Lawmakers vote overwhelmingly to raise Russia's minimum wage

[pms]

If I weren't renting from friends,
it would cost probably $500-$600 (average monthly income in Moscow is
probably about $300-$500). (Stalin apartments, by the way, are Da Bomb.
Everybody wants a Stalin apartment.)

So if you don't own your apartment and you make an average wage chances are,
you can't afford to live alone, right?  Also,  were people really flush in
the early 90"s, allowing most to buy their apartments, or were they formerly
owned by govt and sold cheaply?

On healthcare, private is better, but is public really terrible?

I love this basing fees on income levels.  Until someone posted that story
on the speeding tickets in Sweden, or wherever, I'd never heard of such a
thing.

Thanks Chris.  BTW, what is a Stalin apartment?