Question regarding carrying laptop to Russia

[Larry McLellan]

One of my students, Brandon Rice, is going to Russia to teach English 
for a year.  He has a query about possible problems taking a laptop to 
Russia and about the feasibility of buying one there.   Would anyone 
who has recent experience (positive or negative) or advice be so kind 
as to respond to him directly (offline).  See his message below.  His 
email address is: Brandon Rice <radioactiveman at umail.ucsb.edu>

Thanks,
LM

Begin forwarded message:

> I was
> wondering if you knew anything about the current market for laptop 
> computers in
> Russia. I was planning on getting a new computer before I left for 
> Russia, but
> then I heard about all kinds of complications I might encounter going 
> through
> customs if i brought a laptop with me. So I was wondering if you 
> thought it
> might be better to purchase a russian computer while in Russia. Or are
> computers in Russia ridiculously priced to the point where it would be 
> better
> to buy one here and just deal with whatever problems I might encounter 
> in
> customs?


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Larry McLellan
Dept. of Germanic, Slavic and Semitic Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA  93106-4130
telephone: (805) 893-8945
fax: (805) 893-2374
office: Phelps 6321

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