What are most Russians doing here and how are they financing themselves?

[anandra]

5 hours ago, GypsyT said:

Many are young, educated and escaped the war. I'd do same.

 

Then there are those "old timers" with lot of cash and still think Russia is #1 and they still have lot of power.

Like the fat guy yesterday at 7/11 who tried to buy 10 SIM cards but the clerk said "only one per passport".

He went ballistic! Yelling, in Russian, and showing off thick stack of THB cash.

I was next in line and young clerk asked me to come to pay. I pushed him aside and she completely ignored the fat dude, took stack of SIM cards away from him and probably didn't sell any to him. I left so don't know.

He was an a-hole for sure.

what war did they escape?? is any war on the russian territory?

[Photoguy21]

Good question, how do they manage to stay for so long? The average salary in Russia is only $14500 not exactly enough to allow you to continually party and buy houses and apartments. Whatever it is they dont seem to run short of money.

[anandra]

5 hours ago, zhulanchik said:

Hi!

I am from Russia and I take your words as racism. You can't judge people by their country, you can't judge people by a couple of idiots who do terrible things. There are Russians who do not support the war started by this government. We are hostage to a situation I wouldn't wish on anyone, we are forced to go to war, there are summonses to send men there, no one asks if you want to go to war or not. Many people flee Russia in the hope of a better life, as is now happening in Israel, but of course these are not comparable things.

 

Many Russians who live in Thailand for a long time work on the Internet, some for Russian companies and some for European/American companies, of course there are those who are involved in scams.

 

There are a lot of personalities described by you, both in Russia and in other countries. Please, let's live amicably, I wish this for everyone.

 

I am sure that you will meet Russian people that you will like and with whom you can be friends!

 

Thank you!

the russian people voted for that couple of idiots, and are happy to have them in power, even now those idiots have 80-90% support of the russian population. Those who do not support war are a few percent no more than 5%. The same situation as it was among nazi Germany population. Most supported Hitler, some did not others did not care

[papa al]

3 hours ago, bob smith said:

a lot more.

More than 10.?

[bob smith]

2 minutes ago, papa al said:

More than 10.?

maybe.

[JoseThailand]

They're selling weed

[JoseThailand]

5 hours ago, zhulanchik said:

Hi!

I am from Russia and I take your words as racism. You can't judge people by their country, you can't judge people by a couple of idiots who do terrible things. There are Russians who do not support the war started by this government. We are hostage to a situation I wouldn't wish on anyone, we are forced to go to war, there are summonses to send men there, no one asks if you want to go to war or not. Many people flee Russia in the hope of a better life, as is now happening in Israel, but of course these are not comparable things.

 

Many Russians who live in Thailand for a long time work on the Internet, some for Russian companies and some for European/American companies, of course there are those who are involved in scams.

 

There are a lot of personalities described by you, both in Russia and in other countries. Please, let's live amicably, I wish this for everyone.

 

I am sure that you will meet Russian people that you will like and with whom you can be friends!

 

Thank you!

 

I am from Russia too, but I stay in areas where there are no Russians, guess why

[AlexRRR]

Plenty of Russians with money and investments...

[ChipButty]

Huge project coming up right on the beach front in Rawai, Russian money Im sure behind there is all Russians be like little Moscow soon 

[bob smith]

5 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Huge project coming up right on the beach front in Rawai, Russian money Im sure behind there is all Russians be like little Moscow soon 

if only there was a vomit emoji.....

[TICINO]

6 hours ago, bob smith said:

they must have money to burn these russians. 

 

life aint so bad under a strong arm dictator after all it would seem..

 

Rich families have always not sent their children to be killed in wars, we only send them to normal people like us and then if they die we receive a flag of consolation and they say he was a hero. Welcome to the world of lies but I think you know also.

 

[bob smith]

2 minutes ago, TICINO said:

 

Rich families have always not sent their children to be killed in wars, we only send them to normal people like us and then if they die we receive a flag of consolation and they say he was a hero. Welcome to the world of lies but I think you know also.

 

Russia couldn't lie straight in bed!

 

same as thailand to be fair..

[1FinickyOne]

8 hours ago, bob smith said:

I have yet to meet a nice one.

I think they come solely to annoy you... right?

[alex8912]

11 hours ago, bob smith said:

never have and never will.

 

it looks like a dreadful place.

Yet you live in a project with noisy people and spitting teens. 

[Enoon]

11 hours ago, anandra said:

I have been many times, extreme poverty, and a little better life in a few large cities. 

 

But you didn't take those photos.

 

They are the work of Ilya Varlamov, who paid the price for showing the world the true glory of Putins Russia:

 

"On 23 May 2023, he was declared a "foreign agent" by the Ministry of Justice of Russia."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Varlamov

 

Looks like he got out

https://www.instagram.com/ilyavrlmv/?hl=en

 

 

 

 

Edited December 20, 2023 by Enoon

[Enoon]

11 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

You've highlighted the worse places, well done. Personally i really like St Petersburg Nevsky area

 

He didn't highlight those places.

 

See my post preceding this one.

 

 

[Jingthing]

There are better countries, visa-wise, for Russians. Such as Georgia and Serbia. Each Russian will have their own story about their finances. Many that want to stay out of Russian world are forced to return because of lack of money. Sure it's common sense that a lot of them will be tempted to do illegal things. I have mixed feelings about them. They aren't a monolith. Most of the draft dodger types aren't really against Putin, they just want to save their own ass. 

[Dan O]

7 hours ago, bob smith said:

im everything, everywhere all at once!

 

yes you've shown us in your posts that in your imagination you can do everything, be everyone you can think up.

[rwill]

23 hours ago, bob smith said:

I see many russian families in my project these days,

they seem to be here for months on end

 

kinda got me thinking.

 

what are the vast majority of them doing here?

how are they supporting themselves and their families without working?

how long are they going to stay here?

Why don't you ask them?

[sikishrory]

On 12/20/2023 at 7:32 AM, bob smith said:

I see many russian families in my project these days,

they seem to be here for months on end

 

kinda got me thinking.

 

what are the vast majority of them doing here?

how are they supporting themselves and their families without working?

how long are they going to stay here?

 

they make lots of noise, especially late at night,

their kids are the worst, shouting and screaming till all hours.

they leave trash everywhere,

i've witnessed their kids spitting on the floor numerous times.

 

will they ever go home?

why dont they just go back to russia, put on their army uniforms and face the music.

they started the war after all,

best go back home now and fight it imo.

 

bob.

I have the same experience with them where i live. Most of the rooms are occupied by russians and i seem to be on the screaming baby level.

I didn't really know what to make of them before but after getting to know their behaviour im not a fan.

The ones right next to me have a toddler that screams and cries the majority of the day. He seems about 3yo.  The dad has a strange need to blow his nose constantly. Everytime he walks by the door he blows his boogers out onto the floor. Sometimes he will open the door to his room to poke his head out into the hall so he can blow his nose into the hallway. They seem to keep words hours starting up very late.

They have no respect at all. Often running and screaming through the hall with the kids at like 11pm.

Screaming all around the building.

I've noticed they also like to impose themselves on people in public. For example "move your bike i want to park here", "I'm sitting here, you move for me" kind of things. Pretty tired of them also. I also wonder how they support themselves etc. It seems some work online somehow doing coding or marketing things and i reckon some are spoilt rich kids sustaining themselves using the families wealth. It's pretty cheap to live here after all. Hopefully it doesn't last much longer.

 

[bob smith]

6 minutes ago, sikishrory said:

I have the same experience with them where i live. Most of the rooms are occupied by russians and i seem to be on the screaming baby level.

I didn't really know what to make of them before but after getting to know their behaviour im not a fan.

The ones right next to me have a toddler that screams and cries the majority of the day. He seems about 3yo.  The dad has a strange need to blow his nose constantly. Everytime he walks by the door he blows his boogers out onto the floor. Sometimes he will open the door to his room to poke his head out into the hall so he can blow his nose into the hallway. They seem to keep words hours starting up very late.

They have no respect at all. Often running and screaming through the hall with the kids at like 11pm.

Screaming all around the building.

I've noticed they also like to impose themselves on people in public. For example "move your bike i want to park here", "I'm sitting here, you move for me" kind of things. Pretty tired of them also. I also wonder how they support themselves etc. It seems some work online somehow doing coding or marketing things and i reckon some are spoilt rich kids sustaining themselves using the families wealth. It's pretty cheap to live here after all. Hopefully it doesn't last much longer.

 

ive noticed all of the above behaviors too.

 

they have no class.

 

if any russian tried to push me around I would stand my ground. bring on the violence.

 

there's nothing I would love to see more than a russian in handcuffs once I give my policeman friend a call. tv cameras/crew also welcome.

 

bob.

Edited December 21, 2023 by bob smith

[goldenbrwn1]

On 12/20/2023 at 8:25 AM, stupidfarang said:

I see some russians selling cars via FB

The Russians have a hand  in the MJ export trade, a big hand. Plus I’m sure many other things.

[NedR69]

On 12/20/2023 at 8:48 AM, bob smith said:

that was kinda my original question.

 

where is their money coming from?

I wonder the same for UK and/or EU that come here for 60-90 days each year.  How do you support yourself and how do you leave your work back home for 2 or 3 months?

[1FinickyOne]

On 12/20/2023 at 8:22 AM, worgeordie said:

what are most BoB Smiths doing here and how are they financing themselves ?

 

I  thought you would be living in a luxury gated estate , the scenes you describe

are anything but ,seems to be a bit of a ghetto...Bob ,

 

it's pretty obvious what they are doing here , the majority will be so they don't

have to fight an unjust war ,how are they financing themselves ? , the best they

can I suppose  

 

regards worgeordie

Avoiding the war in the Falklands?

[Hakuna Matata]

I would say, some 70% of them are corrupt government officials and/or their children seeking a refuge in Thailand as they are not able to travel to Europe any more. They want to stay in Thailand long time until the war is ended. They are buying fake ED visas and fake Non-O visas in Phuket and Pattaya.

[Freddy42OZ]

23 hours ago, bob smith said:

you're havin a laff, right?

 

My Russian GF has a Masters degree in Education, she went to school in Dublin, Ireland and teaches at a Bangkok International School.

Her English is better than most of the retired Blue collar Brits I've met, plus she speaks Russian and fluent French.

[bbi1]

On 12/20/2023 at 9:20 AM, anandra said:

russians have 90 days of visa-free permission to stay in Thailand until the end of the tourist season, after 90 days they can do border run and have 90 days again. Those who have money open businesses, many work remotely,some work as english teachers,  many sell trips from the Pattaya booths to their fellow countrymen as most of russians do not speak English, that job is illegal, and many work illegally as guides for russian travel companies. Many just stay and live on the beach I personally knew few of them. 

Can Russians get a 30 day extension after the 90 days? I've seen quite a number of Ruskies at Jomtien Immigration, so I'm guessint so???

[bob smith]

29 minutes ago, Freddy42OZ said:

My Russian GF has a Masters degree in Education, she went to school in Dublin, Ireland and teaches at a Bangkok International School.

what's she doin with you then?

 

can I have her ID line?

[RuamRudy]

22 minutes ago, Freddy42OZ said:

 

My Russian GF has a Masters degree in Education, she went to school in Dublin, Ireland and teaches at a Bangkok International School.

Her English is better than most of the retired Blue collar Brits I've met, plus she speaks Russian and fluent French.

 

I had the very good fortune of landing a job in Russia in the early '00s - I ended up living in the Russian far east for 8 years and loved every minute of it. I was always amazed at the level of cultural knowledge that even those did not study beyond secondary level had. You could talk to any Russian about Master and Margarita or Crime and Punishment; they would know the classics in detail, but not only Russian authors. Dickens and Shakespeare, Hemmingway were also widely read.  

 

There is an element of truth to the trope that the Russian demeanour is aloof and standoffish, but this is simply the default situation for strangers. Once you are friends with a Russian, they treat you like a brother. 

[RuamRudy]

23 hours ago, bob smith said:

25 years and counting....

 

Have you ever considered that it might be that most Russians find you objectionable?