[QUOTE=Pizdyets]Yeah, the barrage of tests is only for the work permit.
As for HIV tests, it depends upon the consulate you go to, but all I know of require it. You're very lucky that yours doesn't require it. It's all par for the course for Russian bureaucracy - a multitude of contradicting laws which are understood only to the degree to which they may be selectively enforced for the apparatchik's personal gain.[/QUOTE]I get my HIV test done every year anyway just for peace of mind... so maybe they spoke to my physician... :)
Here's a holiday joke for you:
What'd the leper say to the prostitute?
Keep the tip.
