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us citizens traveling to Russia

We will be in Western Europe again on our US bikes ( New York state plates) any recommendations for traveling in Russia
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Yeah, get your visas before you leave home.
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Cool Original Documents.

And be sure to have originals of the registration/title/insurance documents NOT copies. We made it in but it was a major pain with copies vice originals.
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And be sure to have originals of the registration/title/insurance documents NOT copies. We made it in but it was a major pain with copies vice originals.
I'll second this. Any time you're traveling internationally with bikes, make sure all the paperwork is in order and triple check with everyone you can. Can save you a lot of trouble in the end.
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With the state for U.S. Russia relations, I'm sure Russia will require U.S. citizens to
obtain visas in their home country from the Russian embassy.

I ran into this situation in'08 when the U.S. was supporting Georgia in their internal
conflict.
I was in Poland and had to have a visa service in the U.S. do the work.
Of course I had to ship my passport to the US and wait for it to be shipped back.
Then while in Kazakhstan the Russian embassy refused to issue a multi entry visa
so I could continue to Mongolia and East.

If I was going to Russia now being a U.S. citizen I be very careful in the choices
of social encounters I had with Russians. Basically stay out of bar late at night and
maybe be circumspect about being from the U.S.
There are a lot of really drunk, angry Russian males !

Have Fun, Max
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You used to need a letter of invitation for your Visa, so keep that in mind.

Good food, good very cheap and vodka (Have to travel with Priorities) and Moscow has some of the most ridiculous driving/traffic I have ever seen, I honestly would not ride there and I have no problem riding in SE Asia.

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