Life in the MOST SANCTIONED COUNTRY in the World
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- There are more sanctions here than in North Korea, Syria and Iran (summed together!) How do we survive?!
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Time codes:
00:00 I live in the most sanctioned country in the world
01:34 Empty supermarkets? Survival?
03:26 Brands that left Russia after sanctions
05:44 Do we have access to social media?
07:39 Payment system: can we use cards in Russia or abroad?
08:44 If you're a foreigner that is going to visit Russia in 2024
09:26 Can you get a visa to Russia?
11:35 How to pay for things in Russia?
13:03 Money transfers to and from Russia. Is it possible?
15:38 Russian alternatives of apps for traveling
17:43 Future of Russia?
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👉🏻visiting different republics and regions of Russia
👉🏻Russian culture explained! (facts that you won't find on google) • RUSSIAN CULTURE EXPLAINED
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I hope this video will be useful for those who plan to visit Russia at this time, for people who (like me) struggled with transferring money to or from Russia, and for those who wondered what life is like in the most sanctioned country in the world.
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What you experience can also be explained by this article : "Nearly 90 Percent of the World Isn't Following Us on Ukraine".
Excerpt : "While the United States and its closest allies in Europe and Asia have imposed tough economic sanctions on Moscow, 87 percent of the world's population has declined to follow us. "
*America is able to place illegal, unethical, and biased sanctions on any country that refuses to take America's order or any country that tries to punish America's illegitimate child Israel and America's violent NATO allies, and America places those sanctions by applying the power of its currency called U.S.Dollar, but American dollar is not even the property of America but it's a property of Zionist Jewish Rothschild family of The U.K and Germany. Many American companies like Google, Instagram, TH-cam, Meta, Facebook, etc, are owned by Zionist Jews who have Russian, Ukrainian, German, British, and Polish backgrounds. Russian language is the second biggest language of Israel. Many Russian Jews who are not semetic have dual nationalities of Israel and Russia and Kremlin illegally and unethically allows them to leave Russia, to move to Israel, to keep dual nationalities of Russia and Israel, and to commit violent and non-violent crimes against Muslim individuals, against Muslim countries, against Palestinians, against Arab countries, against Arab Christians, and against the rest of the World, and recently Israeli Jews used Tajik militants to shoot down over 160 Russians during a concert at Moscow Theater. If Russia, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, South American countries etc, want to avoid American sanctions then they will have to put their minds and hearts together to demolish American Dollar (USD), to create their own U.N, NATO, FATF, World Bank, IMF, Nobel Prize, UNESCO, I.C.C, and I.CJ plus they will have to close their air space, oceans, highways, and railway tracks for America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, European Union, NATO member countries, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Turkey, India, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Japan, South Korea, and Philippines.*
Your eyes were twinkling with joy as you shared this info. It will make so many happy. 💖
This shows that Washington is not connected to reality, there they think it is a big success. The independence from the west is much better it is going down hard.
You will not see ads if you're watching TH-cam from Russia? That's a major bonus lol
Not if you are a creator of content on TH-cam.
@@martindornan1667 Most people are using blockers and have subscribed to Premium.
brave browser does it too
@@martindornan1667 даже они приспособились. Можно получать деньги за рекламу на канале, либо донатить напрямую.
@@martindornan1667 Go to Russia, we have no ads.
As a German, I was surprised to find out, that Raiffeisen Bank also exists in Russia.
is it a German bank?
@@natyrusa No, its austrian bank. Tbh I literally bought their stock last year (around 13 eur/share) because they are sane and stayed in Russia. Russia will benefit in long term from many brands leaving and selling its already working branches to locals.
@@lordlousos2770 All major companies in Russia are being stolen by Putin and his friends in the long term, there is a huge wave of nationalization going on, Raiffaisenbank has only itself to blame for waiting so long... Branches don't have much to do with banking, it's just virtual about international marketplaces and IT. The capital is leaving Russia. The empty properties that Raiffaisenbank leaves behind are just empty properties, they were already there before.
@@lordlousos2770 such a bullshit!
@@vladimiradoshev5310 Why crybaby
Hello from Iran 🇮🇷 the country that had the highest rate of sanctions before the said date. unfortunately unlike Russia the sanctions and government corruption effects the daily life of normal folks here a lot. prices has doubled up. accessing VPNs is harder than even before. and famous brands and using international banking system were never a thing here. and yes you won't get advertisements if you manage to find a working DNS instead of a VPN. I hope this comment find you well. hope someday all people will be able to live with peace and freedom.
Free the people of Iran.Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩
You were alone. But things have a chance for change from now on.
Apparently, the global majority is fed up with uni-polar neo-colonialism and sheer hubris of the globalists.
Друг, лучше быть независимым Ираном, чем слугой, как Украина, это не навсегда, ваше государство имеют одну из самых длинных историй в мире, не продавайтесь за фантики англо-саксов.
Your fault to be in the top ten of countries with most resources on the planet (Russia is No 1 there) and not willingly become a slave of western despotism. /s
Yes, but that's what the people want otherwise you would see atlesat 5 million people in the streets when they protest
This was eye opening! Thanks for your insight. :)
Russia is a self-sustained country in terms of food, natural resources and military.
Manufacturing, well you got the world's biggest manufacturer right next door.
That's the whole reason for this proxy war.They thought since the 40's that they could slowly break up Russia and take over their resources like sneaky criminals.
Pretty much this lol.
What does Russia manufacture it sells to Europe?
The country right next door is economically dependent with trade from the sanctioning countries.
The country right next door doesn't want to be sanctioned for violating sanctions, which I believe they are doing.
@@martijnstam6186A lot of things from food to raw materials
My father say USSR/Russia 🇷🇺 has helped our country, Vietnam 🇻🇳 much in our development in most areas. No country is perfect and we just pray that peace will come soon 🙏🙏 Thank you to Eli showing us the true situation in Russia & its people ❤
Russia and China helped Vietnam in the Vietnam war first chasing out the french in 1954 and next the americans in 1975..this is an important part of history that all Vietnamese must learn in school.
I'm vietnamese American, I had a brief unforgettable moment with a girl from Russia who took interest in my background for simply just being vietnamese. & she had mentioned to me how Russia & vietnam have relations, & that there's a tourists attraction for Russians in Vietnam where signs are in Russian for them.
Most Russians I've encountered here often give the impression that they're significantly more intelligent than the average American lol. Very intelligent & respectful
USSR did. That included Ukraine.
@@benjamindo8142 That's because Russians come from a country with a soul. America doesn't have one.
Russia helped Vietnam against a big enemy ( USA ) invading.
Kinda how Russia is a big enemy invading Ukraine now. Shameful that Vietnam abstains from condemning this.
It's like they forgot their own history
This is a blessing - in Pakistan we are deliberately boycotting all these brands and it's given a huge boost to our local products, from snacks to detergents
Reminds me of that Pakistan boycotting French products when they can't even afford French fries meme 🤣
@@Ducktility👎👎
don't be stupid
@@DucktilityPajeet spotted
North Korea also boycotts western products for years and the economy is rising lol death toll of Russian Army in Ukraine
I'm a Brit living in the UK and have just returned from 10 days in Russia. Everything Eli says is correct. I flew to Tallinn, Estonia and then took the coach to Saint Petersburg. I booked return coach travel before leaving UK as LuxExpress have a business base in Europe so cards work to pay them. The border at Narva/Ivangorod is pedestrian only so one coach drops you at the Estonian border crossing point and then another coach is on the other side of the river/bridge in Russia waiting to take you onwards.
The advantage of this route is flights to Tallinn from UK are cheap and the return coach fare came to about £80. You also see a lot of the countries looking out the coach windows and the coaches were very comfortable with hot drinks, free bottled water and good Wifi. I stayed a couple of nights in SP and then took the train to Moscow which was a fantastic experience especially since on return I booked the Sapsan non stop train and the service in business class was awesome with breakfast part of the ticket.
Train tickets were £59 going (economy class) and £95 returning (business class).
Apart from wanting to see SP I stayed there for 2 nights to get a breather after the journey but I have known people get the train to Moscow as soon as they arrive on the coach in SP. If you do this it competes very well time wise versus flying to Turkey (from UK) and then taking a flight to Moscow. The flight option is also more expensive.
One thing with the Yandex app for taxis you can go into the settings and select that you want to pay cash.
I enjoyed every single minute of my time in Russia and the people I came into contact with were lovely and went out of their way to provide assistance when I needed it.
Regarding the visa I was able to get an e-visa since I also hold an Irish (EU) passport. I applied on line and I received the e-visa after 3 days. It's valid for 60 days and the maximum stay is 16 days (for one visit) - remember day of arrival and day of departure count as days to the max 16 days.
With the ramifications of the sanctions a trip takes some organising but it's well worth the effort. Also I was able to buy Roubles at a good rate online from a company based in the UK.
Thanks for the information. So your UK credit cards don't work in Russia? I couldn't find anyone who would exchange £ for Rubles since the proxy war
Are you from NI?
Very helpful
So if you are a British citizen what made you to come back to the UK if you liked everything there so much? SPB today is not SPB 10 years ago …
@@phoibos810 The E-visa is limited to 16 days maximum stay
Eli, you are very smart lady and inspiring for others. I admire your attitude toward you home country, you simply will not sell your soul that easy.
I admire redheads too.
In CANADA our WEF communist dictator has tripled house prices and put food up 50 % with 4 carbon taxes.. He sends $ 2 billion in weaponry to the URKS but has no money for our army vets.
Relax simp
Redheads are hotter than blondes. You can’t change my mind 😆
this is true.
Thank You! Very informative.
Thank you for posting this. It's so interesting seeing all of the rebrands. I like Domino's rebrand; looks really good.
My girlfriend is Russian. The people there are great and fun to be around with. I currently know some Russian but still learning. I wish nothing but the best from a USA citizen.
face fun 470.000 russian mothers , who lost ther sons
great and fun to be around with till they invade you....
Unfortunately Russia is a brutal oppressive nation who invaded Poland in 1920, 1939, 1945-1989 (iron curtain) and it’s time Russians learn their history so they can hopefully change their future…
They celebrate May 9 with the parade of victory over the Nazis… but they don’t mentioned they marched WITH the Nazis in Poland in 1939. They don’t mention that fact right? I hope Russia will learn from its mistakes and one day decide to be a good neighbor. Otherwise the countries of Europe and the civilized world will isolate it, and try to contain it so they don’t destroy the freedoms we built by our collective work.
You have somehow angered the brainwashed NAFO trolls with your comment. They are so pathetic, may i wish you and your girlfriend all the best. From England ❤
@@tomkruk2585 All that was the Soviet Union. Which is gone since 35 years now. Get updated.
My dream as an American since I was a kid is to speak Russian and visit Russia. My first book report as a kid was about Russia. I’m working on learning the Russian language and will visit or live there when I’m retired. Thanks for all the effort you put into educating your viewers. Absolutely amazing.
Dreams come true.. 😊
I hope your dream comes true. It seems like an amazing nation with incredible people!
Keep in mind that you will find yourself in another, amazing parallel reality, as if to another planet from which you do not want to return! Are you ready for this?
Okay interesting dream
Any books or really helpful app for learning Russian?
Muchas gracias Eli!!! Tú eres Divina
this was so helpful! thank you, Eli!
Love your videos. Thanks for them. I'm in Australia and traveled in Russia when it was the USSR in 1987. I was there for the 70th anniversary of the October revolution. I really enjoyed traveling in a country where there was no advertising - advertising is such an eyesore :) I found the Russian people to be really helpful and friendly and on the whole, very happy, it is a beautiful place.
I live and study in Russia. It's beautiful here and the people love black people. Sometimes I don't even remember this country is under sanctions😅😀Life is great here, I am really always amazed at how the people in Russia continue to love foreigners despite all the sanctions. I really love it here. Greetings from Yakutsk!
"the people love black people." ...Strange, because some black people in Africa love Russians as well, but...
MEDIUM-RARE!!!
@passiveuro; Russians love foreigners, but do they also love Ukrainians?
@@waterrat4285 Millions of Ukrainians live in Russia. In this country, no one discriminates against them based on their nationality. ❤
@@waterrat4285 Yes, that's why ukainian POWs get good treatment. After all they're originally russian people. And they're not forced to fight for russia.
@@waterrat4285 it is the same nation. It is a civil war mind you... forced upon by New World Order.
Watching from Vietnam. We love you Eli, anythings come its never changed😊
I like your channel and your positive attitude) Keep it going!👍
I’m so glad regular people aren’t heavily affected.
Эти обычные люди ненавидят вас и будут рады если вы погибнете.
They are not affected enough to loose their trust in the government and riot, but affected enough to loose trust in the doing business with westerners. A share of market is lost for western businesses. Treating Russians as exiles and subhuman did not lead to self reflection, but to protest in terms of market tendencies. People trust local brands more. Maybe that market loss is not that big of a deal for western businesses, but it is a big deal for local producers. And for Chinese automotive industries. They completely captures all of it now.
I been in Siberia, Vladivostok, Komsomolsk. I met many lovely people. Take care of you and hope you will have a good future. From Sweden
those cities are Far East.
@trustEarned
Siberia isn't a term for Russian North.
Siberia spans the entire expanse of land from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, with the Ural River usually forming the southernmost portion of its western boundary,
@@trustEarned I travel there after a few days in St Petersburg. I am at least happy been in those places
@@DAVEVIKASARATOV FYI: you use Western maps. Siberia is a size of Texas, everything pass Lake Baikal is Far East.
@@trustEarned Right, and Siberia is not a city. That person could've actually been in that region PLUS Vladivostok and Komsomolsk. You were a little too quick to respond there.
Lots of love from Tunisa❤ Russia is a great wonderful country. Russia is history, humanity, civilization. You are welcome to great nations and countries that deserve your friendship and partnership. I love to go to Russia.
"..Russia is humanity civilisation.." hahaha😁😁
Here in Tunisia our cards never worked outside of our country and we are alive as you can see so most of this is not necessary.
Other opinions are available in Bucha
Slava Russia
@@spudwesth Теперь мы хотя бы знаем, что канал контролируется Россией.
Excellent video. Thanks ❤️🙏🏻
I have Russian friends here in Europe. Their skills are so outstanding they’ve been brought here. And what you are showing is literally what they are telling me. They even invited me to see Russia by myself to discover people and the culture. Honestly, I am super bitter because all this current context isn’t belonging to us, people and by that I mean citizens of the world… If there were no politics and social engineering we’d certainly see more « humanity » and just human beings bonding.
Russia is Europe. What do you mean "here in Europe"?
Please allow me to correct you. Russia spans two continents: one part is in Europe, and the other is considered part of Asia. Therefore, we refer to it as a Eurasian country. By "Europe," I meant the countries of the EU. There's no need to frame it in a way that conveys negative feelings. Even if it makes you feel superior or better with yourself…
Much love from Arizona, Eli! I’m glad you’re doing well and the sanctions don’t affect you directly. May we all find peace one day
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Because the liar and war criminal Putin the aggressor is attacking Ukraine. Russia will lose and collapse and this stupid person is talking about restricting her passport.
As Americans we will never find peace. We have been invading countries and killing people who did nothing to us for every day of my 74 years, including the coup we did that created the war against the people of Donbas and backed authentic Nazis. I spend a lot of time in Ukraine and the only president who was popularly elected was the one the US staged the coup against and created to attacked on Russian speakers. It is pretty hard to find any war, assassination or rigged election that the US did not arrange.
Putin wants piece, piece of Ukraine, piece of Latvia etc etc kinda like Hitler huh
Putin wants piece everywhere, pieceof Ukraine , piece of Estonia etc etc, in Putinworld ,one man in Moscow owns half of Europe. He enjoys being a slave owner , he will never give it up.
Cho du nước bạn có như nao thì tôi và dân nước viêt nam tôi luôn ủng hộ và biết ơn đến nước bạn nga vô cung,hy vọng nước bạn nga luôn chiến thắng triền mọi mặt,luôn yêu mến một đất nước nga vĩ đại❤❤
Thank you
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You should thank China.
@@jickzz3960,,bạn không cân phải nhắc tôi lời nói đó tôi và đất nước tôi tự hiểu và biết điều đó,,ok👌
@@jickzz3960 this video is about Russia, not China.
I’m an African Student in Russia and trust me Russia is not what you think it’s very beautiful especially now that I understand the language and can navigate the country myself been to 6states and will be to more I have my African friends here with Me 😊 thanks Eli
Russia must be 200x colder for you than the average european ngl
@@ideac. depends on the region here it’s not too cold but goes up to -38Celcius at first It was hard but surviving is winning 🥇
@@Tbltu oh damn, which african country btw?
@@ideac. 😂😂😂 do the math yourself I can’t reveal it west Africa tho
@@Tbltu excuse nous l'agent secret
Thanks for the info!!
Thank you Eli, this is very informative and helpful, much love and respect
Oh wow! Thank you for sharing your perspective. I can’t imagine this difficult time but you are you are a positive light and you are educating the rest of us. Please keep sharing with us but always stay safe 🙏🏽
There was no need to attack Ukraine, I am Russian too and I don't complain about the sanctions, I understand them.
Eli, you are resourcefulness embodied. Folks like you should not only make videos :)
Eli !
Thank you for sharing all this intel and research !!!
I am glad to hear that you don't starve in Russia !
I wish peace & freedom !
The famine in Russia is only in your lying media. We live here better than any Western country, and many times over. And yes, we have practically no beggars or homeless people.
Hi, I worked 2 years in Lipetsk between 2002-2004 and, I have unforgettable memories about Russia and people. Each time I watch your video I remember my friends and wonderful times with them. Thanks a lot, and I hope one day I able to visit Lipetsk again to find my lovely friends
Здравствуйте. За 20 лет все города в России изменились до неузнаваемости...
Only after the denazification of your country, friend!
Привет из Липецка!
@@user-pi8lp2wx5e Privet moi drug 👋👋👋
20 years ago was a difficult time. Surprised you liked 😅
My friend who is indian from Goa is amazed by the number of russians living and holidaying in india
India is a slum and dirt poor, so Russian tourists fit in well there.
they want to be meat in the ukraine nvasion so they invade goa, bali , thailand
there are so many Russians in Turkey, Azerbaijan and UAE and Qatar. Sanctions are working in favor of Russia imo.
I hope they will not end up like the poor Brazilian tourist
@@_SooMood_where you from can you tel me ?
Thanks Eli, useful informative and video.
Hello from Minnesota, USA ! Very interesting video. Thanks Eli !
I was in Moscow April 2023 . I was aware that I had to bring cash but I didn’t know that the Australian dollar would be so hard to exchange into rubles. I found one bank that did exchange them after much searching . This bank is Transtroy bank on Dubininskaya street. The rate was not favourable but at least I could enjoy my holiday. I would advise to take euro or US dollars
yes it's obviously common sense to go in Euro or Usd, as they are the only currency worth the hassle to transfert for in Russia x) our british colony $ is irrelevant to the world (im from Canada).
How much worse was the australian dollar compared loss to euro? Because we australians will also lose money getting euro if we are just holidaying right?
@@ronkumar1093 The exchange rate is generally extremely bad for AUD-RUB compared to USD-RUB or EUR-RUB. I would generally advise to go to AUD-USD-RUB.Yes, you lose on the double exchange, but not as bad as the AUD-RUB exchange rate.
@@ronkumar1093 well I got 12k roubles for 350 aud. I don’t know what the Euro -AUD rate was then.
You can exchange Euros or dollars in Alfabank without bigger problems. Up to 40k rubles even without passport daily. At least in 2023 and 2022. Canadians and Aussies should just bring euros or US$, then it´s ok. Getting a SIM card with a passport is also not a problem. THe only thing might be the language barrier, especially outside of Moscow. But this was an issue before the sanctions. Don´t know why some still cry about sancstions in 2024. Compare Russia to Cuba and you´ll see, that you get literally ANYTHING in Russia right now, just maybe for a higher price if it´s about western products.
Thank you Eli for sharing this valuable information. Great Video!!!
Absolutely fascinated by your content even though I am originally from and currently back in Russia. I guess it’s the way you present yourself - with such ease and honesty. Also, it’s so curious to observe the everyday things we encounter or the things we know being delivered in English. Makes me feel like a foreigner wanting to go to Russia.
Anyway, you’re doing great, you go girl! Very excited to have stumbled upon your channel.
Never crossed border of russia (born here). Most she said in the video true (mayby everything).
Nothing bad will happen to you if you dont brake the law. The law not really different from other countres exept lgbt things and drugs. LGBT officialy prohibited but in practice police dont touch even lgbt clubs and you can do anything at your home while you dont public things that breaks those kind of laws. Mostly this law exists for protecting childs. Our gowerment knows that 1-5% ppl cant do anything with teir sexual orientation and dont touch them.
Nobody will jail you if you joke somthing like "Nice nuts bro" even publicly (even in the internet).
Thank you for this video, very informative!
We Brazilians love the Russian people; You will always be welcome in Brazil 🇧🇷, come visit us
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And we love your TV series! Grandma couldn't be torn away!
YOU CAN TRAVELL WITH THE RUSSIAN 🇷🇺 PASSPORT ALL ASIAN COUNTRIES AND MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA AND SOUTH-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDS 🏝 EVEN EUROPE TURKEY 🇹🇷 OR SERBIA 🇷🇸 THAT'S MAJORITY OF THE WORLD 🌎 😂
Absolutely true. In 1948 Philippines opened its doors to 6,000 Russians. They were settled in an island of Tubabao facing the Pacific Ocean.
@@cresenteayo3638 why did they leave their beloved country?
Love to You and to Russia from Serbia.
Русские и Сербы! Православные братья и сестры! 🇷🇺❤🇷🇸 С нами Бог! ☦️
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Привет братьям из Сербии! ❤
давай братан приезжай жить к нам в москву
Поздрав за брата
You are simply a Queen ! I so love your content,bravo to you for keeping a good attitude and working hard to keep your work going 👏👏👏
Very informative video. I have watched a lot of your videos and enjoyed each one of them.
Watching from Southern California & am happy to hear that the average Russian isn't negatively impacted by the sanctions. Love your channel & actively look for your videos! Stay safe!!
Nobody is negatively impacted, not even rulling class. They just say they are, while they aren't.
Mexico stands with Russia 🇷🇺
@alloutofbubblegum7271 They have very much everything. They just are unable to sanction due to high dependence on Russia.
"Kremlin-owned Gazprom plunged to a net loss of 629 billion rubles ($6.9 billion) in 2023, its first annual loss in more than 20 years"
Everything goes to plan 😂
@alloutofbubblegum7271 You are missing PPP, which plays one of the most crucial roles buddy. Economy is not only a nominal number.
Always have hope for a better tomorrow! Wise words to live by. Thank you for this video providing helpful information but also insight into what life is like for you. You are clearly a tenacious problem solver. The situation is challenging but you have taken an innovative approach, both to live your life and educate and share with others. ❣
BTW re:store weren't renamed, they were just a reseller officially recognized by Apple
And Russia weren't excluded from SWIFT, just a few banks were, so you can still do SWIFT transfer to foreign banks, they may just reject it if transaction was from bank under G7 sanctions
Few banks? Well... maybe.
But, from 320 commercial banks in Russia you can transfer money with only 2. Or 3?
Does it realy matter if the word to use is "excluded", "rejected" or "banned"?
Yep, it does since being unable to directly transfer funds into banks from G7 and vice versa doesn't mean you can't transfer them to banks in, let's say, banks located in so-called Global South countries. Otherwise, how could G7 and Russia circumvent each other's sanctions, like buying "Indian" oil or jewelry?
Entire country wasn't switched off from the SWIFT but the reality is 99% of banks stopped doing SWIFT payments. Now it's a real problem to find out a bank to send USD/EUR transfer at affordable rate.
Apparently SWIFT doesn’t limited by two currencies, so nothing can stop you from SWIFTing other currencies first
@@andremacareno Do you know how any currency exchanges are done in the international banking system? Currency #1 to Dollar, then Dollar to Currency #2.
Rare exceptions I know of are:
RUR-BYN (Belarus and Russian rubles)
RUR-CNY since 2018 if I remember correctly.
woww, this video offers a glimpse into the challenges faced by individuals living in the most sanctioned country in the world. It highlights the resilience and resourcefulness of its people amidst economic and political pressures. Watching it sparks reflection on the impact of international policies on everyday lives.
What use are full stores if people have less and less money?
Except Russia is not the most sanctioned country in the world...
@@fl4shi238there is no country in the world against which more sanctions have been imposed than against Russia: Sanctions were imposed against Russia (15,628) 3 times more than against Iran in 40 years (5,011). it's easy to Google, by the way.
@@Serg_M ever heard of North Korea?
@@johanmetreus1268
9 March, 2022:
Russia - 5581
Iran - 3616
Syria - 2608
North Korea - 2077
Venezuela - 651
Myanmar - 510
Cuba - 208
Russia always #1!
As an Aussie living in Kazan for the last 3 months it has been such a pleasure being here.
You're lucky you were not there in January, it got down to -38c, pretty brutal but still such a nice place to be. I will be back there again (from England) in a couple of weeks, I cant wait.
@@stapleyp 38 не было😁, но эта зима в Казани трахнула абсолютно всех🙃
@stapleyp we came on a 40 degree day in Perth to minus 21 here. We've being looking after my wife's aging mum and starting to get to know the place.
I was in Kazan last month, I really liked the city. I didn't like the taxi drivers, they drive like racers.
Have you tried joining an English speaking club? They are quite nice here in Kazan. It might be a good way to find someone to talk to unless you've been lucky enough to come across a person with decent English:)
I´m glad that you here, Eli and thanks for answering important questions with such transparency. Cheers from Brazil.
❤❤❤❤❤ yes awesome
1:13 how does it feel to live in Ukraine right now?
well, I was living between may 2023 and 2024 in Kyiv and I can only say, that.. I am not sorry for sanctions in russia.
@@PannaLaiczna 👋🙂
Much better then is does in Gaza right now. Where are your sanctions for Israel?
It's unfortunate that average citizens in any county have to pay the price for the power hungry and corrupt individuals that want to control the world. We are manipulated to choose a side to distract us from who or what is causing the distruction to all of humanity in one way or another. Some people don't even realize the damage that is happening in their lives because of the subtlety of the attacks and the brain washing. I hope one day we will stop pointing fingers and take full responsibility for ourselves individually. I think that is where true freedom is. It will take courage to have radical honesty with what is going on inside our consciousness so that we will stop attaching ourselves to distruction.
@@neolynxer Huh, bud didn't Hamas attack Israel?
Great information and insight. Thank you Eli.
Hi Eli, big fan of your channel here. Thank you for taking your time to let people know important facts that get obscured by the clouds of mass media. There will always be good people in each and every single corner of the globe no matter what the superpowerful do or say.
Another naive person born into democracy?
After 100+ yrs 9f a failed social experiment, no "good ppl" left in Russia.
Have you ever seen any massive protests against murdering their "Brothers and sisters" in Ukraine ?
They all are "apolitical" and support this crazy invasion.
`In order for Evil to triumph it is only necessary for good people to do nothing` she should leave Russia and stop funding the killing with her taxes.
I love the way Russians speak English, slow deliberate and very easy to absorb
Eli is better than average russians in english, but its nice to see that more and more learn the universal langauge.
Not everyone
she speaks incredibly good english compared to most Russians, easily top 1%. She speaks better than most english language teachers in russia to put it in perspective. So don't make generalizations like this. Pretty much anyone speaking a second language is going to speak it slower than a native. Go listen to russians speaking russian, it's just as fast as english natives speak english.
@@TT.Hell.
English is currently, THE "lingua francua" on Earth!
But, ~ 19 % points of Earth´s current population, have learned the English language!
In the Republic of India, the brahmans learn english.
The members of the lower castes, usually do not!
Gypsies once came from India to Europe!
They fit to India better, than to Europe!
@@moonasha it was meant to be a compliment.
Fan of your Videos for Few Years! Keep your Head up! Hello from Vegas!
Faith, hope, and love. These are principles that never perish. Спасибо.
You’re worth the time to watch you. Very well done. I’m from Houston Texas and lived in Izhevsk for 4 years, met my wife in Moscow 25 years ago. My wife and our Daughter spend as much time in Russia every year. You really helped us on the money Ruble realities that exist today, we would like to take you to lunch sometime. Keep going and best wishes!
Brain dead Trumpist detected...
Why you left Russia
@@s.ieditz8218 He's a troll. Look at his "English", no American speaks like this.... Don't fall for the Kremlin trolls.
He likes Coca Cola
А я как-то вёз вас на такси. Да, я таксист.)
World doesn't end in Europe and the US.
Russia’s European too and as for the EU and the US, it’s only the “elites” that maintain this madness, regular people don’t support it. Our lives are much harder now because of the sanctions our “leadership” placed on Russia.
WELL SAID 💯👏
BRAVO 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
Russian troll bot please write more creatively
@@drainmudvayne27 Because people with more than 1 brain cell can speak multiple languages.
@@michaele8442 butthurt westerner?
Eli, this is very well researched and presented. Totally different when i studied there from 2005-2010.
Yes, this video is very helpful. Thank you.
Love to all Russian friends from an Italian living in Slovenia 💐
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Russian troll bot please write more creatively
Slava Russia
@@michaele8442 Yeah because loving Russia means becoming a "Russian Troll" lol
@@Hongsebaoshi People who love Russia should WORK THE TALK and move to Siberia!...
From an American, I have hopes everything will be changing for the better and peace will prevail again. Your unsponsored tips for traveling to Russia were kind and thoughtful of you. I enjoy your excellent videos. God bless you!😊
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Hello Eli,
A beautiful created presentation, well done!
From Melbourne Australia. :-)
Good informative video. Thank you Eli
Hi I am Dr Jayanth from India, I subscribe your TH-cam channel, I have watched most of your videos, got inspired and recently in April 2024 I visited Moscow and St Petersburg, I did not face any problems in Russia and your country is amazing for tourists. ❤ Russia 🇷🇺
Because the liar and war criminal Putin the aggressor is attacking Ukraine. Russia will lose and collapse and this stupid person is talking about restricting her passport.
Glad to hear! I wish I could go - this was a very helpful video. Eli is smart and kind :))
Very Informative
I support Russia
The sanctions will end as soon as Russia ends its brutal war of aggression in Ukraine and withdraws its troops to its own country.
Love to you ❤️ and your People 😊 from the UK.
Traitor or just easily influenced buy Russian propaganda .Most of Russia is dirt poor .
Its absolutely perplexing why the U.K. and US hate Russia and Russians so much
mm dont live in Salsbury then huh
Thank you for this inside. Eli you are an inspiration. Hope to visit one day after the political situation improves. Keep making great videos and show the world that Russia has more than one side to look at. You truly make Russia and the world a better place with your content. ❤
God bless you Eli, trust in Gog ,he will bring us through !
Dear Ellie. I love and share your point of view and hope for a better tomorrow. I send lots of love from Chile, South America. Keep on going.
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Sorry for what the United States did to your county..I didn't know 😢
Chile is a good country, greeting from Chile🤣✌🇨🇱
@@JuneBarbonethere is bad done in every county!
Your videos are as close as I may ever get to visiting Russia. They are joyous, informative works. Thanks to you always!
I completely agree with this
You can certainly still visit Russia. As she said above, you can get a VISA still. Not sure where you're from. US?
@@thisiswater9231 thanks. Yes, US.
@@williammagdalene7439 he said as close as he probably will go - because there is the threat of foreign Government lockup and detainee. No reason to goto a Country where the enforce a draft to fight an innocent Country and kill their own people as well as innocent Ukrainians.
Wowwwww thank you for the useful info
The video is indeed useful, thanks!
Hi , Eli . Good to see you again . RUSSIA is still strong . I hope it will be better soon . The relationship between AFRICA and RUSSIA is going very well . Sweet love from AFRICA .
Until all your resources have been sent to Russia .
@@michaelrowsell1160 All Western imperialists in Africa are being sent back to the West.
@@michaelrowsell1160You dont have a problem what USA France Germany and Brittain are still doing in Africa exploiting its resources.
Another Russian bot answer..
Russian troll bot please write more creatively
Thankyou @Eli... for your kind explanation towards Russia at present moment of the sanctions... loved Russia❤
You are such a lovely person. Thank you for sharing your country with us.
Thank you for all the good info. Greetings from Switzerland to beautiful Moscow, I had the chance to visit in 2017
Greetings from Chelyabinsk city to Switzerland. And welcome back here one day 🤗
とても参考になりました。ありがとう。😀いつかロシアに行きたいと思っているのでロシア語を勉強しています。
頑張ってください。私は日本に住みたいですから日本語を勉強しています。
Добро Пожаловать )))
Добро пожаловать! To visit our country, there is no need to speak Russian. Lots of us speak foreign languages. And Japanese culture impressed many of our ppl, so you may find a Russian who speaks Japanese. Who would love to speak with you in your language and can help you to see what is interesting here.
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Чтобы сдохнуть там от работы? И все равно ничего там не иметь, кроме более менее добротного хавчика и съёмного жилья. А на пенсии, чтобы прожить будешь искать мелкие преступления, чтобы посадили на кичу для прокорма. @@xotwod9638
I pray the wars around the world will end and life will be normal for people to travel anywhere they want. All the best Eli. I enjoy your channel! ❤
Excellent info Eli! Greetings and love from the USA!
Awesome vid!
спасибо, Эли, за всю эту полезную информацию. это будет полезно для людей, планирующих поездку в Россию.
Eli, you are an amazing young woman. And there's always hope!
Thankyou Eli for your beautiful video of Russia. I'm in United Kingdom and have always liked Russia and the people. Never been to visit, wish you very well🥰
Extremely useful video.
So good we have people like you Eli who tell the real situation as opposed to the nonsense you get from western sources like the BBC. Keep up the great work you do! Love from Ireland 🇮🇪
The BBC is not saying Russians are starving because of sanctions.
On the opposite the BBC says that the effects are minimal on people’s daily life.
They might have said that in the beginning when the ruble plunged, but they revised their views.
On the other hand, Russia is deprived from western electronic components and that had strong consequences
China is coming through replace and copy these components but it’s not always possible
A recent article from Le Monde is titled « War in Ukraine: Sanctions against Russia have had limited effect »
And similar article have been published by western medias including British ones.
So you’re basically full of…
Maybe we should actually sanction Ireland 🇮🇪 who has become a super rich country combining low taxes for foreign investors (which has been a damaging competition for EU countries) and crazy big subventions from the EU for 30 years that obviously it didn’t need (Ireland has by far the highest GDP per capita in the EU)
I remember seeing all those streets in Dublin being rebuilt in the late 90s or early 2000s with signs « EU funded »
Just kidding I love Ireland and don’t want to sanction your country although the EU money tap should be reduced for awhile 😅
Go live there vatnik.
No self-respecting television shows Russian supermarkets with empty shelves. Because professionals work there who know what sanctions have been imposed on Russia, and that they do not cover food, medicines, personal hygiene products and household chemicals. If you are lazy or not very smart, you take in information without checking how true it is.
The sanctions will end as soon as Russia ends its brutal war of aggression in Ukraine and withdraws its troops to its own country.
The sanctions will end as soon as Russia ends its brutal war of aggression in Ukraine and withdraws its troops to its own country.
Hi Eli, thanks so much for the tips and information.
God bless you Eli !
Thanks for the Video Eli very informative, would be interesting to find out what life is like outside a big city, as seems is fairly comfortable inside
I'm travelling to small towns this spring. You know, life there is nice and calm as before. Nothing changed. My parents live in a small town and their fridge is full as always.
Superb video. A wealth of information. Thank you.
I’m planning to visit your country the next month and I just can thank you the effort to make this video to help us planning everything in this difficult moments. I hope everything changes soon :)
I loveearning of different cultures and people. Thank you.
Because of your channel i learned to love your people.❤❤❤
Thanks for your video and I know now how to do it.
One way to travel from EU to Russia, is also from Serbia, Belgrad. It's a direct flight, takes about 3 hours to Moscow and It's not that expensive.
Spasiba Eli for the Infos. They are very usefull! Sending much much love from Slovenia 🇸🇮❤️🇷🇺
For those who want a really cheap way, less than $100 from UK, fly to Tallinn from UK, as low as 34euro, then bus to St Petersburg. The bridge a Narva is under reconstruction so buses stop (or train is fast, modern and cheap, 8-9 euro depending on your age) to Narva, exit Estonia and walk across the pedestrian bridge to Russian passport control then hop the booked in advanced bus to the center of St Petersburg on EcoLines from Ivangorod where the Russian passport control is, for about $25. That takes you to the central bus station where local bus or a short walk to the nearest Metro(subway) to get to the heart of the heat of the imperial city. St Petersburg is more human scale than Moscow so it is a nice introduction to very laid back, very cultured St Petersburg. A lot of people stop there because it is so interesting and easy to explore and meet more people per hour who are interesting and could become friends than any place you have been. I have been living here 24 years and never get tired of it.
If you bring Euros or US dollars be sure they are pristine with no marks or wear on them or else you might not find an exchange bank that wants the but some tourist exchange offices will take them but at bad exchange rates. With Rubles head to one of the many large banks such as Sber Bank, the largest chain that is the national bank.It takes about 30 minutes to get a debit card or a day to get one with your name embossed on it. Every shop , cafe or street musician will take card payment now. Then go to a cellphone company...also everywhere, the largest are MegaFon and MTS. Their shops are everywhere, and get a SIM card, phone number and download all the Yandex applications for their great map app, taxi service(Uber is here and have an app but it is fully owned by Yandex), In the apps that compete with Google, the Yandex are superior. Their MAPS amp show moving symbols of every public transport vehicle, its number location and where the next stop is to get it, and very accurate, within inches.
There Translate app is great, real time speech or text translation that is a lot better then Google. If you get turned around or lost, just ask ANYONE many know English but it they don't they will ask someone walking by to help. It takes westerners to get used to being perfectly safe, it is a new feeling but in a day or two you will feel it is normal to strike up conversation with anyone , something risky anywhere you are from. If you want new friends or ask for advice, stop anyone. Or drop into one of the 500-600 English style pubs that are everywhere. Walking around at 3am alone is safe anywhere in the city.
Who thought there are russian shills in Slovenia, last time I was there it seem a cool country. Btw you know that half of your country one time was ours (Italian)? And you know that we would melt your army? You should be happy to not have neighbours that are jingoistic fascist like russia anymore, but reading this comment I wish you had so ypu would experience on your skin the Ukrainian situation, just to see if you would still send love to nazi dictatorships.
Эля, ты тут собрала столько людей из разных стран! Невероятно приятно читать комментарии. Важное дело ты делаешь!
Не волнуйся. Все они будут зарегистрированы и доложены. Этот канал собирает идиотов, которые ставят под угрозу безопасность в случае войны.
Very informative...❤
Thank you for teaching us! So interesting to see how others live! ❤you are so smart!
We live not bad here, as far as you can see 😜
This video was much more than simply helpful, it is incredibly important! The world needs someone like you to remind them that we average people are all the same and I sincerely hope that we can all be friends again one day. I just hope that TH-cam allows this video to remain available for any open minded westerner that cares about humanity so see 🙏
SHE TALKS ABOUT POLITICS, BUT THEN BANS PEOPLE FROM GVING HER AN ANSWER, REGARDING THE SANCTIONS IN RUSSIA. (MORONIC) CLEARLY ANOTHER RED DIAPER BABY. 🤣🤣🤣😅😆😄🙂
Thank you, Eli. This is my first video from you and I am so impressed that I subscribed. I'm looking forward to watching and learning more. I am an American citizen from Southern California who no longer understands my country. Praying fo peace.
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SHE TALKS ABOUT POLITICS, BUT THEN BANS PEOPLE FROM GVING HER AN ANSWER, REGARDING THE SANCTIONS IN RUSSIA. (MORONIC) CLEARLY ANOTHER RED DIAPER BABY. 🤣🤣🤣😅😆😄🙂
yep, no one does. we thought we understood america. we had faith in it without even thinking about it. we were brought up by it: hollywood and pop music essentially but even literature. us in the rest of the west. 'not america'.
slowly is all began to go wrong. suspicious and strange things. Kennedy assassinations. Vietnam. 9/11... different things different times different places... and now it is totally out of the ballpark... completely and utterly insane...
I think it needs the people.
They do not participate in a democracy hence there is no democracy hence there's rule by an insane cabal with their own interests at heart and they are such stupid greedy blind eventually self destructive interests..
We need the american people but they don't seem to realise that.
Brought up by hollywood in fantasyland: marvel comics and the wild west and fundamental christianity they only ever seem to plead for a saviour. they want someone - 'someone' to 'do something'. they want civil wars over which someone it will be... they just don't seem to get it: the answer lies with them.
they need to run their own country as they are supposed to do in a democracy. they need to wake up, smarten up, real quick.
there is a way:
abrogard.com/blog/2023/12/25/dont-write-to-congress/
these tools would be adaptable to the purpose, perhaps are all ready right now:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_voting_system
well educadet 5th grade
Go and move to Russia. It's nice. Many gulgags many cameras, no freedom of press, many journalists imprisoned. Nice.
New subscriber , GREETINGS from McMinnville, Oregon!