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Local police & Documents   Moscow

Local police & Documents, Moscow

 50 Reviews  Foreigners applying for work permits must now undergo tests for HIV/AIDS, leprosy, syphilis, chlamydia and all those other nasty things your Drill Sergeant and your mother warned you about. Tests... 

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Street Crime   Saint Petersburg

Street Crime, Saint Petersburg

 19 Reviews  I am sure that some of the posts are well meaning but most are also based on rumors or very outdated info. If I had read only the warnings without knowing better I would never have moved to St... 

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Money & Exchange   Moscow

Money & Exchange, Moscow

 11 Reviews  As I arrived at airport, I went straight to the exchange office to exchange some money - euros to rubles. By location, I thought that the closest exchange office is the most secure one - and police is... 

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Personal Observations   Saint Petersburg

Personal Observations, Saint Petersburg

 54 Reviews  Traffic in Russia is a nightmare. It looks like nobody really cares about speed limits or traffic rules. Cars drive at almost full speed in the city centre, especially on the multi-lane... 

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Pickpocketers, etc.   Moscow

Pickpocketers, etc., Moscow

 26 Reviews  Men may approach you wanting to take you out to the clubs and introduce you to women or have women they can set up for you. Some want to rob you or use you for money while others just want to provide... 

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Tap Water   Saint Petersburg

Tap Water, Saint Petersburg

 19 Reviews  Please NEVER-EVER-WHATSOEVER drink tap water while in Russia. The main ground is that you don't have a degree on Chemistry and even if you do, I'm sure you don't have your pocket hot lab when on the... 

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Traffic & Crossing   Moscow

Traffic & Crossing, Moscow

 24 Reviews  Moscow's traffic is a nightmare. It looks like nobody really cares about speed limits or traffic rules. Cars drive at almost full speed in the city centre, especially on the multi-lane bridges over... 

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Pickpockets   Saint Petersburg

Pickpockets, Saint Petersburg

 12 Reviews  People in Russia are generally friendly and will stop and give you directions. Be careful when approached. Foreigners are approached more often for another reason. A sneaky trick is to be in a car.... 

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Language   Moscow

Language, Moscow

 13 Reviews  Russia is very proud of its heritage and nowhere is that more clear than Moscow, it's biggest town. Almost everything is in Russian. No problems for me, a Russian speaker, but some potential problems... 

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Police   Saint Petersburg

Police, Saint Petersburg

 9 Reviews  Russia does not use 911 calling, but the emergency numbers are fairly simple. For fire or accidents - 01 For Police call - 02 Ambulance - 03 Police hotline for foreigners 278-30-18 Central police... 

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Street Signs   Saint Petersburg

Street Signs, Saint Petersburg

 6 Reviews  This is not really a warning, but rather an enigma to us. Well, it used to be thanks to Elena_N who unravelled this mystery for us: It is a sign which is meant to inform other traffic users that... 

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Scams   Saint Petersburg

Scams, Saint Petersburg

 8 Reviews  Besides the risk from a pickpocket you could just lose -- or have stolen -- your credit cards. As with pickpockets, fast discovery and reporting of the crime can prevent more loss and headaches. The... 

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Taxis   Saint Petersburg

Taxis, Saint Petersburg

 10 Reviews  I notice most of the posts describe how things were or imagined a number of years ago. The posts that did have some grain of reality are outdated and reflect little on what is true now. The best and... 

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Public Transport   Saint Petersburg

Public Transport, Saint Petersburg

 9 Reviews  In May-September period there is night navigation on Neva River and all bridges are swung. Be careful in time because if you need to go to Vasil'evsky Island or to Petrogradskaya side of the city (or... 

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Vodka

by kris-t

You should be careful around alcohol. If you really aren't up for drinking or going all out, just refuse the drink. Russian use to drink with a lot of snack (zakuska). Vodka won’t affect you this mush if you eat rich meal. But still be careful and never ever try to "over drink" Russians :) - you can quickly get into trouble.And don't ever buy hard alcohol from unknown, dubious or strange looking kiosks, or shady characters. It might not be alcohol at all.Do not mix different types of alcohol even if you see some Russians do that.In case if you do get drunk please avoid going outside on the street - especially at night or alone.

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Passing the Russian Customs Control - Icons

by kris-t

If you are going to buy Icons or any art work in Russia, beware: All items which are of cultural or historical value - icons, antiques, paintings, coins, books (older than 50 years) etc. - may be taken out of Russia only with prior written approval of the Ministry of Culture and payment of 100% duty. You will need to spend some time and money to get this approval.

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Russian winter

by kris-t

Last few years Moscow's winters were more as european than as russian but sometimes weather remains you where you are :) This winter (2010-2011) present us some really cold weeks till -32 C (-22F) and icy rains and we got some problems with that - transport, electricity etc. But nature is especially beautiful in winter time... After al winter is a wonderful time for touring Russia. It will give you the opportunity to feel the beauty of Russian winter.And... In winter like that you can easy understand why fur-caps and fur-coats are so popular in Russia.For more pictures - see our Travelogue Russian winterBut as you know Russia has a lot more to offer than snow and ice :)

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Visiting Orthodox Churches

by kris-t

How to Behave in an Orthodox Church:Most Russian Orthodox churches have an iconostasis, which separates the nave from the holy altar, which signifies the Heavenly Kingdom. ONLY prists are allowed to go between an iconostasis and altar. Please remember that when you are inside. And another rule: women suppose to have head covered inside the church and men - uncovered, men must take their head-dresses off (this includes hats, bandanas, scarves, etc.). In russian culture dresses women in the church should be modest. No tank tops or dresses with only straps at the shoulders, no short skirts (mini-skirts). When you enter keep silent, don't speak with each other unless it is absolutely necessary.If you speak, do it quietly.Orthodox visitors can place candles in the churches. This practice is actually open to everyone, if you feel like doing this – go ahead. You usually can buy candles inside...

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Beware of Travel All Russia travel agency

by baddcat

I booked a trip through Travel All Russia and they fell short on several matters during this trip. I have detailed all of it over and over again with them, but they are dragging their feet, arguing about what are facts, not opinion and generally being horrible to deal with.1. Overall communication about this trip from the agency was terrible and it turned out that my time in Moscow was limited to only 4 hours – this was a change from the original itinerary that was not communicated to me. Had I known of the change, I would have booked a night in Moscow. I paid for a full day tour and was rushed by the tour guide - 4 hours is NOT enough for Moscow. 2. I paid for first class tickets for every leg of the train journey, but did not get it on legs 2 and 3. The 4 day trip to Irkutsk was second class, but with 4 tickets so I had the compartment to myself. That was acceptable, but I want to know...

Ladies & Gents - dont confuse them !

by globetrott

Ladies & Gents - dont confuse them !Please enlarge my picture and take a closer look at the signs that you see there, would you have taken the right entrance ?M does not stand for Men , (but muscheni), but at least it is a way to remember, where to enter for gents, the ladies enter on the right, maybe you better remember that cyrillic letter, because you will not always find the doors so close to each other.In most cases you will have to pay between 5 and 20 rubles to powder your nose in Russia !b.t.w.: Tourguides in Russia call such a toilet-break a "technical stop" ! ;-)

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Taking photos inside of buildings

by globetrott

Russians are still quite afraid of picture-taking tourists inside of shopping-malls and other private buildings and many of these places will have their own security-people preventing you from doing this.I had big problems and a very long discussion with a security-guard in this shopping-centre in the centre of Moscow in 2002. And the discussion was in Russian at his side and mostly in English on my side (except that I could say 'no panimaju' in russian - and he finally did not believe, I will not understand what he is saying, if I am able to say 'I don't understand' in russian...)He finally let me go after a few minutes......and now I even put this 'highly confidential picture' into the internet....-------------------------------spys of all countries !please e-mail me , in case you need a better scanning of this extremely interesting picture, so you may be able to count how many...

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ПEPEXOД : always use the Perechod !

by globetrott

Use the ПEPEXOД / Perechod !A perechod is a passage under the street, where you can cross the streets with heavy trafic in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Dont expect any cardriver to stop for a pedestrian at any place where there is no zebra-crossing with clear red lights and maybe a policeman closeby.I had such a situation, when I forgot one of my cameras in a park, while changing the film of my 2nd camera.I could watch a truckdriver, who was in charge of watering the park there, taking my camera, while I was standing at the other side of the street, devided by 3 tracks of heavy cartrafic in both directions. I had to run back all the way to the perechod and was lucky,that the watering-truck was still there. I simply entered the truck and asked for my camera, and I got it back. That was back in 2002, he might have had the intention to take it to the lost and found, or at least...

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I found 50.000,- $ on the Red Square

by globetrott

I found 50.000,- $ on the Red Squareit fell out of a bag of someone walking in front of me - it actually was a bundele of a fake 50,-$ note and a lot of paper behind it wrapped up in cellophane and there was another man beside me, who watched the scene and picked up the money, as soon as he saw, that I did not pick it up myseIf.Instead I told him, to give it back to the "looser", but he simply said to me : ' Lets make 50:50 'I told him, this is not OK - and I ran after the ' Looser ' and told him, he lost the money, and the other man had it now but the ' looser ' started to cry :WHERE ARE MY 50000,- $ ? YOU HAVE TAKEN MY 50000,-$ !Show me YOUR DOLLARS !!!THIS was the moment , when I realized it was a trick, just to let me show them , where I hide my Dollars - they would have searched my money and would have taken it away, without me even realizing itI simply replied : I HAVE NO DOLLARS...

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Fake invitations

by whiteritter

In your country beside Russian consulate you can meet some people who "sell an invitations" to Russia.Please be aware that it could be dangerous for you.If you will buy any unconfirmed invitation your visa could be cancelled.The problem is you should register your visa in first 3 days .If you will be unable to find any person or organisation invited you, you'll be deported. http://tourneo.ru/?menu=1

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