Originally Posted by
bcmatt
... I've never known or met anybody visiting Russia or Ukraine who has hired a car in 15 years travelling there. Westerners do drive there, but only expats I've know living there (and then the minority of expats).
I rented a car in Ukraine in 2006. The experience wasn't anywhere near the western standards, and the Ukraine-built Tavria was almost dead, but it could be done. And, strangely enough, it was cheap too!
My rental car:
The rental company:
http://hozplast.stel.sebastopol.ua/prokat/english.htm