Safety

SAFETY

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Follow common-sense approaches to personal safety as you would as a foreign visitor in other countries of the world. When sleeping on trains lock your compartment whenever possible. In crowded marketplaces, metros, or buses be especially vigilant of loose personal items you may be carrying. Spread your cash, traveler's cheques, credit cards, passport, visas, tickets and other important documents around your person and luggage. Keep a photocopy of your passport separate from your passport. Under no circumstances exchange money from strangers on streets. Avoid walking alone late at light in secluded areas of cities. Follow the above tips, and you should find the reports on crime in the ex-Soviet Union as reported by the Western press to be exaggerated.