doing except the government has monopoly on violence and censorship... so...
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You're an excellent chef. I'll sure would like to try your cooking.
P.s. you have very nice handwriting. ✍🏼
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing. Hugs and kisses from Minnesota😘
Another interesting video. It must make many westerners jealous to see such low taxes. It's ironic, Canada, like Russia, has lots of oil and gas, but we also have high taxes. And food prices have increased a lot here, as well. Thefts of butter are increasingly common. Good to see your videos getting more view, though, I suppose that also means more hate. Oh well, the good with the bad.
Cost of living in Russia (and in Eastern Europe in general) is so cheap that, reading the comments, I realise that 90 % of people who watch this video simply don't understand anything because they cannot believe the prices that she writes . A lot of people ask if the prices she writes are prices per month, when she says that they are prices per year. She spends USD 9 PER YEAR as the tax of a 1 bedroom apartment in the city center of a big Russian city. Western people pay THOUSANDS OF EUROS per year for the same.... 1,000 TIMES MORE THAN IN RUSSIA..And she pays USD 35 per month for electricity, INCLUDING HEATING IN WINTER. Western people pay USD 500 - 1,000 per month just for heating a small apartment in winter, 30 TIMES MORE THAN IN RUSSIA,.
wow, that's really expensive
But Salaries are very high in the West, are you feeling ok. Most people in Russia make less than $600 per month and as low as $300 per month. Do you understand now?
@@STONE69_ yes, but prices are 10 - 100 times cheaper in Russia , and salaries in the west only 2 - 4 times higher than in Russia.. Do you understand why Russia looks better than the west? Or you have problems with simple maths?
Yes but she bought her apartment. If she rented her apartment and had to buy food it would be difficult because salaries are $600 to $1,000 a month or even less there. Such a pretty girl, I think she would do far better in the West where she could find a good husband with a high paying job. Very domestic and a good cook as well. I do not think it would be wise for her to publish anything political or too negative. She just presents things in a matter-of-fact manner. The sanctions should not apply to most food products as a lot of it is grown in Russia. They are price gouging there just as they do everywhere.
@@janroach1852 🤣🤣LOL, if girls like this on her 30s have been able to buy and fully pay an apartment is because real estate prices in Russia are 10 times cheaper than in the USA, Germany, Canada, etc. Beautiful girls like this are not interested at all in moving to the west to live with a random guy like you, who is not even goodlooking. Everybody can see on millions of youtube videos that the streets of Russia are full of beautiful girls walking next to goodlooking Russian men, but in the streets of the West you practically don't see one beautiful woman. Less than 1 % of Russian beautiful girls move tho the west. Do you think that a beautiful Russian girl will move to America, Germany, Sweden... to live with one random American guy who, even with a salary of USD 4,000, he cannot even pay the mortgage and buy a small apartment? 🤣🤣🤣 Continue dreaming about beautiful Russian girls....
Cute video Red.... Looking pretty as always❤
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Wow, your channel is Great....and your handwriting...perfect.! Beautiful spoken English as well. Thanks for your insight, it's great to see how you live. Cheers from Australia.
The average American utilities per month are probably $150 electricity, $100 for water, $60 for trash, $60 for heat, $100 for television, and $60 for internet. Food now is about $450 a person. Gasoline per gallon ranges in the US from about $2.50 to $4 now.
In the USA there is no sales tax on non-prepared food but we have sales taxes on all other purchases that are 8%. Sales taxes go to cities. We have property taxes that are 1.1% a year for states that have state income tax. If a state does not have income tax the property taxes are very high. Property taxes go to counties. Federal income tax ranges from 2% (people who earn $2000 a yr) to 37% (people who earn $400,000 a yr or more). States that have income taxes go from 2% to 20%. So, someone who earns $400,000 a year will pay 60% in federal and state income tax.
I was in the USA last week. Gas was $3.20
@@annewhitney8809 Yeah, it just depends on where you are. In California gas is now $3.90 a gallon. In the southern US states gas is around $2.50, or maybe even a bit less.
She calculates taxes incorrectly.
In Russia, taxes for an employee are -
- 13% Income tax
- 30% contributions to the pension fund, social security and medical insurance.
A minimum of 43% in total. It's just that in the standard employee payment slip they only write 13%. All these contributions are paid by the employer.
Then this "smart" girl writes that she, as self-employed, pays 4-6% Income Tax. But this is not true. She pays 6% of ALL money received by her, her expenses are not taken into account here. This is not an income tax, like for an employee, but a TURNOVER tax. It doesn't matter how much you spent and what your income is. You pay this tax like a transaction commission. Calling it an income tax is wrong.
Also in Russia, VAT is 20%. This is not on her tax slip. Also in Russia, there are a million and a small cart of payments for people and businesses. Like everyone pays a recycling fee when importing a car, pay for installing a GLONASS button, pay the garbage operator to pay for garbage removal, etc.
you forgot the most important bill: GAS IN WINTER. Guys from UK write they pay even USD 1,000 per month. She pays around USD 10 / month of electrical heating, 100 TIMES LESS than in the UK.
@@_B_B_Bthe 22% tax you are talking about is paid by the employer, it's social tax. Employees don't pay that. She pays 6% because she is self employed.
Thanks. Nice smile. Borscht looks delicious.
only 2nd video I watched from you, just subbed. Love you got the butt shot in video lol. hey, can't hurt the sub count lol. good job. you are so organized too
Here in Croatia we are not sanctioned but we have also crazy bills & taxes
Here in the US, we are the sanctioner, and we still have crazy bills and taxes!
You think hers were crazy ???
her bills and taxes are crazy low--- or you have some problems with maths? Americans , Germans pay 10 - 50 times more than her, and their salaries are only 3 - 4 times higher. One American writes on the comments that he pays USD 1,600 PER MONTH FOR HEALTH INSURANCE. 🤣😂 I pay USD 40 month for that in France, including the best hospitals in the country.
I made Borch on the cooking school once. It was good. Much love.
Natasha, another great video. Thank you for taking us shopping. Delicious looking cooking. God Bless 🙏
In the UK, I have a 3 bed house and I live with my wife and daughter. Our energy bills range from £250 per month in Summer to almost £600 per month in winter. That doesn't include water, which is £67 a month. TV and internet is £57 per month. Council tax is around £100 per month. £50 in diesel gets me to and from work twice. My mortgage is £867 a month, then you have food, and everything else. Including my mortgage, my total monthly bills are around $2,500 U.S. If you aren't earning well here, you're screwed.
You have something that russians don t have: freedom of speach and travel. Did you asked yourself how much prices in Russia are subventioned by government to keep it low? Do you know that the key interest rate of the central bank of Russia is 20%, while in Europe it is below 6.5%? This says everything about the economic condition of Russia. Have you wondered what percentage of the monthly income the Russian pays on bills and food? The average salary in Moscow is $585 and in the rest of Russia it is $340. Russia does not have a functional economic market. Everything there is subsidized by the government to keep prices low. The Gazprom company had losses of $7 billion last year, while 3-4 years ago it had a profit of over $60 billion. That means bankruptcy! Who do you think pays for the company's losses? The Russians, through tax increases. Your children have a chance not to be brainwashed at school by propaganda, and you are not arrested and imprisoned if you criticize your government. Our freedoms in Western Europe are worth more than the low prices in Russia. If you think that life in Russia you can move there with your family. In 90 days you get Russian citizenship if you ask for it and then you are sent to the front line in Ukraine. This is real Russia! If this young lady were to present the negative things from Russia, in a maximum of a week she would be arrested and tried under emergency regime for defamation and treason, as happened to many bloggers who lived in Russia and did this. Follow Russian bloggers who live outside of Russia and learn the truth about Russia.
Just search average salary in Russia for a surprise hehe(PS it's not 300$ USD).Even pro west edited wikipedia shows that in 2020 and 2022 it was 35000-50000 RUB(but then the 60 RUB was 1 EUR),and now it is much more since the wages are growing fast(all time high 2024) in Russia and it is about 700 EUR for a average lower/middle class person and higher for lots of Russians.
@@pusaduva "Don't listen them 40000 rubles is nothing in Moscow 1 normal cup of coffee - 400. 1 bread - 100 Bill in normal restaurant, without alcohol - 1600 You will spend all of them in first week. For feeling good in Moscow, you must have around 100 - 120k per month." " Absolutely not, a cashier in kfc gets a minimum of 40000 in Moscow))))" Pensions are around 150-200 dollars, and according to today's exchange rate of 99 rubles for 1 dollar, the 40,000 rubles that the vast majority of citizens receive is 400 dollars. The average also includes the incomes of the oligarchs, because it is, after all, a militia totalitarian creation, strictly controlled by Putin's KGB in all spheres of life. Slaves were forced to live like slaves. That's how it was and that's how it will be. After all, they are called Slavs, and arrogant people in power who grunt in the stolen national gold and wealth, they know very well how to keep the oppressed cattle on the reins.
@@dragodragic-zl5yt I just searched average KFC wages in Russia and I got this -- Average KFC Team Member hourly pay in Moscow is approximately $15.61, which is 20% above the national average. Salary information comes from 8 data points collected directly from employees, users, and past and present job advertisements on Indeed in the past 36 months.So either you or KFC are smoking something.
You are comparing 3bedroom house with 1bedroom apartment. (Maybe even studio) in new building(heating etc costs are significantly lower than in soviet serial apartments)
kak prekrasnaya devushka! vorrei assaggiare il tuo magnifico borsh! un abbraccio dall' Italia!
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Hello Natasha, I stumbled upon your video just now and really enjoyed it, and your English is excellent. I wish my Russian was 1/10th as good as your English then I would be happy.
I am an American citizen who has lived in the city center of St Petersburg for many years and love it. My apartment is in a very convenient location and the house is 5 stories restored older building so it has gas and heat is from hot water in radiators in every room. It is 92 meters and very comfortable in the winter. We used to get a lot more snow but about 2011 the weather pattern changed and we get a lot less snow and often no snow on the sidewalks. The radiators and gas stove for cooking makes winters very cozy but with so much variety cultural and social options people are out of their homes doing things. I am from California where it is warmer but also had home in the mountains so we had a lot more snow and colder weather so St Petersburg is very comfortable. The city is large but so friendly and social one meets new friends every day. That is one thing, among others that makes living here perfect for me. it is much safer in Russia so more people interact with strangers, and of course much much more cultured with vast numbers of great museum, art, opera, drama, ballet, symphonies, dining, pubs, clubs, lectures, every day of the year.
My utility bill is about $60/month, high speed fiber optic unmetered internet is about $7 and smart phone is about $5. There are farmers markets, small neighborhood grocery stores, butcher shops, bakeries and large supermarkets all within 100 meters of my door yet is on a quiet street so we have about the same costs of living except for the larger apartment with higher utilities. There are 237 drama theaters within 500 meters by foot and 600 beautiful safe parks in the city.
Americans who visit do not believe me that is is so safe night or day until they are here for a few weeks. That is when they finally relax. In their own city, a woman walking anywhere is very frightened and should be because crime is really bad and there are homeless with mental problems or drug addition everywhere. Crime here is almost unheard of.
|I know foreigners think they are superior because they might earn more but their quality of life is not even close to in Russian cities. Quality of life is excellent so a person earning $1400(the average now) has a better life than earning $12.000 a month in the US, and still would have no access to culture and would need a car for each person in the family over 18yo because there is no safe convenient public transportation.
I know a lot of people who left Russia before 2010 to go to the US and none of them are happy now, they miss the access to culture and quality of life but now they can't leave due to too much debt. My debt here is $0
The medical system is GREAT, and even for non-citizens it is so low cost and good quality compared to the US where any illness can bankrupt a family. I had an operation on my hip and even with insurance that cost me $892/month, my out of pocket cost was going to ne $230,000 so I flew to St Petersburg from California and had the best care and the top orthopedic surgeon and 11 day stay in a deluxe private room and perfect results for $4880 and they apologized for it being so expensive. For any resident or citizen it would have been free. emergency medical care is free for everyone even short term tourists.
IF you were living in the same size apartment in a city in the US you would have at least 20 monthly bills to pay and everything would be 2-12 times more expensive and you would never feel safe outside your home. I earned a lot as businesses owner but worked in 4 business daily and earned $140,000 a year but cost of living was so high there was little left over after $49,000 in taxes, on income and a lot of taxes on my home. I gave away all my assets to employees and family and moved with 2 suitcases and $6000 to St Petersburg and created a profitable business and very easily. Now it is even even easier to start a business. For $1300-1400 a month I have a life filled with friends culture, fun and no debt for 2 people, and no stress. The last time I was in the US my friend wanted to see an opera we both liked, while we were in New York city, the only city with regular performances, the mid grade seats cost $1600!! and was not as good of a theater, cast acoustics etc. as we as any of the 3-8 operas a night in St Petersburg for $20-30. If counting the children's museums there are 466 museums in this city. and 54 classical music theater. Ballet can be seen in 3-7 different theaters depending on day of the week....and free for students.
I enjoyed your video and you seem to have a great personality and speak in a very pleasant manner, so naturally I subscribed. Besides your very attractive personality you are providing a service that counters the incredibly intense propaganda in the US about all things Russia. Everything the government and media says is deliberate lies. That is one of the joys about living in Russia, people and the government tell the truth. You can't find that in North America, Europe or UK. |
Good luck with your channel Natasha!
Thank you ❤️
Nice try Ruskie, that must have taken you ages.
1:37 solo propoganda 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡🤡🐷🐷🐷
@@michelebirini4010 Is your definition o propaganda, anything you did not know or that was not in corporate press? What was incorrect about my comments. How long have you spent studying Russian society in person? If you got away from your controlled media and observed other societies in person you might be very surprised to find that most of your controlled media was dishonest.
@spbstan 😅😂😂😂😅😂😅😂😅😂🤡🤡🤡🤡
Your handwritting is fine, way better than mine and I can't even write anything in Cyrillic!
By means of comparison, looking at my last check, I grossed $3,234 and paid taxes (Fed, State, SS and Medicare) of $1,190 which is around 35%.
My property tax is around $3,500 a year, I pay health insurance of $1600 a month and auto insurance on a 14 year old sedan of $400 every 6 months.
If you have a full belly and are content with what you have, you are blessed indeed.
so how do you buy food, utilities, clothes ? Monthly USD 3,324 - USD 1,190 - USD 1,600 - USD 300 (property tax ) = USD 234 for food, utilities, clothes, children. Obviously you cannot even dream of restaurants, trips, ...
I am from France and I pay 5 - 40 times less than you for everything that you say (your health insurance price is beyond absurd, people pay USD 40 month for the same in France), and my salary is more or less like yours...so maybe you should consider to move to Europe...especially to Eastern Europe which is even 2 times cheaper than France and much safer....In Eastern Europe, even in Russia as you can see on the videos, people live much better than the life that you describe, that you barely have money to buy food, and with salaries of only USD 1,000 per month or lower.
_"According to recent data, Russians typically spend nearly _*_50%_*_ of their income on food, in contrast to a European average of about 15%."_ - Western Media
_"Russian inflation soars past 70% since Ukraine invasion."_ - Western Media
_"Since January, potato prices surged nearly 90%, carrots 54%, cabbage 50%, and apples 33%."_ - Western Media
Is this true?
Western media also reported that Ukraine is winning, Putin is dying from cancer, Russia has no weapons and is using shovels instead of guns, Chinese washing machines are used for their weapons systems and Russia blew up their own Nord Stream pipeline (among many other whoppers). Question everything.
Yes. And if yu complain, off to the gulag.
@@janroach1852 but foreigners like me don't get sent to the gulag and we can absolutely see that the western media only picks up on one or two weeks events and not report how everything stabilised the rest of the year.
"Western Media," we can believe them can't we!
The lady is dreaming of a western style life. Basically what she says is contradicted by what we see. I don't cry for her.
I agree with you about what this lady dreams of.
And I think that what she shows is what she has to show, because in today's Russia showing something that is not in line with Kremlin propaganda can end badly for her, e.g. a visit from some sad gentlemen with the FSB inscription on their uniforms and we will never see the nice lady again.
@@RafałNowak-r7x Stop this nonsense - just go and watch something else you sad pathetic people - yes you and angeurbain129
@@RafałNowak-r7xshe shows her life. If you need some garbage, then search for the channels that talk about garbage only.
@@petermilne9598 zombie, spegni la tv!
@@RusGirlVlog schiava!
I like that you watch your expenses. That is a sign of intelligence . Your clips are always interesting .
You forget that Russia self food blocks from the EU. And other companies don,t sell to Russia because the smo. There is no hate from mee. Because you do it your self. You accept the regime. There is no complaining.
She like to complain about her own ciuntry and is already culturally westernize. We can see that despite her complains life is good for her in Russia.
@@angeurbain6129 Where did she complain - you are one nasty sick SOB
Awesome video. That's cool to see how much it cost to live there now with what's going on over there. It all sounds really cheap to some of us , but I know the income is way less there so it's not very cheap for the people who live there. See I spend about $530 on power , natural gas, water , internet and cable TV. I also have a van so gas for 1 month is about $260 and $100 for Insurance For the month. The income tax that comes off my paycheck for the month is about $600. The government makes sure they take about 25 to 30% off every paycheck. There's a big difference in income and how things work.
But what is the average wage where she is
In the case of Russia, the average wage does not work very well (or does not work at all). To reduce the tax burden, part of the salary is transferred to a bonus, which is not taxed and is not taken into account in statistics.
For example. About 20 years ago, when I first got a job, I received 35 thousand rubles (about $830), but officially my salary was 12 thousand rubles ($285) Taxes were paid from the official amount. But the truth is there are disadvantages to this. Loans in the bank are also given only based on the official amount. At that moment, I tried to take out a loan for an apartment, but the amount that the bank offered me was less than my annual salary.
Very often, when applying for a job, the employer asks (except for government organizations) how do you want to receive a salary "in white" or "in gray". If this is not a very large salary, then many people choose the gray one.
@@evl3894 Exactly as you write. There is huge corruption in Russia, most people work in the grey zone which is why they do not pay taxes, if they started paying all taxes the salary would be barely enough for food and not thinking about buying an apartment. Additionally, such grey work will cause that in the future the pension will be very low because the required contributions are not paid. It is similar with the health service, if you want good care you have to pay the doctor even though officially in Russia the health service is free. And it is better to forget about loans with the current interest rates and the decrease in the purchasing power of the ruble, most will be unpayable.
@evl3894 oh wow that's not good. I know people there don't get a chance to make a good living there because of all the government corruption. I know the costs of living are different from places to place. A pound of butter costs $7.00 Canadian dollars where I live. Yes that's a high price compared to what it costed 2 years ago. See in Canada you rent your apartment monthly, condos you buy but you still have to pay condo fees every month. But you can sell your condo when you move to make back the cost of the condo. I own my own house, more people live in house rather then apparents here.
@@RafałNowak-r7x Please stop writing, something you absolutely do not understand. I feel like I'm talking to a mentally disabled fanatic.
In Russia, the pension is not a funded system, but a trust system. The pension that they receive now from current income.
You don't understand how the economy works, you don't know anything about corruption, you don't know anything about the tax system and methods of withdrawal from the gray zone.
And "the Russian economy was destroyed" back in May 2022, it was with such a statement that Biden made in late May-early June.
Ok. If you believe so much in the nonsense you are writing, then name a specific date when we will see the changes you have indicated. And then we'll write to each other again.
Outstanding! Would love to live there. The taxes & fees in the states are bleeding my wallet dry.
Very interesting to see your finances! I pay about 35% in tax on an income of about $4500/month. We have free medical insurance including medicins. Our rent in a big city is very high, a small apartment can be $1200/month, in a small city like $600/ month. I work as a software developer but in Sweden it is payed just a fraction compared to the US. Electricity and petrol are very expensive here. Car insurance is around $30 /month tax about $130/year for a middle sized car. If you own a house you pay property tax that can be very expensive in big cities or very close to the sea. I tried to make borsht with just reedbeet, onion, broth and salt and pepper. Obviously it was not right! It would be nice if you shared the recepie so I could do it right!
Sweden seems extremely expensive! A few words about borscht - don’t forget to use lemon at the end of stewing beetroot and don’t boil the soup when you added beetroot in (the colour will become pale)
P.S. I loved meatballs from Ikea 🥲
She calculates taxes incorrectly.
In Russia, taxes for an employee are -
- 13% Income tax
- 30% contributions to the pension fund, social security and medical insurance.
A minimum of 43% in total. It's just that in the standard employee payment slip they only write 13%. All these contributions are paid by the employer.
Then this "smart" girl writes that she, as self-employed, pays 4-6% Income Tax. But this is not true. She pays 6% of ALL money received by her, her expenses are not taken into account here. This is not an income tax, like for an employee, but a TURNOVER tax. It doesn't matter how much you spent and what your income is. You pay this tax like a transaction commission. Calling it an income tax is wrong.
Also in Russia, VAT is 20%. This is not on her tax slip. Also in Russia, there are a million and a small cart of payments for people and businesses. Like everyone pays a recycling fee when importing a car, pay for installing a GLONASS button, pay the garbage operator to pay for garbage removal, etc.
are you happy paying 35 % of your income (even with a salary that is not very high, like yours) to your government so that they can give it to african immigrants who don't even need to work and who have turned Sweden into one of the unsafest countries in the West?
@@_B_B_B if( very) wealthy Russian people also only pay 13 percent income tax,
Then no wonder Russia has a top layer of insanely rich people.
In most western countries the scale for higher income is around 40 to 55 percent income tax
@@baardagaam The income tax rate is growing. But not much. Usually the high rate is 15%. In reality the tax can reach 35%, but... This only applies to cases when it comes to direct wages. Shares, investments, deposits, etc. - a maximum of 15%. Or even 13% in some cases. In Russia, property taxes are very low and it is very easy to make it so that all the property will be in the hands of companies that will have almost zero revenue, and as a result will pay nothing at all. In Russia, the rich have become fantastically rich in the last 2 years, and the poor will soon begin to starve.
Natasha is it true savings accounts pay very high like 21% interest? This is amazing.
From 16 to 22, yes. It depends on the amount of money and how much time you will save them in the bank
And not to forget , that when you need money, you pay more then that in interest
@@natasha-rostova Moving your money there can be a very good idea right now at those rates!
Many people withdraw their money from banks and this insane interest rate means nothing more than DO NOT TAKE MORTGAGE NOW. Banks don't have enough money.
The Russian ruble is trying to maintain its relatively in the world economy. It’s not. Paying high interest rates is one of many ways the Russian government is trying to prop up the exchange rate.
And how much do you pay rent? That is like the most important part of your bills.
You might own an apartment, but getting a mortgage with a 23% interest rate is a financial suicide
She calculates taxes incorrectly.
In Russia, taxes for an employee are -
- 13% Income tax
- 30% contributions to the pension fund, social security and medical insurance.
A minimum of 43% in total. It's just that in the standard employee payment slip they only write 13%. All these contributions are paid by the employer.
Then this "smart" girl writes that she, as self-employed, pays 4-6% Income Tax. But this is not true. She pays 6% of ALL money received by her, her expenses are not taken into account here. This is not an income tax, like for an employee, but a TURNOVER tax. It doesn't matter how much you spent and what your income is. You pay this tax like a transaction commission. Calling it an income tax is wrong.
Also in Russia, VAT is 20%. This is not on her tax slip. Also in Russia, there are a million and a small cart of payments for people and businesses. Like everyone pays a recycling fee when importing a car, pay for installing a GLONASS button, pay the garbage operator to pay for garbage removal, etc.
she said in another video that she has 2 apartments. 1 bedroom apartments in nice districts in Russia, including in Moscow, cost from USD 50,000, 100 TIMES CHEAPER than in New York or Paris.
@@jorllx nope. I can find apartment in Paris for 50 000 - 100 000. Better ones for 100 000 - 200 000. And much lower mortgage rates and higher incomes in Paris. And 50 000 apartment in Moscow... That is apartment in super far away district. Close to Moscow centre, prices similar to Paris. I compare property prices with Bordeaux/ City similar to a Vladivostok. And, yeap, in France it cost more. Like 2-3 times. Not 100. And salary 3-4 times lower in Vladivostok than in Bordeaux. Only stupid people will compare cities with abnormal high property prices. Look at prices in Moscow city centre. Open Циан and look by your own.
@@_B_B_B apartments in Paris for USD 50,000 - 100,000 ? 🤣😂 Liberal people like you are in the same position as Jews in Germany in the 1930s, you have no armies that defend you....so good luck, kid....
@@_B_B_B Not in a a safe neighborhood in Paris which has become much less desirable than they were 20 years when it was relatively clean and safe. Also apartments are generally smaller
Way too many numbers, I don't understand!...😅🤯😂🙌 (Elegant handwriting, btw! As a teacher, I pay attention to that.) "Борщ" ("borsch") I can understand, though. Cuisine you can always understand!♥️😊🙏💪 Thank you for showing us around, Natasha! Have a nice day and God bless you!
Greetings from Cyprus!
Excellent video! Thank you!
Tried to comment on Telegram but was unable. I greatly appreciate your vlog!
Shame about all the dead people, eh!?
yep ucranian nazis are awful
Americans and Britons should be ashamed of provoking wars, including the war in Ukraine since 2014.
You should be ashamed of one-sided bias and misinformation in the information age.
The main thing is if you are happy with your life.Some rich people can be worried and nervous.
But having money is more fun than being poor.
Very interesting video Natasha. Our basic tax rate in UK is 20% and then there's an extra tax, National Insurance, on top that's another 8%. But we only pay these on everything above 12,570 GBP a year. Our new government brought in a lot of extra taxes on businesses. Now farmers are no longer exempt from 20% VAT on inheritance tax. They'd been exempt before, because the farms were passed down from generation to generation. Now with all the extra tax, the farms might not be viable. It's a terrible shame for them, and it makes it harder for our farmers to grow food.
I Will not talk about Brasil. Here we are literally slaves It's insane taxes, insane Bills, it's ultimate modern slavery and 24 hours a day of zionist brain wash in the media.
She said they get paid by compabies AFTER THE TAXES. So, you dont see it all as an emoloyee...
That is not fair, farmers should be taxed on the sale of the property of if they farm it should not be taxed or many would have to sell just to pay the tax of property that was in the families for generations. It is only a gain when sold. That will force a lot of family farm out of business. Possibly corporate farms paid for that policy to reduce competitions.
@@spbstan Exactly, and the farmers are struggling to keep going as it is. The Labour government thinks that inherited wealth and property is a bad thing and should be taxed. They don't think of the effect on businesses and the economy. They never said much about what they were going to do before they got in. People elected them just because they hated the previous government and they all got it into their heads that they had to go.
@@spbstan What you said about corporate farms just reminded me: days before this budget with its tax increases, Bill Gates, the biggest owner of farmland in the US, had a meeting with our Prime Minister.
i want some borscht. looks good
just a big blob of good quality sour cream on top of that borsch and some hot freshly baked bread on the side 😋
Excellent 👌
That dinner look verey tasty!
I think your videos are important. It reminds people that we're all the same. Unfortunately, sometimes we find ourselves in situations beyond the average persons control.
No reasonable person wants war , or to see their loved one's sent into a war, however, these things happen as the result of someone else's aspirations and motivations. I can only hope that someday we can all realize that we have more in common, more to share, and be together on, than what separates us. Hopefully peace on earth 🌎 will prevail all said and done.
You're being very naive. Most Russians support the war, Natasha included. Like the Germans after WW1, they feel humiliated with the collapse of the Soviet Union. They have an enormous sense of victimhood and want revenge.
Such a beauty, i wish you all the best and hope tensions between our countries reside soon. UK
finally new videoincome taxes are great!!!
You should eat those bay leaves. They're one of the healthiest plants on earth. I eat two every day
Thank you for sharing. You should do videos on recipes! If only my utilities bills were that cheap. We get very screwed over in America by health insurance companies.
Interesting and borscht is still my favorite. My parents always made it. Your cooking made me hungry. Hugs from the US ❤
*you’re 🙄
@@kenswindle4860 Wrong. She used "your" correctly. You're is the shortened version of "you are".
Thank You🙏
Natashka, how are you usung TH-cam in Krasnodar, aren't you afraid that you may get caught. You clearly show your address and identity.
7:57 YW! I love Borscht!
I didn’t understand. Why would anybody pay taxes for a rented place? Or if it is property, why should or could one pay high taxes for a single-room flat?
prices are the same in uk in super markets i guess the main issue is the wage rates in russia havent keep up with inflation
It’s good to mix the tomato paste with a little water before adding it because the paste tends to reject absorption. X
Krasnodar, always good weather?
Great video. Keep them coming 👍
Can you show us how to make stuffed cabbage! 😃😋🙏😁💯
Hi Natasha! I'll make this beautiful dish one day, ok.
Hi beautiful Natasha ,take care 🤗
You deserve freedom and prosperity, hope the you know what will end soon, it just makes everyone miserable and your economy worse and worse. It also has to do with inflation as a function of the worsening of the ruble, even though you have the same amount of rubles, things are more expensive to import, and so you will see the prices rise in numbers to make up for the weaking of your currency, this will only get worse and worse. and if you will not you will get stagflation as a function of the increase in interest rate to try to keep the inflation manageable. Thanks for being honest. Best to you.
Russian women are very beautiful and take good care of family.
Excellent presentation and education ... beautiful voice ... Hoping you can go live in USA or Germany before that place becomes N Korea ! ! ! Interestingly Rostov and Krasnodar are in allowed zone for our Storm Shadow and US ATACM
Natasha I once ask you was you pro Putin you never answered me back. Is Russia turning into a far right country??
Putin regime has always been a far-right regime, that is why he has good relationships with Trump, Marine Lepen far right leader of France, President Orban from Hungary, etc. all Western far right leaders... Or maybe you thought that Putin was a liberal? 😂😂 LGBT is illegal in Russia....
90% are pro Putin - but why bring up Politics - the comments on here are out the gate - serious nonsense - why watch her if it upsets your pusay pathetic life
maybe ask that to ukranians since 2014.... whos azov, whos aidar, whos svoboda, whos yarosh ?
Putin is the best president in the last 50 years. According to the Russian *non-governmental* organization Levada Center, about 87% of the Russian population approved of Putin in the beginning of 2023, the highest in nearly 8 years. Russia debt: $304 billion vs USA debt: $36 TRILLION.
Far right.... far right.... when you are 1 cm right from the center you are automatically FAR right.
@@dmp1520 what does that have to do with his question dipshit?
You are so sweet, I have no Idea why you get any Hate.
The only reason is she supports Putin and the war.
@@pauldove966а твоё то какое собачье дело кого и что она поддерживает?
@@АНДРЕЙ3500 And why the F*ck is it your business what anyone says? P*ss off to the front you might survive but hopefully not.
Could you imagine that it is due to the invasion of Ukraine???
@@einfelder8262желать смерти людям, к вам же и вернётся в сто кра !
Ну удачи вам и аминь вам 😱
In comparison I pay about $6450 rubles ($100 Aud) per month for internet and triple in car insurance. 😭
Keep up the good work
Excellent video as usual. Try not to sound too pessimistic though.
Cheers from Nigeria🇳🇬.
Greetings from Amsterdam. Great video. Free health insurance? I am so jealous. We are obliged to pay a lot here.
You might want to check out what the "free health insurance" really means. You may not be so jealous after all.
Life expectancy in Russia (2021) for the men : 67,6 years (lower than Bangladesh), in the Netherlands: 80,3 years...
Youre pure beauty. Im sure you hear it a lot but still wanted to say it.
Oh, life in Russia looks like a paradise! Cost of produce is low and affordable (because 95% is produced domestically, makes sense, right..where that number even comes from, TV?). Young beautiful people only everywhere, cost of utilities close to zero, insurance negligible, healthcare for free of course (even Canadians know what it means..), taxation in single digits and would be negative if it went even a bit lower,… Even babuchkas loving Putin would tell us everything is pricey and it is not easy to live in Russia but here we have demand for videos from there that can be satisfied while staying on the safe side by providing selected data points in line with what Kremlin wants western audience to hear about Russia. Easy money.
$35 on a utility bill? I thought that electricity is almost free in Russia. I had a previous electricity bill of $42, even though I live in Finland
$35 is for all! Not only for electricity.
Ключевое слово БЫЛ.
@@natasha-rostova What all? If I understood correctly, he has electric heating. I also have electric floor heating in the bathroom and I also have an electric sauna.
Her USD 35 = electricity (INCLUDING HEATING IN WINTER) + water + internet. I read people in the comments from UK paying USD 600 only for heating in winter, and Finland is colder than UK.... Your total utility bills in Finland for a small apartment must be around USD 1,000 per month at least.... 3O TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IN RUSSIA.
Τι ωραία μάτια έχεις!!! 🥰😘
First 😁😁💯
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Great video, thank you. What city is this?
Krasnodar
Talking about taxes is the most stressful thing.
In Indonesia, tax officers are not much different from extortionists, where they are like CCTV cameras that monitor the turnover of every Indonesian citizen. Turnover increases slightly and immediately becomes the target of tax officers. ☠️
Even the addition of personal assets and grants to families are monitored by the Directorate General of Taxes.
But of all the taxes paid by Indonesians, there is almost no impact on the welfare of society. Because everyone knows for sure that it will end in corruption.
She calculates taxes incorrectly.
In Russia, taxes for an employee are -
- 13% Income tax
- 30% contributions to the pension fund, social security and medical insurance.
A minimum of 43% in total. It's just that in the standard employee payment slip they only write 13%. All these contributions are paid by the employer.
Then this "smart" girl writes that she, as self-employed, pays 4-6% Income Tax. But this is not true. She pays 6% of ALL money received by her, her expenses are not taken into account here. This is not an income tax, like for an employee, but a TURNOVER tax. It doesn't matter how much you spent and what your income is. You pay this tax like a transaction commission. Calling it an income tax is wrong.
Also in Russia, VAT is 20%. This is not on her tax slip. Also in Russia, there are a million and a small cart of payments for people and businesses. Like everyone pays a recycling fee when importing a car, pay for installing a GLONASS button, pay the garbage operator to pay for garbage removal, etc.
I think, the least thing Russians should complain about must be taxes and prices. Much seems to indicate, that Ukraine is about to have its own nuclear weapons arsenal soon.
After the Zelinskyy regime is gone perhaps the new Russian operated Government in Ukraine will station some weapons to defend against NATO
Ты хоть сам понял что написал? Кто же им его даст? 😂
@@АНДРЕЙ3500 se riuscirà ad ottenerlo il tuo paese di merda è fottuto
@@АНДРЕЙ3500 I've heard about it too, but there's no evidence for it. However, it should be remembered that Ukraine had a huge number of warheads before the collapse of the CCCP, and as a result, some could have gotten lost somewhere, and the scientists who worked on it are still alive. So no one had to give them anything because they could be capable of producing them themselves. In addition, there are rumors that Ukraine will soon have missiles (with conventional warheads) with the required range because it's had enough of the blockades that the West imposes on it (it's been fighting with its hands tied all the time because it can't use Western weapons on Russia's territory), and converting such a missile to a different warhead is probably not some incredible problem - that's what I think.
@@RafałNowak-r7x 1994 году Украина передала всё ядерное оружие России.
ты всерьёз думаешь что создать ядерное оружие это как рогатку сделать? 🤣🤣 ты всерьёз думаешь что Украина применет его против России которая обладает самым большим количеством ядерных ракет в мире ?🤣🤣
загугли что по поводу ударов в глубь России говорил Путин.
The hatred’s are very stupid people. Ignore them 😊💖🌺🌸
You are very stupid too.
Natasha you are so sweet. Greetings
I am with you Natasha. Keep feeling positive, together we can help each other ❤
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But Russia is a breadbasket and therefore your prices for goods grown in Russia really should not be so high. Also Russia produces a lot of fertilizer. Wow, your electricity heating is very very low. Electric heating here is prohibitively expensive. Houses are heated by oil and gas. Some apartments do have electric heat but that would be expensive. Forty years ago I paid 180 a month electric bill for a two bed in the San Francisco area. We were gone all day until 9 pm at night most nights and would only put on the heat 9 pm until 6 am. After that I would never get electric heat. The soup looks very good. Bills here in a four bed house 650 gas, 180 electric, taxes 9,000 dollars a year (most people pay almost double that), house paid for no mortgage, 90 internet, food is about 100 a week per adult person. If you have kids, at least $1,000 a month for food. At the very least.
Наташа, ты очень красивая. Привет из Украины.
Ignore the haters
You have a beautiful handwriting.You explained and set apart each individual income and payment of utilities very nicely. The income tax is very interesting on individuals who work for themselves or for a company.
The borscht you made looks absolutely amazing.
The guy marrying you oneday....is one lucky fellow.
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Normally I do my shopping in the middle of the day too....find It less stressful.
California Electric bill well over $100 / month Gas another $100 House Tax $2500 / year (more for most people ) Car Insurance $1000 / year / Car House insurance $1000 / year Car tax $200 for one and $400 / the other Income tax 20% +/-
So cheap in CA….I mean I can believe you pay half or even less than other States in just about everything you listed here….why people are moving to TX from CA?….can’t be cheaper than that.
And the health insurance in US or at least mine is garbage….since the Camarade Obama transformed the US Insurance industry into a 3rd world country insurance.
@@RomeoUrsu-fy9qo I'm old and have taxes based on 1980 rates I have solar on the roof and the temperatures here are only above 75F or below 50F about 20 days a year
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I pay taxes for 2024 ….city comes every 3 years and reevaluate the property taxes…
@@RomeoUrsu-fy9qo Prop 13 in California limits property tax increases on a percentage basis which limits the increases. when the property changes hands or has major improvement there is a re assessment. Due to this reality My next door neighbor in the same sized house has a tax bill about 5 times mine.
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Basically some people are lucky to be alive and stay in same house all their life….once someone is gone one way or the other,than THE FATHER LAW is gone…
Here,even if I guild a barn with foundation equal more taxes…city comes and evaluates the barn for safety and taxes for sure….but they know pretty much before how much more in taxes….because a building permit is required and approved by city.
Same with anything added to the house or addition.
Many States also charge taxes for property that are sold …sale taxes on profit.
And they charge just about anything including Social Security too as income.
Should we call TAXES IN TAXES in everything?
Life is so beautiful and cheap in USA😂😂😂😂😂….until people gets old or older…the reality kick in…powerless old people with just enough money to buy their daily survival stuff…if they lucky enough….many times elderly people are forced to sell their homes and move abroad to survive or to stay alive.
Погоди, у тебя интернет 700 р почти выходит? А вот тут уже у вас дороже: я за домашний кабельный интернет 420 плачу.
У меня вай-фай… может, от компании зависит. У меня Билайн
@@natasha-rostova у нас тоже вай-фай, но это к стоимости не относится, потому что основной интернет всё равно кабельный. Компания Интерсвязь.Не знаю только, это наша местная или она по всей стране.
$8 for internet is a gift
and USD 70,000 for her 1 bedroom apartment in a district that looks better than Manhattan? 10 - 15 times cheaper....
In France, Saint-Raphaël , 2 rooms, living room, bathroom, kitchen, underground garage, private parking space, closed residence (58 sqm) . Rent + water, + electricity + internet + mobile phone + cable TV - Total 1700 euros/month. Food 700 euros/month, fuel + car insurance 450 euros/month, hygiene + health 500 euros/month, other expenses (minimum) 600 euros/month. Total = 3950 euros/month. Net monthly income - 4870 euros / month. Income from other sources, 2000 euros/month. Total income per month 6870 euro / month . Work 8-14 hours/day, 5 days/week . All calculated for one person , without sanctions .
thanks from canada
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Borsch looks really good. Can you make more videos about russian food?
Where in Russia is this filmed?
Is it true that employers need to pay 30% of the salary in employer social insuranse contributions fore their employees? And do you as a self employed also have to pay this?
Self employers don't need to pay this.
self-employed like her pay 6 %, as she says. Compare it to the 30 % that most self-employed pay in the west, and you will understand why most people like her, in Russia, at the age of 30, have fully paid apartments in districts that look nicer than Manhattan, which cost only USD 60,000. Have you noticed the district where she lives? Do you see people sleeping in the streets? Do you see dangerous looking people? And it is a random neighbourhood of a random Russian city, not the richest part of Moscow.
Gorgeous
Mmmm bon appeti 😁
That’s nothing! My income tax is 28 percent, car insurance 500.00 every 6 months, there’s other taxes from your income for social security, healthcare, etc! Then in my state 10 percent on everything you buy
She calculates taxes incorrectly.
In Russia, taxes for an employee are -
- 13% Income tax
- 30% contributions to the pension fund, social security and medical insurance.
A minimum of 43% in total. It's just that in the standard employee payment slip they only write 13%. All these contributions are paid by the employer.
Then this "smart" girl writes that she, as self-employed, pays 4-6% Income Tax. But this is not true. She pays 6% of ALL money received by her, her expenses are not taken into account here. This is not an income tax, like for an employee, but a TURNOVER tax. It doesn't matter how much you spent and what your income is. You pay this tax like a transaction commission. Calling it an income tax is wrong.
Also in Russia, VAT is 20%. This is not on her tax slip. Also in Russia, there are a million and a small cart of payments for people and businesses. Like everyone pays a recycling fee when importing a car, pay for installing a GLONASS button, pay the garbage operator to pay for garbage removal, etc.
@ oh that’s what’s going on. I see, well our taxes I didn’t fully get everything percentage correct either! You had those kind of taxes in your income before you get paid the employer give you some benefits also.
@@donaldperson948 real 43% vs her 13% and absence of VAT... That makes all the difference.
I think she deliberately kept silent about these taxes. Many stores indicate VAT on the receipt. You have to be blind, deaf or stupid not to know that it exists.
I am preparing to emigrate from Russia. I have studied the taxes of almost all European countries. Most often they are either at the level of Russia, or a little higher. In the USA, taxes are lower or much lower, depending on the state and income. An ordinary worker in the USA will pay much less taxes.
It is also often incorrect to directly compare rent in, say, the USA and Russia. For similar-sized properties, you will pay very similar rent. In the city where I now live, $ 450 is a normal price for renting an apartment with 1 bedroom of about 33-45 square meters. And this is without paying for utilities. Renting a house, like in the USA, 100-180 square meters in area with a couple of bedrooms will cost 1000-1800 dollars.
@ we’re basically screwed like you guys are! We live basically like you do. Everyone is living paycheck to paycheck! There’s basically not much or no extra money to go anywhere or do much. Everything is expensive. It’s all relative to both our countries!
@@donaldperson948 The average Russian earns $500-800 now. Yes, there are those who earn more. Especially in Moscow. So do the math. Rent is $400. Food costs almost the same as in the US, and gasoline is not much different in price. People in Russia now think about what they will eat and buy the cheapest available. If a Russian wants to buy, say, a new iPhone, he will pay his entire salary for a month, while in the US the average citizen will be able to buy 3-5 units. If in the US a citizen can start saving 10% of his income, he will be able to put aside $300-500 a month, while in Russia only $50-80. Buying a home without a government subsidy in Russia is financial suicide for almost everyone. Business equipment costs, say, $30,000 in the US, while in Russia the same thing will cost $60,000 or more. Because of imports, sanctions, etc. And so it is with everything. Russians are definitely not super poor, but the gap with Western countries is gigantic. It looks similar, but if you try to live the life of a Russian, you will feel yourself at the level of the poorest strata of Western society. You will be able to feel yourself in the shoes of a minimum wage worker.
I will also note. Now in Russia, some workers in factories began to earn more, but their hourly wage is about 8-10 dollars. They just now work 10-12 hours 6 days a week. And so in many places.
In the city where I live, the electricity is turned off every day in some area. Not long ago, 2 million people in my region sat without electricity for a day. Only 60% of bus routes are running. Public transport simply does not run. There are no drivers.
Russia is in deep crisis. What you are talking about was in 2012. Then the difference between the West and Russia was minimal.
Back then, Russians earned 1000-1200 dollars on average. Dollars of that time. Now they earn barely 800. An ordinary cashier or teacher earns 500 now. Remember the rent for 400-500? The cheapest apartment is 250. And you still need to eat. And pay for transportation. And clothes cost about the same.
The population of Russia is very poor. You should not look at prices and taxes, but at how much and what you can buy with your money and what quality it will be.