Originally Posted by MSP2SEA

Looks like it may be time to close this thread out... Couple more weeks passed, made a couple calls per week to Beijing (friendly, but not able to do anything) and Moscow (no answer, or "not my problem").

Finally, I went to the "contacts" section of the Aeroflot web page... and there were a whole bunch of email addresses... of course none of them were for lost luggage. Still, I culled every one of them, and put together a politely worded nasty-gram (including link to this thread). I emailed it off Aeroflot employees all over the world. After 24 hours passed with no response, I followed it up with another email asking if anyone was planning to respond.

To my surprise, the next morning there was a note in my inbox from "???????? ?. ?." (and cc: to [email protected])

Dear [MSP2SEA],

on behalf of Aeroflot we bring our deepest apologies for the inconvenience
caused.
According to the information from Aeroflot Baggage Serach Division, today
(March 27th) your bag with rush tag #SU xxxxxx will be sent to New-York on
flight SU315. Then on March 28th it'll be loaded on connection flight DL6870
New-York-Minneapolis.
Please, stay in touch with Aeroflot representation in New-York.
One more time we bring our deepest apologies.

With best regards, Open Line.

So, sure enough, this time it takes. I get a call at work, "We'll deliver your bag between 5 and 8 tonight". About 7:30pm, almost exactly 9 weeks after my misadventures in Moscow, my bag reaches me in St. Paul. A little worse for the wear on the outside, but all my contents are still in there. Miracles never cease...