Originally Posted by CyberSEO

An average citizen here earns the money in envelope and nobody knows the real amount. Haven't you ever asked yourself a question why "poor" Russians travel the world more than the "rich" Americans? I'm not talking about absolute numbers (your population is more than 2x times bigger than ours). I'm talking about relative figures (number of world travels per one citizen a year) - only Germans travel more than Russians. Also ask yourself why those "poor" Russian clerks drive Range Rovers and buy apartments in Moscow for many 100's of thousand dollars? Why 25% (according to Wikipedia) of those "poor" Russian families have at least two places of living: city apartments and a dacha house? I believe there is something wrong with your