I visited Russia during the war… THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED

In this video, I share my experience visiting Russia during the war and what happened during my trip.

This video shares my process of getting to Russia, what it was like arriving, and whether it's safe and you should visit.

Don't miss this unique perspective on a country amid conflict.

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Contents of video

00:00 - Intro
00:25 - Why I decided to visit Russia
00:41 - How to get over to Russia as a Brit
01:28 - How do you book flights from the UK
02:00 - What was it like getting into Russia
02:55 - What was it like arriving in Moscow
03:17 - What was the Red Square like
04:45 - Parks in Moscow
05:33 - What is the city of Moscow like
06:31 - Strong Christian values
07:15 - Sense of order in Russia
08:01 - What were the Russian people like
09:28 - Travelling to St Petersburg
09:49 - Visting the Hermitage
10:13 - Boat Trip around St Petersburg
10:30 - Lack of English speakers in Russia
11:06 - Not being able to use credit cards
11:45 - Drone attacks
12:12 - Summary of Moscow experience
13:03 - Things you must do when visiting Russia

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[AlexanderBasov]

Russians are not cold. They just do not have fake smiles.

[nattaliaXT]

Last year I visited Russia for the first time, I had to travel alone, and in Moscow my friend was waiting for me. Russian people helped me with everything, showed me their life, and not only in a big cities, we visited smaller towns, villages, beautiful wild nature. My friend's parents even had a moose as a pet! I tried the most amazing types of food in the world, I could not believe the high quality of food that is so different from what we have in the Czech Republic! It has been a beautiful month full of unforgettable moments and I hope to return there as soon as possible. Russia has found a very important place in my heart <3

[pupkin]

Russians say that smiling for no reason is a sign of a fool! A European smile is a sign of the absence of a threat. The Russians have fought so much with everyone that they have the face of a warrior. But this is not aggression. Russians don't smile for no reason...

[Emmie]

I visited Russia last summer to see my boyfriend. He lives in Chelyabinsk so I spent most of my time there, and a little bit in Yekaterinburg. I must say I was very impressed. His friends were nice and respectful, even amazed to see someone dare to travel alone that far at that time. But fortunately, my russian is almost great, so we spoke in russian. I want to highlight two things: One, on my way to Russia I met a really nice russian lady who needed help with her baggage at the Istanbul airport. We were talking while waiting for our plane to Chelyabinsk, she even shared some of her food with me. When we arrived there she made sure my boyfriend came to meet me. And the other thing is one of my boyfriend's friends made a traditional meal from my country specifically because I was there. It was amazing. Overall I had a very pleasant experience, even though I still haven't seen Moscow and Saint Petersburg, people tend to think only those cities are worth seeing and everything else is ugly. That's simply not true. It's definitely worth visiting, Russians are amazing people, I'm sure you'll definitely have a great time. If all goes well I'll move there to be with my love. 😊

[darkmatter]

Westerners have been going to Moscow and Russia for the past three decades before the war. Laughable how they have some sort of amnesia now and getting pleasantly surprised by what they experience. Dude, they hosted the World Cup not so long ago, millions used to visit them. 😅

[sihlenkosi]

As a South African 🇿🇦 no visa needed for Russia! Soccer World Cup was awesome! And even got married in Yakutia, Siberia Russia! 🙌🏽🇷🇺

[wonderfullife]

As a person who travelled all over the world and who used to live in London, Paris, Madrid, NY, LA and Moscow I'd rather choose Moscow to live and raise my kids. And if you visit other cities in Russia apart from Moscow and St Petersburg such as Kaliningrad, Kazan, Samara, Sochi, Krasnodar, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok and many more you will be surprised how safe, clean and interesting those places are.

[Div-jxmz]

У нас знакомая живет в Лондоне. Они с мужем британцем были в России 4 месяца в связи с болезнью её родителей. Теперь он не хочет жить в Лондоне. Сказал ей собирать документы для переезда в Россию. Хочет дом в Подмосковье. И ещё на Алтае ему понравилось.

[Ratko]

You can fly to Russia from Belgrade Serbia as well.

[pupkin]

I am Russian. I have been living in Moscow for 20 years. I visited Dublin, London, Glasgow and many small cities in Great Britain. In 20 years, Moscow has turned from an outsider into a champion. Service, food, safety, transport. I used to vacation in Europe. And now I breathe a sigh of relief when I fly back to Moscow. Welcome to Moscow. You definitely won't regret it!!!

[PINEAcompany]

Полиция в России всегда помогает иностранцам. Это прописано в их должностных инструкциях. Многие иностранцы отмечают, что полиция исключительно дружелюбна к иностранцам

[mikeleonard]

When you visit Russia again and you will for sure, go to the smaller towns a villages and meet the locals.The friendliness is overwhelming.🇿🇦🇦🇺🇬🇪🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

[Ratko]

As a tourist you can open bank account, get a card so that you don't need to cary cash around .

[tom-uky]

Fellow Brit, i got back from visiting my wife's family and loved it. I used to work in siberia when i was younger for Pepsi and enjoyed it then but i loved it sooo much this time. We are saving to try and move out

[rexavgvsta]

I left Birmingham and moved to Saint Petersburg back in 2015 and I'm glad I did it. Will never ever go back. Family values 1st.

[archyt]

Good morning! As an Russia who lived in Moscow for almost an 5 years, i would say, that there is no dangerous places around the Moscow. I was walking at the night in almost entire Moscow, and got no bad situations at all. May be, something happened somewhere, and then newspapers talk about that and people think that some of the districts is dangerous or something like that, but it isn't true. It is big city with more than 15 millions people living in, and of course, bad situations might happened. But it is very rare cases in my opinion. Anyway, thank you for your honest opinion and for visiting our country. You're welcome!

p.s. About the bank cards. We are all using bank cards as Russians, i ain't using cash for almost 10 years now. If you are tourist, probably you'll need to have this cash. But if you are living in there, we don't use cash at all. At least, me, my family, my friends, and everyone i know.

[julz]

One remark, you said “there is no cards working in Russia”. I just want to make it clear: there are no VISA or Mastercards that decided to block their cards for Russians (democracy and human rights, don’t forget). We have our own payment systems called MIR so cards, apps and the rest are working brilliantly well here.

[IK-yvgj]

I visited Moscow last summer. What a beautiful and clean city! Restaurants, service and food are great! ❤

[janekstudent]

Great content. Hopefully this country will become sanctuary for normal people....