Moscow - Bodyguard
Mar 28th, 2005 | 06:49 AM
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Moscow - Bodyguard
Russian friends have strongly suggested a bodyguard for our family while we are in Moscow for 6 weeks. We are not flashy travellers or mafia. I was thinking more of a nanny/ translator. Comments?
Mar 28th, 2005 | 11:03 AM
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I think you need to say more about the circumstances before anyone can comment.
Who's; going
Why are you going (vacation or partially business)
Where will you stay
It seems a very odd reco for average tourists. (We've been to Russia twice - and never needed a guard or translator.)
Who's; going
Why are you going (vacation or partially business)
Where will you stay
It seems a very odd reco for average tourists. (We've been to Russia twice - and never needed a guard or translator.)
Mar 28th, 2005 | 02:09 PM
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from your other thread i understood that your husband was being sent there, i assume for work.
in which case, the moscow office should know BEST what is appropriate for you.
we do have a friend with a well-known consulting company who was approached and stopped by two policemen after he discarded a cigarette butt onto snowy sidewalk in moscow during his 3 month work stay.
they insisted he pay $200. he called his company, as they were going to take him to "somewhere" if he didn't pay, so, he and his friend paid it.
being a temporary tourist is not the same as a permanent new figure who has some kind of big economic connection( on their terms) to the city business. but your moscow office/american embassy will be best judge of that.
before a non-escorted trip there i had the same exact fears and asked the american hotel for a lot of suggestions on safety ,etc.. one of which was possibility of needing a bodyguard (after hearing several horror stories from businessmen) and they assured me that THEY didn't feel it was necessary, but they could arrange one if we wanted.
so, if these friends live near where you are going to be moving around, and they think people in your husband's position need protection.. i would assume his company feels the same way.
keep us posted!!
in which case, the moscow office should know BEST what is appropriate for you.
we do have a friend with a well-known consulting company who was approached and stopped by two policemen after he discarded a cigarette butt onto snowy sidewalk in moscow during his 3 month work stay.
they insisted he pay $200. he called his company, as they were going to take him to "somewhere" if he didn't pay, so, he and his friend paid it.
being a temporary tourist is not the same as a permanent new figure who has some kind of big economic connection( on their terms) to the city business. but your moscow office/american embassy will be best judge of that.
before a non-escorted trip there i had the same exact fears and asked the american hotel for a lot of suggestions on safety ,etc.. one of which was possibility of needing a bodyguard (after hearing several horror stories from businessmen) and they assured me that THEY didn't feel it was necessary, but they could arrange one if we wanted.
so, if these friends live near where you are going to be moving around, and they think people in your husband's position need protection.. i would assume his company feels the same way.
keep us posted!!
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