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To increase your safety you might want to hitchhike from police post to police post. The police posts situated on all highways with intervals of about 100 km. These posts, commonly called Post DPS, are good places to hitchhike since cars will drive by slowly, and police is always close. You can also ask the police officers to help you get a ride which really might work.
 
To increase your safety you might want to hitchhike from police post to police post. The police posts situated on all highways with intervals of about 100 km. These posts, commonly called Post DPS, are good places to hitchhike since cars will drive by slowly, and police is always close. You can also ask the police officers to help you get a ride which really might work.
  
Especially the southern provinces [[Dagestan]], [[Chechnya]] (worldwide most victims), [[Ingushetia]], [[North Ossetia]] and [[Karbanio Balkaria]] have problems with landmines.
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Especially the southern provinces [[Dagestan]], [[Chechnya]] (worldwide most victims), [[Ingushetia]], [[North Ossetia]] and [[Kabardino-Balkaria]] have problems with landmines.
  
 
== Cities ==
 
== Cities ==

Revision as of 12:14, 18 July 2009

Flag of Russia Russia
Information
Language: Russian
Capital: Moscow
Population: 145,274,019
Currency: Ruble (RUB)
Hitchability: from Average.png (average) to Verygood.png (very good)
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Russia is the largest country on Earth. There is a large number of active hitchhikers, but compared to the total number of the population it's not that much. It is a great country to hitchhike. some drivers expect money, some not. Count about 5 days from Moscow to Novosibirsk.

Safety

Sigurdas hitch-hiking towards Murmansk from St. Petersburg. Winter 2001.

Russian roads are not among the safest on Earth.

Russians like to drink vodka. And some of them like to drink vodka in their cars. Be aware of drunken drivers, but at least on trunk roads (transsiberian there are so many police checkpoints) and drivers don't want to run the risk of getting caught drunk. Then again, Russians who own a car are not very probably to be the worst alcoholics and drinking and driving is heavily penalized in Russia.

Lucysd 200 km from Mongolia

To increase your safety you might want to hitchhike from police post to police post. The police posts situated on all highways with intervals of about 100 km. These posts, commonly called Post DPS, are good places to hitchhike since cars will drive by slowly, and police is always close. You can also ask the police officers to help you get a ride which really might work.

Especially the southern provinces Dagestan, Chechnya (worldwide most victims), Ingushetia, North Ossetia and Kabardino-Balkaria have problems with landmines.

Cities

Border Crossing

Georgia and Azerbaijan

You will need a special premission to be allowed to cross the border. Don't try to cross the border illegal.

Latvia

It's no problem (at least for EU passport holders) to walk over the checkpoints in Latvia to Russia.

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