
7 Oct 2022
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Originally Posted by colebatch
I have heard indirectly (forums and 3rd hand info) that a small percentage of western passport holders are questioned at immigration at entry in the last 3-4 months (seemingly only at airports) and had their phones scanned (to be fair the UK and US have been known to occasionally do this to arriving citizens from hostile countries). I would note however that none of the many expats I personally know in Moscow has had that happen to them, so I have no first hand info to confirm that or even second hand info.
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I know 4-5 people first-hand that this has happened to at airports in the last few months, mostly US or British citizens. Detentions of 2-6 hours (mostly sitting around waiting and some level of interrogation) and phone scans/copies. I don't know anyone that has crossed the land border this year.
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