Experience Karelia

The selection of fresh fruits and vegetables is limited in Petrozavodsk, fortunately Monsanto and GMO food are not allowed in Russia. Their banks pay an interest rate comparable to the Swiss, however moving money out can be difficult. Citizenship and permanent residency are possible if one buys a house or apartment there.

Some of the Advantages: Russia is to big and powerful for America and the central banks to control. They're not at war in 100 countries and not fighting Rumsfeld's 'never ending war against terror'. They don't have 800 military bases and 200 torture prisons. There is no TSA to fondle their children's genitals and no NSA to bug their phones and read their e-mail. There is no corporate HMO Obamacare enslavement. There is no Homeland security, or any other fascist police security agency to harass the people. Russian police don't shoot innocent people and rarely taser people for any reason. Their police don't beat people to death like America's do. There is no 'drug war' in Russia. There is no need for Russia to have the largest prison population on earth, more than in all other developed countries combined. Russia does not need to support a growing corporate prison industry by incarcerating nearly one million people every year for marijuana alone.

The Russian government doesn't sell toll roads to other countries so they can fleece the Russian people. They don't pay trillions of dollars to the privately owned federal reserve bank in the form of bailouts. They don't pay the federal reserve bank interest to print their own money and therefore have no need for an IRS to extract the interest in the form of taxes on the people's wages. There are no FEMA Concentration and Internment Camps, no Guantanamo Bay, and no water-boarding torture in Russia. Russia upholds the 700 year old 'writ of habeas corpus'. Russia doesn't put mercury in their vaccines and fluoride in their water. There is no corporate media, no Hollywood, and no AIPAC in Russia. They don't give Israel ten billion dollars every year. It is not the central focus of the Russian government that "Jerusalem is and will remain the capital of Israel".

Petrozavodsk has an extensive electric bus system capable of moving the citizenry to and from work each day, but many prefer their own cars. There is a beautiful Train Station with access to all of Russia. There is also a road system similar to America's interstate.

The surrounding countryside is filled with woods and rivers. Boating, fishing, ice fishing, ice scating, and snow skiing are popular outdoor activities. Of course the internet and all other amenities that one would expect from a separate but equal civilization are available.

The city of Petrozavodsk lies about 150 miles below the arctic circle and is constructed next to Lake Onega which has 3,700 sq miles of surface area. In general because of warm air masses coming from the south the weather in Petrozavodsk isn't nearly as harsh as Alaska. It rains and snows frequently during the winter months. Life there is similar to parts of northern America in overall quality and it is steadily improving.

Short winter day in Petrozavodsk