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Just what Sveta and I have waited for. Now Sveta can travel to Turkey visa free. It was just officially announced that Russians will be able to travel to Turkey visa-free as of the 16th of April, 2011…
This is according to the Russian Foreign Ministry. It seems that a new Russian-Turkish agreement is due to come into force this month…
So we add another country to the list of visa free for Russians… 🙂
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Russia employs Arctic brigade to defend oil and gas reserves
Russia is setting up a special motorized infantry brigade of troops ready to fight in the Arctic as tensions over the region’s allegedly vast oil and gas wealth reserves grow. The troops will be based in the far northern town of Pechenga on Russia’s Kola Peninsula close to the Norwegian and Finnish borders and will be combat-ready later this year.>>
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Russia has raised social pensions in Russia by 10% as of today (April/01/2011). They will now be reconfigured once a year in Russia, rather than every two years, as it was in the past. The amendment to the pension law was approved by Russia’s parliament and signed into law by the Russian President on the 29th of March, 2011. Some more than 4 million Russians are entitled to social pensions…
Rough figures that vary where you live in Russia: The average social pension in Russia by the end of 2009 was 4,176 robules. The labor pension in Russia was increase by around 1,113 roubles to 5,749 roubles during 2010, and the average old-age pension in Russia will be expected to reach 6,091 roubles by 2011…
That equates into around $200 per month to survive on, in Russia…
That may not seem like much but when I came to Russia 5 years ago they were getting about $100 per month so it is better…
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