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* 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. [[User:CRCulver|CRCulver]] 21:17, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
* I asked several Russian hosts about registering - 1 said that they usually do check at the Estonia border. The rest of them say that their guests have never been checked. I was not checked when exiting at Zabaykalsk, despite being taken to an interrogation room and questionned for 30 minutes about what I was doing crossing at this border. Some believe the hassle/cost of registering outweighs the risk of being caught without it and getting a 2000ruble fine.[[User:Haggismn|Haggismn]] 09:17, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
