Talk:Russia

Police & Formalities

I do not agree with the registration part, police at the border did not care at all about any registration, same with police inside the country. The text for me sounds way too exaggerated and too much panic-making at all about this topic. Also what I can say for me, police never asked for any id's etc. while hitchhiking along/through/at DPS-Posts, they even stopped cars for me sometimes. --Platschi 18:11, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

• Registration is important. On my last trip to Russia, for example, I was summoned to a local OVIR office, along with my host, and threatened with large fines (along with my host) for not registering when I stayed there for 5 days. If you are staying in a small town, like the kind that hitchhikers pass through, word quickly goes around that there is a foreigner there. I do agree though that DPS is friendly to hitchhikers. CRCulver 21:17, 22 August 2009 (UTC)