Are you feeling the crisis?

[peacetraveler22]

We see the word "crisis" constantly thrown around in text and news articles, but I want to know the reality of the situation for the average person living in Russia. I understand almost nothing about the financial markets, and my investments are all handled by stockbrokers with expertise in the area. Yet I go to the gas station each week and see the gas prices continually drop, which is great for me given that I commute a very long distance to work now. Travel is also less costly with the strength of the dollar, whereas many Russian friends no longer can afford to go abroad due to the continual decrease in the ruble. So, are all of these stories on LJ simply written by alarmists and pessimists, or do you feel there's a real crisis now in Russia as a result of sanctions and economics, which dramatically impacts your life? If so, in what way? Do you have hope for improvement in 2016?

Comments

[creaze.livejournal.com]

I'm jobless for over a year. Apart from that, everything's fine.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Jobless for over a year? So how to you pay for housing/rent and basic necessities like food? The Russian government has some type of unemployment assistance?

[creaze.livejournal.com]

As a matter of fact, it has, i was even using it couple years back. For that few thousand rubles they load you up with unpopular job offers in your area so full, it feels like part time job doing all these interviews; if you skip, you don't get assistance.

As for now, i'm not THAT jobless. I'm getting something to do every now and then and get just enough to maintain my turkey cousine. But i'm living with my mom, and i can't find no job as pilot which i've studied for.

[pro100-petrov.livejournal.com]

Poor lad.