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In 2023, according to the IT company Platforma, the number of VPN users in Russia increased by 37% compared to 2022 and 2.5 times compared to 2021. The largest share of VPN users is in Moscow (11%), Krasnodar and Krasnodar Krai (9%), St. Petersburg (8%), Rostov-on-Don and Rostov Oblast (5%), Perm and Perm Krai (5%). The main age of VPN users is 35-44 years old (63%). | In 2023, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the volume of non-resource non-energy exports from Russia (mainly metallurgy, chemical industry and mechanical engineering) decreased by 23% and amounted to $146.3 billion ($190.4b in 2022, $194.2b in 2021). Total exports from Russia amounted to $425.1b (-28.3%), imports - $285.1 billion (+11.7%). | According to Rosstat, the permanent population of Russia as of January 1, 2024 amounted to 146.204 million (decreased by 243.8 thousand). In 2022, it decreased by 532.6 thousand people. The regions with the largest decrease: Kemerovo (20.2 thousand), Nizhny Novgorod (20), Saratov (19), Sverdlovsk (16). The largest increase: Moscow Oblast (59.2 thousand), Moscow (50.5) and Tyumen Oblast (41.8). | According to Rosstat, consumer prices in Russia increased by 7.42% in 2023: fruits and vegetables - 24.19%, food products - by 8.16%, non-food products - 5.96%, services - 8.33%. In particular: chicken eggs - 61.35%, meat and poultry - 16.2%, sugar - 10.8%, fish - 9.2%, medicines - 7.9%, tobacco products - 7%, gasoline - 7.2%, foreign trips - 24.8%. | In 2023, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, 1,319,351 new vehicles were sold in Russia (+60% compared to 2022), about half are domestically produced. Sales of new passenger cars increased by 62% (1.056M), light commercial vehicles - +35% (105K), trucks - +74% (140.2K), buses +19% (17.8K), new electric vehicles - +290% (14,869). | More notes from Russia » |
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As of March, 2024, this income level is more than 10 times higher than the average monthly income of working people in Russia. So you can live quite comfortably anywhere in Russia. You can, for example, check the prices for various goods and services in Moscow to get an idea of prices in Russia.
If you decide to move to Russia, you should probably wait until some kind of peace agreement is concluded between Russia and Ukraine, which will likely entail the lifting of some sanctions, especially on international transfers. Without this, you will probably have problems getting your income in Russia.
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