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而且它们似乎只会越来越高， 但是
工资却根本跟不上它的涨幅。
嗯，比如说房租，在这座城市 已经
相当高了。它占去了一个人 在这里拿平均工资的大部分收入。
可以说几乎都是房租。并且 情况
也有点失控了。所以会有这类 问题，
但是很明显，如果你带着存款来 或者
你拿的是西方的工资，那就 不算是
太大的问题了。但接着又会 遇到
另一个问题，就是…很多本地人
只愿意把房子租给俄罗斯人。 而且
这种情况相当普遍。你上这里的 租房网站
去看房源，会发现很多广告里 都会写
“只租俄罗斯人”，在很多广告里 都会提到，
几乎是所有广告都是这样。所以 这又是
如果你是外国人就必须要跨过的 一道门槛
在别的国家这么做是违法的，
但这是俄罗斯。接受现实吧。实际上 在
真正入境这个国家时，我遇到的
一个很大的问题就是被盘问了
一阵子。他们在想我为什么要来
这个城市，因为我最初来的时候，
我的城市库尔斯克有些状况。比如说 ，
邀请我的人，也就是我现在的妻子，
就被联邦安全局问了几个问题，
如果你不知道，那是这里的一个政府 机构。
然后我到边境的时候，被拦下来
盘问了好一阵子。可就算我是持
旅游签证、从爱沙尼亚过来的，
也被扣了六个小时。他们盘问我
要在那儿做什么…而且
我当时只申请来待几天。
有时候，如果你这么来，就会引起怀 疑，
取决于你打算做什么 或者
你打算住在哪里。所以就 记住
这一点，你可能得和 当局
打一点交道。然后 另外
和这一点相关的是，当你确实想 来这里时，
即使只是来访一下，你会遇到的 一个障碍是
现在已经没有 直飞西方的航班了。
取而代之，你必须 经由
土耳其、塞尔维亚或类似的其他 国家转机，
如果你想坐飞机来；或者如果你 想
走陆路来，显然也有 陆地边境可以过。
我自己就通过过其中 几个。而且
物价。物价已经 大幅上涨。
这只是想来这里 必须面对的事实。
你光是能踏上 俄罗斯土地
就要付出很多钱，所以要有 心理准备。嗯，
也有更便宜的选择，但通常 那是指
在那里你会被审问 所以…请选择 你的“毒药”吧 我猜是这样
所以 你在这里一定会面对的 一个困难就是
俄语 这门语言
如果你已经会说俄语 那就好 太棒了
你干得不错 你真是个天才 看起来是这样
但如果你像我一样 我可以谦虚地 说
我的俄语糟透了 人们 当我去
商店时 至少在某些地区… 他们
不习惯遇到一个看起来… 也许像
俄罗斯人…却实际上不会说 俄语的人
所以你会遇到这样的问题 他们不会
觉得你只是个外国人… 相反 他们
会觉得你有点蠢 而且我
确实有人 就是有人直接说我有点蠢
因为…至少在一开始 那时
我真的是在和人沟通方面 非常吃力
所以 如果…
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Original transcript (English)
And they only seem to be getting higher, but salaries don't really keep up with it that much. Uh, for example with rent, it's been quite a lot in this city. It makes up most of what someone would earn on the average salary here. And it's
getting a bit crazy. So there are those issues there, but obviously if you're coming with savings or you earn a Western salary, that's not going to be as much of a problem. But then it comes to another problem, which is that... a lot of
people here will only rent to Russians. And it's pretty widespread. You go on the websites for renting property here and you'll find 'Russians only' being mentioned in a lot of the adverts, almost all of them. So that's just another hurdle
that you have to get around if you're a foreigner here. That would be illegal in other countries, but it's Russia. Deal with it. Covering actually getting into the country, a big aspect of that, a big problem that I faced was getting questioned
a bit. They're wondering why I came to this city because when I originally came, there were some issues in my city, Kursk. And so for example, the person inviting me, my now wife, she got asked a few questions by the FSB, who if you
don't know are a government agency here. And when I came to the border, I was stopped and questioned quite a bit. But even on a tourist visa, when I crossed over from Estonia, I was kept for six hours. And they questioned me about
what I'm going to be doing there... and that was only me asking to come for a few days. It raises suspicions if you're coming, sometimes, depending on what you're planning on doing or where you're planning on living. So just keep
that in mind, you might have to deal with the authorities a little bit with that one. So also connected with that is when you do try to come, even if it's just for a visit, a roadblock that you'll hit is there are no direct flights to
the West anymore. Instead you have to go through Turkey or Serbia or other countries like this if you want to come by plane, or if you want to come by land, there's obviously land borders. I've gone through a couple of them myself. And
the prices. The prices have gone up quite considerably. It's just a fact of trying to come here. You will pay a lot to even be able to step foot on Russian soil, so get ready for that. Well there are cheaper options, but normally that's
where you get interrogated, so... choose your poison, I guess. So, a definite difficulty that you will have to face here is the Russian language. If you already speak Russian, fine, that's great. Well done to you. You're a genius, it seems.
But if you're like me, I can be modest and say my Russian is terrible. People, when I go to a shop, at least in some of the regions... they're not used to having someone who looks... possibly Russian... who doesn't actually speak Russian.
So you come across the problem where they don't think you're just a foreigner... instead they think that you are a bit stupid. And I have people, had people outright call me a bit stupid because... at least in the beginning, where
I really genuinely struggled to communicate with people. So if...
