Moscow

[QUOTE=Pizdyets]but we b-lined to the ploschad to catch a moving taxi (always a safer bet than one parked)[/QUOTE]Just curious, why is a moving taxi safer than a parked one?

[QUOTE=Stravinsky]This is a new twist. Tell us more, dear knight. Was this in the street outside Che? Did they, like, pull a knife on you and say, "Yo, fool, gimme yo money."?[/QUOTE][QUOTE=Pizdyets]In the past week alone, two of my best mates and I have been victims to petty crimes. One of the common tactics is a familiar one. Someone walks up to you on the street and tries to engage you in conversation "Where are you from? Oh, you're a foreigner! I love foreigners!" From there, the assailant will try to hug, wrestle or in some other way try to get in close, personal contact with you in an attempt to locate and extricate your wallet and/or other valuables. These will then be discreetly passed to an accomplice who will quickly get in a car and drive off, giving your original attacker some plausible deniability as to the whereabouts of your property. Steps to avoid such attacks are obvious: always be aware of your surroundings, don't talk with strangers on the street, and maintain physical distance with them at all times.
[/QUOTE]Strav, it was some variation on the scene described by Pizdyets.

After returning home and getting out of my taxi on one of Moscow's major "prospects", a second car with a driver and passenger stops on the street and the passenger gets out and says something to me in English and then rushes me and goes for my wallet. We struggle and I yell at him and fight him off and he runs back to his car, gets in and drives off.

I only pieced together exactly what happened the next day as I was still fucked up from the roofies, but in examining my room the next afternoon when I finally woke up I noticed that at least some part of my brain had been working. I had double-locked the door, checked my wallet to make sure I still had my money, checked to make sure I still had both phones and of course made sure I still had my passport.

Besides the actual adrenalin-charged struggle on the street however, I remember absolutely nothing between making the decision to leave Che and waking up the next afternoon feeling like zhopa.

I have no delusions of granduer about my krav maga skills however... had the attacker been more determined, armed, had both guys attacked or had the area of attack been more secluded, I could have been in serious trouble. Adrenalin and all, I was not in proper condition to fight a determined and skilled attacker. Most likely the bandit simply thought I was more trouble than it was worth.

It seems to me however that I was purposely targeted as a foreigner, after all the attacker approached me in English. Whether or not the attack was directly related to the drugging at Che I do not know.

[QUOTE=Doctor_Skank]After returning home and getting out of my taxi on one of Moscow's major "prospects", a second car with a driver and passenger stops on the street and the passenger gets out and says something to me in English and then rushes me and goes for my wallet. We struggle and I yell at him and fight him off and he runs back to his car, gets in and drives off.[/QUOTE]Interesting, it almost sounds as if you were "targeted". They must have been following you. What are the chances that this was just a random attack?

I just have a kind question for those of you willing to answer and who are in Moscow or have been. I have been reading up on Moscow's nightclubs (especially strip clubs) from a book my brother bought me. And I was wondering what was the best strip club for grabbing a girl and basically having sex with her for an affordable price? Is dolls any good for that?

[QUOTE=Stravinsky]Interesting, it almost sounds as if you were "targeted". They must have been following you. What are the chances that this was just a random attack?[/QUOTE]Could have been targeted, or it could have been a random attack by guys out circling the main streets looking for foreign-looking guys to steal money from.

As Pizdyets said, there have been reports of this lately on other expat forums as well.

[QUOTE=Castonthis]what was the best strip club for grabbing a girl and basically having sex with her for an affordable price?[/QUOTE]Define [i]affordable[/i].

[QUOTE=Stravinsky]Define [i]affordable[/i].[/QUOTE]Like less than a 1000 bucks.

Doc it was not a random thing, you were targeted as foreigner.
The deal is simple. Taxi drivers hang at places frequently visited by foreigners. Foreigners gets in cab, drive me there and there. Now the part where knowledge of russian can save your butt. Taxi driver takes his radio calling his central of his destination. After releasing you're a foreigner he calls somebody else (usually another cab with attacker posing as passenger - your taxi driver is part of their gang). He describes his "package" and how much money can be there, saying the destination. When he takes you to your destination they are already waiting for you. This thing became a regular type of operation in Moscow this summer but this is just a kid play. There are much more serious thing. A taxi driver robbing his customers using "Groza" electric stun gun. He operates at Sheremetyevo-2 dumping his stunned victims along the road so pay attention. Another taxi driver using a Makarov pistol robs his customers. A guy in the fifties, sharply dressed, pleasant and good english. Drives a dark BMW, at the end of the drive he asks you to pay your bill then pulls a Makarov demanding your money and credit cards. In August he robbed 17 foreigners (giving more than 120 total this summer - but this are only those who reported it and real number is probably much higher. Seems he specially likes to rob Belgians so if you're a Belgian pay attention. Moscow newspapers are regulary following his actions but probably all of you don't read it. There's a theory he's a cop. He even writes down address from passport saying if you go to police I got your address and I'll send my russian friends living in your town to pay you a visit.
What's there to say - only welcome to Russia.

[QUOTE=Kurenda]Taxi driver takes his radio calling his central of his destination. After releasing you're a foreigner he calls somebody else (usually another cab with attacker posing as passenger - your taxi driver is part of their gang). He describes his "package" and how much money can be there, saying the destination. When he takes you to your destination they are already waiting for you. [/QUOTE]очень интересно

I don't think I've ever been in a car in Moscow that had radio communication. Taxi or otherwise. Cell phone of course, but not a radio.

Well... there was that one ride with the Militsia, but that was it. :)

Never heard of that happening. There are two easy ways to avoid this:

1. Get a gypsy cab - just some Uzbek-looking guy that will give you a ride. 999 times out of 1000 he's happy to get whatever you give him.

2. Call a trusted cab service. This is an easy enough prospect. The bar can call one for you if you're too much of a dumbass to figure out how to do so on your own - I was in Yaroslavl when it was minus 30 and even Evroset was calling people cabs (maybe they get a kickback).

The only foreigners I've ever heard of getting clobbered in and out of taxis were very, very drunk. The only time I've purposefully called a cab service rather than just flagging down a taxi was at Gorbushka when I'd bought a flat-screen TV (the obvious reasoning is that if you want to lift a brand new flat-screen, there's no better place to find some sucker to put it in the trunk of your car).

[QUOTE=Kurenda]Doc it was not a random thing, you were targeted as foreigner.
The deal is simple. Taxi drivers hang at places frequently visited by foreigners. Foreigners gets in cab, drive me there and there. Now the part where knowledge of russian can save your butt. Taxi driver takes his radio calling his central of his destination. After releasing you're a foreigner he calls somebody else (usually another cab with attacker posing as passenger - your taxi driver is part of their gang). He describes his "package" and how much money can be there, saying the destination. When he takes you to your destination they are already waiting for you. This thing became a regular type of operation in Moscow this summer but this is just a kid play. There are much more serious thing. A taxi driver robbing his customers using "Groza" electric stun gun. He operates at Sheremetyevo-2 dumping his stunned victims along the road so pay attention. Another taxi driver using a Makarov pistol robs his customers. A guy in the fifties, sharply dressed, pleasant and good english. Drives a dark BMW, at the end of the drive he asks you to pay your bill then pulls a Makarov demanding your money and credit cards. In August he robbed 17 foreigners (giving more than 120 total this summer - but this are only those who reported it and real number is probably much higher. Seems he specially likes to rob Belgians so if you're a Belgian pay attention. Moscow newspapers are regulary following his actions but probably all of you don't read it. There's a theory he's a cop. He even writes down address from passport saying if you go to police I got your address and I'll send my russian friends living in your town to pay you a visit.
What's there to say - only welcome to Russia.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Castonthis]Like less than a 1000 bucks.[/QUOTE]

I really don't think you can beat Bordo. You can negotiate down to about $200 for a half hour with an absolute stunning 9 or 10. $1000 would keep you going all night no problem.

[QUOTE=Kurenda]Doc it was not a random thing, you were targeted as foreigner.
The deal is simple. Taxi drivers hang at places frequently visited by foreigners. Foreigners gets in cab, drive me there and there. Now the part where knowledge of russian can save your butt. Taxi driver takes his radio calling his central of his destination. After releasing you're a foreigner he calls somebody else (usually another cab with attacker posing as passenger - your taxi driver is part of their gang). He describes his "package" and how much money can be there, saying the destination. When he takes you to your destination they are already waiting for you. This thing became a regular type of operation in Moscow this summer but this is just a kid play. There are much more serious thing. A taxi driver robbing his customers using "Groza" electric stun gun. He operates at Sheremetyevo-2 dumping his stunned victims along the road so pay attention. Another taxi driver using a Makarov pistol robs his customers. A guy in the fifties, sharply dressed, pleasant and good english. Drives a dark BMW, at the end of the drive he asks you to pay your bill then pulls a Makarov demanding your money and credit cards. In August he robbed 17 foreigners (giving more than 120 total this summer - but this are only those who reported it and real number is probably much higher. Seems he specially likes to rob Belgians so if you're a Belgian pay attention. Moscow newspapers are regulary following his actions but probably all of you don't read it. There's a theory he's a cop. He even writes down address from passport saying if you go to police I got your address and I'll send my russian friends living in your town to pay you a visit.
What's there to say - only welcome to Russia.[/QUOTE]I may have been specifically targeted, but the one guy NOT in on the deal was my taxi driver. As Pizdyets said we picked up a moving one from the street and he let us off seperately and drove off immediately after dropping us off.

He was Azeri if I remember correctly, my attackers were Russian. Also unlikely they were in it together.

I am sure taxi crime does happen, but from hundreds of taxi rides the drivers never gave me a hard time.[QUOTE=Stravinsky]очень интересно

I don't think I've ever been in a car in Moscow that had radio communication. Taxi or otherwise. Cell phone of course, but not a radio.

Well... there was that one ride with the Militsia, but that was it. :)[/QUOTE]
Many official taxis have radios and since there are so many official taxis now, they are usually just as cheap or cheaper than gypsy cabs... except of course those that park right in front of hotels or popular tourists attractions... or clubs... :)

[QUOTE=Doctor_Skank]I may have been specifically targeted, but the one guy NOT in on the deal was my taxi driver.
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Right-O. And Strav, a moving taxi is best since there's very little chance that they could be casing you in the bar. Also, they'll almost always demand less money since they haven't been waiting 2 hours outside a bar for a single measly fare.

Kurenda - I haven't heard about the scenario you described, and it sounds pretty scary. But it doesn't add up. Does this guy in the BMW not have plates? Seems like it'd be child's play to track him down if he did. Afterall, the government has license plate recognition cameras all over the city. And if he doesn't have plates, then he's gonna get stopped by GAI. Which may be why they theorize he's a cop.

[QUOTE]He was Azeri if I remember correctly[/QUOTE]

Not sure if he was Azeri, but he was nice, and definitely not part of any plot to rob us.

[QUOTE=Latexian2]I really don't think you can beat Bordo. You can negotiate down to about $200 for a half hour with an absolute stunning 9 or 10. $1000 would keep you going all night no problem.[/QUOTE]I have been to Bordo yesterday and the day before. The club is quite nice. But to be honest, it did not quite meet my expectations after reading the posts here. I must admit it was a Saturday and Sunday, though. Around 20 girls. All nice looking. However perhas 3 of them in the 9/10 range. All others 7 to 8. 1.000 Rubel cover charge. The taxi driver usually also wants 1.000 to get you there and there will be another 1000 to get you back home. Which is already 100 USD just to get startet. The girls would come to your chair and dance a little. They expect to be tipped with 500 Rubel each time. However, I recognised other guys would give them 200 and they are happy aswell.

I actually invited one girl for several drinks, which is something like 1300 Rubel per drink and keeps the girl a while with you. Actually this can be a lot cheaper then tipping dozens of girls inbetween.

Private dances have been offered to me. The going rate was 100 US $ for 15 min full naked dance in some private room. For the room there was a rent to be payed, which was something like 25 US $.

I would say that the dancing girls and the general club atmosphere (light, music etc) were nice and appealing, the staff however appeared to be very annoyed. Probably because I kept paying in US Dollars.

After having experience with the German FKK scene, I must say it is no comparison at all and my expectations that I would see super top models with unforgetable breasts have not been met *LOL. Perhaps my fantasies have been to high.

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I have been to saloon "5 stars" (piat sviesd") near kurskaya bokzal:

[url]http://www.rusdosug.com/salon.php?id=403[/url]

and met with EVA:

[url]http://www.rusdosug.com/indi21749.htm[/url]

I would recommend this place for mongers who doesn't speak too much russian, as the entrance is very simple to find (it is in the street, not in the garden), code is only 1 figure (they know how to say it in english).

Place itself is not bad, cost for 1 hour 3000 rur.

I've been there on a wednesday night, at 23.30, choice of 10 ladys. Some crap, some were really good.

My choice on Eva was a brilliant one: I would rate her natural breast 10/10. Just amazing, I couldn't believe what I was looking too. I can't say how good was the action, as she finished me in covered BJ, which is really rare for me . She gave the impression to really like to make the BJ.
Quite sympathetic woman - at least if you speak russian.

Only minus: I saw on sextalk 1 guys saying that you should avoid to give to her your phone number... So just go there and do what you are supposed to do.

I would definitely return to this girl and to the place as well. It is one level behind Charmel in terms of quality, but maybe also less mechanic and a little bit cheaper.