>>37Why can't you just become an illegal immigrant and forge papers?
That will surface, as soon as I try get a job, buy house, open bank account or marry. There will be two persons having the same records, database will have easily detectable inconsistency, and police will check it. Moreover, good forgery costs good amount of money and trying to contact persons forging passports can get you arrested (most of them are controlled by police). I think fake marriage would be cheaper and easier than fake EU documents, still I don't have 50,000 euros, required for fake marriage, either and there is a high chance I will get duped and without money.
You really think the EU will deport you?
The moment somebody checks your documents (i.e. when you visit bank), finding that you have no visa or outstayed it, illegal gets reported to police and ends up in immigration prison, and then deported. There are lot of fuss on Russian illegal immigrant forums on working at EU and avoiding deportation.
The toilet scrubbing job in the EU would pay more than programmer in Russia.
Having work permit one can works as programmer or some IT specialist in EU. That is not really a problem, if you have BSc degree, but without a degree there are only illegal ways.