When visiting Russia it is always a good idea to bring some cash money with you. Since at most foreign exchange offices outside Russia they either don't have rubles or, if they do, the exchange rate...
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[caption id="attachment_444" align="alignnone" width="950"] A half a million rubles a month apartment in the centre of Saint Petersburg (screenshot taken from a real estate agency...
The main scam in the nightlife of Saint Petersburg guys should watch out for
Having lived in Saint Petersburg for almost five years I thought of myself as pretty streetwise. Admittedly I was a sucker years ago when I fell for these nightlife scams 2, but now I thought of...
Like the whole of Russia, Saint Petersburg has huge income inequality. But who are the super-rich of the City on the Neva? The Saint Petersburg based business newspaper Delovoy Peterburg maintains a...
Moscow is huge and quite polluted. But what about the city's tap water? Is it safe to drink or should you stick to bottled water during your stay in the Russian capital? In this blog post are my...
As one of Russia's top tourist destinations, Saint Petersburg has the infrastructure to receive large groups of foreign tourists. Since these foreign tourists are on average more wealthy than the...