did you graduate from college?
you can get into graduate school, do a PhD, it will give you about 7 years here....You can also get into a masters level program, applying from Russia, all legal. There are millions of graduate students here, masters, PhD, postdocs, it is very routine and totally legal. The best way to live in the country legally, figure out if you like it here. I personally know a couple of young people who came this way, one liked it here and stayed, and the other went back.
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