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Is the 88,000 millionaires Merrill Lynch's numbers? Surely for them to say that, they are referring to Moscow as having the highest concentration of wealth in the world and not Russia because if you include all of Russia, the avg person is not very rich. Russia having 1 out of every 100 millionaires is not very good considering they own 1/45th the population of the world. If they have 1 out of every 45 millionaires in the world, then Russia as a whole would have an average number of millionaires instead of being currently below average. I won't dispute Moscow having the greatest concentration of wealthy people but it goes to show you the big difference of Moscow compared to the rest of Russia.
Say 50,000 of 88,000 millionaires in Russia live in Moscow and Moscow has a population 10.4 million, divide 10.4 million by 50,000 and that equals 208 so that could mean that 1 out of every 208 people that live in Moscow is a millionaire! That would be an impressive number if you left the rest of Russia out of the equation. If Merrill Lynch meant that all 88,000 millionaires live in Moscow, then that means 1 out of every 118 people in Moscow is a millionaire!!! I wonder if Helen is one of those millionaires? If she is, maybe she could adopt me.
There are a lot of Ukrainians that live in my area and when I've asked people with accents if they are Ukrainian, those who are actually Russian say a big "NO!!!!" I get the impression that Russian think Ukrainians are inferior.
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I was'n talking about average salaries in Moscow. I was talking about my circle of friends and myself. And $2000 is not a limit at all. But if I don't know somebody with $300-400 a month, it doesn't mean those people don't exist :rolleyes: And vice versa.
I just don't understand what it's so hard for AM to accept that some RW (well, Moscow women) make good money and have good living?
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The Merrill Lynch report says there are 8.3 millionaires in the world, so the 88,000 living in Russia represent slightly more than 1%. In contrast, "there were 2 million 498 thousand millionaires in the USA last year among the 295 million-strong population. In other words, every hundredth American from the age of 15 and older owns a million-dollar fortune."
Wow, guess that means I should work more and post less! :chuckle:
BTW, I remember the Forbes employee who compiled that list of Russia's 100 richest citizens -- with a combined wealth nearly 25% of the nation's GDP -- was mysteriously murdered soon after the list was published last year. There's at least one Muscovite who didn't have a good living.
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My own comparison goes as far as Kiev and Moscow only, and I have met friendly people in both cities.
From what I saw Moscow was a couple of steps ahead on Kiev. I am not talking about the fancy cars or how people dress, but in general condition. Where in Kiev I saw little maintenance on buildings and streets, Moscow is doing its share to keep things in good condition. But as I have noticed this happened only the last couple of years after people understood that nobody cleans up the mess if they are not willing to help them selves.
As I said I know that the Ukrainians and Russians differ in opinion. Once I created a discussion between a Russian and Ukrainian woman by posting their opinions on the elections in Ukraine to each other trough MSN. After some time I stopped the discussion before they would try to kill me :D
One of the reasons for the difference is that Moscovites and Ukrainians seldom see the whole picture.
For Moscovites Ukrainians are cheap labour, who try to get a better life in their Capital. Those who come to Moscow from their own country are often less educated and poor people, who have no chances to make a living at home.
Ukrainians see mostly only the 'New Russians' who are celebrating their vacation. They are drunk, noisy and think with their money they can buy everything including women.
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