in the eighth month of my stay here, i don't pay for housing. they gave us each a separate apartment. we live in a big house and there are apartments here. this is the outskirts of the city of brno . the apartments here are all ukrainians, we live together, we don’t pay for housing, we were never asked for it, there were no communal services. nothing. and i think that i am very lucky in this regard. because i hear the stories of other ukrainians. they pay even if they are lucky enough to get free housing. that’s it . for example, the first month there was also this placement in a family, because in the official statements it is written that the compensation is 120 € from the czech authorities, from the state for people who receive ukrainian refugees, 120 € per person. is there any separate program, housing is directly

free of charge, there is a placement in a family, and there is accommodation is free, it was provided mainly in some hotels where there are rooms in boarding houses, but it is not directly in the center of prague and brno, it is very far away, some villages, some small towns, and many ukrainians did not like it over time, because the children you have to go to school, go to kindergarten, go to work, buy groceries, and that’s all. well, in the villages of the czech republic, it’s a little different, they don’t have shops, like ours, a grocery store can work 3 hours a day from six in the morning to 9:00 in the morning. to adapt to this, that's why people warned people in big cities already renting housing on their own. by the way, i monitored the prices. well, they are somewhat biting for ukrainians. it seems to me that in prague, after all, from 10 to 15,000 kroner a month , this is approximately from 400 to 600 €, and talk about

in brno, there is cheaper housing from 7 to 9,000 crowns, it is somewhere like the equivalent of 300-350 € more affordable. what do you know about your friends, how much do they rent housing for ? in the czech republic in general. for example, if you want to rent a room instead of an apartment, so that it is more affordable, you cannot rent a separate room . you can share a room with someone. in the czech republic, from five to 7,000 kroner, eight, even sometimes it is 7.5 12,000 uah for a place in a room. i just want to emphasize that where you will be, you are not even alone. you are not even alone. this is not your phone . very lucky there are also three. four in a

room. if a large apartment is a studio apartment, it is like a kitchen plus, where can you sleep? talk more about two-room two-room apartments, well, it 's all in hryvnias, it seems to me up to 50 prices can reach uah 60,000, that is, they are, in principle, maybe even now like in prague , and in prague maybe even more expensive, that is, the prices have increased . probably because what i monitored is no longer relevant in today's realities. i think you know, you can find for such a price, maybe just bad conditions, but in general, the average has increased so much, the cost has increased, and the apartment is a direct apartment, i mean from 15 to five thousand hryvnias minimum, but such options as moving in with a family are used, and how many people were able to do so

get settled i don't know anyone who would live like that and i've never met such offers to move in somewhere , only some separate well, there's a room in an apartment, nothing else. my friend has a lot of them because i work with ukrainians, i don't know anyone or when do they willingly rent housing to ukrainians , because we know that in some countries they say and refugees are afraid, absolutely unwillingly. i know that ukrainians have very big problems with this, and first of all, there are also czechs, for example, an interesting fact about them: if we rent apartments, we constantly we have 10 on our phone the czech republic is in no hurry, they set aside a month for it, for example, they don’t have such a thing that i need to read an apartment for tomorrow, they don’t answer the phone, they have special websites, they answer text messages to the mail very slowly

. what is their priority ? have er, well, that is, directly national czechs who were born and grew up here but for some reason do not have their own housing further - these are czechs who are students there and so on who came from other cities later . they can already consider ukrainians, but to ukrainians they are also big, such a list there sometimes without dogs without children i don’t know without men everyone has their own proposals not a proposal oh my god eh well this is also in ukraine, we know that there is such a problem now to ukraine, yes, but it just seems like refugees, it would be possible to somehow meet them, but again, this is not about everyone, of course, there are czechs who are exclusively refugees, sometimes there for half price, something like that is also found,

they are bound to be human. the factor still works, even in czech republic yes, of course, of course ugu is worried about social assistance, of course, because it is not possible to find a job right away, we will talk about this later. uh, no, now, to be honest, i’m not sure, maybe it’s only people from combat points in the regions, but when we first arrived in the czech republic, absolutely every ukrainian was paid 200 €, that’s 5,000 crowns, it’s probably about 6.5-7 thousand hryvnias, it was paid to us on cards , sometimes in cash, we received this assistance for 6 months, it is mandatory regardless of anything, no factors , then you simply receive it from now on

. these payments could be received by people who do not yet work there or people with an income of less than 10,000 kroner, that is, 15,000 hryvnias, there were some such rules, but in general, everyone received assistance, and from the sixth month of stay, already for seedlings, the payments are canceled, ukrainians can to receive social assistance, such as the unemployed, unemployment assistance, everything, but this would apply to foreigners, czechs, and ukrainians. this is where the refugee is no longer tied directly to such benefits, they are cash benefits, they end in six months, and unemployment assistance, that is, you go to the employment center. something like this in ukraine, and how much less are you paid for a child, well, if it is a mother who does not work and receives funds for a child, it seems to be 3,000 kroner, in our country it is four and

a half thousand hryvnias for an adult, four or so thousand crowns, that's five or six thousand crowns. i wouldn't say that this is a very large amount of money. you can somehow live on it. well, but they get it like that. besides, if they are in the employment center, they can avoid paying their insurance, that is, the state pays for them. health insurance, let's compare a little bit, then how can we live on these funds, even if we take these 200 €, which provide the first 5-6 months there to ukrainians who received temporary shelter in the czech republic, we already talked about housing, which not everyone can get free of charge housing or even a settlement is a subsettlement with a czech family that is ready to accept them, then we are talking about the city of brno, then about 400 euros. as far as i understand, renting an apartment itself costs 250-300

euros, there will be a room for a subsettlement, and we receive 200 € from the state, and for what then to eat, but dosh - a very good question, i just, for example, have not come across this, i really, well, just thank the universe for what it was. in a condition where even we were built for free, for very long periods of time, three times a day, free food came home here before us, how did the others live, uh, one hundred percent, they all went to the factories, ukrainians, by the way, what did they surprise the czechs with? they simply started cutting off all the work that is in the czech republic, what should be done even for 100 crowns, and 100 crowns, by the way, is very minimal , not even like that no one even pays 100 steps per hour here, the minimum is 130-140 crowns per hour, but ukrainians paid 100 because they had to

feed their children and so on, of course these funds are not enough, but if we talk about a family where, for example , a mother has two children, she was already receiving three people 15,000 kroner is possible funds. it would be possible to somehow survive. well, i looked. i'm sorry. i'll clarify here . i looked that the minimum salary from january 1, 2022 in the czech republic is 16,000 kroner - this is the equivalent of 640 euros. it turns out that ukrainians are paid less than the minimum salary, yes. it happens very often and there are many ukrainians by the way. this is why they have a misunderstanding about this and they turn to other ukrainians. why do you go to work for even less than the minimum if, if, who will respect us? after that, we give ourselves this if a service so that no one respects us and these 16,000 crowns , uh, i could be wrong, but i talked to someone, this is without tax deductions, if to deduct

taxes, well, probably 14,000 kroner somewhere, people receive as a minimum well, but these are contracts, these are such professions, if not where do you need a language? well, you work with your hands and produce something, and it’s minimal, but you can find a better job, of course, and for that you need to learn the language. let’s talk about how much food costs in the czech republic . meat for eggs is now a concern of ukrainians, because here in the shade, chicken eggs have already grown there from 60 to 80 uah, depending on the region and the supermarket or market, so i want to walk, if we have time, on such products, which are most common in our country, yes with our basket. for example, if you take fish, and the fish i made some notes on myself, trout will cost about 250 uah per

kilogram, salmon 700 uah per kilogram, well, it is also in ukraine 650 uah before, and i have already met like that, i did not know perch, a kilogram, 500 uah, shrimp for 300 g for 10,200 uah there for several you can say that i went for expensive products, but i still offer you something that is more common for ordinary ukrainians, there is chicken fillet, pork, that's what we have for him, bread, milk, eggs, let's buy it like this. chicken fillet is about uah 250 per kilogram, and pork is uah 170, and beef" . than pork is so interesting so seriously i don't know how it happened historically but yes and if we talk about sausage, you can buy sausage from uah 100 to uah 200, these are sausage sticks

. that is, you can do it yourself and that's how to survive, sausages and such different sausage products can even be found from 30 hryvnias very cheap, you can find them for up to 100 hryvnias, but the quality is already better there, you tried it in the european union after all, it is very important to pass all the certifications , they follow this follow and that's why i think that their sausages, our sausages, well, there is a difference. to be honest , there is no difference for me, even in terms of taste, i like it even more in ukraine, but i wouldn't say that there are very different food products in the supermarket, no, if we talk about national food. well, it is different. eggs. six pieces of our eggs will cost 100 uah. 30 pieces of packaging will cost about 180 uah . a dozen. i don’t know. by the way, because they sell either six

or by the piece. about three kroner per piece is 5 uah 4 1 /2 or in such large portions 30 pieces ago well plus or minus like in ukraine yes yes well heard well in principle uh these are the most widespread products thank you for that you mentioned national dishes i wonder what the czechs eat because the culture of consumption uh nutrition so it's also important they if i didn't i want to offend the czechs, i am very grateful for everything. but they have dishes, you know, as the ukrainians say, i put everything in the refrigerator and you can eat it. it is very widespread, it is spread, it is such dishes. where do you really throw everything that was in the refrigerator, mixing it, maybe with a blender, and one is based on bread well, it's not good for me, they add

lard and onions to everything. how come you don't like lard everywhere? i like it, but you know, they can add lard to the pasta. well, it's a little bit for me. they have gravies. they are always thick like sour cream . even something even thicker is not tasty. i don't know any features of the national food of the time. they eat fish or vegetables. what is the national dish? what kind of meat? well, it's such a fatty dish with meat. they clearly love meat. they eat it all the time. i.e. the czechs didn't have a problem with that, they like that they eat more meat, so vegetables do happen, but in general something so fatty that it 's okay to eat here, they figured out the color and

taste of the food, comrade, not everyone. we understand yulia, you need to return to ukraine in this sense in relation to what usually a lot of money is spent on transport, especially in europe. public transport is always expensive enough. what about the czech republic? do you travel there on foot? i don’t travel on foot because i have to go to brno for about an hour . in fact, that’s why i can’t. for a bus, i pay 60 kroner for it, it is 90 hryvnias in our country, it is one way, one way, and i drive 25 km, well, it’s like that. trams around the city, for example, cost 20 kroner, that’s 30 hryvnias, plus in the czech republic there are zones, for example, three zones you can drive through 20 kroner, and there is more, you have to buy separate

tickets again, and it can be even more expensive for ukrainians, there is a system of e-e-passes, it’s a pass, we got them for free, by the way, now it’s impossible to get them, but when i received them, it was a pass for all types of transport inside the city of brno, but if you are in the vicinity, you already have to pay. you show the ticket yourself , it is valid until december, show your passport and you can travel for free. there is a controller and they are always checked. if you get there without a passport or without a passport, there will be a fine, yes, 800 kroner is 1,200 uah here is very serious about this. by the way, what i noticed, i also noticed in the mentality of the czechs, they all pay for travel and there are no checks, the controller can come once every six months seriously or get caught, but they all come to them, everyone has someone, no one eats, no one has six by the way, it's cute, the word "

rider" is so passable, it's so cute, the czech language is so. by the way, if i speak briefly about the czech language. they soften everything with them, all the words are so touching, on the one hand, the language is cute. and here are my czechs. you already told us about one side of the coin, that when you speak in a language other than czech, they don't react very well. well, there is some other support of ukrainians, they are so moral , they are generally such people they are warmer or something like that in austria, germany, they are colder, not warm, and if you take the average, they are not warm. they love the czech republic . they love the czechs. and by the way, now when

the election campaigns are held in the czech republic, there are a lot of these parties that use the slogan czech republic for the czechs seriously, the czechs want to vote for it. if only the ukrainians would return home, but there are many more czechs, of course, they help, they treat each other well. there are such bad situations everywhere. by the way, before the interview, i sat and rewatched the news yesterday in brno in the tram, a czech began to address ukrainian women, he asks them if you are not in ukraine, that is, why are you not in ukraine in ukraine, why are you sitting here and there, turn around, well, there are such slogans, and even one wrote me a check what what are you doing you're sitting here timo, you can't return to ukraine already and it's strange to me, but i understand that people until they feel it for themselves, well, they will never

understand us. i know from ukrainians who have lived here for a long time and work with checks that the czechs were outraged by the fact that ukrainians came with expensive phones, because they came with expensive watches, not cool, expensive cars, expensive clothes. and i, in turn, said in the sense that we ran away from the war, not from the fact that we didn't have any money, of course, we took everything we had with us. we were but it infuriated them. because in reality the czechs can't afford it all, he said it and it would seem like the european union, but there all the expensive smartphones are used by our people, for example, earning 15,000. they really walk around with phones for 30, well, yes, well, we still have a mentality the values ​​are a little different and others, and here sometimes ukrainians can afford it, but they allow it, but in the czech republic they do it, well, they can anyway, and the clothes are simple, if you take the appearance there, women

can generally take care of themselves minimally, because they it's just not necessary, it's not bad, they're just different and they don't understand this about ukrainians, sometimes they condemn them, but they help good ukrainians with good checks much more. we are not talking about any oligarchs or even more about people who should be in ukraine, but for some reason they are abroad with their families and men of military age, but this is a separate issue in fact, ukrainians really fled from the war and took what they had, and we lived quite well, as the experience before the russian war showed that all these vankas are very jealous of us now because we still know how to earn, we know how to provide for ourselves, and in principle we were already like that a sufficiently prosperous

country before a full-scale invasion. well, in general, before the war that started in the 14th year of russia against ukraine, but we will definitely make up for everything. i wanted to ask you another question. this is probably the most interesting part about working in the czech republic. you organized, you became a private entrepreneur there because you opened your studio for choreography and acting yes, but according to the standards of the european union i am not yet a private entrepreneur i have an agreement on the performance of work - this is a contract on the performance of work for a certain number of hours, for sure the number of e- e salary if you open a separate studio directly. i just have to pass the first teaching certification , speech certification. i have to teach in czech, that is, i can have ukrainians, but i have to teach for czechs in

first of all, certification of the premises and so on. if i will stay in the czech republic for a longer period, of course i will come to this today. i just rent the premises, but officially i have the right to do so. i rent for so and if under my own name and so on there is tax i pay health insurance i pay for the hall i pay for everything pay that is our favorite word you have to pay for everything and it is true and there are no privileges or benefits for ukrainians who essentially a business organized in the czech republic if you pay yourself no taxes, absolutely no, the only thing is that i was just very lucky, one of the chiefs found me somewhere on facebook, he offered me to dance for free in his studio. and i asked him, it was still in the summer. can i

to rent the hall from him, then he allowed me to hold classes for free and take all the money for myself. i would have worked like this for almost a month, then this hall closed and there was no place to get dressed, there were many children, it was necessary to do something further to move i found already for the money it is not very cheap but what to do and i have already started working for myself i am paying for everything but i was just lucky to meet such a person martin i thank him very much but it is such a privilege in general well this is the first month you are lucky go on go on you you already pay for the rental of the hall, please tell me how much the rental of the hall costs, i pay 400 kroner for an hour of classes - that's 600 hryvnias, and how much do the children pay for classes, that is, it works out for you, sometimes not at all,

my children pay 80 kroner for one class uh, i'm just followed such a policy that these are ukrainians, they need my help but in order for me to be able to rent even without a hall, they have to pay at least something and sometimes sometimes i can go to zero in the minus i have never gone out thank god sometimes i can go to zero because the children - these are children, they are sick, they don’t go to them, something hurts, something happened to them, everything happens, in general, i come out in a normal, good plus, if i rent it simply, for example, for a month, i also note that i do not pay for the hall per month and use it whenever i want. i have three days a week where i myself 3 hours a day, i take everything for it, i pay 15,000 kroner, it is 22,000 hryvnias with us, this is a lot, i take it very seriously, yes. and it is refugees from ukraine who come to you. so where did you find them anyway, how did you

dare to open a studio in a foreign country to collect people, well, clients in fact, if it didn’t work out well, you know, i had these first thoughts right away, and you dared to dare. thank you, i had the same thoughts. i’m just saying this for martin, who gave me free things if it weren’t for him. i might not have dared to just go on. i could retreat i already looked for children on the internet, i looked for children in facebook groups. we have a lot of groups for ukrainian refugees in brno and so on. i just posted an ad and found a lot of children. me, because many children returned to ukraine. it was exactly 100 children, er, well, this is a normal, good result. i believe that today i have 30 children on a permanent basis, who are included, but every time they

are added, someone goes, someone leaves, someone is added . it's not very stable, and you can't directly teach the children of foreigners or czechs like that. not yet, honestly, i'm in favor of it. even before i start, i don't have enough ukrainians, and i don't know why, but at this stage, i haven't moved to my place. er, they put russian in my messenger, can i teach in russian that they do not support the regimes and so on, but i refused, i refused and said that i will not teach in russian and your child will not understand it, what is the meaning of this, i refused it was like this this is our case such a principled position, although it is your money, of course, in this sense it is difficult. yes, tell me, how have the ukrainian children changed, after all, you have been working with them for more than a year, and these children are refugees from ukraine. they survived partially, or

some more someone is less than the war, how have they changed, what are they talking about? what did you notice? i can even tell a little story . i have a girl, sofia, from kharkiv. i started crying, i started crying with her now , now it’s not necessary, well, she was just sitting she was crying and i didn’t understand at first i say well, what happened, she tells me i just remember ukraine i remember kharkiv and the child is 8 years old, how can you hold on like that i stand like a stone i think so calm yuliya volodymyrivna keep yourself in your hands but i very often i can't stand it there is a girl from mariupol who has no home and nowhere to return but these are children it hurts them they are constantly talking some loud sounds they are like that

it always happens in them that someone is there, i don't know some neighbors, something has fallen into someone in another hall, they have a buzzer constantly, they shudder, but despite all this, these are children who want to live so much, who want to develop so much, to create, they constantly sing to me oh , there is a red viburnum in the meadow, just be -what situations, so that it doesn't happen, they sing, they sing the anthem, i don't know, that is, before, of course, there was no such thing, but now, so that it doesn't happen, by the way, i teach them exclusively ukrainian music, ukrainian interesting , the repertoire has changed, yes, of course, absolutely changed and uh i don't use russian-language songs i don't use russian artists, of course, even those who don't support any regimes no, i only use ukrainian , our content is ukrainian music, the children like it , they learn so much new things, a new

song comes out i always turn on ukrainian right away on the first day, they are like that, as soon as we arrived, they sing, i really popularize with them, i popularize the ukrainian language, the ukrainian language and ukrainian music are very stylish. they always sing to me there and new songs are brought by such straight ukrainians, i ca n’t. they have the future one hundred percent, but straight up , i don’t doubt them. you know so much and you talk about your children in an inspiring way that i understand why they come to you directly at our place for a choreographer who loves them first and foremost . and now gives them ukrainian culture directly yulichka tell me more, please, let's sum it up literally for a minute, tell me the pluses and minuses of life in the czech republic for you to note well, first of all, i would note