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Hey. Got accepted into several mba programs in Canada. On the route for study permit now, which is also a kind of a lottery with the requirement to prove that you have nice prospects in Russia upon receiving education. Prospects in Russia I would say are non existent. War is going on for almost...

I would slightly disagree As a developed country Canada’s main tax base is personal income tax (roughly 50%). Another tax is Goods and services (10%), which is also partially generated by consumers.Corporate income tax is only 15%. Corporation are of course important as they provide employment...

Technology won’t pay additional taxes. People pay taxes.

I don’t think so. There is a huge support for Putin, citizens, that are ready to die for him/country. I guess at least 10-15% of population and 70% of military. It is enough to counter any revolution movements. It does not mean there would not be an attempt. Right now the situation is pretty...

Yep;) currently everyone here live like they used too: restaurants, parties, expensive purchases. People with Bloomberg access on the other hand are compiling some survival strategies. I pray for Ukranians and Russian soldiers, but I envy Ukrainians in a sort that theta can risk their life and...

Tv generation has no capacity of comprehending the economics reality and also have never learnt the skill of fact checking

Yeah. Me and mates from banking sector are thinking of pulling some cash and buy out one of the villages with farming ready infrastructure in Siberia. I seriously doubt there would be any decent way to make money in Russia soon

Yeah, video is pretty accurate

Nope, I guess I am stuck here. I was planning on attending mba this year. Waiting for rejection call

Imagine doing this in totalitarian state which has unique privilege of holding and shielding weapons

Imagine how it feels being here in Russia.

Define low paying please. As far as I know it pays in the range of 70-140k excluding stock compensation.

What’s your current CRS score. mine will be 472 by July. My IELTs is S:7; W:7; R:8,5; L8,5 I know people suggest to boost the score via English, but I am not sure it is even possible to up the score in speaking and writing by 0,5 at this level.

As a country insider I would say that there is a slim chance of that to happen. I hope that it is just a stand off, that looks like extremely realistic threat.

Guys with all due respect, it is just plain stupid to stop mass migration. The reason for the program is to gain as many free high skilled resources as possible that would later pay for pensions and social security. The system is beautiful.

In Russia the only possible way to work after giving birth is to hire a nanny. Most child care services like kindergarten and schools close at 17:00 + child sickness. And the costs of a nanny are almost half of the average amount woman can make. At the same time if you have an active career I...

How can husband accumulate pension separately from his wife? Having children has huge impact on pension anyways, it’s like spending 300-400k$ if you factor in forgone wages and capital appreciation on investments

I do not understand this math. Currently there are 30k candidates with CRS higher than 470. Your suggestions means that there will be inflow of new candidates with high CRS for cut off to stay even 480

It is easy. Having family by western standards is expensive.

Why 2 bachelors is a bad thing?