Life may not be easy for expats in Russia but at least the country is easy to make new friends in.
The HSBC expat experience survey ranked Russia just two points from bottom place out of 26 nations when it comes to quality of life, but by contrast was ranked fourth easiest to make new friends, [...]

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In order to facilitate the issues of visa for both countries Denmark and Russia have signed a bilateral agreement for their respective citizens.
The result will see the removal of visa requirements for citizens from both nations who will instead be able to travel with their passport only. The move will make travel easier and remove [...]

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The United States and Britain went before the United Nations Security Council in an attempt to get support to bring sanctions against Zimbabwe.  The measure failed and left the leaders of both countries feeling “disappointed” and “furious” respectively.  The resolution sponsored by the United States and Britain was brought forth after President Mugabe won the [...]

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As Visa free travel is becoming more popular between various countries Russia is joining in by trying to make a deal with the European Union that would grant travel between the two without requiring a visa.
   
Russia’s representative at the European Union, Vladimir Chizhov, remarked about the visa free situation that “A dialogue on visa-free [...]

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TNK – BP which is a oil company that is made up as a joint venture between the countries of Britain and Russia has hit a snag in their operation plans as some of the main players in the company might be forced to leave the headquarters which is located in Russia as their visas [...]

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As tensions mounted between British company BP and their Russian joint venture partner TNK-BP over visa concerns it appears a resolution is in the works. The issue began when BP asked its Russian counterparts to apply for 150 visas for about 100 permanent employees.  The application for the visas was submitted only asking for 63 [...]

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Even though the Russian economy has grown stronger over the last decade many who have directly benefited from this prosperity are still considering emigration. A survey conducted by the Levada Center indicates that nearly half of Russia’s middle class would consider emigrating either for a short period or permanently.

The poll conducted by the Levada [...]

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