Hello, After reading the travel blogs of Russia, I am beginning to get the idea that half the travelers going there are stupid. Then I remembered my younger travels accross Africa with a drug dealer in 1984, so I cannot say anything. Russia is a different place and you have to do a good deal of research before you go. You do not arrive at 1 am on a train for example. This is just crazy. You arrive in France and a western country at that time but not eastern Europe or third world. Find yourself a contact there first to meet you. This is easy on the internet as there are many sites that will give you a contact. Notthe week before you arrive but months before. You have to build a relationship with them
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