Cost of living in Belarus – 2015

Hello! I am a student living in Minsk and here are some of my spending costs:

accomodation prices. I live in a two bedroom apartment, one room is $160 which makes $320. Our apartment is actually pretty cheap in comparison with other ones. My friends, who are mostly also students pay about $200 +/- a month for a room in an apartment. From what I know an average monthly rent payment for a one bedroom apartment is $300 and over.

public transport. One ticket for a bus/subway(metro)/trolleybus and other public transport is 4 500 rubles which is about $0.33. I usually buy a mothly pass for the metro which is around 200 000 (maybe even more now, I'm not sure) which is  about $13.5 for now.

Health prices. I attend both gourvernment and private healthcare facilities. A doctor's consultation is about 150 000 - 300 000 roubles depending on what medicale center you go and what the qualification of the doctor is which is about $10 - $21. I haven't had anything major done at a private medicalcenter so I cannot say anything about the cost.

For home facilities like water/gas/electricity we pay a bit over 400 000 rubles which is about $28.

A cinema ticket costs about 60 000 rubles which is $4. Whenever I go to a cafe/bar I spend about 150 000 - 300 000 which is $10 - $21. I don't go to very expensive places, when I go somewhere more "fancy" the sum could be twice or thrice as big (once again depending on the cafe/bar/restaurant). If you buy only oridinary tea or coffe it costs $1 -$3

We pay 160 000 for the internet with a max speed of 500kb, but our internet is about 100kb. That's $11

I hope this information helps! Have a nice day