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Bike Insurance for Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine, Slovakia and Czech Repbulic
Hey all - sorry to drag this one around again, I've gone through a few of the older threads but I need a little more up to date information.
First of all I've got 'European' cover on my bike insurance - I've talked to the firm and that covers me in every country within the EU and Switzerland. But I'm worried about what I do when I enter the Baltic states (are they covered by the EU now?) and in particular Russia, Ukraine, Slovakia and Czech Republic - is it just a simple case of buying insurance at the border?
Cheers for the help in advance.... pints will be bought at the June meet :-)
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All the countries you mention, including the Baltic States, are now in the EU except Russia.
Your UK insurance should automatically cover you for basic legal minimum in all EU countries, possibly restricted to a limited number of days per year, unless you specifically get the insurance extended to include yourfull UK cover (as the old Green Card days)
You buy insurance for Russia in towns close to the approaching border crossings or even at the border. It is not too costly from figures I read on another HU thread recently. You buy it for the period of months you expect to be in the country.
I have no idea of the extent of actual cover (RTA? comprehensive?) but it satisfys the police.
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That's fab - thanks for that - but is the Ukraine and Slovakia really in the EU? I thought they were due to join... but hadn't yet - guess I should spend more time watching the news ;-)
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hey hey - that's fab - cheers for the info Tony :-)
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For Ukraine you will need a Green Card listing UA as covered countries because your national insurance does not work outside EU.
For Russia, insurance is readily available right before the border, on the non-Russian side. I'm not sure how easy would it be to buy Ukrainian insurance in case you don't have a Green Card.
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