Hi all,

A while ago, I purchased books from OZON.ru without a problem. I suppose this is the largest 'general stuff' website in Russia, which is why I used it.

Yesterday, I was looking gifts for myself and my grandmothers. (We live in Brooklyn, NY.) Most of these were music (Аркадий Северный, Владимир Высoцкий, сборник других русских бардов, народные песни), videos (cartoons, movies), some books, and an audiobook. I spent a long time looking for the proper editions, etc., requested, only to find that at checkout, most of these things can't be shipped to the USA! I had no idea... no music, no videos, no audiobooks, and nothing, really, except books, can be shipped outside of Russia.

I e-mailed the site and asked them if there is some other way to get it, such as pay an additional shipping charge, or whatever. I know this can't apply to all shipments, for the Russian bookstores, etc., that I've been in, in NYC, are full of identical items, and identical publishers. They e-mailed me back and said OZON can't ship anything at all, even if I were to pay an additional shipping charge.

Is there some site, place, or method to get Russian music and videos from abroad over here? Or, maybe even better, does anyone know of a Russian megastore in NYC that actually would have a huge collection of books, music, etc.? Is there some online equivalent of OZON.ru, but based in America?

Thank you!
Alex.