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ChristoBam:
Lol you even get time. Imagine when I checked this thread and I discovered that guy is still in Nigeria.

He seriously argued with me yesterday about Racism in Russia compared to the US. He said it's worse in the US and we argued for hours. I even thought he was in Russia.

He is right about racism is worse in USA. The Russian racism isn't direct like in the USA, where are a black man you have to Carry your life in your hands, Russia is one of the safest countries for blacks(apart from Moscow where everyone dey craze due to what blacks have done by there).

The racism in Russia stems from pride and jealousy where the believe a black isn't better than them. And it's mostly found in the work place and schools. As foreigner working in a Russian company they will look for ways to steal your money by giving you a fine ( the salary is even poor) and there are limits to the rank and salary a foreigner can get working for a Russian company. In education, it's their people first before you. Most of the lecturers are after what they will get from you. If you have no use to them, they will purposely fail you.

RodgersAkpafu:
Well
A lot of things have changed since you were last in russia
From the gist I hear from people there, there has been a lot of reform and laws passed that give clear pathway to permanent residency to postgraduate students with good grades.

I'm just saying
And the school I chose, they are generous with scholarships though I dont have that in mind
Passing preparatory class slashes your fees by 50% already, then getting the quota scholarships cancel your fees in totality

At the end of the day
One will not spend more than 7m to 8m max on living expenses plus school fees
Depending on the scholarship one get
The total expense may even be much less
The current education ministry is enticing international students to at least stay for a few more years, and to be very honest, I wont mind a post doctoral fellowship in the country
I have an open mind to these things
It's to see how things pan out

I hear story I hear story. Most Nigerians abroad will never tell you the real story.
I will always advise anyone coming to Russia, especially for postgraduate, if you are not on scholarship, it's not worth the waste of money. 98% of Russian universities are good with publicity. The more you look the less you see In terms of quality education for international students. Also you talking about scholarship via quota, as a Nigerian forget it. You won't get it if it's postgraduate you are applying for unless you get strong connect of a Nigerian politician(do not even try to argue one bit). The only scholarship opportunity you have is open doors or if the school can give you a percentage off your school fees

Austeen007:
Russia!


Every one of us would not deny that we haven’t read or heard one or 2 weird stories about Russia.

If not. At least, you must have heard the following that;

Russians are racists; they do not like black People.

Russian spits on black people on the streets
Russians kills black people or Africans in the streets of Moscow.

Russia is not a place for a black man to travel to; Especially Nigerians.

I get often asked 2 particular questions from most Nigerians about Russia;

“How is the racism there, I heard they’re racist?
The Good News is that I have been living in Russia for almost 3 years now and no one cares about my skin color.

Russians are very helpful people when you ask for help.

“Russia is too cold.” But little did they know that Canada is colder than Russia.

Though, before I moved to Russia I also had read and heard so many weird things about Russia and the advice was “if you’re African, dark skinned don’t go to Russia."

I almost forfeited my visa lol!

But, I took the hard decision, disregarding all I have read and took a shot at it.

When I got to Russia’s Domododevo airport in Moscow I was expecting to be sent back to Africa, Nigeria for being black.

Clearly, nobody cared about my very dark skin tone.

For those who looked only did in admiration and ask to take a photo with me.

My 3 years in Russia has been awesome, far from what I expected.

Recently, I went spending time in the Russian Dacha (Country House) in Nigeria we call village house.

My 90 day experience in the Russian dacha was awesome too.

People where friendly and often asked to take a photo with me.

Remember, you must learn how to understand Russian to be able to start a conversation. Or you can either make use of a Yandex or Google Translator.

Observations:
Many of the things we have read or heard about Russia, isn’t true.

I’d not be able to write all of my experience in Russia so far

If you have any question about Russia ask me I’ll answer them in a knowledgeable truth around my experiences so far.

Nigerian in Russia- My experience so sar

I just read this post and I couldn't resist replyingnas this is my first post on nairaland. Man, no ills intended most the things you said are correct, but you suger coated it a lot. A lot will come to Russia based on this post and get frustrated.

You made the Russians look great in a lot of things. I 1000% agree they are not racists directly, but indirectly they are racists (subconsciously and I subconsciously). As someone who has been studying and working here(am not talking of the menial 1k rubles job) for 3 years you left a lot of the bad details and just focusing on the sweet details.