Compared with Britain, Australia, the United States and Canada, the cost of staying in Russia is much lower. Take Moscow and St. Petersburg, the two most popular cities for studying abroad, as examples. According to the current exchange rate, the expenditure is roughly maintained at 40,000-80,000 RMB/year. This fee includes tuition, accommodation and daily living expenses (including meals, transportation, social entertainment, etc.). Of course, 40,000-80,000 yuan is not an absolute range. For example, the difference in tuition fees caused by different majors in different schools, such as the difference in living costs between school dormitories and renting houses, and the difference in daily consumption levels, may lead to the difference in total annual expenditure. I have seen people who spend less than 30,000 yuan a year, and I have seen people who spend more than 200,000 yuan.

Although the cost of studying abroad in Russia is relatively low, it is not at the expense of teaching level. For example, Moscow State University and St. Petersburg State University are still world-renowned comprehensive universities, although their global rankings have dropped a lot. The former has trained many Nobel Prize winners, while the latter has trained governors like Uncle Putin. In addition, there are Pavlov Medical College, Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music and Repin Academy of Fine Arts. They are all top universities in the world in related fields. Because of the existence of the latter two, Russian art study abroad has become a hot topic in another subdivision.