I can tell as I am Russian with living experience in Moscow for more than 15 years and other cities like Bogota, Lima, Miami, Barcelona. Living in Moscow nowadays can be finally compared to living in other advanced major cities worldwide infrastructure wise: very extensive metro net, a lot of ground transportation options with moderate accessibility, ok highways. read more
On September 24, 2012, I will leave Moscow after three years of living here, a few weeks shy of the day, thirty years ago, that I was born here. In between, I managed to have half a childhood here, a whole life in America, and a fellowship that brought me to Moscow, on September 12, 2009, for nine months. read more
Numerous websites tell weird and often terrifying stories about how foreigners should prepare themselves for coming to Moscow so to avoid cultural shock etc. Well, things are not that ambiguous and here is the reason why. Paolo from Sweden and Giuseppe from Italy told me what it feels like for them to live in Russia. read more