Exporting Of Items.

[Ed Maier]

I've had a number of fun experiences with Russian customs and have never had anything taken away. The funnist story is the first time I went to Russia in 1995 with a University group. I had about 50 medals in my suitcase and my Professor almost had a heart attack when he found out. Being a wise veteran of Russian travels he showed me how to pack the bag so that the medals would leave as little x-ray signature as possible. He then told me to get in the line with a young male customs agent, right behind the best looking girl I could find in line. His reason was that the kid was underpaid, bored, and since we were leaving at 6 AM all he would want to do was to have some enjoyment while killing his shift by going through the good looking girls bags to look at her undies.

Fortunatly for me, we had a great looking girl on the tour and I tucked into line behind her. Right on que, the customs agent went through all of her bags, played with her bras and panties, and called his buddies over to take a look. By the time they finished, and she walked away (with them watching her every step), my bags were through the xray machine, he was late, and I skipped right through.

Thank God for young, underpaid, horny customs agents. Its been 5 years since I last traveled to Russia, but so far things have worked pretty well.

Take care,
Ed M.