Originally Posted by
meFIRST
My experience with DME has been this :
Most people on the plane are Russians and citizens of former soviet states.
Upon arrival at the international terminal, they have to take the escalator to go upstairs and clear immigration there. The lines can be long
But if you are not a Russian or CIS citizen, the remain on the arrival terminal lower level.
It's been sort of random lately - when I got back last week, everyone was directed upstairs, both Russians and non-CIS citizens. The week before, it was as you describe.