My grandmom is moving from Ukraine to Russia to live with us, so we've started searching for some info about the registration process and all that stuff. When looking for a way to get her pension benefit transfered from Ukrain to Russia, I got across some laws regulating our pension system.
The idea I got after reading them is that there're only 2 ways to be a retiree in Russia. The first one is to leave the country before you become one, the second is never to become a retiree and work until you die.
The basic part of the pension benefit in this country is around $50 US, of course there's another part payed from your accumulated contributions to the pension fund, but in total the medium pension benefit in Russia is about $200 US. To give you an idea of what yo can buy in Russia for this money: a meal in McDonalds - $5-6, the cheapest rent of a flat in Moscow - $500 a month, salary of an office worker, starting his carreer - $700 a month.
So you really need to invest in your children so that they will support you when you stop working in this country. So may be we should openly implement the system of Thailand then and not humiliate our elderly people with such pensions.
Wednesday, 15 July 2009
I'm not really fond of all those social networks, especially those local ones (I mean russian). But then I got an invitation to join Facebook from one of my friends I got to know 4 years ago in Cologne (Germany). We were studing german there and we had an incredible month with people from Spain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia... I really miss that time. So I took the chance and signed up. And I found all those people there. The russian girl is married to a spanish boy now and lives in Madrid, the Mexican works with Volkswagen back in Mexico, the Italian is now in Austria... And now I want to go and visit them all.
I found another person there. He's a turkish boy we got aquainted with when having a holiday, he studied in the US then. That trip was also much fun, so I'm glad he remembered me. Now he lives in Istanbul.
The thing I like the most about modern life is that you can find yourself in a completely different place with completely different people around you, and you can have a lot of fun, learn lots of new things. And then, after several years, you can still meet those people as if you talked to them only yesterday.
I found another person there. He's a turkish boy we got aquainted with when having a holiday, he studied in the US then. That trip was also much fun, so I'm glad he remembered me. Now he lives in Istanbul.
The thing I like the most about modern life is that you can find yourself in a completely different place with completely different people around you, and you can have a lot of fun, learn lots of new things. And then, after several years, you can still meet those people as if you talked to them only yesterday.
Friday, 3 July 2009
Ra:IN in Moscow
On the 26th of June we had a concert of Japanese band Ra:IN here in Moscow. It's famous for its remarkable music and famous members (PATA from X JAPAN, DIE - support member of hide and GLAY). The concert was delayed for 3 hours, but every minute of expectation was worth it. I haven't seen such a powerful performance for a long time. Those guys looked like real rock stars from the past and they rocked the house. There manager turned to be very friendly, too. I wish they would come back soon.
You can find some pics from the concert if you need here.
You can find some pics from the concert if you need here.
Graduation
Back from Prague
Here're several photos from Prague. It was a great trip and once again I fell in love with the place.
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