Just to report back on this, we had nothing confiscated at the Latvia/Russia border. There was a brief check inside the camper and we had to open up all the external lockers but not a thorough check by any means.
The first filling station on the Russian side had an insurance agency where we bought 60 days for 2340RUB. Also had to pay a 'road tax' of 480RUB which had to be paid in cash,
That caused a bit of a problem as there was no exchange office that we could find. Eventually found one of the roadside shop sheds that would exchange some USD for us.
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