Originally Posted by
drbobguy
While by no means unreachable it always amazes me how hard it is to get to places in the former Soviet Union using miles (besides Moscow/Petersburg). Even places like Minsk and Kharkov are a real challenge, and they're medium-sized European cities.
Minsk a real challenge?

With LH, LO, OS, TK (*A); SU, OK (ST) all serving MSQ, there are worse destinations to try and get to with miles. (True, if you are loyal to OW you have more of a problem, unless S7 fly there now).
I was going to suggest Tajikistan, but S7 and TK both fly to DYU.