martin adamson martinsrv0emsedacuk electronic telegraph emigrate russia thats steppe far filed 28082002 think youve got bad fed folkestone bored birmingham sick sheffield 54 per cent britons according daily telegraphyougov survey week dream stressfree life sunnier climes perhaps heed word friendly advice realities living abroad kommersant russian daily newspaper yesterday offered dissatisfied life blairs britain taste expect choose emigrate provincial russia reading gripes affluent britons tongueincheek article admitted however grass always greener side inhabitants foggy albion keen travel could go russian city deep provinces things quiet said kommersant central russian district life british standards unseemingly cheap remarkably laid back 11am working population becoming traditionally relaxed time elevenses britain perhaps opportunity quiet cup tea chocolate hobnob known russia wolf hour named soviet times 11am wolf appeared famous animal clock obrasov puppet theatre moscow also opening time nations vodka shops vodka like spirits cheap kommersant pointed money briton earn selling even shabby house would enough support local standard living rest life local shops full would need could buy bottle whisky kopecks 100 kopecks ruble ruble currently worth halfpenny sterling whisky cheap however unlike anything average briton consumed made samagon homedistilled moonshine vodka coloured tea popular beverage rural areas among diehard alcoholics alcohol plentiful cheap food may easy come newspaper pointed traditional british foodstuffs selected oxtail soup example short supply however wealth british settler overcome difficulty modest reward russian villages locals would happily cut tails entire collective farms herd cattle one two potential emigrs might deterred language difficulties english speakers found among green hills tula mongolian border however kommersant pointed language difficulties considered deterrent 13 per cent britons nominated france country would like live france russian paper claimed country english known beggars belorussian prostitutes russian tourists despite low cost living easygoing lifestyle russian weather remains major stumbling block britons even temperate regions winter temperatures 20c common somewhere like sakha republic east siberia coldest place world enjoys one month summer endures winter temperatures drop 70c houses built concrete stilts permafrost makes digging foundations impossible russian paper word reassurance acknowledging climatic problems said thanks global warming difficulty solve kommersant also answer labour crisis would created britain 54 per cent citizens decided opt life russia thirtythree million russians could sent britain replace 33 million leave think required number could probably found amongst citizens unfortunately 33 million russians however one britons surveyed wanted move abroad nominated russian steppes preferred new home yahoo groups sponsor 4 dvds free sp join httpusclickyahoocompt6ybbnxieaamvfiaa7gsolbtm unsubscribe group send email forteanaunsubscribeegroupscom use yahoo groups subject httpdocsyahoocominfoterms wed 28 aug 2002 093157 0100 zzzzteana emigrate russia thats steppe far