Originally Posted by
meFIRST
For what its worth, the young 20 something border officer who looks like he was born after the Yeltsin era at Domodeava airport forgot to collect my migration card a few times. I just handed the officer my passport and boarding pass. This was at the expedited lane in Domodeva airport, next to the BA lounge.
The last time I left Russia I also realized that they had forgotten to collect the migration card. On my next entry I duly pointed this out. The officer was entirely nonplussed, though he did collect the extra card.