Why Russia is shrinking? | Population decline problem
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- Опубликовано: 2 мар 2021
- Why Russia's young people want out? I asked people in the streets of Moscow!
Russia has recorded its largest annual population decline in the previous years. According to Rosstat, the official government statistics service, the number of people permanently living in the country dropped by 510,000 in the last year.
One of the reasons of population decline in Russia is a high number of people leaving the country. In this video, we will ask people if they would like to spend their lifetime in Russia, or move abroad.
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- What do I do?
My name is Elina, some friends call me Eli. I am from Russia, but always travel for studying or working abroad.
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Here I share my experiences of finding scholarships to study abroad for free, opportunities all over the world; I also talk about my home country Russia and compare cultural aspects of different countries.
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Dear Russian friends don't even think coming to Italy or Spain to live because you will be deeply disappointed. We have much unemployment and low salaries, you will find hard living in southern Europe. Come for holidays instead if you can, so that you can enjoy the country without worrying about paying the rent. I dream of holidaying in Russia instead. Hopefully after covid I will.
@@antidote234 America will get better when the pandemic is over
@@theonlyonestanding8079 ...Relax, boy. The whole world will.
@@sunrisings292 you relax sun
@@theonlyonestanding8079 ...No need. Do you need some "help"?
@@antidote234 There are no problems in America with jobs and low salaries as long as you're not of those coastal idiots who waste their life in universities going in debt for useless degrees in liberal arts, women studies, humanities, etc... Blue collar and white collar jobs that actually give you a proper skills that you can use and people demand will get you far here and open many doors for you. America's job growth has been increasing since Trump was elected, and it's still growing under Biden, and our hourly salaries are also increasing. Be wise with your choices and you can live a very comfortable life here.
If you’re rich, anywhere and everywhere is home.
Rich and healthy
Oh, I believe this is true....funny,
and true.
@@lawrencemitchell5983 rather sad than funny
@@user-oe9vs7sr5p It was sub comment to the person that said if your rich, anywhere and anywhere is home...not necessarily about the whole topic...Доброе День 🙂.
you can be rich materialistically but poor spiritually, money isn't everything. You need a good family and a close friends, that is more important than wealth.
Love the part where Eli says that you cannot run away from yourself no matter where you go. So true.
Even truer now
"No matter where you go, there you are."
Buckaroo Banzai
Idk i'm from Chelyabinsk (South Ural) and i can't imagine my life without our snowy ural winters.
Nice mind! I'm not Russian but I want to experience your snowy Ural!!!
i live in Sardinia, i suggest to come here....quit another planet!
I lived and worked in Russia when it was still the Soviet Union. I lived in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, and was there during the coup of August 1991 and after. Those were terrible times for the ordinary Russian citizen, especially the elderly and vulnerable. It is so much better now, but could be better still, if the oligarchs were not robbing the Russian people blind and bleeding the wealth out of the country. I do hope that at some point the rampant corruption is dealt with.
working middle-class .... better known today as .... tax slaves .... in the usa Russians have a opportuny to forge a better way
Совершенно верно!
@@philipbiondillo1960
Russians with no taxes are poorer then western ppl that pay taxes.
That says enough.
At least there is some insulation from the rapid totalitarianism of the West
#FreeAssange
@@Koevid-IVFPandemieAngstPornoNO how do you know have you lived in both countries ?
The engineering student chap speaks excellent English, barely a trace of an accent. He seems very smart too.
He has a touch of Italian accent mixed with Russian.
He’s smart because he’s speaking English
smart students don't study engineering in Russia.
@@artemsmirnov1134 what do they study then? (i'am curious)
@@romeoolivier2823 smart students have a scholarship to study engineering aboard
I was moved by this. It made me cry. The aspirations of Russian young people are inspiring. May their dreams come true.
I wish I could make their dreams come true.😢
yes keep dreaming and crying
As a US citizen .............. there's one thing I have to say about what I've seen about my impression of Russians. They seem genuine! So many Americans are so fake and materialistic. Russian people seen genuinely honest (sometimes brutally so) but what you see is what you get. So many games in the US and a culture is in full on decline. The Russians seem to have a strength of character and fortitude that many of us here lack. I'd be much more interested in moving to Russia!
It's never too late to settle down in Russia. You may say hello to dictator Putin!
@@thomasgood3472 A dictator for you, the best president for me! Don't be jealous! Your president is licking his shoes!
Для тебя диктатор, для меня лучший президент! Не завидуй! Твой президент, ботинки лижет!
@@jenpsaki7103 My president?? You don't even know my nationality, geezer. Putin is bollocks!
@@jenpsaki7103 Russia, North Korea, Belarus etc are all the same crappy countries!
Well, think, you never been in Russia, despite living there. Just keep illusion, in Russia materialism does not exist, even more as in the US...
"No matter where you go there are problems." From the looks of it, the problem is ALWAYS government. Greetings from Canada.
No. It's thinking of people. They elect governments or are stupid or passive enough to let dictatorship or some political group to override their freedoms and silence opinions. Needs educated people to elect educated government. In the end it's me and you who vote or let take your vote or opinion away who are responsible for good government. Stop blaming governments!
Government is the embodiment of people. If you have uneducated, prejudiced and selfish people, you will get incompetent, authoritarian and corrupt government.
Second largest country with a mere population
Canada government is 1000% better than Russia government. Get real.
@@neilwilson5785 LMAO you must be a lefty fool eh boy.
I‘m very impressed how self-reflective many russians are about their country!
50% putinshills. 50% regular people who're probably more liberal in their leaning.
@@henrikswanstrom9218 what’s your problem?
@@vaziralramin4565 Swedish education.
@@henrikswanstrom9218 swedistani
they have fear to speak loudly..
Thank you. I learned a lot. Eli what you said is so wise. Furthermore, we are ALL moving into a new age in history everywhere. Everything is going to change a lot pretty much everywhere. I really like the people you interviewed -- really good, solid, thoughtful people. If you asked the same question today of people in America many would say the exact same thing about the government and about corruption.
I totally agree with you eli, I always thought living abroad would solve my problems. Fortunately got a chance to work abroad, liked the salary but hated everything else, no social life at all. Ended up taking a flight back home and have been living here ever since. Everyone is different and if one lives in a very poor country it might make sense to move abroad. Wasn't the case for me as we have ample opportunities here. Moreover I work remotely and spend a lot of time with my dad, and wouldn't want to change a thing. Wi travel the world but won't settle anywhere else
The grass is not greener in West Europe, stay home and build your country.
Actually, lawns are better maintained in West Europe, so technically, grass is greener there :)
@@equim7363 They demonise and impose economic sanstions on you based on lies, sponsor terrorists and start wars on lies wake up to reality.
@@Salman-sc8gr @Equim was making a joke. He/She probably knows better than you the effects of the West on Russian economy and social life, from first hand experience.
Exactly! Speaking from my own experience.
@@larissakoroleva bravo! Larisa, so proud of you
As a foreigner, I like to visit Russia someday. Russia needs these young folks to make the home stable.
Hell yes!! My words!
😎👍
hurry up, this country may fall apart once again.
The capitalist system Russia has these ppl have no future. Low wages mass exploitation 14/16 hours a day and so on. Why would the younger generation want to live like that? Would you live like that? Russia is a third world shithole only working for the rich oligarchs.
it sure does look like a beautiful country. The language is beautiful, although I don't speak any Russian, I can appreciate it.
Eli thank you for this video. It is nice to see the ambition of the people in your country. We have more in common than we differ from each other.
Absolutely beautiful. I love that you can hear they have asked themselves these questions before and know in their heart how they feel. I feel really hopeful for the future of Russia with such a self-aware youth with clear aspirations. Love from Denmark ❤
It's good to be proud of where you are from. Love where you are.
Gotta love Africa...
@@user-oe9vs7sr5p Can’t argue with you on that
No, pride is stupid, its okay if people hate to be born in an specific country, they didn't choose to be born there
i wish to russians all the best, you deserve it. from belgium
Yep put they don't do the same
Thanks for the good documentary..
Hi Eli, thanks. I have been watching all of your videos unexceptionally from the very first post of your video. This year, I am coming to Russia to Carry on my study. Your videos have helped me a lot in understanding the circumstances, culture, language, food, tradition, believe, and much more. I love you so much Eli ❤️
You got there
Coming from Germany and having moved to Cyprus, I can tell it is true. You do not leave your past or your problems in your country. You face new opportunities and you might find a career or even love abroad. When you move to another country, be aware of what you expect and what the other country offers. There is always pros and cons.
As for Russia, I know their salaries are much lower than the ones in the EU countries and their public admin is - as they say - working against their population. I hear this a lot from Russians who emigrated to Cyprus and enjoy more personal freedom here.
I myself found the environment in Cyprus more free in comparison towards Germany. I can speak my opinion free here, I can chose products that are either higher taxed or restricted and I can live with way less regulation and surveillance. Also, I have not that much of control by the government.
The downside is that the country is less developed and things need to be imported, else you get to buy shit. Also, public admin here and banks are like in Germany of the early 1970s. 50 years behind! Let alone houses and buildings, who have standard of the 1950s - 1960s, unless you build with imported materials.
As for Russia as for any country, my recommendation is simply to keep in mind: the rich will always dodge taxes. There is no way to make them fund a government. The state always depends on the local employed people, who pay taxes on income and contribute from their salaries to the government institutions. That plus the Value Added Tax on goods and services is what you have. The broader your middle class and the more purchase power it has, the more advanced and the more stabil as well as the more positive your state becomes. So make them be able to start a family, to fund a house, to buy a car and give them their annual holiday and to have them enjoy a good consumer lifestyle. Else, your people become depressed and leave. Once especially the well-educated and specialized leave, your brain drains out.
Many governments forget to be there to serve their people and not to be given money for nothing.
these sick kids (that are minority here) want the salaries like in USA (for doing nothing and not working at all), but they keep ignoring that the ratio of income to cost of life/rent/bills in Russia vs USA is identical, the same.
My sister and friends in US and AUS for the last 30 years could confirm it. Emigration has its price, and there is no return back to your own country, you'd be an imigrant again in your country.
I want to move to a dacha in the countryside and live a peaceful life with a nice babushka.
I guess that's a good idea!
Я тоже, не хочу жизнь в Лондоне.
I want to build a time machine and go back to the time of Catherine the Great so I can own a lot of serfs.
@@Daveyboyz1978 Поменяемся. Дача у меня есть.
That is authentic life for many, yes.
I live in New York City and I would say corruption and rottenness is here too. A change of place gives you a fresh perspective and then you realize that every place is the same place just slightly different in a different location. It's also better if you meet someone to love.🤗
I just guess you are ignorant concerning the depth of corruption and rottenness in Russia.
Eli, love you channel, I think it is the same all over the world for young people to want to move away from their home country and see how other people live and work. There will always be a connection to the motherland. I live in Australia from Hungarian decent and would love to visit Russia and Hungary to explore.
The man who doesn't smile says people need to smile a lot. Everybody else in the video smiles.
Was thinking about it.
Unhappy people tend to project their problems upon others rather than focusing on themselves, this is a rampant problem in the USA.
Sometimes you have to look in a mirror. Watching him was quite hilarious.
He doesn't speak English very well, so he was probably concentrated trying to find what words to say. And on top of that, he generally meant that people need to be happier. Maybe he's the happiest person in the wotld
@@vibewolf1191 yes… Money and debt they say lead to happiness but it doesn’t … This war in Ukraine is unfortunate. I do believe Putin had a rational decision due to his geography
I think Russians are some of the most engaged, compassionate, creative, perceptive, attractive, diverse and formidable people in the world, and they have always deserved better than what their government has given them.
I concur. The Russians I have met have been warm, friendly and generous to a fault.
I don't think it's about what government should take us. It always was and is about what we ourselves are doing aroud our lifes.
Population decline is not a problem for Russia. The Chinese cross the Russian-Chinese border in small groups of about 2-3 millions.
And better than how the rest of the world perceives them!
The Russian Federation today is threatened less by radical Islamists than by “hundreds” of Satanist groups, totalitarian and extremist organizations that seek to “destroy” “centuries-old human values,” engage in “ritual murders,” and currently involve “several million” Russians, according to a senior researcher at the Russian Interior Ministry.
your description of the "benefits" of globalization is extremely inaccurate.
Many still do not comprehend how WW3 is being fought, that globalism is infinitely funded _forced_ demographic change.
800,000 Russians leaving Russia every year is sad, Ireland and other European countries are being completely destroyed by immigration, _intentionally._
Fantastic!!! Thanks, Eli. I'm from Brazil.
Very true. thanks for the video!
i love you russia plus.
I lived in England for 43 years and suffered from the cold wet damp winters. I now live in Western Australia and the difference is outstanding. I love the warm climate. Our coldest day temperature in winter would be a rare 12 degrees in Perth. So I can see why people would want to move to or emigrate to somewhere warmer. It expands your lifestyle. Life isn't that long so the better lifestyle the more enjoyable life. Yes, It is true. People are much kinder and happier here.
But they are useless at driving.
What are the hottest days you experience there? I am Canadian and we sometimes experience 35C and very high humidity but I think Australia is even hotter. But we can also get -30C or even colder in the west and north of the country.
@@hughmungus1767 depends on where you live Hugh. On the East coast, you can get anywhere from -7 in Winter in some places, to 45c! Central Australia can get hotter than this. Global warming is changing our beautiful country and not for the better - shorter Winters, longer Summers, increasing bushfire risks and the severity is worsening too, rainfall is becoming more sporadic - less in normal rainfall and more clumped up into shorter periods of heavy rainfall with storms. most of the Eastern seaboard major cities will be between 0 and 40c on average (Winter minimum overnight to Summer maximum during the day) with small variations based on where you live.
I live in Brisbane, and it can get down to -2 on a cold morning in Winter, and as high as 46/47 on really HOT days in Summer. Average Summer days are in the mid 30s, sometimes the high 30s, but for the most part, mid 30s is pretty common. We do get short periods of heatwaves, where temperatures are in the low to mid 40s. Brisbane, in Summer, can have quite warm and humid nights too - it's not uncommon in Summer to have an overnight minimum of 24c @ 85% humidity. It becomes rather draining, at least for me.
I come from a European background, and my genetics were *never* made for the Australian heat and I HATE our Summers. I much prefer our cooler months.
Most of the rest of Australia is pretty similar, most of the time, to Brisbane. Some places, mostly rural, can get hotter though, and a lot of rural areas are suffering from long standing drought now, especially with our weather patterns changing due to global warming. It is predicted that we'll rise by at least another degree (on average) between now and 2050 and that Summers will become even longer, bushfire threats even worse than they are now, and storms more violent.
Hope this helps answers some of your questions.
I am not from Australia but too much heat and too much sun can also be depressing , like an entire month worth of 50C and high temps constantly above 45C for nearly 6 months of the year , it aint good that's for sure .
@@awsomemodels very few places have those kinds of temperatures.
This was very enlightening! Americans do smile a lot... it's true 😂 I guess it's part of our culture.
It's true that many countries have good and bad things that we experience. I lived abroad in the UK and I loved it but it did have some downsides. I choose to reside in the USA because of my family and the work opportunities. But the US is far from perfect and we could work on not being so divided as a society.
Love your content Eli!
I'm American, live in America, don't see too may of 😊, see mostly these 😐
@@anthonycarlisle6184 Smile Anthony. Bet you will get a smile back.
Wow. That was really very touching. Glad I watched.
Lol, people want to leave Russia and I want to go back
Russian mentality is something not all foreigners understand
Corruption is everywhere in the world unfortunately
Yep, born in post soviet country but grew up in the US, i think many russians living there don't realize the cancer that is liberalism manifesting itself in the west. I want to give myself a one year trial run living there and see how i adapt, personally i have a positive outlook on that.
@@Malinkadink Which post soviet country were you born in? Liberalism is cancer I agree with you.
@@alexmercer4515 KAZ, but I'm 100% ethnically slavic.
@@Malinkadink I see, well Kaz has the most ethnic Slavs out of any central asian country
@@Malinkadink nice 👍🏻
My wife is a rooskie, she is awesome, but she always misses Moscow, we live in Canada, We have a beautiful home, but she still loves her Moscow, i dont mind spending summer in Moscow with her....
My fiance is coming from Belarus. I want to keep her from getting homesick. She says she is done with the place, but I know it is only human nature to miss where you came from. Would love to visit Belarus, I've seen so much. Much love to you and your wife
@@brittislove Belarus is beautiful, very safe and cheap to visit.
Best of luck and long years of happiness to you and your fiance. :)
Ruskaya...
How much did you pay for her?
Wtf , your dp with trudeau😍
Thankyou. Interesting to hear other people's opinions
It was nice to hear young people who have pride in their country. The thing I heard most in these interviews is that they want to introduce a bit of change in their lives. The idea of keeping things the same as they were 10, 20 or even 50 years ago is lost among the young adults. Change refreshes society.
So far I have enjoyed all of your videos, but this is hands-down my favorite. You approach this like a journalist and you asked the right questions. The people you interviewed seemed very comfortable speaking to you, and they were very genuine with their answers. Keep up the great content!
A lot of good answers but I think people still need to let go the stereotypes, I left my country because of war not day goes by I miss it. I lived in different countries over the years and I think everyone can live anywhere as long as they are happy and they love what they doing. Cheers
Eli,
I like your channel. I like your style of interviewing people like a journalist while weaving in history and observations. This was a good video.
I have one recommendation. While it is important to interview young people try to get out of your comfort zone and also interview people in the 30-50 age group. This will add good perspective to the views of the teens through 20s age group.
Also, I liked how you finished the video talking about the grass is greener elsewhere syndrome ( universal) and how there is no perfect place and problems and challenges are wherever you are - and a natural part of life. It is all about how we react to and deal with the natural difficulties of life wherever we live!
Keep up the good work!
Hello Eli! I stumbled on your videoes, and they have confirmed my view of the Russian people! Cultured and thoughtful. The interviews in the would you leave Russia, is so thoughtful. It makes my heart cry for your country, that the transition from Communism after 1990 ended up, by a few stealing from the many. Whith a people as educated and resillient as yours. And with your countries abundance of Natural resources you should be a great power, but it appears that the Oligarks are allowed to steal way to much from the people of Russia. As a pilot, I have crossed your country many times. Now that I am retired, I look foreward to come and visit. And see the places that I just passed over. And your videoes made me want to visit even more. Thank you.
Most of these kids have no understanding of what living in other countries would be like. They grew up in apartments and houses their families got for free from the government, got fantastic education for free, good medical care for super cheap, etc., they don't understand that there's only a handful of countries that could offer them a comparable standard of social security (but at higher taxes too). They don't understand that moving, say to Western Europe, would mean they'd need to consider property ownership (buying a studio apartment in Amsterdam would set them back about $150,000-$300,000 and even more in a major city in US), paying a huge sum to get their kids an education they'd expect in Russia, facing Russophobia in the workforce regardless of their political stance (surprise-surprise, people won't respect you more for saying you hate Putin), same if not worse treatment from the government. They base their opinions on one-week tourist trips, Instagram posts, movies and the self deprecating West-worshipping disease of Perestroika that post-Soviet Gen X was infected with.
Bingo!
amen.
Greetings from the beautiful island 🏝 of Kauai, Hawaii. Thanks for sharing video. I understand Russian language I am from. Estonia 🇪🇪 Tallinn I traveled almost all the Russia 🇷🇺 by trains 🚆 it was a great experience and memories 🌹 💐
nice to know.you want ussr back again....
Very interesting video. I left my native country (Netherlands) in 2006. After that I have lived in Ukraine, Belgium, Cyprus, Bulgaria and now Lithuania. And I thought about it for a long time, but I really can't think of anything of which I say it's better in the Netherlands. Neither can I imagine myself ever going back there.
There's no such thing as a perfect country, thus searching for perfection makes no sense. The question is whether a country is good enough for the purpose one went there. Usually for me the trade-off was life or business. Lithuania is the only country in my list of which I say that it complies with my standards for both life and business.
Great video, especially with the english subtitles, to get a feel for the language. Thanks!
As a czech I would say-russian girls are very beautiful-ruské dívky jsou velmi pěkné, krásné
-Ruské dívky jsou mene samodajne nez cesky. And that matters a lot!
@@freddiethompson58 ale notak :D
I would say pretty much the same about czech girls, they are very beautiful too. Greetings from Urals in Russia!🤗
and so much puttane
Всем привет. Теплые пожелания и любовь всем русским людям из США 🤗. Warm wishes and love to all Russian People from The USA 🤗. Thanks Elina 👍.
Yes, my sentiments too.
@@Jam-ks8sx The Russian people need to get rid of Vlad Putin whose corrupt administration is keeping Russia in the third world.
Thanks for posting‼♥
I was deeply impressed by these young people. Power to you all!
Wow, thank you for the thoroughness and the editing was excellent. You kept things brief and switched to a variety of perspectives. It felt as if you were not pushing an agenda but genuinely wanted to show what Russian people think. Subscribed!
Natural is best.
Dear Elina, according also to the UN, Russia is one of the Top 5 Destinations for Immigrants. In Europe, is only behind Germany, and ahead of the UK and France.
Doesn't preclude the emigration taking place.
@@Momoa786 Chinese and Mexicans work much harder than European migrants. All blue collar jobs are filled by these people who are ready to work for any pay.
I really look forward to your content. So informative. And, best wishes with the current situation BTW
I admire and respect anyone who can say "I love my country and my people and love living here, but we have some problems that need to be addressed". Almost every person you talked to here shared that same sentiment. Maybe that one woman was afraid she'd disappear if she says anything against the government?
Russians don't disappear, authorities put us in jail under TV cameras so that others would be afraid.
I think, she could be honest.
Putin did really good job in 2000-2010 with terrorism and economic reforms, but now his rule is rotten in every sense. Somebody afraid, that changeability of power, "democracy" will provide harsh times, "like in 90-s", and demolish country again.
But I think, that if your political regime become like a stone - immovable and hard-to-withstand for people, your harsh times will catch you up much faster
In 🇺🇸 of you conservative republican democrats make up you broke again their policies just like Trump supporters.
2 yrs in the jail.without trail and the call 🇺🇸. Mother of.democracy
There is no problems with words against government, that’s just opposite media fakes
Thank you for this video. It was great to listen to opinions of real citizens.
At a kindergarten school in Moscow:
Teacher: Russia is the best country in the world. Everyone has liberty. There are opportunities for everyone and people from everywhere want to move to Russia.
A child started crying.
Teacher why are you crying?
Child: I want to move to Russia.
🤣🤣
Man protesting in Red Square: The worst government in the world should go to hell.
Police: You are under arrest for insulting the Russian government.
Man: But I didn't say anything about the Russian government.
Police: You think we don't know which is worst government in the world?
Meh
Good joke but not true 🤣
Yes for Muslims it is good in every where because you can persuade your hidden agenda like jehad against non Muslim countries
Good one. You and I have been to many countries, these young prople have not. Very interesting to hear their preconceptions about Europe and the U.S.
You are beautiful Elina. Your work is wonderful. Spreading the beauty and love is splendid
OMG. 90% of the interviewed girls are total beauties. Including Elina, of course!
Russian girls are known for their beauty.
@@briansture4353 and Slovaks (SLOVAKIA) girls too
@@meridian8553 slavic girls.
These are normal looking everyday young girls according to Slavic standards, not ugly at all, but I wouldn't honestly describe any of them as especially or strikingly beautiful. They are young, healthy and natural looking young women, who do take care of themselves. Such looks are actually norm for young women in Slavic countries. Sad is that as they get older and get married, they sometimes tend to gain weight and swiftly transit to modern "babushka" looks (middle aged looking lady, with visible "extra" body weight, wearing weird clothes and "lazy" hairstyle accompanied with excessive golden jewelry). Just look at female Russian tourists in todays European cities or some old photos of Putin's (ex)wife.
We never had an inquisition, dear.
Great stuff Elina, greetings from Zagreb.
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I used to think like that, that is exactly what my dad told a long time ago, 'you take yourself everywhere you go'.
Great videos.
красавa
Big like for the video! Very open minded people you have interviewed !
I had no idea that many people were leaving Russia. Here in the USA, we have the opposite problem-solving too many people trying to come here.
Wrong - Mass exodus of Americans with money are leaving because of draconian tax laws!
@@dexterspeights3484 Those of us with money are choosing to move from high tax states like CA and NY to states with lower taxes, like TX (as I did) and TN. But the USA is still growing rapidly, mostly because of immigration, whereas Russia has lost population over the last 30 years. Russia now has far less than half the population of the USA.
Its because u guys have never stopped the propaganda machine . U guys got to stop telling the rest of the world your the number 1 country to live at the whole world is eating it up.
@@ThePhantom712 It's not like we are advertising and asking people to come here. They come to the USA for jobs and education (as my Chinese wife did).
I have no problem with immigrants who come here to work and succeed.
But hasnt high immigration almost always been a 'problem' for the USA? It would be wrong to call it a 'problem' anyway since the US relies on it. Plus if you look at the recent numbers immigration rates are lower than previous decades. The media propaganda machine does a great job at scaring people about it though.
I just love your thought provocative videos. You are seed that brings forth good harvest.
Love your channel Eli. Very interesting insights into Russia. Helps me understand Russians better. Thank you.
Thank you for the Great video
I'm American, but I would love to move to Russia, start an Automotive and tire business and do my best to help Russia with the knowledge I have. Maybe start a family there. I'm bringing my Bible though, I cannot live without it.
BOT alert, wtf stop this shit Nikita from FSB.
🤣🤣🤣
You’re bible isn’t banned here lol
Good luck with that
Thank you Elina for your prospective on contemporary Russian issues and affairs.
Interesting topic. Thank you.
Oy, Eli, I loved this video. It made me smile. You deserve a medal.
What a beautiful informative video, Thank you for sharing！
I was quite surprised at some of the interviews. Very interesting. Hello from Canada! We have winters too. :)
And, a crappy government (as well).
And high taxes too
The current young generation in Russia has more power than ever to make Russia a lot better. Russia is a great country and has similar problems like other countries. I hope the young people realize how hard your government has worked to end the chaos and corruption of 1990's (post Soviet collapse). Stay in Russia and fight for your motherland to be as good as it can be; Russia has an enormous potential to positively impact the future of our planet.
No not really. Putin will either jail or murder them if they try anything.
@@512TheWolf512 You are not being fair. Mr. Putin and the rest of the Russian government have worked very hard. The older generation was being robbed by all of the oligarchs and Putin brought law and order. I think one of the basic functions of every government is to maintain order. The Russian government has made many mistakes; but so do other governments and leaders in the world. It is easy to criticise President Putin. Mr. Navalni who is supposed to represent democratic values is a racist person; just read what Amnesty International has to say about him. Hopefully, Russia will have an orderly transition to greater democracy and social justice over time with the help and leadership of the young generation. If all of the young people run away to the West, who is going to transform and develop Russia?
@@johndewey6358 even thought you don't live anywhere near russia, i can't forgive your ignorance.
@@512TheWolf512 Utter garbage.
This didn't age well
Such beautiful people. I could feel the spirit of each and every one of the people you interviewed. I wish them all a lot of happiness in life. Love from Australia ❤
Exactly. Australia's standard of living is delclining, ruined by corruption and a general dumbing down of the population. The mainstream media are a joke that peddle woke ideology and the narrow views of rent seekers.
I'm from an European country the Netherlands. So i was very surprised someone named my country in your interview. 🙈🐱
I fully agree with Elina the grass seems always greener on the other side. But life is what you make of it. But i do have to admit that i also want to migrate somewhere else. My choices Russia, Japan or China. Because those are the places that seem really different in a good way.
Really enjoying these videos how people think and live in countries that are gems to be rediscovered again by the world.
China is a hell hole.
lol suicide rates are easily accessible online, doesnt seem like your mentioned countries are very happy
@@JanoyCresva66 lol🤣😂 savage comment
Many Russian youngsters are so naive. Grass is not greener on the other side.
Greener! Truth is half of Russia occupy half of Europe; and the other half of Russia is looted from Asia.
@@thykingdomcome7238 Well they were first looted by various Asian countries for centuries (Mongols, Arabs, Ottomans etc.)
Every country has problems but average quality of life is better in US or Western Europe than in Eastern Europe.
People are naive all over. Combine limited life experience with 24/7 gaslighting by the media on behalf of the (insert country name) corrupt country and that’s what you’ll get.
While thats true, its also true that the life index is lower in Eastern Europe. Im not trying to insult anyone thats just simply the factual truth. While of course success is not guaranteed in Western countries im willing to bet these youngsters have put a lot more thought into moving than you realize. Weighing pros and cons etc. And im guessing they see their pros are better elsewhere
Excellent video! Hug from Brazil
The grass always seems greener as they say. I have spent almost my entire life on the road and you end up being a transient person that's never really happy anywhere. Anyway, I hope to get to Russia one day although my preference is the tropics.
There is subtropics at least, in Russia =)
Check "Russian Black Sea Coast", amazing nature.
What a revealing and truly informative report! I've just signed up with you. Here in the U.S., we have a lot of ENORMOUS problems. Many whom I know would like to emigrate to somewhere, just escape from all the political polarization. For me, departing would be awfully difficult -- I'm just too old! Also, like many of the folks you interviewed in Russia, this is still my country, where I'm accustomed to all the mores of living, our customs, culture, language, etc. Even McDonalds! Part of Russia's decline in population has to do with demographics, with the immense number of people (mostly men) who were killed in World War 2. It passes on to
successive generations. A terrible tragedy! However, I believe that with all of its cultural and natural resources and immense amount of space, Russia has a great future ahead!
Jim, you live in a great country. And thanks to US here in Europe we got freedom back.
@Jim Holder: All of you people need to stop complain how bad is in America, why there is such huge immigration, and why there are so many homosexuals! I come from country that was rotten whit communism from its core and turned brain active people into mindless drones by impaling them, they should adhere, there, some values they don't believe they trust. And currently after passing into democracy it's like old Soviet toilet. In other words my experience is 5***** hotel whit clean restroom, bedroom and a lot of people whit smile on there faces. Just go to like in those eastern EU caucasian countries whit "values" to see what I'm talking and see what is poverty.
@@mariorossi3898 not only the US helped free europe from Nazi's, if you meant that. The whole countries of the former soviet union lost young men on the battle fields.
@@abdroidx9059 of course, it is a fact unfortunately. But what I mean italia that without US we could not have freedom. Stalin used those young soldiers killed to fight Nazi to impose communism in Eastern Europe. URSS di not bring freedom but replaced a totalitarian regime with another one.
@@mariorossi3898 Both USA and the soviet union wanted to install their own regimes. the one of the USA is more free defenitelly.
But imagine the West fighting the Nazies without the soviet union. would it had been possible to beat the Nazis? liberate Italy and the rest of europe? the east front against the soviet union was the front, that exhausted the Nazi's and gave a chance to liberate all europe. the Nazies used to surrender to the americans and avoid getting captured by the russians. i meant the soviet countries paid a lot to liberate europe from the Nazies. But West europe praises only the americans for liberating europe and even ignores the sacrifice of the east europeans.
I was in Goa india (by the way I am native indian) . I meet with lots of russian , and they are a numbers of russian living in india and doing job here or have planning to permanently settle here . I ask them why they want to live russia they answer that the socioecinomic condition and blamed gov. Of russia . They told that they feel that they can't spent their entire life in Russia like this way . Russian youth don't have proper job . There salary is too low as compare to other european standard of living . But I also feel this things too about my country especially about my state , however we are progressing very fast . But it's my dream that visit russia and spent some time of my life in Russia . Russia is beautiful .
I am also an Indian and I too have share similar feelings as you
In my heart,I have lots of love to Slavic culture,hard to pinpoint which nation,But still it's a tie between Russia and Ukraine
One day,I wish to visit both and spend some good time in a village in one of these nations
feeling bad to know ,about the condition of these people
They really deserve more
Russia&Ukraine,I love both of you
Grass looks greener on the other side. Most Russians in Goa end up in very bad situations. Prostitutions and drug trade.
All those who went to live in Goa are pathological idlers! They rent out their Russian apartments and live on this money in Goa.
The video was good to watch for insight.
As an Australian these videos make me realise how good I have it.
Thank you for sharing this
Nice video showing perspectives. Ochen korosho!
Russia (both the people and places) seem wonderful. Peace from UK 🙏🇷🇺
Seem is the right verb here.
@@volodymyr681 😅😬
If you like living in Poverty Russia great.
@@stalingreatterrorofrussia9006 russia is the only country in the world with poor people?
Mexico is 3rd world also About the same Population GDP/PPP. Even lower crime rate in some categories then Russia, But at the end of the Day it is still hell on earth for the Avg person.
Very interesting perspective. I am in the US and think Vladimir Putin is moving Russia in the right direction. People are short sighted. The US has its own problems. Stay in Russia and be thankful for your unique country. Wherever you go there you are.
There are some things Putin is doing that makes sense, but playing with the US is a waste of time. The US needs to check out of Europe and leave that to the western European governments. China should be the sole focus in regards to military policy along with economic policy.
Check Russian GDP per capita in the last decade if you think he's moving Russia in the right direction.
Let’s put it this way, if you struggled to pay the rent and the big employers around you kept shutting down, you would move too. Russia has a massive problem with GDP loss and economic decline. Unlike in the USA where you can skip to the next State, in Russia, Moscow controls all economic policy so all the provinces suffer from the same set of policies.
Letting your friends steal money from the budget and kill political opponents is moving in the right direction? We in Russia cannot even elect mayors of cities, they are appointed by Putin. And of course all mayors must be loyal to Putin and support his policies. As long as Putin is in power, Russia will be poor and backward.
Yes, You are right. Putin is definitely moving in the right direction. Realigned all old Countries from the USSR back in the Federation, reoccupied Crimea,now wants back Ukraine...
Good show, I'm part Russian and have been living in Detroit Michigan USA for a hundred and forty years and love it, wishing you the best over there any family members I left behind! Spaseba comrades
They make me feel confident about Russia's future.
I dont know of any countries that have benefitted from mass migration. The cost of it for my country has been 400 billion euros since '95.
*Exactly*
@@christopherbarclay1405 Like I said: mass migration has cost my country (the Netherlands) 400 billion euros, from 1995 onwards. The study is called: "Grenzeloze Verzorgingsstaat. De gevolgen van immigratie voor de overheidsfinanciën." Now this is in Dutch or course. If you can't be bothered to translate, read "The strange death of Europe" by Douglas Murray. Please state your sources.
All the things you have stated are what the elitists have been pushing down the throats of my people. "The doctors and lawyers from Aleppo will come to our country". It was all a lie.
My parents paid 20 euros for health insurance when they were my age (21). Nowadays, citizens pay 144 euros for basic insurance, which is mandatory by law. Minimum wage is about 1400 euros a month by the way.
Housing has become so scarce that 3-4 bedroom houses in Amsterdam are being sold for 1.000.000 euros. In my city, the average price is 350.000 euros. I am a soldier, make 2000 euros a month and got 10.000 on the bank, and I can't even buy an appartment. Oh and the migrants take up almost all goverment housing because they get priority status. So now I rent a 20m² room for 450 euros a month, I simply can't get anything better.
Then there is Islam. The Muslim Brotherhood is creeping into Dutch, nay, European society. Islam is becoming more and more dominant. A religion based on the accomplishments of a pedosexual warlord who brought death and destruction from Spain to Iran. Need I say more?
So please tell me again how I have benefitted from mass migration.
@@christopherbarclay1405
1) If it would only be inflation, it would have a rate of 90% since 1980. This isn't the case of course. The link with immigration is that migrants from mostly the Middle East can't or won't work full time in the Netherlands. About 2/3 of Syrians who came here in 2014 for example, don't work full time. Which means they don't contribute to the welfare state, but they do make use of it, which puts a lot of pressure on said welfare state, resulting in higher costs.
2) I'm using the Netherlands as an example, so why bring up the UK? Also, please provide sources as to why my arguments (sources on which they are based, I have already given) are "misinformed".
3) I am islamophobic: afraid of islam. It is a political ideology disguised as a religion. The current situation in the Middle East, and especially Turkey, proves that. Ataturk seperated religion from state succesfully in Turkey as one of the only Middle Eastern countries. Erdogan turned that around a mere 80 years later.
I've spoken to lots of muslims. They often strike me as barbaric. In my opinion (which, remember, I'm allowed to have), they are not worthy of living in the free world, for they do not want freedom. All they seem to want, is to praise their god. Of course there are exceptions, like Ayaan Hirsi Ali, but she had to flee to America after receiving too many serious death threats from muslims who couldn't take the criticism.
Now then...
You have given 0 (zero) sources to back your arguments. Therefore I can only assume you do not have any and that you are only paraphrasing what you have been told by elitists. Please provide sources. If my assumption is correct however, you are not worthy of my time and this debate is over.
@Kunta Kinte The Cloggies sent out their best, the rest of the world returned the worst.
@@tijnjansen858 you're brainwashed by the neocon narrative. You haven't spoken to "muslims", you have interacted with Moroccan and Turkish immigrants in Holland, who aren't representative of the muslim world in general. Hang out in Istanbul or Beirut, the people are nice, polite, and hardworking.
Hirsi Ali is a fraud, she didn't flee Holland, she migrated to the US in order to make $300,000/year playing a professional victim and gaslighting westerners in order to promote lucrative endless wars in the middle east and to keep the middle classes into the retarded "war on terror" narrative while their economy is plundered by the military industrial complex.
Eli, I just found your channel and I subscribed immediately. I have been fascinatingly curious about Russia and here you are.
Great content Eli
The problem is there aren't really any pleasant stable countries anymore. Nearly every nation has major issues to deal with.
@I. S Well, they're just rude in Switzerland. lol.
Привет из Аласка! Interesting subject and I enjoyed the interviews. Political corruption is everywhere, we can't run from it! We need to try to solve our own problems as best we can. The grass is definitely greener in Costa Rica but I only go there to visit and thaw out 😂
Can you please elaborate. I met someone from Costa Rica back in 1998 and he advised me to save up my money and move there. As with most things in life, regrets come later as I did not heed his advices. he was alot older probably in his early 40's at the time I met him and he was saving up for his 3rd home and was going to retire there. I was told that Latin America is getting a huge influx of foreigners, particularly Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama and Colombia which has made the demand of housing go up. This youtuber Ace Live has been living in Colombia for over 1 year and has decided to stay there. Colombia has made incredible changes since the 1970's and 1980's which at that time were a very violent place due to the drug situation. What are the laws of foreigners owning property in Costa Rica? What are their laws in regards of self-defense and firearms ownership? How long can someone stay in Costa Rica as a non-resident? Thank-you for any info you can share. All the best to you.
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you can't even closely imagine how worst the corruption in the RF. "Grass is greener" everywhere in the developed world. I don't buy that patriotic bullshit anymore, they feed you with that so they always have enough slaves for their factories and pipes
@@Querens How did corruption affect you personally? Usually, answering this question, people begin to invent and lie.
@@vladimirnikolskiy So hypocritically :) If you need to have an answer for that-- that means you don't.
But I will give my answer. Not for you but for those who might read it.
Corruption it's when you pay for roads but have no roads. It's when you pay for healthcare, but you don't have a healthcare. It's when you pay for education, but have no education. It's when you pay politics but you can't choose one. It's when you pay your soldiers to protect your country but they fight on the foreign soil. It's when president considers that middle class-- it's $200. It's when people take credits to send their children to public schools. It's trash mountains around cities. It's when your country is highly ranking in murders and suicides. It's when 70% of youth below 23 y.o. wants to live the country. It's more and more.
Dear Eli, I do like your videos because it gives me different perspectives about Russia and it really do broaden my horizon. Thanks for your effort. But if you would could interview who can speak that would be great... Keep it up.
Hello Elina, I live in Victoria, Australia we have that saying as well "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" it doesn't matter what generation you are from. But you are correct Elina if you want change you have to start with yourself. Politicians are the same all around the globe so we cannot rely on them it is up to the people to make the change. At the start of March 2020 I started learning the Russian language, something I promised myself I would do but never got around to it. Now I AM 64 and I love your language. We should all share our cultures this would help to bring countries together. I am waiting for my Russian keyboard to arrive so I can type in Russian. I already have it on my phone. Anyway thank you for a bright and happy and realistic video. Wayne
Well, I think life in general is better in many countries outside Russia, politically speaking. The ruble is devaluating and politics in Russia is now a mess. Besides that in Australia, Japan and most countries in Europe and the Americas the government will not try to kill you if you are a key figure in the oposition...
But yeah, we always have this idea about the grass being greener on the other side.
@@victorreis4732 You're brainwashed about Russia, Navalny was not poisoned by Russia, he's a marginal figure in Russia, and a traitor who is on the pay of NATO. The US wants to break down Russia in 4-5 pieces, it is in Zbignew Brzezhinsky's geopolitics book The Grand Chessboard. The US is an aggressive, militaristic government that spends 5% of its budget on the military, runs 900 foreign bases, invades and occupies many, many nations and has killed millions in the past 20 years alone. Even worse than the USSR was!
Putin is far, far more popular in Russia than ANY western leader. Dissidents in the West like Julian Assange are jailed, and the level of repression has been crazy. I am not allowed to visit my aunt for the last 5 months at her place, we have to meet in a public place. 6 policemen came to my neighbors apartment because he had a friend over, they were fined $1,200 each, because another neighbor called the cops on them!
As someone who lived in both western and eastern Europe I can tell you that life is better in the West. Most of youth that fled East are doing it not just because of money but also because whole system and society in the East is toxic, people do not want to live in system where corruption, embezzlement and despoilment are highest moral values, where majority of people can't survive the month because salaries are 1/3 of 1/2 of those in Germany while the prices in supermarkets are higher than those in Germany, where retired people have to collect plastic bottles and dig in a trash in order to survive, where system kill any kind of incentive because in order too success you have to be member of political party, lick higher ranking members assholes and pay large sums of money to politicians, where people have to collect money for sick children despite universal healthcare we all pay, where hospitals look like hell etc. etc.
Oh come on, politicians are not the same all over the world, Kevin Rudd didn't go around poisoning his political opponents. Putin is an autocrat. You live in a democracy, get a grip.
@@Citadin But yet Navalny has a video on his channel where he interviews an FSB agent who helped poison him... and his lawyers got the records from the hospital in Omsk that clearly showed he was poisoned... and the OPCW said the poison was a nerve agent... and the hospital in Germany also did the same test and said he was poisoned... It's pretty clear he was poisoned.
What's the illegal immigrant situation in Russia? In western Europe, the situation is terrible( terrorist attack, murder, abduction, crime against women are skyrocketing).
I would love to know the situation from inhabitants of Russia.
@Slavic Pilled I just don't understand why even after having 57 islamic country, these legal/illegal immigrant choose non-islamic country to reside and these people demand Sharia law in their new country in upcoming years..
It's not even about rich or poor country because oil rich islamic nation like kuwait, UAE which are even richer than western eu, north american nation exists but still these immigrants choose Countries like Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, India, Canada etc
@Slavic Pilled I agree with you, but why do the native inhabitants let this happen in front of their own eyes( why do they elect somebody who is deliberately trying to put their own people life, ethics, cultures, values in danger?)
We have no illegal immigrants in your understanding. There are no refugees from Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan and so on. Many people come to work from Uzbekistan, Ukraine from other former republics of the USSR, but unlike your emigrants, they come to work either by invitation, or receive a work license. Illegals are deported, minor violators of the law are also deported with a ban on entry.
@@vladimirnikolskiy that's why Russia will grow in the future and Western countries will collapse
THANK YOU ELI, THAT PROGRAM OF WHETHER PEOPLE WOULD WANT LIVE ELSEWHERE, APART FROM RUSSIA, WAS MARVELLOUS !!!
Thanks for sharing with us...:-)
No matter where you go, or how far. There you are. Is the saying
It is a different world today than when I was in my 20's (1970's). Moving to another country was not as easy then. While there may be some obstacles, I believe with the internet, it is far easier to learn and overcome them. Meeting people in the world and travel for tourism before making a decision. One would never need to be a stranger. :)
What a great video!
Thank you for sharing your video:)) a lot of Americans and Canadians don’t understand what’s really happening !!
I think they don't understand what is happiness anymore in this world
And a lot of them do.