How ironic that Russia of all countries would be the last bastion of freedom. Not quite the freedom that we were used to in this country, but at least they don't appear to be controlled by the jewish cabal.
In 2005 I visited Russia for 20 days. I took some food gifts for my hosts and on boarding no one even asked questions about my baggage. Just checked my visa and ticket and waved me forward.
On landing in Moscow I just showed my passport and was waved through. When I got to Shakhty where I would be staying I just went down to the local PD station and registered my place of lodging. I had only that and two other contacts with police and it was very brief, they just looked at my passport and walked away. Once at a train station in Moscow a cop thought I was a terrorist because of my beard. Haha. Funny.
The other was on the train to Shakhty when I asked for a bandage for my hand and a cop seemed super interested in how I got cut. He wanted me to show him where it happened. I showed him the bit of metal on a door that cut my hand when passing through. I thought he was interested in the problem but turned out he was just checking to make sure I hadn't been in some altercation. He went back to his coffee and cigarettes after he lost interest.
However, on my return to USA I was interviewed at customs by a bitchy Chinese guy who spoke broken English and sent me to be interrogated. Why was I in Russia, what did I bring with me, where all had I traveled in Russia. They took apart my luggage and questioned me about everything, even a bit of cheese and some honey and at that point I got pissed off and started bitching. The guys doing the inspection laughed and sent me on my way. What really pissed me off was the Chink in customs who had asked me what city I had been in Russia. I said simply, "Shakhty". He went off on me, "SHAKHTY? WHAT'S THAT!". Me: "It's a city in Russia" "WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SO!!!". Me: "You asked me what city I had been in and I said, 'Shakhty' so obviously, it's a city.". Everything went downhill from there. Then sifting through my luggage and making an issue of a bit of cheese I had purchased, it's just bizarre bullshit. Having to take off my shoes and belt and all that xray bullshit. Going in to Russia at Moscow customs was the way USA used to be.
Staying in Shakhty for most of my visit I never saw police outside that one time at the station when I registered.
Your lucky to have had the experience of traveling to Russia. And it's interesting hearing a first hand account of your trip. It's sad that our own country is becoming like a police state, and our political system becoming as corrupted as any third world country. At this point one can only hope for divine intervention.
Yes, I do feel very fortunate I made the decision to take that trip. My family thought I was insane. "It's cold there". Uh, really, we had a business in Nebraska as a kid and I clearly remember the Grandparents who raised me didn't seem a bit worried to send me off to that tiny country school in subzero temps with the wind howling over the bare fields.
They had some idea of Russia being a frozen wasteland full of hateful commies. Maybe they thought I'd come back a Stalinistic Commie or something singing the Russian National Anthem. Actually, if you translate the words it's quite a lovely anthem and has Christian themes in the lyrics.
Since I was there in 2005 I think the new Russian federal government was still in a state of partial confusion as to what it's role was going to be and how to comply with their own constitution, also many old Soviet era police were still in that corrupt mode of cronyism. If you watch dozens of SADB videos on youtube you'll see the newer traffic police who mostly follow the law and are diligent decent cops vs when old style Soviet cops come out to talk absolute garbage about the law and do absolutely nothing of value other than protect their cronies from prosecution. So, yes, Russia still has problems and hopefully the good guys will keep pushing back to get a more civil and fair system of government.
Ironic that you think Russia is free when anyone that speaks out against Putin befalls some miraculous and immediately terminal "accident".
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