All the young Russians get the hell out of the villages as soon as they can.
I bet Russia doesn’t punish you for having stealing water by having rain barrels on your property, or regulate your small garden. A good hardy individual could live quite well in the Russian countryside.
Check out ‘Survival Russia’ on YouTube by a Western guy homesteading in Southeast Siberia.
Heard a saying that went IIRC, “give a Russian a quarter hectare for a garden and he’ll survive”.
Dosen’t have to be in the countryside, even in the cities people with a decent-sized backyard garden, raise chickens (sometimes a lamb or two), and generally do whatever they want to do. Right now, life in Russia “feels” a lot “free-er” than many places in the USA.
Then go try it. Or move to a state that doesn’t tax water
All the young Russians get the hell out of the villages as soon as they can.
Don’t bet on “Russia” not punishing you for doing something you think of as harmless. They still have an “enemy of the state” mentality. This is a”The grass is always greener,” scenario, for sure. There is more to the story. Bet on that.
My cousin and his wife planned to buy a property in Southern France but were told, in no uncertain terms, that the property would be renovated with town approval only. He, being a frustrated architect, was quick to cancel the purchase.
Russia? No way.
A good hardy individual could live quite well in the Russian countryside.
or Alaska ...
” A good hardy individual could live quite well in the Russian countryside.”
LoL. A good hardy individual could live even better in the American country side. But please feel free to prove I’m wrong.