Life in the MOST SANCTIONED COUNTRY in the World

[@ElifromRussia]

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. 📍 More videos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f33Wm2WCedFkZrc - Life in Russia after sanctions - ULTIMATE journey through the east to the west kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJbGXp6Ner92laM - How Russians Really Live : GREY SOVIET BUILDINGS EXPLAINED!

[@tomtube1012]

What you experience can also be explained by this article : "Nearly 90 Percent of the World Isn't Following Us on Ukraine".

[@tomtube1012]

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. "

[@taasmr4203]

*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, KZbin, 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.*

[@taiweannoona1204]

Your eyes were twinkling with joy as you shared this info. It will make so many happy. 💖

[@elasticharmony]

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.

[@Darkest_Soul_187]

You will not see ads if you're watching KZbin from Russia? That's a major bonus lol

[@martindornan1667]

Not if you are a creator of content on KZbin.

[@devinfraserashpole4753]

@@martindornan1667 Most people are using blockers and have subscribed to Premium.

[@Lokvidar]

brave browser does it too

[@Juliya22T]

@@martindornan1667 даже они приспособились. Можно получать деньги за рекламу на канале, либо донатить напрямую.

[@КонстантинМатвеев-д8ц]

@@martindornan1667 Go to Russia, we have no ads.

[@convivator]

As a German, I was surprised to find out, that Raiffeisen Bank also exists in Russia.

[@RusGirlVlog]

is it a German bank?

[@lordlousos2770]

@@RusGirlVlog 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.

[@vladimiradoshev5310]

@@lordlousos2770 such a bullshit!

[@lordlousos2770]

@@vladimiradoshev5310 Why crybaby

[@vladimiradoshev5310]

@@lordlousos2770 because your brain is full of propaganda

[@shield0164]

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.

[@niloyahmed7765]

Free the people of Iran.Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@neolynxer]

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.

[@behuman5292]

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.

[@miriamweller812]

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

[@b.a.b7834]

Yes, but that's what the people want otherwise you would see atlesat 5 million people in the streets when they protest

[@calebbaltus]

REALLY good and informative video. Direct and clear, well presented!

[@JustReddit-m4q]

Ooo. SO weak. Are you going to get paid for suck a weak post? smh

[@ajisenramen888]

Hi Eli, thanks so much for the tips and information.

[@richardchiriboga4424]

People are pretty much the same everywhere. We just want to live our lives. Its governments that drag us to war.

[@theresahenderson3534]

Absolutely, governments are corrupt but the people are the same.

[@maxsecrest]

Yes, but In this case, it was just putler's decision to invade Ukraine.

[@fajfos]

@@theresahenderson3534 there are cultural differences, differences in how much people follow rules and what are their values

[@acajoom]

We elect governments.

[@АлександрЗадорожный-ш9о]

​@@acajoomnot in Russia anymore.

[@betsybabf748]

Grocery prices everywhere are higher than two years ago. Here in the US, my grocery costs have increased by 50%. Feeding a house full of teenage boys is now very expensive.

[@ksl-988]

Because of the war.

[@wjs010]

When governments print paper fiat currency, unfortunately this does happen. It doesn’t really help that we have the best economy in the world if we can’t buy the basic food stuff that we want, right?

[@user-xg6yc8ho3w]

​@@ksl-988 No. It's not because of any war. It's purely from financial policies.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

It's the global economy, same in Australia. Fresh food is still cheap but anything imported costs a fortune.

[@dratovytee]

Russia is very cheap , your country make you stupid, don't be stupid be smart

[@Xtreme6184]

Hello from New Zealand. Thank you for your insight.

[@jobeck6333]

Thank you for another interesting and educational post Eli. Peace and love from the UK x

[@fireflyrobert]

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 from a company based in the UK.

[@voice.of.reason]

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

[@TheIceman567]

Are you from NI?

[@russellbanks5815]

Very helpful

[@phoibos810]

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 …

[@fireflyrobert]

@@phoibos810 The E-visa is limited to 16 days maximum stay

[@rtanakornrt]

ฉันคิดว่าไม่นานผู้คนที่เข้าออกรัสเซียคงสะดวกสบายขึ้นแต่ถึงยังงัยรัสเซียคงมีแรงดึงดูดและได้รับความสนใจจากผู้คนเหมือนเคย ขอบคุณสำหรับข้อมูล

[@jakeholder1]

Eli has the most beautiful informative videos in the world 🌎! Thank you, Eli! 🙏🏻😊

[@basukisugito8929]

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

[@trustEarned]

those cities are Far East.

[@DAVEVIKASARATOV]

@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,

[@basukisugito8929]

@@trustEarned I travel there after a few days in St Petersburg. I am at least happy been in those places

[@trustEarned]

@@DAVEVIKASARATOV FYI: you use Western maps. Siberia is a size of Texas, everything pass Lake Baikal is Far East.

[@hjackson.92]

​@@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.

[@coyotezinho]

Hi, Eli. Your videos are very enlightening. Now I'm going to watch the 2nd part because I'm a foreigner.

[@shufiyanshukur1200]

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! ❤

[@railroad_of_oregon]

please address your prayer to the US state department by mail

[@JustReddit-m4q]

Yea, I have your prayers hanging, dumbass.

[@LeoLau-jw7ji]

@@railroad_of_oregon lol

[@fzilla42]

Wow I love your channel and your thoughtful way of describing your country during this crazy time for all of us. You should have a show! Have a good day!

[@kadirmerdin657]

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

[@данилатикин]

Здравствуйте. За 20 лет все города в России изменились до неузнаваемости...

[@denisanon8629]

Only after the denazification of your country, friend!

[@Виталий-ф9ф8ф]

Привет из Липецка!

[@kadirmerdin657]

@@Виталий-ф9ф8ф Privet moi drug 👋👋👋

[@Primula.art.studio]

20 years ago was a difficult time. Surprised you liked 😅

[@MrJulek53]

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.

[@bryantint1339]

I admire redheads too.

[@spudwesth]

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.

[@RoniiNN]

Relax simp

[@Malarkey-ks4un]

Redheads are hotter than blondes. You can’t change my mind 😆

[@Colonel_Blimp]

⁠this is true.

[@bamabldr66]

Ellie I just shared this Video to my personal Facebook page! Love you and can't wait to see your next Video! -Cliff Battleship Marine Supply Fairhope, Alabama

[@mollymare]

Hello from America! In high school and college I became OBSESSED with Russian history, politics, and literature and I have held on to the hope to someday visit for myself!! Loved the vid

[@jorgeaspera]

Me as well I learned everything I could

[@JustReddit-m4q]

Then you are a fucking idiot. OBSESSED .. really. Dumb fuck. You are not fooling anyone with your propaganda bullshit. Asshole.

[@johannatrahan6613]

Have you watched "Russian Ark" yet? One of the most amazing movies I've ever seen.

[@oOoxelesOo]

Truly interesting history, the way the fuck everything up for them and around them while having so much potential is comical.

[@dimass.1206]

As a Russian, I should say, that our history is full of lies. So don't be so obsessed on it. We have a proverb in here ... Russia is a country with unpredictable past ... 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

[@TatyanaSpb34]

Эля, ты тут собрала столько людей из разных стран! Невероятно приятно читать комментарии. Важное дело ты делаешь!

[@brainpope6660]

Не волнуйся. Все они будут зарегистрированы и доложены. Этот канал собирает идиотов, которые ставят под угрозу безопасность в случае войны.

[@TheRetiredPanther]

@@brainpope6660 КУДА они будут «доложены»?!

[@DabElement]

@@TheRetiredPanther В базу миротворца видимо)

[@RomanOnyshchenko]

@@DabElement Боженьке, видимо, как поддерживающие геноцид.

[@ivan_the_durak]

@@brainpope6660 объясните для тупых, какая опасность подстерегает нашу безопасность?

[@Spanishfutbol2010]

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

[@alekschibich]

❤

[@michaele8442]

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.

[@stanspb763]

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.

[@babyfacemichael1]

Putin wants piece, piece of Ukraine, piece of Latvia etc etc kinda like Hitler huh

[@babyfacemichael1]

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.

[@Cocoluna66]

Love your channel !! Best wishes for all peaceful people in the World

[@JulieRuby-w6s]

Your videos are truly interesting, your probably better off over there than we are here in the UK. It's really good to be able to see a normal person from any country talking about how it is to live there so thank you. Your English is very good too 😊

[@irisbrejean8019]

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.

[@irisbrejean8019]

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…

[@aimee9478]

@@irisbrejean8019 You're absolutely correct. Personally I also think that calling Russia a European country is wrong to an extent: we're simultaneously European and Asian in our ways, and that's one of the aspects that makes us unique. Russia is Eurasian, there's nothing wrong with it. I'm really glad you've had such a great experience with your friends!

[@irisbrejean8019]

@@aimee9478 💖

[@pommesschale5440]

As much as I like your idealism the fact that Russia has illegally invaded and occupied another country doesn't go away. What should Ukraine do in your opinion? Just let them and give them their land? In this case the peaceful world you are dreaming of would just belong to its strongest members. Wherever people live together need to be rules and wherever rules are is politics. We can't do without it, for better or worse.

[@aimee9478]

@@pommesschale5440 You and OP are talking about completely different things lmao.

[@tuaniskandar9621]

Once again, Eli always shows interesting and very useful videos for people all over the world to watch. Yes, you are really great at choosing broadcast topics, Eli!

[@THOMAS_MHDS]

Shut up nice boy

[@cathrinegee8049]

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

[@frenchthot]

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).

[@ronkumar1093]

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?

[@peterwilliams2152]

@@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.

[@cathrinegee8049]

@@ronkumar1093 well I got 12k roubles for 350 aud. I don’t know what the Euro -AUD rate was then.

[@eduardko5677]

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.

[@puckf17]

Thank you so much - a balanced look at the world from an insider. The money exchange is very useful.

[@sergiopinheiro9929]

Congratulations. Graet explanetion. Thank you .

[@joemann2178]

Great video Eli, I really want to go to Volgograd and your help and advice might help me go this year!

[@cassiopeabr76]

I´m glad that you here, Eli and thanks for answering important questions with such transparency. Cheers from Brazil.

[@delonthomas5049]

❤❤❤❤❤ yes awesome

[@kriwe503]

Transparency? Not a single time she mentioned Ukraine by name. Just "the situation".

[@NisarAhmed-ei2ng]

Hi really I like your video actually I want to travel Russia thank you so much for this video. ❤😊

[@thegloriouslion5200]

Misha and the bear brings back many fond memories, that show played in Tehran on kid’s television program and it is just adorable to see the toys in V&T kids meal

[@TraceyD-vg3vv]

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. ❣

[@kaylamunster]

This was so helpful, spasiba Eli ❤

[@giovafra61]

Good job, Eli. Your videos are always interesting and well done. Go straight in this way. Greetings from Rome.

[@williammagdalene7439]

Your videos are as close as I may ever get to visiting Russia. They are joyous, informative works. Thanks to you always!

[@penelopegarciamaritano2305]

I completely agree with this

[@thisiswater9231]

You can certainly still visit Russia. As she said above, you can get a VISA still. Not sure where you're from. US?

[@williammagdalene7439]

@@thisiswater9231 thanks. Yes, US.

[@divest2099]

@@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.

[@trailoffiends]

Go to Kursk, I've heard it's lovely this time of the year.

[@greyjay9202]

Bless you, Eli. You take the high road, and focus on the goodness in people. Staying well away from politics is a wise decision.

[@albertmaziarz6739]

the thing more evil then putin oppressing russian people , is ther will to be oppress forever , spineless wimps kneeling to ther tsar putin .

[@quifix1]

Politics is not far from you, it decides almost everything in your life. This is the biggest mistake to think about moving away from politics. The biggest mistake is for good people to walk away and remain silent. This is the greatest desire of bad politicians, dictators...

[@babyfacemichael1]

That`s like saying Germans in the early 1940`s , should avoid talking about the jews or gypsies

[@nataliasalmanova6020]

@@quifix1she doesn’t discuss it on her channel

[@tonjar]

How is it wise other than protecting her from detainment?

[@Martin1Libom]

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 !

[@Йорик-э7б]

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.

[@jaymoses8756]

I would like to in the future, yes your video was very useful and an eyeopener. Good luck with your efforts, all the best. Cheers!

[@WWarped1]

Eli, what a great video. People adapt, they find ways to continue. It's a shame such problems and issues turn up in the world, and are beyond most of our control. After all, we are all flesh and blood, we should be able to get on peacefully. Don't lose hope, and keep a sense of humour. Russia is a wonderful country (What little I visited), the people friendly and welcoming (The few I met). More people need to travel and have open minds, you find that we are all the same. Differences are not to be feared but welcomed, talk, and we can all find some common ground. Peace.

[@dwaleka]

Stay strong !!! Great job !!!

[@gracedunioh4560]

I'm Nigerian, studying in Siberia, everything Eli says it's true. It's summer now, i love the weather now.

[@sheltonmackey6449]

It takes time for sanctions to work

[@vadvariova4419]

@@sheltonmackey6449 its not like they are going to affect anybody except of politicians.

[@RichardWagner-hi4zn]

@@sheltonmackey6449 Yeah, maybe in another five or ten years there will be effects. lol

[@GK-cb3vc]

The key word being "NOW". 😅 I'm from southern Europe but a friend of mine works in a general store in Murmansk. During winter he sticks his hands into the drinks refrigerator to warm himself up. 😂😂😂

[@iananedorez3961]

Hi there! I also live in Siberia (the south of the region, the city of Krasnoyarsk), and the summer weather here is pure hell. The heat hits so suddenly and so hard that I hardly feel alive, constantly in physical discomfort. Now it's +35°C (95°F). I... just hug the ice packs and dream about when this will all be over.🥴😵‍💫☠☠☠

[@chandraregan5847]

I've just recently started looking for videos about Russia. Both my husband and I have had some ancestors who lived in Russia in the 1800s. But we don't hear about Russia nowadays. So, I want to learn more about what life is like in Russia. Most of us in America have lost trust in our mass media. So, it's much better to get news directly from an average person living in Russia. Thanks for your videos! I'm glad that I found you!

[@keithreed5952]

Superb video. A wealth of information. Thank you.

[@tomkeller6982]

Another excellent video Eli. Very useful tips. Thanks for being so open and generous with your info.

[@SOAdevops]

Privet Eli, I really appreciate you making this vlog. I just stumbled on this somehow and kept watching. You are doing a good job of showing the reality in Russia.

[@taahirkamalchagan4018]

This channel is gold 🥇

[@nihon94b]

Your videos are good specially this one is very informative. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@gustavorigor]

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.

[@Российскийнемец]

🇷🇺❤🇨🇱

[@JuneBarbone]

Sorry for what the United States did to your county..I didn't know 😢

[@CactusTwo]

Chile is a good country, greeting from Chile🤣✌🇨🇱

[@terry4137]

@@JuneBarbonethere is bad done in every county!

[@stewartsmith1947]

USA here. Love the people of Russia and love your videos. Thank you !

[@bladeboy2041]

Do you know them all then?

[@Real-Name..Maqavoy]

No flag? hmm. a bit sus

[@stewartsmith1947]

@@bladeboy2041 All but the politicians ! DC and the Kremlin stink !

[@4emcarthur]

Hell, yeah, U.S.A.!! New England here, right back at you, brother. Russians are great people.

[@ScrawneyRonnie]

As a Canadian, I don't see differences between your country and mine worth dying for. I hope peace comes soon.

[@robgeheim4842]

AFAIK Canada has never invaded a neighbour ... Small difference between russia and china ...

[@Dutch_Van_Gogh]

Basic healthcare. It's atrocious in Canada. Unfortunately. Cost of labor vs quality is also not that good in Canada, especially when we are talking construction etc. Corruption is something that doesn't even exist in Canada compared to Russia. So here are points to Canada. Also people's genuine desire to help you is much more evident and common in Canada. Overall stability - military, economic, political is better in Canada. There are ideological differences - woke culture and laws in Canada vs censorship on anything regarding the people who hold power in Russia. Both are not good at all. But there are similarities too. Both countries struggle with their geographical positions, both have inhabitable areas, small population vs land size, dependency on natural resources, costly infrastructure etc.

[@Dutch_Van_Gogh]

@@robgeheim4842 technically speaking, Canada has invaded a neighbor - Denmark, which also invaded Canada. It's called Whisky war. Although it's obviously a funny "war", not a real one.

[@xcvb213]

@@Dutch_Van_GoghWhat an intelligent and open-minded comment. You have my respect, sir or madam. Too many people think in black and white, while the reality are often shades of grey.

[@usertom1967]

​@@robgeheim4842 Canada is extremely sheltered and is living in a posh neighborhood on planet earth. Read. A book called Prisoners of Geography and you'll understand why thr two World Wars happened in Europe

[@baba-pb8td]

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。

[@xotwod9638]

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。

[@МарияСолонская-е8у]

Добро Пожаловать )))

[@ShainIva]

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.

[@莱克多巴蛙-m6s]

哟西

[@Йорик-э7б]

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

[@vesapykala4322]

I worked with Russians in late 80's. I studied Russian language at school. I wish the new generations can co-operate with us! I like your website. I am a Finn and living in USA.

[@williamfurman2042]

I experienced real joy casually speaking my native English with Turkish youth at a "Kultur School." Your English is great; why can some people speak it well and some do not? Thanks for helping.

[@JB52520]

I can't learn a foreign language to save my life. The most I can accomplish is temporarily damaging my ability to speak English. It's not for lack of trying. There are many dimensions of intelligence, and some people fall short in language acquisition.

[@PamelaBewley]

Wow! You explained this so well! We dont hear much about russia where i live so this was amazing to learn!

[@poohoff]

I live in St. Petersburg and the only thing that's really annoying is having to fly via Istanbul if you wanna get anywhere in Europe, otherwise nothing really changed compared to before the war.

[@bladeboy2041]

What's the interest rate in Russia?

[@Memovox]

@@bladeboy2041 Why?

[@rusta3210]

​@@bladeboy2041 16 %

[@bladeboy2041]

@@Memovox Look it up when someone tells you nothing has changed. What they mean is they're accepting it.

[@thomasaloysiusgilhooley5148]

​@@bladeboy2041and the price of energy in the UK?

[@bradforddavis6497]

Such a sweet person.

[@natureguppy9642]

I've watched and enjoyed you're videos for a long time, and thank you for keeping up the great work. Wishing you and your country all the best and hope for peace and stability soon. I love seeing the truth and the resilience and adaptation to all the sanctions. It's remarkable and put a smile on my face.

[@investor_mazi]

This is great content! ❤ You gained a subscriber from Nigeria 🇳🇬 ❤ Love you 🥰

[@mfarace67]

Thank you very much for all the details. I have been in Russia many times, but its been almost 10 years. The cities and people are great and exploring Russia was always wonderful. It's definitely a very unique experience!

[@victorotvertchenko2665]

Much better now.

[@peterspencer6483]

thank you Eli, most of the people in the world are decent , kind and helpful , and it is great to watch independent people like your self offering these fantastic videos for those that fear to travel. thanks again old man pete from Australia

[@Alexx22570]

Hi Eli I’m not travelling to Russia but this video is really good I feel like alot of people will find this so helpful

[@MistySprinkle-f4y]

Thank you so much for making this video. As the situation changes, time passes, and things progress… what’s already transpired develops into the inevitable… our ability to connect on a basic human level is going to be incredibly important for all of us. Side note commission of 50% is something nobody should ever have to get used to. 🕊️

[@martinlamas8041]

Beautiful Country Beautiful People ThankYou for the insight Lots of Love from Mexico❤ 🙏

[@aiviskri]

Yes, such a beautiful country that is dropping bombs every day on peoples houses, torturing innocents, threatening to destroy everyone with nukes, commiting hundreds of war crimes per day, ruining millions of lives by invading a neighbouring country. Such an amazing people!! Maybe you'd also like to have them as your neighbours?

[@JFA-9019]

We love you Eli and Russia from Kabul, Afghanistan. I can understand you since we also live under sanctions and that is affecting the lives of ordinary people who have nothing to do with politics and the authorities. I have no idea why politicians punish ordinary people for things they haven`t done. Unfortunately, we are all victims of politics at the end of the day.

[@iWantPeace838]

Hello my friend. The purpose of sanctioning a country is for creating an atmosphere of difficult living. The west hope for an uprising in the sanctioned country. They always want someone who is obedient to the west's directive to be in power.

[@moetocafe]

why your people, when come here to EU behave like criminals? I thought Islam teaches people better and to respect the law and other people?

[@thadtuiol1717]

Because America, that's why.

[@esmailkhodadoost9933]

stay out of politics, praise Allah, follow his messenger, pledge allegiance to his family. May Allah protect you. Remember this life is only a trial. It ends and is almost meaningless.

[@moetocafe]

@@esmailkhodadoost9933 life is meaningful. The meaning of life is the Love of God. The meaning of life is the love of one human being to another, of a mother to a child, of a husband to a spouse, etc. Even the love to see the sunrise, the green grass, the flowers and all of the amazing nature, that God created for us. The meaning of life is to love your family, relatives, friends and all, who you know. To repent from sin and to hope for the Mercy of God and for eternal life in God's Love with all people.

[@RuthT90]

I'm new to your channel but I already love it. I've always been fascinated with Russia and I hope to be able to visit one day. Until then I'm looking forward to learning more about this wonderful country and it's people through your eyes!

[@georgemartin1436]

How interesting! I would also be interested to see more videos describing current life in Ukraine as well. Thank you for posting!

[@JWAM]

As long as the sanctions doesn't make life worse than it is in Ukraine, there obviously needs to be more sanctions.

[@Respen]

​@@JWAMчтобы жить хуже, чем в Украине, люди должны лишиться разума. но у русских людей разума достаточно, поэтому, в отличие от украинцев, они не превратят свою страну в политическую девушку лёгкого поведения

[@JWAM]

@@Respen ​Ukraine is having it worse as they have a neighbor who is bombing their powerplants, and destroying their cities. If you do not think that this is a problem, is it fair for you to assert that you haven't lost _your_ mind?

[@Respen]

@@JWAM чел, ты пишешь это тому, кто является жителем Луганска) Мне ли не знать про агрессивных "соседей". Украинцы потеряли разум ещё при СССР, после его распада - всё стало критично. А майдан - был крайней точкой, которая показала, что украинцы, как нация, не способны удержать страну

[@brendandolan7763]

​@@RespenI could say the same thing for russia

[@rmirawan8455]

Thank you Eli, this is very informative and helpful, much love and respect

[@andyanderson222]

I like your channel and your positive attitude) Keep it going!👍

[@kingofcopenhagen5419]

I just discovered this channel recently and subscribed immediately! It is amazing how broad Eli comes around many aspects of Russian culture and life in Russia in general. Im 30 years old from Denmark and i've spent my mid twenties studying Russian studies at the University of Copenhagen, where i had the chance to go on exchange twice to Ekaterinburg (2018) and Moscow (2019) respectively. I even lived for a short time (3 months) with my Russian ex girlfriend in Kaluga. My experiences in Russia have been so amazing and life changing both in terms of adapting (as well being welcomed) to a new culture and personal development. Russian people might seem a little cold at first, but as soon as you get to know them they can be the warmest, loyal and most affectionate people you will ever meet! The Russians i met were ordinary Russians (like the ones appearing in most of Eli's videos) with average-paid jobs, and despite their lack of privilege, these people would spent their free time borrowing their friends cars (or bicycles) to take me out on the countryside (Derevnya) and show me the beautiful nature of Mother Russia. They would as well spend a whole day showing me every metro station in the bigger cities, or take me to war museums while explaining Russian mentality. It's truly sad how Russia and its people are being displayed as enemies in Western media.. Keep up the fantastic work Eli! with your content you are creating the best diplomatic tool/bridge for Russian-interested foreigners to understand Russian culture and Russians on a deeper level - by also showing how powerful culture is and something that people can relate to on a mass level. Hope to go back one day! Peace.

[@JCVCarlo]

Thank you Eli for sharing this valuable information. Great Video!!!

[@Babygirl_2013]

Hey beautiful..I'm new to Your channel but I can't stop watching your videos ...Its so interesting seeing how you live /your culture /Compared to mine/others 😊 ..I find it fascinating ..So Thank You for uploading these videos I can't wait for the next t one TAKE care and keep smiling ❤

[@anamericaninrussia01]

Very informative - thank you!

[@TheNails3]

7:45 that is the cutest bank card I have ever seen! Bear cubs awwwwww

[@raularielvictoriano5597]

Hi, Eli. I'm glad to watch your video because I ever used to love Russians. The inhabitans of my country never had hate foreigners but the opposite. We are open arms to recieve them. I'm a man that follows of your channel to know more and more things about Russia. My english is at elementary level but is enough to understand. You speak very well, slowly, sweety, and with an excelent pronunciation that is a real pleasure to watch this videos. I'm from Buenos Aires city of Argentina. Here we speak spanish only but your channel is a real link for me to understand the life and the heart of the lovely Russian people. Dear Eli, I send you a huge embrace and don't give up. We need you remain uploading your beautiful videos. Excuse my bad writing. Greetings.❤

[@RichardWagner-hi4zn]

Your English is quite good, but write "your" instead of "her". tus videos, no sus videos

[@raularielvictoriano5597]

@@RichardWagner-hi4zn Muchas gracias por la sugerencia. Saludos.

[@burningblue1254]

I believe its important to separate the leadership from the people. I have met wonderful people all over the world but their governments? Draconian.

[@RickCabi]

Hey thanks for this video. It's a complicated topic but good to know what is really happening there especially for the normal people who live in Russia.

[@paulhe234]

Eli , thanks for your hard work .Hope will have peace one day.

[@ericg9092]

Hello Elina, just found your channel and subscribed. Thank you for showing us a bit of life in Russia, the supermarkets, shopping, etc. I live in the U.S. and didn't personally have a clue how sanctions might effect day to day life for normal citizens. Russia looks like a beautiful country and I look forward to watching more of your videos.

[@pavelukraine4929]

Russian pensions are often 14,000 rubles, which is about 160 USD. Russian salaries are often 20,000 rubles, which is about 220 USD a month.

[@vanvangog]

​@@pavelukraine4929As a person living in Western Europe and Russia, I can confirm that pensions are indeed small. On average, it is 200-270 euros. This is only enough for food, utilities and inexpensive clothing. I categorically disagree with prices and salaries. The average salary is 700-800 euros, but since transport, food, restaurants, services are cheaper, it is about 2000-2200 euros after taxes in Germany. Personally, I am more comfortable in Russia for 4000 euros than in Germany for 9000 euros. The standard of living is the same, but most services are better quality. Except for beer 😅

[@shadyboy-c3k]

My friend who is indian from Goa is amazed by the number of russians living and holidaying in india

[@yeshechangchub6914]

they want to be meat in the ukraine nvasion so they invade goa, bali , thailand

[@shahrukhkhan8307]

there are so many Russians in Turkey, Azerbaijan and UAE and Qatar. Sanctions are working in favor of Russia imo.

[@_SooMood_]

I hope they will not end up like the poor Brazilian tourist

[@manasthukral6065]

@@_SooMood_where you from can you tel me ?

[@_SooMood_]

@@manasthukral6065 I'm from a place where people are smart enough to not visit india

[@H4KTNNT]

спасибо, Эли, за всю эту полезную информацию. это будет полезно для людей, планирующих поездку в Россию.

[@AnnetteSchaefer]

Your very interesting and Informative to watch..very good video..thank you..blessings to you🎉

[@flavoie]

Thank you so much Eli. I deeply appreciated your work on YT, showing us the cultural diversity in central Asia. You have educated us on this complex subject like no other!

[@ytujackclough]

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 for peace.

[@katveyn]

❤❤❤

[@JESUSINAMERICA]

SHE TALKS ABOUT POLITICS, BUT THEN BANS PEOPLE FROM GVING HER AN ANSWER, REGARDING THE SANCTIONS IN RUSSIA. (MORONIC) CLEARLY ANOTHER RED DIAPER BABY. 🤣🤣🤣😅😆😄🙂

[@abrogard142]

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

[@albertmaziarz6739]

well educadet 5th grade

[@liamros3562]

Go and move to Russia. It's nice. Many gulgags many cameras, no freedom of press, many journalists imprisoned. Nice.

[@ghosttownhunter72]

I find Russian culture and daily life very interesting. This video is a clear look at what i am curious about! This is perfect!

[@lk9204]

but don't forget that this is a capital of russia, where life by itself is pretty abundant, if you have a lot of money of course. there's also a saying that "moscow and russia are two different countries" meaning that you simply shouldn't forget that moscow is a gigantic megapolis and things there are different from regular russian cities

[@La__Espada]

@@lk9204вообще нет. Откуда этот бред пошел вообще? Была в Москве, СПБ, Казани, Нижнем Новгороде, Новосибирске, Екатеринбурге, Калининграде и Зеленоградске, Сочи, Геленджик, Севастополь. Жизнь во всем перечисленных городах одинаково хороша. Зп соотносятся с ценами в магазинах. Единственное, что отличает Москву от всех остальных - наличие бизнес-центра Москва-сити и очень развитый метрополитен. ВСЁ. Больше скажу, маленький тихий Зеленоградск на берегу моря мне понравился больше всех миллионников и даже больше Мадрида, в котором была относительно недавно, из-за чего и могу их сравнить. Ещё один плюс Москвы - много путей развития карьеры, если ты хочешь стать госслужащим или актером/артистом. Просто потому, что там административный центр и куча театров/киностудий. Но это свойственно любой столице. Так поясни мне пж, откуда пошел этот высер про Москву?

[@001-x1b]

I always love to see grocery store videos. Many say it's boring but personally I think it's so interesting I get to see local things of areas I will never go to and I can learn so much about the habits of consumers.

[@quintatorneiro3074]

The FOOD sector did not suffer ANY direct SANCTIONS. In fact, one of the largest food retailers in Russia is the FRENCH AUCHAN

[@jeanyves5380]

Just the stores, not goods. But what does it change anyway : i'm not sure these sanctions have any effects and whould they have any they'll make people struggle: not leaders even if nobody's innocent!

[@gemmagemma9726]

@@jeanyves5380 Many medicines are no where to be found in Russia. No direct sanction doesn't mean no effect.

[@zed007]

@@gemmagemma9726 Oh, really? Keep us informed, plz. Hi from Siberia )))

[@gemmagemma9726]

@@zed007 I’m not Russian but I follow a Russian girl called Masha. She has to purchase some medicine from Poland for a kid with autism.

[@rss4739]

​​@@gemmagemma9726 с человеком с которым ты общаешься, нуждается в тех же лекарствах. С ним не нужно спорить😂

[@80skidgrownup00]

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 KZbin allows this video to remain available for any open minded westerner that cares about humanity so see 🙏

[@JESUSINAMERICA]

SHE TALKS ABOUT POLITICS, BUT THEN BANS PEOPLE FROM GVING HER AN ANSWER, REGARDING THE SANCTIONS IN RUSSIA. (MORONIC) CLEARLY ANOTHER RED DIAPER BABY. 🤣🤣🤣😅😆😄🙂

[@MrJrsanfilippo]

I found this very interesting … thanks for sharing.

[@FadlBadreddine]

You’re very inspirational, making the best of what life is giving you, with great attitude an gratitude - 🙏🏻🥰🥰

[@GameplayandTalk]

This was eye opening! Thanks for your insight. :)

[@homeland-ez]

Watching from Vietnam. We love you Eli, anythings come its never changed😊

[@jamesatkins8344]

After Vietnam won its independence it should be ashamed of supporting what's Russia is doing to Ukraine and supporting the same thing that was not acceptable to happen to Vietnam

[@homeland-ez]

@@jamesatkins8344 not polistics bro. Just friendship with Eli

[@jamesatkins8344]

@@homeland-ez when you have killing, looting and raping and kidnapping these things are not political there just plain wrong regardless of the country

[@andremacareno]

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

[@Dmitry_Newman.]

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"?

[@andremacareno]

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?

[@Stalinko]

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.

[@andremacareno]

Apparently SWIFT doesn’t limited by two currencies, so nothing can stop you from SWIFTing other currencies first

[@Dmitry_Newman.]

@@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.

[@c2dvr]

Eli,you are very helpful,I enjoy your channel.Thanks for all you do.

[@maltchikvik]

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.

[@mirka]

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.

[@babyfacemichael1]

`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.

[@Lex-Hawthorn]

Brilliant Eli. You have probably helped many people wishing to travel to Russia and its many regions. I posted on another channels comments, that here in my local mall in Sydney, Australia, there was a money exchange and i could still get Russian Rubles.. So much for Australian sanctions. Remember Australia is a convict prison of Britain, that is now run by multi National Corporations. So any sanctions and opinions of the senior management of AusCorp, are not necessarily the opinions of our peoples here. Take care, stay safe Eli.

[@JESUSINAMERICA]

SHE TALKS ABOUT POLITICS, BUT THEN BANS PEOPLE FROM GVING HER AN ANSWER, REGARDING THE SANCTIONS IN RUSSIA. (MORONIC) CLEARLY ANOTHER RED DIAPER BABY. 🤣🤣🤣😅😆😄🙂

[@Nowhereman123]

As an Aussie living in Kazan for the last 3 months it has been such a pleasure being here.

[@stapleyp]

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.

[@ЖирныйРафик]

@@stapleyp 38 не было😁, но эта зима в Казани трахнула абсолютно всех🙃

[@Nowhereman123]

@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.

[@vladimirnikolskiy]

I was in Kazan last month, I really liked the city. I didn't like the taxi drivers, they drive like racers.

[@zairamagomedova8496]

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:)

[@JayVanDuzer]

Wonderful video, thank you so much with sharing. It proves that people are people whereever they are. Good people everywhere!

[@deshr8541]

Wow you have made a seriously useful video for tourists coming to Russia. Maybe you should change the title or include something in the thumbnail so that tourists can find this informative video. It's great that you are keeping strong during this crazy time, Russia needs citizens like you to inspire others, to set an example and lead the way. Excellent content. 👍👍👍