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	Create New Topic   My Posts   My forum buddies   Invite friends   Private messages Russian brides > Main Forum > Gifts for Russian family Author Post Navarreman1 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/9/2007 8:08:28 AM   Good Morning, I leave for a visit to Taganrog, Russia on 5/15/2007. I have packed several items as gifts and was wondering if there might be a problem with any of them. Can any of you more experienced travelers give me an idea if anything on this list would be forbidden or raise eyebrows. Will there be any taxes due on these items? I am trying to avoid any difficulties during the customs/immigration inspection at Sheremetyevo upon arrival. o KODAK DIGITAL CAMERA & CASE W/ACCESSORIES o 1 TRAVEL ELECTRICAL PLUG CONVERTER KIT o SMALL DIGITAL CAMERA (GIFT) o 20 PACK AAA BATTERIES (GIFT) o WINDCHIME (GIFT) o 2 BASEBALL STYLE HATS (GIFT) o 2 NECKLACES (1 SHARKS TOOTH AND 1 SEA SHELL-NOTHING FANCY) (GIFT) o 2 POUNDS OF COFFEE-SEALED (GIFT) o 1 SMALL “BUCK” POCKET KNIFE (GIFT) o 2 FISH HOOK HAT PINS (GIFT) o 2 TEE SHIRTS (GIFT) o 1 HAT + SUNGLASSES (GIFT) o 1 COFFEE MUG (GIFT) o 1 SHOT GLASS (GIFT) o 1 PAIR BARBIE DOLLS (GIFT) o 2 “TIMEX” WRIST WATCHES (GIFT) o 12 ROLLS TOILET PAPER (GIFT) Any help you can give in this matter will be greatly appreciated. Spaciba! Bill Morgan GeminiDreams Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/10/2007 1:31:14 PM   Contaband such as toilet paper is sure to have you bound up! boredffukka Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/10/2007 2:53:02 PM   dildos might cause a problem Navarreman1 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/10/2007 3:46:18 PM   Ask a silly question... Thunderdome Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/10/2007 4:05:01 PM   BF knows what he's talking about, that is why he always shoves them in a dark place when crossing borders. His problem then is to refrain from too obvious smiling, that's why he warns you no doubt. But toilet paper Navarreman? I hope not the John Wayne brand ........ because it's rough & touch, takes crap from nobody and they've got it already :) Customs is mostly interested in the collective value, so find out what the limit is and you should be safe. skiired Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/10/2007 7:27:22 PM   Just cruise right through the green zone, you shouldnt have any problems. The only thing I would be a little nervous about is a pocketknife. You know how they are with security these days. Just pack it and wrap it in your checked baggage. Im sure Im not telling you anything you dont already know. Have a good trip. Navarreman1 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/11/2007 7:04:22 AM   Thanks TD & Skiied, Knife is in original box and wrapped and packed. TP for bunghole is for my girls Mother-in-Law who I have been informed is suffering from hemoroids. Probably TMI but I thought it would be a nice surprise. Charmin w/aloe!!! {:P Never hurts to make nice withthe natives. Thanks guys! Bill MIKE00 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/11/2007 7:48:58 AM   NAVARREMAN MIKE HEAR JUST LEFT rostov GOT MIXED UP MAFIA JESES WEPT near got arrested airport --in moscow now --got --robbed on street Rostov 800 euros -assholes ! what a trip i think il write a book on this one . trying to get back australia now ohh i love it ----------danger yes but ohh my nerves . hey do NOT GO RIO BAR / GAMING IN ROSTOV THEY SET YOU RIGHT UP --MY GIRLS NERVOUS WRECK -- went to military parade what a blast done dvd of it --i love it !! mike00 jetmba. Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/11/2007 11:06:53 AM   Coffee is an excellent idea - since it can rarely be found in the ground bean variety. (You'll find plenty of NesCafe and Jacobs freeze dried). It will most likely be made with a french style plunger type pot. You pour the boiling water and the grounds in and after a while shove down a plunger with a fine net mesh - which leaves brewed coffee. I've seldom seen drip coffee makers or percolators over there. My exfiance developed a taste for American style coffee - actually perked. I searched high and low and finally found a stovetop percolator (it was sold in the US as a camping accessory) for her to use on a small gas burner in Moldova. I have had problems with digital cameras. There is generally a limit of TWO. And they counted my VHS-C movie camera as one of them. Fortunately I had only one other. One hot-so-bright border guard decided on that trip that my portable electronic alarm clock was ALSO a digital camera. I had to prove it wasn't. Be prepared to TURN ON your digital camera for security people if you carry one in your carry-on. Seems that a bomb (I guess) would fit in there. And they figure that if it works (powers up) it must be real. jetmba. Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/11/2007 11:14:25 AM   MIKE00 800 euros? When I got robbed it was under $200 - of course I got beat up too. Didja - ever hear of a money belt? I had $1,300 more tucked in there that he never got. Of course - I got beat up too - which made the enitre experience entirely less fun. (But I was out dancing the next night - only slightly bruised!) Navarreman1 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/11/2007 11:44:18 AM   Thanks again Jet! Cameras are packed with gifts. Too much carry on to lug my camera case too. I had no idea of what gifts to bring but my sweetie chimed in and gave me a small and reasonable list of items. The TP was my idea and should be quite the surprise. I might keep 1 roll for myself during my visit! My "guide" and translator, Yuriy has promised to lookout for me on this trip until I get the hang of things. Not used to solo travel abroad. The man needs to move to America and open a hot dog stand or something. He will own the factory in no time. He has discovered capitalism in a very big way!!! Great guy though. Nice sense of humor. Not taking much cash. Have arranged with Yuriy to locate ATM's and get what is needed when needed. Military experience might give me an advantage depending on the size of the opposing force {;O( I/O Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/12/2007 3:53:15 AM   Nav: You're pretty safe with all of that if you wrap it well and keep it all in check in luggage. I take bucket loads of eletronic stuff including cameras with me and have done for years, never been questioned on anything yet, never. G...Zuz Mike, I'd have thought you'd have had more sense than that. Clue here for all you guys chasing the smokinhotkovas up there. Don't FFS carry cash in any amount. Ya don't need it. A couple of hundred dollars (Or equivelant in Rur) tops on ya at any one time and your cards is all you need. Another "Don't do" is walk out of a club or casino after you've had a bit of a win on your own. Thats dumb anywhere, much more so Russia. If you go there, go with someone else, preferably someone who knows the local scenery. Ya don't need a passport and itinerary to go to the dunny, but you do need just a touch of common sense or ya might pee on your feet. Travelling in Russia is much the same. I/O beemer18 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/12/2007 8:12:10 AM   I/O and Skired, You mentioned to navarreman that he has no worries about getting through customs. It would be nice if you guys knew and let us know about the limits of valve of gifts and cash money you bring into Russia before you would have to declare. Hate to be that unlucky person that comes through where some a****hole has a bug up their arse? jetmba. Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/12/2007 8:37:22 AM   Beemer: Each FSU country has different limits and rules. And often new rules are invented on the spot in many customs posts. If you are looking for hard and fast rules - that will be consitantly applied, they really don't exist. I've heard of isolated situations where a guy's entire (used) CD collection was confiscated. The logic was that CDs can have burned in restricted information - state secrets. Recently someone wrote in this forum that he was told he could not bring ANY wine into one of the FSU (I think it was Ukraine). Evidently the official liked the wine or expected a bribe. Our forum member simply rebuffed him and was allowed to keep the wine. I've had nonuniformed female "customs agents" going through my suitcases looking for costume jewelry or perfume of their liking, that I later found out were actually just GIRLFRIENDS of the REAL customs agents. Apparently - it was the boyfriends way of giving his sweety a little gift without having to spend anything. Some rules are more set in stone than others to be sure - but the truth is that the way you are handled - could very well be unique and unexpected. The best advice I can give - is to be toward the end of the line when going through customs. By that time all of the tables used for examination of your bags (and extraction of bribes) are full and they are likely to wave you on. jetmba. Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/12/2007 9:01:08 AM   Navarreman1: Just a late comment. You mention bringing in a 20 pack of batteries as a gift. On my last trip to Moldova I also brought a large pack of batteries (I THINK it was a 20 pack). I was accually pulled aside by a female uniformed officer who asked me why I had som many batteries and if I intended to sell them to others in Moldova?!?! She saw that I had a lot of electronics (cameras, laptop, alarm clock, cell phone) and asked me if it was part of my business. When I told her that the batteries were for not for resale, she had me point out what equipment in my bags NEEDED such batteries, that I could justify bringing so many in to the country. I/O Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/12/2007 9:38:39 AM   Beemer: I pretty much concur with Jet in so far as rules are subject to manufacture on the spot. As for cash, I simply don't understand why anyone wants to take any amount of cash into Russia or for that matter any other FSU country. I never take a cent with me so to say. I might have $20 of my own currency for when I return home to pay for a Taxi to where I leave my car but that's about it. I simply draw local cash the moment I arrive from a bankomat (ATM). I dress pretty much plain so to say on entry. Localise myself as much as possible and I find I would never really pass off as a Russian, but I do slide through under the radar pretty well. I have never in all my trips had my baggage opened by any inspector, never. I guess the day will come but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. I have to say that I travel pretty light and I suspect big luggage does attract attention. FWIW I/O beemer18 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/13/2007 5:30:17 AM   Jet and I/O, I was just curious of rules. I know the rules in Ukraine, so when I come through customs I go through green lane tell the girl the the value of my gifts,(less than $200)( less than $3000 cash) and I have not had my luggage ever be searched. I was wondering how many bags navarreman has, I would think if he has 2 or more huge bags maybe it would cause a search. I/O Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/13/2007 9:47:09 AM   Beemer: To be honest I don't know the rules exactly for Russia, perhaps a product of my complacency developed over a period of time and many visits. Yes, I think you are right, large baggage will attract attention. I simply put my bag through the scanner and walk to the desk and state, "Nothing to declare" and I have never been questioned yet, so I guess perhaps I have been fortunate. I would suggest anyone checks the Russian Embassy website in their own country, usually there is a list of regulations posted somewhere, BUT it is often subject to local interpretation. I do take a fairly small suit case and I guess it is obvious that I can't fit too much in there. Maybe thats been the key for me. It's just too bloody hard carting large baggage around Russia, on and off mini busses, trains and so forth. I'm too lazy for that and I guess I know what I need which is always 1/4 of what you initially think you might need. LOL. Go figure. Sorry I can't offer anything more exact, but I simply don't know the regs. I/O jetmba. Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/13/2007 11:21:00 AM   I travel typically with two LARGE bags and a full size wheeled carry-on. I also usually have a laptop in a briefcase size 0ver-the-shoulder bag. On my last two visits I have been simply waved on at customs. They quickly ask me - do you have any gifts - I say "no" or "under $100". They ask if I have any tobacco or alchohol - since I don't smoke and see no reason to bring alchohol IN (like taking coal to New Castle) I also say "no" - and they let me go. Of course, as I mentioned, I stay toward the end of the line - never last - but close to it. I only cart large baggage as far as the hotel - or wherever I am staying - and I am willing to pay the $7 taxi fee I will likely pay for that. I can't quote the regs either - but I do know that they don't ammount to a hill of beans compared to what they make up on the spot. Adman Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/13/2007 7:49:11 PM   Beemer The undcleared limit for cash into and out of Russia is 3000E. I dont think there would be any problem taking in more (undecleared or not). The whole point of the limit, is to stop money leaving the country. The problem would come if say you took in 20,000E undecleared and then tried to leave with 15,000E, they will probably put you in jail. I was reading about this in a newspaper while I was there. An American diplomat had just been picked up at the airport with $80,000 in cash, money falling out of every pocket. They took the money off him and because he had diplomatic immunity, they sent him on his way. I took 3000E with me, undecleared. It was no problem. Your Reply: Your name:   New Registration Password:   Forgot password?   refresh Code:   Russian brides > Main Forum > Gifts for Russian family
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