Citizens do not normally pay for studies at a public school or a state-owned university. This does not rule out the opportunity for the willing to pay for such service, to do so. Leisure Thanks to our rich Soviet legacy, leisure facilities are quite diverse. One can usually find a large club in far-flung and remote places. However, a decade of change and a number of economic crises have taken their toll.
Many places lie in disrepair lacking financing for simple maintenance and repair.
This can be quite expensive in Russia unlike other countries with similar living standards. One should avoid posh places, which tend to overcharge for everything. This is quite limited in Russia , and not very easy to locate. Smaller cities with fewer westerners and tourists are normally very economical for travellers on a fixed budget. Hostels, ironically, are normally more expensive than a majority single, clean hostels.