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generic-user-1 on 08 September 2015
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Sharu said:
generic-user-1 said:
Sharu said:
Psychotic said:


Um... money? Average slary? GDP? Standard of living? Take your pick.

Well... Using PPP GDP I see that Russia is in top 5 for 2014... And Sweden is faaar behind and Denmark is even lower. 
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.CD?order=wbapi_data_value_2014+wbapi_data_value+wbapi_data_value-last&sort=desc

And even on GDP without PPP methods, Russia is 10th, Sweden - 20th and Denmark is between Thailand and Malaysia. 
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD/countries?order=wbapi_data_value_2014+wbapi_data_value+wbapi_data_value-last&sort=desc

If you think GDP is best method to get the best country then you should move to China, man.

And if you speak about avg salary you shouldn't forget that the prices level and costs structure is very different over the world. 
For example today in SPb benzin price is around 36 rub for 1 liter. And its rouhly 0.47 Euro/0.59 USD. 
So you can't just compare numbers, you should consider other things too... 

ehm you need to take per capita, not just gpd if you want to compare a big country with a small one...

and the russian numbers will take a huge hit 2015, they are very dependen on the oil price, and well thats gonna hurt this year.

oh and you should drive a european car in russia, or the higher gasoline use of your lada will out all the savings from cheaper gasoline.

money isnt the most important think anyway. denmark is a realy safe country with a solid social net and first class healthcare and education for everyone, thats in my opinion much more improtant than 2-5k more or less salary

Well... You don't know much about Russia it seems...

1. Yes, oil/gas prices will hit Russian GDP in 2015. But not as much as you think. In 2014 all the gas and oil produced in Russia was around 10% of it GDP. And only part of it is exported. So the hit won't be too big.

2. I meant gasolin АИ98 which is equivalent to yours 98-super. Bad gasoline quality is a thing of past in Russia.

3. Its lot more Fords and Toyotas in Russia nowadays then Ladas. And a LOT of them produced in Russia. 

4. Russia is quite a safe country now. Basic medicine is free. School education is free (including books). High education is divided. YOu can pay money for your high education or you can try and compete and win free high education. If you do so you will get small money from government each month and if you're from another city - a room in a 'student campus'.

So... We're not perfect, I agree. But Russia isn't as bad for its people as it shown in Western media. If you want to discuss Russia and its place further - maybe we'll change thread to the old one of mine here: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=179695&page=1

1. its not just exports, the decline in oil and gas will hurt other sectors alot, because it sucks the liquidity out of the system.

and the rest of the ressource market is dieing too.

2. 98-super is the cheap gasoline in europe, the expensive stuff has 100+ octane but 98 is fine too, i dont know how you get the idea i was talking about bad gasoline quality in russia

3.  i dont know any russian who wants a ford or toyota, its audi or BMW

4. you dont have to win anything in denmark and you get something around 800€ from the state. but well the danish people arent so smart, they have a lot of totaly useless education,i would argue russia invests the same amount if not more per capita in usefull higher education(stem fields, fine art, etc).