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What being Russian feels like now / Some changes
3 years ago
Hey everyone! u-u
You know quite well what's going on in the world right now but especially what's going on between Russia and Ukraine. You know very well how we, russians, never wanted any war to happen and how much we are ashamed of our government right now. Hope my ukranian friends stay safe, and this bs will end somewhen. My heart and soul is always with you all and I wish there was more that we as a nation could do but they make us seal our lips forcefully, which is why we help behind the stage with donations, provisions and everything.
We, russians, are cornered. Most of us want to flee the country, but it's not that easy due to other countries being hateful towards people and just with flights being constantly cancelled. Google pay and Apple pay don't work anymore. We can't pay for Netflix and other services. Disney won't show their recent releases in our cinemas. We use twitter and other international social media with vpn cause there's no other choice, they do not work.
The prices for everything due to sudden increased $ raise at about 30% went high up too, but poor salaries stay the same. Let's say, in big city the average salary is around 50k rubles which is about 520$ per month, while average cup of coffee costs around 3-5$, and the minimum rent in the worst apartment possible was around 312$. And this is the average salary, meaning there are a lot of ppl who get paid less, sometimes even twice. And with these realities people have to choose between having smth to eat right now, or starve but get home safe after work and dont lose it due to not paying rent. And I was in the same situation countless times.
But that's not everything: due to the rates, not only we can't get basic groceries without rationing, but also we're about to be short on meds. Most of them are being imported either fully or just components for creating specific medicine. Which is why there's risk of people having no way of finding a cure for their deseases, but the saddest part is that the old people getting around average 70$ a month for a living just wont be able to afford any of them anymore, cause most of meds don't have russian analogies.
As far as I can see nobody bothers to raise salaries cause moneys go for completely different purposes, which are comfortable for government. I don't wanna talk about level of life here - people being sad and miserable, coping, do whatever they can during this wave of hate which somewhen should end. I truly hope and believe that we are civilised people and can peacefully deal with any difficulties on our way.
About PayPal. Yeah, it doesn't work anymore. They gave us some time to withdraw funds and we wont be able to use it anymore, so me and my fellow russian artists are looking for alternatives, and thanks everyone for your suggestions. For now I personally decided to use this one https://www.buymeacoffee.com/coffartworks cause it's cute (uwu) and once the testing will be a success I'll keep using it for future commissions transactions.
I shall also have to change my price list once again due to all of the changes including the change of the payment platform, and I wish I didnt do it so soon but all the circumstances make me to.
But anyway.. I'm not sure if I told you everything, but if there are any questions please do ask below and I'd be happy to answer them all.
Please stay safe <3
You know quite well what's going on in the world right now but especially what's going on between Russia and Ukraine. You know very well how we, russians, never wanted any war to happen and how much we are ashamed of our government right now. Hope my ukranian friends stay safe, and this bs will end somewhen. My heart and soul is always with you all and I wish there was more that we as a nation could do but they make us seal our lips forcefully, which is why we help behind the stage with donations, provisions and everything.
We, russians, are cornered. Most of us want to flee the country, but it's not that easy due to other countries being hateful towards people and just with flights being constantly cancelled. Google pay and Apple pay don't work anymore. We can't pay for Netflix and other services. Disney won't show their recent releases in our cinemas. We use twitter and other international social media with vpn cause there's no other choice, they do not work.
The prices for everything due to sudden increased $ raise at about 30% went high up too, but poor salaries stay the same. Let's say, in big city the average salary is around 50k rubles which is about 520$ per month, while average cup of coffee costs around 3-5$, and the minimum rent in the worst apartment possible was around 312$. And this is the average salary, meaning there are a lot of ppl who get paid less, sometimes even twice. And with these realities people have to choose between having smth to eat right now, or starve but get home safe after work and dont lose it due to not paying rent. And I was in the same situation countless times.
But that's not everything: due to the rates, not only we can't get basic groceries without rationing, but also we're about to be short on meds. Most of them are being imported either fully or just components for creating specific medicine. Which is why there's risk of people having no way of finding a cure for their deseases, but the saddest part is that the old people getting around average 70$ a month for a living just wont be able to afford any of them anymore, cause most of meds don't have russian analogies.
As far as I can see nobody bothers to raise salaries cause moneys go for completely different purposes, which are comfortable for government. I don't wanna talk about level of life here - people being sad and miserable, coping, do whatever they can during this wave of hate which somewhen should end. I truly hope and believe that we are civilised people and can peacefully deal with any difficulties on our way.
About PayPal. Yeah, it doesn't work anymore. They gave us some time to withdraw funds and we wont be able to use it anymore, so me and my fellow russian artists are looking for alternatives, and thanks everyone for your suggestions. For now I personally decided to use this one https://www.buymeacoffee.com/coffartworks cause it's cute (uwu) and once the testing will be a success I'll keep using it for future commissions transactions.
I shall also have to change my price list once again due to all of the changes including the change of the payment platform, and I wish I didnt do it so soon but all the circumstances make me to.
But anyway.. I'm not sure if I told you everything, but if there are any questions please do ask below and I'd be happy to answer them all.
Please stay safe <3
Together with all this, we are trying to pay a loan totaling $ 1,417.61, and this becomes impossible due to the fact that now I will also stop earning for some time due to the shutdown of paypal...
Lets all hope this all is overwith soon.
Perhaps we could learn a thing or two from the Arabs, they have experience with how to deal with dictators from the Arabic spring.
Sorry about the controversial message