Gabrielle Duvoisin
A French engineer who moved to Moscow in November 2022 to work in biotech and started a French-language channel about the rest of it: getting a residence permit, being pregnant in a Russian hospital, comparing French and Russian feminism, Limoges porcelain versus the St Petersburg factory.
She is the most literate creator on this list — the videos are essays with a camera, and the French-speaking audience has almost nothing else like it.
- From
- France
- Lives in
- Moscow (Skolkovo)
- In Russia since
- 2022
- Does for a living
- Biotech engineer at the Skolkovo campus; films in French on the side.
- Films in
- French
- Topic
- Culture · Visas & paperwork · Family & children · Everyday life
What this channel shows better than anyone
- Residence permits and eVisa, told step by step from her own file.
- Healthcare and pregnancy in Russia as a foreign woman.
- Culture comparisons that stay curious instead of scoring points.
Five videos to start with
Plays here, on their channel's terms — nothing loads until you click.
The paperwork video French speakers actually need.
Maternity care from inside the Russian system, calmly told.
Her own practical guide, and a good sanity check against ours.
The kind of comparison this section exists for.
A second opinion
Where we would add a number or a correction — not a complaint.
“Her residence-permit videos show a fast, workable route.”
It is workable because she arrived on a skilled-employment track with an employer handling part of the file. The same permit obtained without a company behind you takes longer and costs more.
Where to follow
Details checked: 2026-09-08
