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Like a mix between the UK and Germany.
The housing situation is also quite bad, it's near impossible to rent if you move here for work (unless your company acts as a guarantor).
The rent-controlled housing queue system is extremely corrupt and long - at least 8-year queues (unless you're related to the local administration). Taxes are also insanely high on workers - 56+% income tax, 25% VAT.
The currency has collapsed since COVID so wages are far worse relative to Europe than before (and let's not even mention the USA).
It's far from everywhere (you're not going on holiday to Russia these days), with few direct flights, and long delivery times for imports.
But still the transport is quite good, there are a fair number of new apartments if you can buy a leasehold (it has its own issues with high fees and interest rates though), and a lot of online services.
I'd give it a 6/10.