Customs regulations
Starting March 15th 2003, Russian customs regulations were simplified.
Money:
At the entrance:
Since March 15th 2003 you only have to declare sums higher than $ 10000. For this you will have to fill out a form available at the customs and go through the red corridor. You will also have to see that your customs declaration gets stamped by the border control! You should carefully store the declaration, because only that will allow you to take the money out of the country again.
At the exit:
You can leave the country with sums up to $ 3000 free of charge. With sums between $ 3000 and $ 10000 it is enough to declare the money at the customs, which means you will exit through the red corridor.
Should the sum be higher than $ 10000, additionally to the declaration you will have to prove the previous entrance with the money (by means of the stamped customs declaration or through a bank transfer statement).
Art pieces:
It is generally forbidden to take out antiquities from before 1945 and this is strictly controlled especially in the case of Russian icons.
