Timeline for Personal security during a business trip to Moscow
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| Feb 28, 2018 at 21:38 | comment | added | Mark G B | @TonySnow; I worked in the RF for 1.5 yrs in the early 00's. I traveled, using subways and autobus, to many places in Moscow, frequently by myself. I did experience a pickpocket (got my passport!) but no other issues. I took trains, by myself, from Chelyabinsk to Ekaterinburg and back to Moscow, on my own. There were language issues, but I managed. That was over a decade ago, but I would be surprised if things had changed all that much. Don't rent a car - you don't know how to drive there. Public transport is widely available, cheap and reliable. Don't take 3rd class on the train - 2nd is fine | |
| Feb 28, 2018 at 11:20 | comment | added | sharptooth | @M.Dm. How many crimes did that gang commit over that many years? How many people live in Moscow and Moscow Area and were not affected? Yes, you hear about criminals doing very bad things and it makes you very uncomfortable but which is more likely - face those criminals or get into a traffic accident? | |
| Feb 27, 2018 at 10:37 | comment | added | Bilkokuya | @M.Dm. I'm not sure how anecdotes of a specific incident really help give an overall picture of tourist safety. My friends were visiting me in London a few months ago, and an hour after they left the Natural History museum, 11 people were hit outside by a car-attack. Despite that, it wouldn't change my recommendation about how safe the city is to anybody. Isolated incidents are not the same danger as general problems like "there are gangs that will kidnap you for being a foreigner" that do exist in some countries. | |
| Feb 27, 2018 at 8:09 | comment | added | M. Dm. | @TonySnow, they are imprisoned now. Just be aware if you need to go somewhere late in the evening. Post-soviet countries are still full of indecent people on the road. And also I would advise you to read criminal reports (in Russian, but Google translate can help) about the area where you plan to stay. BTW, 2 years ago an insane nanny with a cut off head of an infant was threating to blow everything up near the metro station in Moscow. The police didn't do anything for several hours. So I doubt a lot in "Russia is perfectly safe for tourists." | |
| Feb 26, 2018 at 22:33 | comment | added | user74177 | @M.Dm. I have not; is this something I should anticipate coming into contact with while there? What would you advise is there to be concern about in regards to the GTA gang? | |
| Feb 26, 2018 at 12:49 | comment | added | David Richerby | This seems too vague to be of any use. How does travelling across Russia over a long period of time (which allowed you to acclimate to societal norms and get a better feeling for what situations are routine and what might be dangerous) relate to a week-long trip to Moscow? | |
| Feb 26, 2018 at 11:15 | comment | added | Deans | I've travelled regularly since 1996, though not in the last couple of years. I'm aware of the political differences between Russia and the US, but I don't see it impacting personal safety, or your routine interaction with the locals. | |
| Feb 26, 2018 at 11:15 | comment | added | M. Dm. | Have you ever heard about "GTA gang" that was terrorizing Moscow & its suburban area for a period of 2009-2017? | |
| Feb 26, 2018 at 4:13 | comment | added | user74177 | Thanks for your input on the topic..may I ask when the last time you traveled in Russian was? And do you feel the current events could be causing a different environment for American tourists, in terms of safety, then say 3 years ago? | |
| Feb 26, 2018 at 3:41 | history | answered | Deans | CC BY-SA 3.0 |