bjr, j'ai 25 ans et j'ai deja une license en Banking and Finances que j'ai obtenue ici au Cameroun dans une ecole anglophone.je suis Africain et j'aimerais aller etudier a l'université de Vladimir en russie et j'ai qq preocupations.deja ce sera pour moi la première fois de me retrouver dans un pays etranger et j'ai cru entendre que le racisme en Russie etait plus accentué que dans bcp d'autres pays d'Europe, j'aimerais savoir si c'est vrai.je vais bien evidemment faire une année preparatoire et entrer en cycle masters si tt se passe bien.dc, je me demande si les diplomes obtenus en Russie sont reconnus au niveau international. je compte passer a peu pres 3ans en Russie et je me demandais s'il y avait vraiment des opportunités de travail pour des etrangers
Bon alors, pour être tout à fait honnête, le racisme est effectivement une réalité en Russie...surtout quand tu vas dans de petites villes.
Il y a souvent des agressions...mais il y a aussi beaucoup d'Africains qui vivent en Russie depuis longtemps et qui n'ont jamais eu de problèmes.
Quoi qu'il en soit, il faut t'attendre à ce qu'on te regarde fixement dans la rue, voir même à ce qu'on vienne te regarder de près ou essayer de te toucher (c'est ce qui est arrivé à des amis qui venaient du Soudan, des Russes voulaient savoir si la couleur noire de leur peau était indélébile ou si on pouvait l'enlever en frottant un peu fort...🤪).
Bref, le racisme existe, les agressions raciales sont fréquentes mais plein d'Africains (et pas mal de Camerounais d'ailleurs) vivent là-bas sans souci...(de ce que j'ai vu, j'ai cru comprendre qu'il valait mieux être noir qu'être arabe ou asiatique en Russie).
Les diplomes obtenus en Russie peuvent être reconnus au niveau international. Néanmoins, dans beaucoup d'université, les diplomes s'achètent purement et simplement. Ils n'ont donc pas beaucoup de valeur puisque personne ne sait si tu l'as eu en étudiant ou en payant.
Je crains qu'un diplome de l'université de Vladimir ne vale pas grand chose au niveau international. Mais je suppose que le fait d'avoir obtenu une licence au Cameroun, plus le fait d'avoir étudié à l'étranger, plus le fait de parler russe...c'est quand même pas mal, même si ton diplome russe n'a pas beaucoup de valeur aux yeux de certains...
Quant aux possibilités de travailler en Russie, c'est de plus en plus compliqué. D'abord parce que la crise touche tout le monde et que la situation est vraiment tendue en ce moment en Russie. Ensuite parce que chaque année le gouvernement russe a tendance à diminuer les quotas d'étrangers pouvant travailler en Russie. Donc, la Russie délivre de moins en moins de visas de travail.
Après, rien n'est impossible...on trouve quand même du boulot.
Méfie-toi simplement, peut-être aurais-tu intérêt à prospecter un peu avant de partir, voir si éventuellement des entreprises pourraient être intéressés par ton profil, même si ce n'est pas pour travailler tout de suite. Je me souviens avoir rencontré un groupe de Camerounais à Moscou qui était venu pour poursuivre des études et trouver du boulot et qui se retrouvait, pour certains, à distribuer des prospectus à la sortie du métro...😕 Mais j'ai rencontré également des Marocains et des Béninois qui n'avaient eu aucune difficulté à trouver du boulot.
Je sais que je ne t'aide pas beaucoup, mais il est difficile de donner des réponses claires à tes questions. Cela dépend de tellement de choses! Le seul conseil que je pourrais te donner, c'est de bien préparer ton projet. Bien choisir l'université où tu veux étudier, te renseigner à l'avance sur les possibilités de boulot, voire même essayer d'entrer en contact avec des compatriotes qui se sont également installés en Russie, ils pourront peut-être te conseiller...et pour finir, je te conseille d'acheter un bon gros manteau pour l'hiver 🙂.
Bonjour, effectivement le racisme est présent en Russie, comme dans beaucoup d'autres pays de l'est, et inutile d'allez te plaindre a la police .
Les diplomes russes délivrés par des universités inconnues ne valent pas grand chose (sauf peut etre en Russie) et trouver du travail sur place cela doit etre plus que difficile, il y a déja tellement de russes qui cherchent du travail alors pour un africain ?!
Mais si après ton passage la bas tu parles russe tu peux toujours envisager de monter une boite d'import /export au Cameroun.
la vie en Russie est assez differente dans de differentes villes. Pour la reconnaissance des diplomes, ca varie aussi selon les Universites. pourquoi avez-vous choisi Vladimir? Si vous connaissez deja qqn qui a fait ou est en train de faire ses etudes la-bas, le plus simple pour vous serait d'essayer de rejoindre la communaute' de vos compatriotes sur place pour ne pas avoir a chercher tous les renseignements concernant les papiers a faire etc.
Pour le racisme, ce probleme existe, mais ca depend beaucoup des couches sociales et des quartiers. Mais de se promener tard le soir dans certains quartiers que ca soit dans une grande ville ou en provice peut etre dangereux pour n'importe qui. C'est partout comme ca.
si vous etes sur pour la ville - voici le lien:
http://new.vpti.vladimir.ru/eng/eng.html
bonjour.
Je me permets de vous écrire parce que ma fille et ma petite fille (17 ans) ont bien l'intention d'aller en Russie pour un séjour linguistique. Elles y sont déja allé une fois. Moi j'y suis allé cinq fois en espérant bien y retourner encore malgré mon âge !!
Mes filles cherchent une université, ou une école de langue qui leur fournirait le visa nécessaire. Vladimir leur plairait asez, car elles préfèreraient une ville petite ou moyenne à l'immense Moscou. Pourriez-vous me donner une ou plusieurs adresse de facs ou autres écoles. Bien que je connaisse plusieurs profs de français à Moscou, malheureusement tous à la retraite et donc pas tres au courant de se qui se passe aujourd'hui, nous n'arrivons pas à trouver un établissement d'enseignement de langues. Ma fille et ma petite fille parlent plusieurs langues étrangères et veulent enrichir encore leurs connaissances. Nous sommes français, et même mes filles passent tres souvent pour des ...slaves !!
Je suis tout à fait d'accord avec se que vous dites. J'ai trouvé ce pays passionnant !
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