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[wondershot.livejournal.com]

Not directly language related, but I hope you can still help me:

I'm mailing a package from America to a friend in Russia, but I've heard crazy tales about Russian post offices and I'm concerned that my New Year's gifts might not reach their destination unless I take some special precautions. How would you go about sending a package to Russia? This is my first time doing this.

For instance, I need to write the recipient address in English and Russian, right? And fill out the customs forms of course... I bet this will be so expensive :/

If this has been asked before or some other site talks about this, just point me to a link. Thanks.

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[alex-aka-fry.livejournal.com]

You can also send your package by using some delivery company, like DHL.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

DHL sucks - for all shippings to/from Russia they charge you the sum you can send you package to Mars for. I once sent a CD (just one CD, no jewel case) from Moscow, Russia to Lewiston, Idaho; they charged me something like $98.

FedEx is relatively OK.

[archaicos.livejournal.com]

Last year FedEx took around $100 to deliver a single sheet of paper from Moscow to Seattle. I guess they'd charge the same to deliver the empty envelop. :)

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh. "Ye pay us just for the fact yer botherin' us." Sheesh.