The staffs in any kind of stations are the rudest and most disgusting ever. With few questions asked, you will receive a public verbal bashing. If they have got something that you want, they will make you pay with your dignity.

    Coming across the police officials might be unlucky since these corrupted people are infamous for foreigners rip-off. They could seize your passport with any reason and demand money for your passport return.

    The foreign students in Russia could be the minority in this world who are aware of Adolf Hitler's birthday. It's 21st century but there are celebrations of his birthday by neo-Nazi at this corner, where cases of foreigners beaten up by skinheads are so frequent in mid April each year.

    There are too many problems in this country yet to be mentioned.

    Recently, there’s an article written by a student from Nizhny Novgorod Uni who listed out the achievements of russian scientists from different fields, and saying that 5=excellent in Russian grading system is equivalent to 99% or 100%. Trying to find excuses for something bad is unwise while the truth itself will be disclosed eventually.

    My words towards him/her: please stop misleading the readers. With usually 3-4 simple questions in an exam paper+ tolerable cheating+ simple answers+ examiners impressed by student's fluent english could easily earn a 5 from the examiners. Their grading method is based on the examiner's impression and 5 does not=so called 99/100% as claimed by that student! Please do not make the grading system here sounds so complicated and high standard as every student knows most examiners are lenient towards foreign students. Anyway, listing out the scientists and musicians achievements has no association with the medical STUDY here. Discovery of America by Columbus doesn’t mean that Portugal has the most advanced ship-building industry in the world nowadays! Please be more sensible.

    The ranking of the two universities in Moscow as 2nd and 3rd best in the world is the biggest lie i have ever heard! My reply email from WHO years back informed that they do not rank the universities but only list the universities recognized. This is just how the agents promote Russian universities: the digusting uni campus, facilities and hostels are totally a crap (although much improvement has been done in recent years), who on earth in this world would betray their conscience and shameless enough to attract foreign students with these false statements? The other 3 universities could even call themselves medical universities with just a small campus building.

    Many hospitals here are even worse than you could imagine. Apart from the broken and lousy conditions, the apparatuses used even in the operating theatre (where moment of live and death is determined) are so 60’s. Some old operation gowns with unwashable stain are still worn. I was so impressed once I saw the breathing machine was controlled manually by the staff by pressing the bladder during the whole operation. Try to ask yourself: could these hospitals be qualified in Malaysia?

    I have to admit that indeed the Russian professors and lecturers are very experienced and knowledgeable with some of them committed in international affiliates as those professors in Western countries. However, this should be kept for the sake of Russian medium students.

    By establishing the English medium department, the universities fail to provide a satisfying quality of teaching in english as the first requirement since most of our lecturers do not speak good english. Some lectures could be as bad as conducted by lecturers reading the printed materials from the paperwork during the whole lesson.

    Bribery is common among Russian universities. Students from certain countries are coming here for fun for the entire 6 years while assuring a medical degree. Most of these students who are active in clubbing, sex, smoking, booze with poor attendance in class could be promoted to the following semester every year. I, myself as a Muslim would advise my Malaysian compatriots not to be influenced by them and fortunately I see that our students are mentally firm. Generally, Malaysian students are hardworking and self-motivated with many exceptions too.

    On the other hand, where on earth in this world could you find a university that accept almost 100 foreigners in medical faculty each year? Medical course enrolment is supposed to be competitive but it’s not surprising to find out some students whose entry qualifications are below average. The poor russian universities consider about the money income in the first place. Moreover, Russia might be the first country that accepts SPM students directly into medical course.

    As an advice to the students who wish to study medicine, Russia should be your last choice. This place has lots of mutts (I am referring to some students but not to most) who are not qualified as medical students. Each year, there are new comers who left Russia for local medical colleges or elsewhere which is rarely seen in Malaysian or overseas uni.

    Some of us will tell you about the bad situation here while some of us will try to cover it up by telling you how good the qualities are compared to those in Western countries. It does not mean that the medicine here is not a worth. Indeed there are many professional and honourable staffs in the universities, but the system for foreign students has to be improved in order to depict a qualified doctor. If the situation persists, Russian universities could be the next after the derecognition of Crimea state university.