Responsible Metro Worker

Escolator watcher's booth on the Paveletskaya station in Moscow.

In the bottom of each escalator in Moscow Metro you can find booth with Metro worker, who watching on the escalator entire his working day. In case of somebody stuck in stairs or any other emergency situation, this worker can stop the escalator. But can broom, dressed in Metro worker uniform, stop the escalator?

Gay Pride Parade - we don't need this

"Gay Pride Parade - we don't need this!"

Orthodox protest action in Krasnodar against actions of "Pussy Riot" punk-rock collective.

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Russian prisons

Look this movie about russian prisons and prisoners. Very interesting film about prisoners ("Zeks") culture, life and manners. Sad to realize, but Russian's prison culture have a strong influence on Russian culture and lifestyle in general. If you want to know Russia, you must know Russian prison.

In Russian, but have English subtitles.

Parking. The Moscow Way.

Traffic jams and lack of parking places is one of the most important problems of Moscow infrastructure. But despite this Muscovites keep buying cars and keep on using them. Moscow is filled with cars and it takes the scale of the disaster. Cars is parked everywhere! On the parkings, at the curb, on a sidewalks and on the lawns... Often this creates great difficulties for pedestrians.

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Homeless

Source: 

+Николай Колосунин (https://plus.google.com/116467385846271103353/posts/Vw8kBHy5HT3)

Headlines

Typical headlines of daily russian media:

• Moscow policeman shot the driver, who scratched his car while parking
• Officers of Federal Security Service beat up driver, who scratched their car with a flashlight
• Moscow policeman stabbed with a knife emergency physician because of parking place

And so on... Almost every day.

Another day of spring in Moscow

March, 25, -3°C, snow...

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Hole. part II

Do you remember hole on Profsoyuznaya street? Well 2 or 3 days passed and utilities have taken steps...

"Housing Problem" spoiled Muscovites

Despite the scant infrastructure development of roads and terrible traffic jams, lousy climate and dirty air, Moscow still is the best place in Russia to live in and have an acceptable income. Population of Russia is about 140 millions of people, and about 20 millions of people living in Moscow and Moscow Region. And this is only official numbers. Nobody counts illegal immigrants from neighbour countries. At the same time population of the biggest region of Russia (Sakha Republic) is only about 960 thousand of people. Young and ambitious Russians strive to live in Moscow to get good education and best job after.

All this factors makes housing in Moscow extremely expensive. Price per square meter of housing in Moscow begins with $4,000. Average monthly salary in Moscow is about $2,000. Interest rates on loans from banks beyond good and evil. People, who wants to have an apartment in property must be in strong, profitable buisiness.

But despite this, the flow of wanting to be here, do not stop.

Let's see what you get for such money, if you want to buy an apartment in Moscow.

All photos are taken from the sites of real estate agencies.

While looking, keep in mind that this is NOT cheapest apartments in Moscow. Prices for all this items is above $5,000 for square meter!

Snow storm

Winter is not giving up

Entrance to Novye Cheryomushki station. 

March 22, 2012

Tough Moscow Spring

April is just behind the corner, but winter is not going to leave Russia. Snow storm started yesterday and continuous till this moment covered whole Moscow with thick layer of wet snow. Utilities do not hurry to clean this snow.

Road jumping

Even calm driving in russian city can be extremely dangerous.

Samara, Russian Federation.

Russians winter road effect

Large hole appears on the boardwalk of Profsoyuznaya street in Moscow. Fortunately no one fell into it

Russian Parliament

Source: http://drugoi.livejournal.com/3711113.html