<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by epi231:
I think it's simply stupid for Russia to require visas for Western tourists;
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Or maybe because Russia has enough pride not to prostrate, and/or prostitute, itself to Mammon.
FWIW, a friend flies his Russian wife through Germany to Canada because U.S. transit procedures are a hassle so it swngs both ways.