You Ain't Right Club

[RobndaHood]

I can, with almost certainty, tell what the Embassy said "there is nothing we can do as to the situation you are in, if you are detained or jailed we can perhaps assist in finding representation".

I flew with friends from St. Petersburg to Krasnodar with friends while I was stationed in Russia. The official I dealt with was a bit confused with my Military ID and Passport and why I am assisting friends in an adoption. Speaking nicely and without raising my voice we were through and on our way in 15 minutes. Their security personnel are no better or worse than the ones in the US or Canada.

I made many trips between Canada and the US without an issue before 9/11, after wards, on my first trip across I was turned back because of a misdemeanor fight I was involved in. I had to 'be rehabilitated' which was a 4 month and about 600 dollar process. The last time I went across a very attractive young woman at the counter looked at my Passport, then looked at me and almost laughingly asked "Are you still rehabilitated?'. And away I went.

My tags for my truck came in the mail and I am legal with the trailer. No money left, but I am by god legal.