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package restrictions
hope this is the right forum, read the descriptions.. thought this was best :)
I recently sent a fake christmas tree to russia (ekaterinburg), with little trouble.. 2-3 business days, got there in 2.. was amazed really ;)
did it at US postal office.. one of the things the lady asked me was "does customs need to inspect this?" or something to that effect, and I said "no" and she said "are you sure" and i said "yes" :p
well, after all, it's just plastic and metal! and you could see what it was on the outside of the box.. also, you write a brief description of what it is on one of the forms, so I put "fake christmas tree"
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now, there are some more things I want to send... but I'm worried about how she asked about customs. I tried looking on the US Postal service website, found lots of stuff about other countries, but nothing on russia.. as if they don't really care, which is the impression I got after my recent trip there (I beeped in metal detectors and they didn't even search me, I registered my visa without showing my voucher, stuff like that..)
but I'm intending to send some headache medicine (along with other things, a CD, something for hair, memory card), and I think things concerning drugs can get tricky? this is just excedrin...
so finally, my question: anyone have information on sending drugs to russia, or more specifically, how strict their customs is? should I write "medicine" on the package description, or pretend it's not there? this was ekaterinbrug, not moscow or st.P, and they seemed verrrry relaxed there when I visited..
much <3 for any info
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All I know is, Claritin is illegal. One of my classmates had a mailed package seized at customs because it had Claritin in it.
Many drugs that are legal in the US are illegal in Russia - Ritalin springs to mind.
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odd.. I brought some store-brand claritin and had no problems (well like I said, they didn't bother checking me at all), and the family I was with knew of claritin and I think they said they had their own? could be mistaken though ;)
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I know they don't sell Ibuprofin (motrin) over the counter in Russia, but you can bring it in with no problem at all.