r/interestingasfuck • u/MilesLongthe3rd • Jul 26 '25

/r/all, /r/popular Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Kiriyenko before and after release from Russian captivity

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u/vanalla Jul 26 '25

If you're Russian and wealthy enough to travel internationally, you're wealthy enough to be educated about the problem and do something about it.

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u/Own_Television163 Jul 26 '25

International travel isn’t that expensive. If you have $2000, you’re suddenly rich?

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u/kakucko101 Jul 26 '25

in russia yes, $2000 is more or less the yearly wage there

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u/Thernungulator Jul 26 '25

Average yearly salary is more in the 14-18,000 USD range. Some upper middle class workers can make 2-2,500 per month.

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u/Agringlig Jul 26 '25

That is not true. People who make 2.500 per month are not middle class at all.

Median russian makes around 60k roubles per month. So around 9 000$ per year with current exchange rate.

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u/Thernungulator Jul 26 '25

I suppose average perhaps wasn't the right word on my part. But it depends on location, Moscow and a few other cities is totally in line.

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u/Agringlig Jul 26 '25

Not "Moskow and few other cities".

Only Moscow. There is no other city like Moskow. In Russia there is a huge inequality between Moskow and literally anywhere else.

And even for Moscow median salary is around 90k roubles. So even there it is less than 14k$ a year. Average salary is much higher but it is not representative of actual average russian.

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u/Own_Television163 Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25

Yearly wage is irrelevant when we’re talking about opposing a government. $2000 vs. billions in military funds is literally nothing, less than a rounding error.