Sair da Rússia para o Brasil ficou impossível? — Transcript

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1. 0:00In today's video, I want to invite you
2. 0:02on a journey. We are leaving my city of
3. 0:04Krasnoyarsk and traveling all the way
4. 0:06to Brazil. I'm going on a "komandirovka
5. 0:08," a work trip for Saint Petersburg
6. 0:10State University. I'll be participating
7. 0:13in their project to teach the Russian
8. 0:15language in Brazil, and I wanted you to
9. 0:18see what it's like to travel, leaving
10. 0:20Siberia and making this trip to Brazil.
11. 0:23So, right now, we are at the
12. 0:25Krasnoyarsk airport, in my hometown.
13. 0:29I've already checked my bags and I'm
14. 0:31practically ready to go through
15. 0:33security and head to the boarding area.
16. 0:37But I wanted to show you something cool
17. 0:39, which is the following: up here,
18. 0:41there's a satellite, okay? It's called
19. 0:45Express; it's a model of a Russian
20. 0:47satellite, right? Probably one of these
21. 0:50is out there in space, you know? So,
22. 0:52pretty cool. Uh, this is an airport, as
23. 0:55you can see, of a city in the interior
24. 0:58of Siberia, the city of Krasnoyarsk.
25. 1:02And now I'm going to, I'm going
26. 1:07upstairs to go through the X-ray and
27. 1:09head to the boarding area. My plane
28. 1:12leaves at 9:45 and it is now 7 and 18.
29. 1:26I passed through security here, see,
30. 1:28through the X-ray. And now I can go to
31. 1:31boarding. And before that, we always
32. 1:35pass through the duty-free shop here,
33. 1:37where you can buy souvenirs, etc. And
34. 1:40there's a very cool brand here that's
35. 1:43Russian, which I wanted to show you.
36. 1:46Let me see if I can find it. Ah, here
37. 1:48it is. They are like perfumes named
38. 1:51after regions and cities in Russia,
39. 1:53right? So there's Baikal perfume, Altai
40. 1:57, Petersburg, Siberia. Let me see what
41. 2:02it smells like. It doesn't smell much
42. 2:05like Siberia. Rostov, Sochi, there's
43. 2:10Kazan. I tried a few and let me give
44. 2:14you my verdicts. Baikal is very
45. 2:18fragrant, quite fresh, and works for
46. 2:21both men and women. Saint Petersburg
47. 2:23smells like refresher, those things to
48. 2:27get rid of bathroom odors, you know?
49. 2:30Like a bathroom spray. Very bad. Sochi
50. 2:34is a very floral, fruity aroma, it's
51. 2:37very nice. It's for women. Ah, and
52. 2:43Chelyabinsk is horrible. So, these are
53. 2:45the ones I tried, the ones I found
54. 2:46interesting. If you're ever in Russia,
55. 2:48look for them, they're quite
56. 2:49interesting, right? Kind of like a
57. 2:51little gift with the scent of Russia.
58. 2:54Last year I also made this trip, I was
59. 2:55in Brazil, and now I'm doing it again.
60. 2:58So, if you watched that video, you
61. 3:00already know this part of the airport
62. 3:03well, where I showed the souvenir shops
63. 3:05and what you can buy. So, I'll show
64. 3:08everything all over again. After all,
65. 3:09you guys already have all of this. If
66. 3:11you want, you can watch that video,
67. 3:13I'll leave it in the description and in
68. 3:15the card up here, okay? I'm going to
69. 3:19have one more coffee and get ready to
70. 3:21board for Moscow. My trip this time is
71. 3:24through Moscow, so I'll travel to
72. 3:26Moscow. From Moscow, I'll go to Morocco
73. 3:28. From Morocco, I'll go to São Paulo.
74. 3:32Right? So, avoiding the Persian Gulf
75. 3:35there, right? Because you guys know
76. 3:38what's going on over there, right? It's
77. 3:40a bit of a tense situation. So that's
78. 3:42it. But through Moscow, right? The trip
79. 3:44through Moscow is smooth, right? No, I
80. 3:46don't think there will be any
81. 3:48unexpected issues. Let's hope not. When
82. 3:50I lived in Brazil, I always joked that
83. 3:52you can always spot Russians, notice
84. 3:54Russians from far away by the way they
85. 3:56dress, right? They have a physical
86. 3:58appearance like light skin, etc. But
87. 4:00mainly because of the way they dress.
88. 4:04Which is basically usually white
89. 4:06sneakers, sports shoes, sweatpants, a
90. 4:08t-shirt, right, a shorter haircut, a
91. 4:10watch, something like that. I always
92. 4:13thought: "Man, I'll never be like that,
93. 4:16right? I'll never wear that kind of
94. 4:18clothing." And now I've basically
95. 4:21become a classic Russian, right?
96. 4:24Because I'm wearing my white sneakers,
97. 4:26my sweatpants, a watch, right? I have a
98. 4:30little bracelet here, a short haircut,
99. 4:32light skin, right? A little t-shirt. So
100. 4:36I am now the typical Russian that you
101. 4:38can recognize from far away in Brazil.
102. 4:41Funny, right? Funny how things are. I
103. 4:44arrived in Moscow, I'm at Sheremetyevo
104. 4:46Airport. And now it's 2:30 AM and my
105. 4:51flight leaves from here at 7:55 AM for
106. 4:55Morocco. So I'm looking here, see. This
107. 5:00is the airport. Really good-looking.
108. 5:05There's the clock. I want to get over
109. 5:08there by the board and see when
110. 5:10check-in starts. It should start around
111. 5:144:30 AM, close to 5, no, maybe. It's
112. 5:17around 4 AM when check-in should start.
113. 5:21Let me see here. I'm going to
114. 5:23Casablanca. Where is it? Where is it?
115. 5:26Where is Casablanca at 7:55? Right up
116. 5:28there. Check-in opens at 4:55. So now I
117. 5:37have practically 5 hours, more than 5
118. 5:40hours to wander around here in the
119. 5:43airport. While I was waiting for my
120. 5:46luggage, ah, I started talking to a man
121. 5:49, uh, around his 40s, right? Oh, and we
122. 5:52were talking about travel, right? I
123. 5:56asked him where he’s coming from and
124. 5:57all that. He’s coming from Volgograd,
125. 6:00but he was in Egypt recently. And he
126. 6:04said something he found funny was that
127. 6:07in Egypt, he saw a group of British
128. 6:09people who were surprised, like, "How
129. 6:12are Russians traveling and sightseeing?
130. 6:16Aren't they suffering terribly due to
131. 6:18the sanctions?" Ah, and the airports
132. 6:22here in Russia are packed, you know?
133. 6:24People keep traveling, not only out of
134. 6:27the country to places like Turkey,
135. 6:29Egypt, and Thailand, which are quite
136. 6:31traditional destinations for Russians,
137. 6:34but to other places too. Well, Latin
138. 6:38America, Africa, Russians are traveling
139. 6:41, right? The sanctions, the economic
140. 6:44problems they say Russia is having,
141. 6:46don’t align with reality, do they?
142. 6:50People are traveling, you know, on
143. 6:52vacation, going off to Egypt, Turkey,
144. 6:54Thailand. I think those are the most
145. 6:57popular destinations, and they’re
146. 6:59very cheap. And he told me he paid
147. 7:0460,000 rubles for tickets, lodging, and
148. 7:08food. 60,000 rubles is what? Let me see
149. 7:14if my math is right. Around 15,000
150. 7:16rubles is about 1,000 reais. About
151. 7:174,000 reais. So you can see it’s not
152. 7:21that expensive to travel to these
153. 7:22destinations, right? That’s why they
154. 7:24are very popular here in Russia, you
155. 7:25know? Turkey and Thailand are very,
156. 7:27very cheap to travel to. Now we’re
157. 7:32arriving in Casablanca, Morocco, and I
158. 7:36was so tired that I just sat down on
159. 7:39the plane and passed out. I pretty much
160. 7:42woke up just now as we’re arriving.
161. 7:46What else was interesting along the way
162. 7:48? While in Moscow. I ran into my boss
163. 7:50and the rest of the people from the
164. 7:53university who are going with me. Oh,
165. 7:56and we’re on the same flight,
166. 7:58actually. So, I didn't know that. We
167. 8:00ended up running into each other. And,
168. 8:02well, we’re heading there together,
169. 8:04and we’ll arrive together in São
170. 8:06Paulo for our event. And here I am in
171. 8:09Morocco. Ah, I’m walking around here.
172. 8:13I was thinking about getting a hotel
173. 8:14room here at the airport to take a
174. 8:16shower, but it’s € 60. So, € 60
175. 8:19to take a shower, right? I can’t do
176. 8:22it. I thought it was too expensive.
177. 8:24I’ll just stay dirty. It’s only
178. 8:25another 10-hour flight to São Paulo.
179. 8:27Man, one thing that surprises me is the
180. 8:29number of Russians at the airports. So,
181. 8:32here in Morocco, as I'm walking by, I'm
182. 8:33seeing a lot of people speaking Russian
183. 8:35, a ton of Russians. In every airport
184. 8:38I've been to, there are a lot of
185. 8:40Russians. So, uh, this is interesting
186. 8:43because they try to sell, like I said,
187. 8:46this idea that, oh, Russians are
188. 8:48struggling, Russians, you know,
189. 8:50Russia's economy is destroyed, look at
190. 8:53how Russia is suffering. When in
191. 8:56reality, life in Russia continues just
192. 8:58the same, Russians keep traveling,
193. 9:00spending their vacations abroad, right?
194. 9:02There are people going to Egypt, Turkey
195. 9:04, Thailand, and apparently to Morocco
196. 9:06as well. Some people are even going to
197. 9:08Brazil. It's full of Russians, man.
198. 9:11There are so many Russians. Yeah. So
199. 9:14that's that. Curious. Look, I had my
200. 9:17McDonald's. I already took a little
201. 9:20walk around the airport. It's a
202. 9:21relatively simple airport. And now I'm
203. 9:25going to wait for boarding at the
204. 9:28platform here at gate E3. Around here
205. 9:33I've already found my my my uh my gate,
206. 9:37my my departure point here. And that's
207. 9:42it, look. The girl saying hi. Oh, first
208. 9:47take, the people here are lively,
209. 9:49saying hi. So that's it. I'm going to,
210. 9:54look, here it leaves at 4:50, look.
211. 9:58It's right here. We're going to São
212. 10:00Paulo.
213. 10:06That's it. I'm really enjoying
214. 10:08traveling here through Morocco. Uh,
215. 10:11because it's been relatively smooth.
216. 10:13The airport is expensive, but it's not
217. 10:15like super, super expensive. Everything
218. 10:18is a little bit simpler. I don't know.
219. 10:20I'm liking it. I'm liking it. I didn't
220. 10:24know you could come uh to Russia and to
221. 10:27Brazil from Russia via Morocco. I
222. 10:29thought you could only go through Dubai
223. 10:31, Qatar, Ethiopia. Now I know, you can
224. 10:33go through Morocco too. Here's a tip
225. 10:36for you, young traveler. The tickets
226. 10:39were very cheap, okay? Very, very cheap
227. 10:41indeed. Bought at the last minute.
228. 10:44Bought at the last minute. It cost
229. 10:46240,000 rubles including extra luggage.
230. 10:50I have to do the math in Reais, right?
231. 10:53But considering I bought the ticket
232. 10:56about a week before traveling, the
233. 10:58price is quite, quite affordable, right
234. 11:00? I didn't find it that, that, that
235. 11:03expensive.
236. 11:04Last year, this trip was much more
237. 11:06complicated. I couldn't find a ticket
238. 11:09at a good price with just one
239. 11:10connection outside of Russia and ended
240. 11:12up making two stops. The first one was
241. 11:15in Istanbul, Turkey. As I said before,
242. 11:19nowadays it's become much more
243. 11:20complicated for Russians to travel to
244. 11:22Brazil passing through Europe. That's
245. 11:26why routes end up going much more
246. 11:28through Istanbul, the Middle East,
247. 11:30airports like Dubai, Qatar, or through
248. 11:32Ethiopia. And this year I discovered
249. 11:35one more possibility: Morocco. And if I
250. 11:40compare last year's Istanbul airport
251. 11:41with the airport in Morocco, where I
252. 11:43passed through this year, there's no
253. 11:45comparison. Istanbul is much more
254. 11:48beautiful, modern, and organized. The
255. 11:51shops are incredible, filled with
256. 11:53things typical of Turkey. I swear I was
257. 11:56dying to buy those Turkish coffee sets
258. 11:59and take them home. There was just one
259. 12:03big little problem. I had to stay there
260. 12:06for 14 hours. And no matter how
261. 12:09beautiful an airport is, after 14 hours
262. 12:11you start to hate every inch of it.
263. 12:15This year it was completely different.
264. 12:16In Morocco, my layover lasted about 5
265. 12:19hours. The ticket was much cheaper and,
266. 12:22most importantly, it was my only
267. 12:24connection outside of Russia. Because
268. 12:26last year, after the 14 hours in
269. 12:28Istanbul, I still had another
270. 12:30connection of about 6 hours in Qatar.
271. 12:34In other words, the trip was much more
272. 12:36exhausting. But I have to admit, it was
273. 12:40also much more interesting, because the
274. 12:42Qatar airport is exactly that
275. 12:44stereotype of Gulf luxury. Very
276. 12:48expensive cars on display, a subway
277. 12:50inside the airport, luxury stores,
278. 12:52Arabic perfumes, expensive clothes.
279. 12:56There are times you forget you are at
280. 12:57an airport and it feels like you walked
281. 12:59into a mall for millionaires. And even
282. 13:02completely destroyed by fatigue, I
283. 13:04really enjoyed walking around and
284. 13:06exploring the airport. The problem is
285. 13:08that this luxury comes at a price. I
286. 13:10remember I just went to get a coffee
287. 13:13and a sandwich and I spent about 25
288. 13:17dollars. So, admiring the windows was
289. 13:21much more interesting than going into
290. 13:24the stores, because the prices are
291. 13:26really high. But this year I had
292. 13:28already decided that I wanted to try a
293. 13:30different route and avoid a connection
294. 13:32through the Gulf countries. When I was
295. 13:35planning the trip, the situation in the
296. 13:37region was quite unstable and remains
297. 13:39very unstable, and that ended up
298. 13:40weighing on my choice. That was when I
299. 13:43found this alternative through Morocco.
300. 13:46And in the end, it was interesting. The
301. 13:48airport was much simpler than Istanbul
302. 13:51and Doha, but the ticket was cheaper
303. 13:53and the whole trip was much faster. And
304. 13:56there is an important difference
305. 13:58between traveling with a Russian and a
306. 14:00Brazilian passport. For a Brazilian
307. 14:03going to Russia, there are also several
308. 14:05connection possibilities through Europe
309. 14:07, depending on the route and the entry
310. 14:09and transit rules. For many Russians,
311. 14:12these options are much more complicated
312. 14:14; they have become much more
313. 14:15complicated in recent years, and
314. 14:17getting a visa for Europe has become
315. 14:18practically impossible for Russians.
316. 14:22That's why when we look for a flight
317. 14:24from Russia to Brazil, these routes
318. 14:26appear that might seem unusual to
319. 14:28Brazilians. Turkey, Qatar, Emirates,
320. 14:33Ethiopia, Morocco. But in the end, you
321. 14:37realize there are several ways to cross
322. 14:39the world between Russia and Brazil.
323. 14:42And after doing two of them, I reached
324. 14:44a conclusion. Last year's trip was much
325. 14:47more interesting, but this year's was
326. 14:50much smarter. If you want to visit
327. 14:53Russia, there is one important thing.
328. 14:55You need to know at least a little
329. 14:57Russian, because it will make a huge
330. 14:59difference in your trip. And for that,
331. 15:02you can count on me and my school,
332. 15:05Troica Idiomas. We are now accepting
333. 15:08enrollments for online classes and
334. 15:10private lessons. And if you prefer to
335. 15:12study alone and at your own pace, there
336. 15:14is also my full course, Decolando no
337. 15:16Russo, with recorded video lessons. I
338. 15:19will leave my team's WhatsApp here in
339. 15:21the description so you can talk to us,
340. 15:24as well as Troica's YouTube channel so
341. 15:26you can get to know our work better. So
342. 15:29, if Russia is in your plans, start by
343. 15:32learning Russian. And now let's
344. 15:34continue this year's trip. I arrived in
345. 15:37São Paulo. I'm tired, really wanting
346. 15:41to take a shower, sleep in a horizontal
347. 15:44position, preferably not sitting up. It
348. 15:49was exhausting, but here we are.
349. 15:55Guarulhos. I remember this place well.
350. 15:59This is where I left from when I went
351. 16:02back to Russia. And now, grab my bags,
352. 16:05go through passport control, get an
353. 16:08Uber, and head to my Airbnb. This trip
354. 16:13was tough. And that's it. I arrived in
355. 16:16São Paulo, I couldn't record anything
356. 16:18yesterday because I arrived exhausted,
357. 16:19I just passed out in bed. I only had
358. 16:23time to take a shower, unpack, and I
359. 16:25fell asleep. And this morning the rush
360. 16:28already started, so I already went out
361. 16:30with my boss. We already sorted out a
362. 16:33bunch of things this morning, rented
363. 16:35the car, had a meeting, anyway, the
364. 16:38preparations for the Russian culture
365. 16:40event here in São Paulo. Now I'm going
366. 16:45to the little market to buy something
367. 16:47to eat and then we have dinner at a
368. 16:49steakhouse. So, São Paulo as always,
369. 16:54noisy, rushed, frantic pace, and
370. 17:00something I wasn't used to anymore,
371. 17:02right? Here, these tiny sidewalks with
372. 17:04a pole in the middle, right? Those who
373. 17:08watch the channel know that what I like
374. 17:10is urban planning, and it's lacking,
375. 17:11look. You can't pass, only one person
376. 17:15can fit on the sidewalk. Wonderful
377. 17:17sidewalks. They say I'm in a relatively
378. 17:20quiet, safe, and expensive neighborhood
379. 17:23. Well, that's it. So, I arrived in
380. 17:30Brazil, I arrived in São Paulo, I am
381. 17:31back. I'll be staying until almost the
382. 17:34end of September. Look at this sidewalk
383. 17:36here, man. Oh, it’s unbelievable, man
384. 17:38. This just isn't possible, man. It's
385. 17:41just not possible. What a damn noise.
386. 17:48Oh, I had forgotten what life is like
387. 17:50here. Well, let's go. Let's head to the
388. 17:55market. You know, when I started
389. 17:59teaching Russian, I never imagined that
390. 18:01one day I would have the opportunity to
391. 18:04come to Brazil almost every year and,
392. 18:06even better, to do exactly what I like
393. 18:08most: teaching my language and showing
394. 18:10a little bit of my country and culture
395. 18:13to Brazilians. And every time I come
396. 18:17here, it seems like this connection
397. 18:18between my life in Russia and my life
398. 18:20in Brazil gets a little stronger. This
399. 18:25year, for example, I came to help my
400. 18:27university hold a big festival of
401. 18:28Russian language, education, and
402. 18:30culture in Brazil. We had events,
403. 18:33workshops, and classes at the
404. 18:35Immigration Museum, and we brought
405. 18:37Russian artists to perform at the São
406. 18:39Pedro Theater in São Paulo. And now I
407. 18:42am here in Rio de Janeiro talking about
408. 18:45potential projects between my
409. 18:47university and the Rio de Janeiro State
410. 18:49University, involving Russian teaching,
411. 18:52exchanges, and other activities. And to
412. 18:55think that all of this started simply
413. 18:57because I liked teaching Russian. Today
414. 19:00I have my own school, Troika Idiomas,
415. 19:03I'm a professor at Saint Petersburg
416. 19:05State University, and this work has
417. 19:07already taken me, even if virtually, to
418. 19:09Mozambique to teach Russian in Africa
419. 19:11and allowed me to help administer
420. 19:13international Russian proficiency exams
421. 19:15to students from all over the world.
422. 19:19But do you know what I think is the
423. 19:20coolest part of all this? It’s the
424. 19:22people I meet along the way. One thing
425. 19:25that always impresses me when I come to
426. 19:27Brazil is the way you welcome me. Many
427. 19:30people who start as students end up
428. 19:32becoming friends, coworkers become
429. 19:35friends. And even some of the coolest
430. 19:38experiences I’ve had on this trip and
431. 19:41last year’s trip happened precisely
432. 19:44because Brazilians I met through my
433. 19:47work wanted to show me a little more of
434. 19:50Brazil and their city. I loved spending
435. 19:53this time in São Paulo and now I’m
436. 19:55getting the opportunity to know Rio de
437. 19:57Janeiro much better, including, as I
438. 19:59said, with the help of students whom I
439. 20:01can now call friends. And maybe that is
440. 20:04exactly what I like most about my work.
441. 20:08At first, you think you’re just
442. 20:10teaching a language, but a language
443. 20:12ends up bringing together people who
444. 20:14live thousands of kilometers apart. I
445. 20:19sincerely hope that all this work gives
446. 20:21me even more reasons to return to
447. 20:23Brazil, because for me it would be
448. 20:25incredible to see more and more
449. 20:27Brazilians getting to know the real
450. 20:29Russia and more and more Russians
451. 20:31getting to know the real Brazil. They
452. 20:34are two very different countries, very
453. 20:37far from each other, but they have much
454. 20:39more to share than we sometimes imagine
455. 20:41. So I wanted to end this video simply
456. 20:44by saying thank you. Thank you to my
457. 20:46students, to my colleagues. To the
458. 20:48people who accompanied me during this
459. 20:51trip and to all of you who follow my
460. 20:53work here on the internet. And
461. 20:56especially thank you to Brazil and to
462. 20:57the Brazilians for welcoming me so well
463. 20:59once again. I hope this is far from
464. 21:03being my last trip here. I'll see you
465. 21:07very soon in another video.