Redfern: Who you are to teach me? I talking about statistical changes in wage overall. If you dont believe me read some official (at least) prognosis or learn about upcoming law forbidding salary indexation for budget salarymens (teachers, medics and so on). And stop thinking that Moscow = Russia too. Look here for example -
http://person-agency.ru/salary.html As for expenses official inflation was 11% in 2014 and prognoses already more then 15% this year (average, real one is closed to 30-40%)
Do real work? 15000 of companies in bankrupt queue considering rosstat data.
Из этих 15000 большая часть ипешки, существующие для попилинга и откатинга. Бедные менеджеры, как же они теперь на один завод с быдлом пойдут... У нас после этого "кризиса" наконец-то вакансии на металлоообрабатывающем участке закрылись.
Мои знакомые говорят, что у них бизнес попер, люди вкладываются в товар и материалы, т.к. в рубле неуверены.
Redfern: Its hard to believe. Average salary in most wealthy city (Moscow) is said to be 50000rub, its around 800$. With non existent local production, import around 70-80% overall (in high tech its 99%), with even less wage in other cities, inflation over 15%, constantly decreasing gold reserve, very unstable prices to oil, and ofc, unpredictable government, strange war in Ukraine, sanctions, decreasing investments, 10% budget sequester, international isolation, huge devaluation and so on so on so on its hard to see much countries in worse shape. Maybe little dark picture, but thats facts anyone interested in economics here know.
Мывсеумрём! Уменьшаются валютные резервы(скидывается доллар), золото прибавляется, нефть стабилизировалась, да и составляла она 9% от доходов бюджета, власть стабильна. Украина допрыгалась - 6 майданов за 20 лет, "долой воров" и поставили миллиардера, сколотившего состояние при воре. Поскольку востоку украины, грубо говоря, только карта столетней давности предписывает быть в незалежной, они послали Киев лесом. Поскольку евроинтеграция для заводов, производивших чипы для русских самолётов пятого поколения и авиадвигатели для вертолетов и ГПА означает смерть.
IAmSinistar: Venezuela. Indonesia. Tanzania. Somalia. Even Greece in some parts. And that's not the full list of countries with more dire financial circumstances than Russia+. Yet ONLY Russia+ gets the discount. Do you have a depressed economy? Yes. Do other countries? Yes. So why is it that you alone deserve a discount?
And as for the military adventure in the Ukraine, that's all on you and your glorious leader. Probably a good part of the reason your economy is tanking, due to sanctions against your nation. And the blame rest squarely on Russia for that.
There are couple of factors:
Russia is really big. Boxed games never reach Siberia. Imagine $60 cost + like $100 more for aviamail,
Our internet is dire cheap (for example, I pay $5 for 10mbit, can get twice as much for 2 more), and there is no total control over it like in the country of "freedom".
Pirating games became a habit,
Now there appears circle of "Publishers don't translate games to Russian because there is no market" -> "Pirates translate game themselves" -> "Market filled, when game officially appears on Russia, niche is already filled" -> "Publishers think that there is no market".
About Ukraine: main problem lies in the fact that division of USSR was made in a hurry by 100 years old nominal administrative borders, which don't match to distribution of population and economical ties. Some newly created countries got huge enclaves of Russian population with economical ties to other Russian regions.
In first ten years or so post-USSR area was like EU - everywhere was similar level of life(worse than in EU, tho), you could move more or less freely, so people didn't bother with self-determination in newly created countries.
When alcoholic president was thrown out situation started to change, Russia started to grow in quality of life level, and many regions with ties to Russia noticed this, to the point of "take us back".
Basically, only thing that forbids this - US and their control over media. "This region in FREE Georgia wanted to join Russia, obviously this is fake russian propaganda, when free georgians tried to kill pro-russian separatists Russia attacked them*"
*2 years later OSCE published report that Georgia shot first, but who cares, Russia is an aggressor.
Ukrainian problems -
http://i.imgur.com/ACYWckx.png oligarchs pillage country like there is no tomorrow, no GDP per capita growth at all - growth by 20% tied to 20% population loss
http://imgur.com/2Cp19Mr Ukraine produced chips for Russian 5th generation jets; engines for space rockets, helicopters, gas transport system... All these plants, located in the East region, die because of west-oriented government.
Detail in detail the same scenario in Ukraine - "FREE ukrainians", "People can't want to live in Russia", attempt to kill them...
Difference is that Ukraine during soviet era housed army for potential attack from EU. Obviously, in Eastern region. Hundreds of tanks, tons of shells...
Ukraine is #4 weapon exporter in the world, they sell USSR heritage for 20 years and still have some more.
When 6th revolution happened(they revolted against EVERY their president. Let this sink in) only idiot wouldn't see that this is a failed state, and regions started to fall off. Where Crimea wants to be? Base of Russian navy? Where Eastern Ukraine wants to be, producers of parts for Russian tech? Obv, in Russia. When Kiev attacked East, east took soviet weapon.
And where US wants to see them? Obv, dead.
Same people, which armed and trained Al-Qaeda as anti-soviet movement, same people, which armed and trained Georgian army, same people which arming and training Ukrainian army...
