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[QUOTE=Jake993;2935122]Great info on the Raiffesen card. They are such a great bank. General question: What's the latest on the visa issue? I know some Americans and Brits who travel in and out but under very specific circumstances. Are tourist visas being issued again to Westerners? Or is that still verboten? I so miss Moscow and reading reports are making me pine for a return trip to Candy land.[/QUOTE]Hi Jake, As communicated I don't think the visa is an issue, for USA Citizens at least.

Tinkoff is another good option for a bank card. You can apply online, and they'll even deliver the card to your hotel, although it may be somewhat problematic getting money into the account without visiting a branch with cash.

Getting a UnionPay card in the country where you live may be another option, although I didn't try it. They're supposed to work in Russia, while Visa, Mastercard and American Express don't. But I'm not sure about that, so it would be a good idea to take lots of cash even if you have a Union Pay card. You can take 10,000 Euros or dollars, I'm not sure which, without declaring it.

The hotels I stayed in had services you could use where they sent you a link and you could pay with a western credit card. The services add on about 5% to 10% to the bill though.

As to exchanging dollars or Euros it's better to use one of the currency exchange shops around town. Maybe ask the concierge in your hotel where one is. I tried to find several with Google Maps and they weren't open any longer. The currency exchange places would give you a better forex rate than the banks and you didn't have to wait in a long line.

Russians are the ones who are having problems getting visas. One person there told me it's very hard or impossible to get a Schenghen area (European) visa. And the U.S. has quit issuing tourist visas to Russians entirely. I'm not sure what good that's going to do. Sanctimonious, arrogant Western governments should realize that restrictions like these and sanctions only hurt ordinary people and embitter the population. A lot of good they've done in Iran and Cuba. But I guess that's a subject for a different forum.

[QUOTE=Jake993;2935122]Great info on the Raiffesen card. They are such a great bank. General question: What's the latest on the visa issue? I know some Americans and Brits who travel in and out but under very specific circumstances. Are tourist visas being issued again to Westerners? Or is that still verboten? I so miss Moscow and reading reports are making me pine for a return trip to Candy land.[/QUOTE]I am Turkish and get an electronic visa for 16 days easily from the website. One of my friend got 3 months through a Turkish agent.

[QUOTE=Tiny12;2935194]Hi Jake, As communicated I don't think the visa is an issue, for USA Citizens at least.

Tinkoff is another good option for a bank card. You can apply online, and they'll even deliver the card to your hotel, although it may be somewhat problematic getting money into the account without visiting a branch with cash.

.[/QUOTE]One of my friend got the Tinkoff and it is a pain in the. He tried to get Raiffesen many times because he wasnt happy with Tinkoff. They are charging 200-300 ruble whenever they want for the simcard they send. And I think it is not safe. Raiffesen is plain and simple. For exchanges I have heard there are better ratios as online but my simple and plain way was to get it Okhodny Ryad Shopping Center near Kremlin. Always good rates. Rates in shopping centers are usually good and they are open till 10 pm.

[QUOTE=Tiny12;2934639]My first visit to Aurora was on a Friday. The place was hopping. The restaurant tables outside the club were mostly occupied. First thing you go through a metal detector and then get wanded and patted down. Then you go by a front desk, where a hostess takes your 2500 Ruble cover charge, seats you and returns with your change, if any. You order a drink from a waitress, and can either run a tab or pay by the drink. Prices I paid ran from 775 Rubles for a Corona to 1150 for a cocktail.

The hostess sat me at a counter facing the stage. Given this was a busy night, the location sucked. Women were circulating behind me, mostly headed to tables in the back of the club where presumably the high rollers were. I grabbed a "10" who walked by who said she'd come back but never did. I was frustrated because the women I talked with didn't know much English, and my Russian is close to "0". One of the women who took pity on my failure to communicate called over Dasha, an excellent English speaker. She wore an evening dress, which I thought might be a red flag, that she was trying to cover something up. But I was getting tired of the scene, and just wanted to get laid and go back to the hotel. So I plunked down 6000 Rubles for a room and agreed to pay her 16,000 and away we went. That was for an hour in the room.

We showered first. When her clothes came off she was more attractive than I thought she would be, and she was a good performer for my tastes, except the kissing was closed-mouthed. She was interesting to talk with. We got a call about 10 minutes before the hour was up.

That night there were some very attractive women in the club, maybe three I'd rate at a 9, and some 8's.

I returned on a Sunday night. There were maybe twenty-five women and four men. The 9's were gone. So were the 8's, except for a couple of waitresses, who I bet would go to the rooms along with the dancers and the bartenders, if you so fancied.

I fucked up before, getting seated at the counter, so I asked to go the bar. Also, given I didn't get the attention I so richly deserve my first time in, I dressed up a bit. One or the other strategy paid off, as I got a lot of attention. The 1000 Rubles I tipped the women the first couple of times they came by and danced in my lap probably helped too. That's what one of them told me I should pay. I wised up later and cut that back, as they appeared to be getting lots of 200 bills. So I'd guess that amount, previously reported by Steve, is what most people were paying them. That indeed was a lot of fun, the lap dances, although I wasn't as enamored with the slow dancing. Paraphrasing Paul Simon, this time, my lack of Russian didn't hurt me none. I felt comfortable interacting with all the women.

One of the bartenders, a 20 year old, appeared to have the hots for me. So I went with it. After I committed to go to the room with her, she seemed absolutely giddy, jumping up and down, like you see some of the younger Thai bargirls do. Her English wasn't as good as Dasha's the night before, but she made up for it with passion. We really had a good time. The room charge was 8,000 this time, and it was like a Suite, much nicer than the 6,000 room. I gave her another 16,000.

The following night, Monday, was a repeat, except that the quality of the dancers was definitely up. One woman I'd rate at an 8 or 9 was there. Still, the A-team wasn't attending (I. E. The handful of world class hotties from Friday night.).

In summary, here are Tiny's rules for Aurora:

1. Do not sit at the counter. Tell them you want to sit at the bar.

2. Do not go on a Friday or Saturday unless you like crowds, sausage fests and model-quality women. Ok, I am giving a mixed message here.

3. Do not go on a Sunday if you want to bang a true hottie.

4. Do not be a goober and tip the women 1000 Rubles for dances. 200 Rubles is probably enough and 500 will make you look like a champ.

5. Do not pay for private table dances. They cost 3000 Rubles and are very bad value.

6. Shell out 8,000 Rubles and get the nicer room.

7. Read Steve's report immediately below mine. Steve is one of the most gifted writers on ISG, and combines the best attributes of Penthouse Letters and Lonely Planet Travel Guidebooks in his works.

I went in fairly early each time, about 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM. The club is open from 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM on weekdays, and until 7:00 AM on Friday and Saturday. At 10:00 PM or 11:00 PM all the women appeared to have arrived. I understand they're fined for tardiness, so maybe that's why.[/QUOTE]So they beds for sex inside the club?

Hi guys,

The stripclub scene is really good. I went to Aurora, Virgins and Rasputin, and have to say the first two were amazing. Girls in Virgins were particularly hot.

I was hoping though to be able to find a place that just offers an uncovered blowjob or, even better, an erotic massage with blowjob. The prices in the stripclubs are too high for just those activities, probably because they are more oriented towards full on sex. Can also take a little while to get down to business in the stripclubs. Which is why I'd just prefer an erotic massage place that has a BBBJ ending or, failing that, just some place that offers a BBBJ without the additional cost / effort of strip clubs. If anyone has any ideas would be much appreciated, and we can still keep such places in business during these times.

Cheers.

[QUOTE=EnterTheV;2936122]So they beds for sex inside the club?[/QUOTE]Yes, for sure. Very nice private rooms with showers and toilets. First class facilities in Angels. Aurora is pretty good and Penthouse used to have a "hotel" connected to the club for sex.

[QUOTE=Iceberg27;2935751]I am Turkish and get an electronic visa for 16 days easily from the website. One of my friend got 3 months through a Turkish agent.

One of my friend got the Tinkoff and it is a pain in the. He tried to get Raiffesen many times because he wasnt happy with Tinkoff. They are charging 200-300 ruble whenever they want for the simcard they send. And I think it is not safe. Raiffesen is plain and simple. For exchanges I have heard there are better ratios as online but my simple and plain way was to get it Okhodny Ryad Shopping Center near Kremlin. Always good rates. Rates in shopping centers are usually good and they are open till 10 pm.[/QUOTE]A friend of mine who lives in Moscow has a Tinkoff account and he has had some real problems with them. And I too have heard good things about Raiffeisen. I thought it was easiest to get a debit card with Tinkoff if you don't live in Russia. But reading your report below it sounds pretty easy to get a Raiffeisen card too.

I saw a forex location in Google Maps in Okhodny Ryad shopping center, and looked on every floor and never found it. Do you know if it's still open and where it is within the center? I asked a couple of people and they told me to go to a bank kind of close to the food court. I didn't want to wait in line though, and the rate wasn't as good as the forex places.

You probably already know this, but it came in really handy for me. You don't need a card to use the Yandex app to get taxis. There's an option in the app to pay with cash.

[QUOTE=EnterTheV;2936122]So they beds for sex inside the club?[/QUOTE]Ditto what Jake said. The 8,000 Ruble room at Aurora was very nice, more like a hotel suite than a hotel room.

[QUOTE=Tiny12;2939554]Ditto what Jake said. The 8,000 Ruble room at Aurora was very nice, more like a hotel suite than a hotel room.[/QUOTE]Thanks planning to go on winter with the snow bunnies.

I visited Penthouse on Thursday September 19th, arrived around 11 pm and left at 2:30 am with a feeling of disappointment. First you go through a metal detector and get frisked, then up the stairs where ladies in dresses wait to charge you the 3000 entry fee and bring you inside. None of them were particularly attractive, only one of them understood basic English so she was the one who took me inside. Seeing as it was obvious it was my first time there she should have explained how things work, but she didn't really explain anything, if I was not a member of this fine forum I wouldn't even know that sex is possible, I would just think that it's a mediocre strip club. All she said was that I can either sit at the bar, or pay an extra 2000 to sit at a table looking at the stage, I chose the bar based on Iceberg27's advice and that is definitely good advice, if you don't sit at the bar you miss most of the action (such as it is). Plus there were not very many guys when I was there and I could have sat down at a table looking at the stage later if I wanted, nobody is checking when there are many empty tables. Ordered a drink from the bored looking topless bartender, paid for it immediately, settled in to observe, and was quite disappointed by the optics. I spotted about 20 girls including the waitresses, most of which were in the 6-7 range, definitely below average for Moscow, you can step out onto New Arbat street, take a 10 minute walk and you will see 20 hotter girls than the ones working in Penthouse. There were only 3 girls that I would consider for a session, one young cute Kazakh girl with decent English, and 2 hot Russian girls that I would put in the 8-9 range (but again by Moscow standards they are nothing to write home about). Naturally, the 9 was busy entertaining some high rollers in the VIP section. Every 30 minutes or so the girls will go around and offer a 1 minute dance where you can touch them and talk to them up close in exchange for a small tip. I was tipping them 1000 since I only had 1000 bills, but that is way over the top, the expected tip is 100 and they won't even notice that you gave more so it is a waste of money, I suggest you go there with 100 bills. I managed to talk to the 8 when she came to offer a dance, her English was near zero but with the help of Google translate she agreed to go to a room with me, price per hour was 16 k for her and 8 k for the room, but then she said that there is a long queue to get a room since they are all occupied. She promised to come back but never did so I approached her about an hour later and she said there is no room available and that she is still waiting, she disappeared from the club after that probably because when a room became available she grabbed the nearest man instead of trying to find me. Afterwards I spoke to the Kazakh when she approached for a dance and I wanted to go to a room with her, but she said she already has a bunch of sessions scheduled and she has been waiting for a room for 2 hours. The way it works is you agree on a session with a girl, she will go and put her name in the queue for a room and then when a room is free she will go there with whichever of the men who asked for a session with her is close at the time. She explained that the reason for this long wait time is because some of the rooms were being renovated so there weren't enough, and when men book the rooms and keep extending their stay, everyone else has to wait. She did offer to go to my hotel instead, but for her to leave the club I would have to pay a 50.000 ruble bar fine on top of what I would pay her, which is crazy expensive.

I suppose I was just unlucky, but even ignoring the shortage of rooms, the atmosphere in the club was just boring. Pole dancing was mediocre, quality of the girls is bad by Russian standards, there were also some older tired looking girls with bad plastic surgery desperately trying to get money from dances who I had to reject over and over, the topless bartenders were so bored that one of them literally leaned over the bar and looked like she is asleep. The icing on the cake was when a couple hours after I had already paid for my drinks a different bartender came to charge me for them, and when I told her I already paid she had to shake the sleeping girl awake to confirm that I did.

I spent almost 3 hours there waiting for a room to become available, and finally had enough around 2:30 am. As I was walking out with an obvious face of disappointment, the hostesses at the entrance completely ignored me, half asleep, they didn't even ask how it was or say bye. I saw it mentioned in this thread that this is part of a chain of clubs and that they offer a free taxi ride between them, but I saw no indication of that at the club itself and nobody offered it. Maybe I was just unlucky and / or Thursday is a bad day to go, but Penthouse was a complete waste of time and money, no better than some German FKKs, at least there you don't have to wait to get a room.

Yeah I recently went to Penthouse and pretty much agree with what you've mentioned. So far I've mostly be going for the views. Penthouse left me disappointed as it was difficult to see clearly from the bar area given the fairly dark lighting. I also used the token that penthouse had on its website to get a free dance. But the dancer didn't allow kissing her chest even though she said I could before I agreed the dance with her.

I actually think Loft is best for views as there are girls dancing on poles opposite the main stage so you can get more close up views.

I also went to Virgins and Golden Girls but their main public dances only go topless which isn't great (although their private dances take off everything and are pretty good).

Would love to hear other People's thoughts on which clubs have the best views (most close-ups that are fully nude)? Spreading on the public stages would be a bonus, but that doesn't seem to be too common here?

[QUOTE=Ragnaros;2951871]I visited Penthouse on Thursday September 19th, arrived around 11 pm and left at 2:30 am with a feeling of disappointment. First you go through a metal detector and get frisked, then up the stairs where ladies in dresses wait to charge you the 3000 entry fee and bring you inside. None of them were particularly attractive, only one of them understood basic English so she was the one who took me inside. Seeing as it was obvious it was my first time there she should have explained how things work, but she didn't really explain anything, if I was not a member of this fine forum I wouldn't even know that sex is possible, I would just think that it's a mediocre strip club. All she said was that I can either sit at the bar, or pay an extra 2000 to sit at a table looking at the stage, I chose the bar based on Iceberg27's advice and that is definitely good advice, if you don't sit at the bar you miss most of the action (such as it is). Plus there were not very many guys when I was there and I could have sat down at a table looking at the stage later if I wanted, nobody is checking when there are many empty tables. Ordered a drink from the bored looking topless bartender, paid for it immediately, settled in to observe, and was quite disappointed by the optics. I spotted about 20 girls including the waitresses, most of which were in the 6-7 range, definitely below average for Moscow, you can step out onto New Arbat street, take a 10 minute walk and you will see 20 hotter girls than the ones working in Penthouse. There were only 3 girls that I would consider for a session, one young cute Kazakh girl with decent English, and 2 hot Russian girls that I would put in the 8-9 range (but again by Moscow standards they are nothing to write home about). Naturally, the 9 was busy entertaining some high rollers in the VIP section. Every 30 minutes or so the girls will go around and offer a 1 minute dance where you can touch them and talk to them up close in exchange for a small tip. I was tipping them 1000 since I only had 1000 bills, but that is way over the top, the expected tip is 100 and they won't even notice that you gave more so it is a waste of money, I suggest you go there with 100 bills. I managed to talk to the 8 when she came to offer a dance, her English was near zero but with the help of Google translate she agreed to go to a room with me, price per hour was 16 k for her and 8 k for the room, but then she said that there is a long queue to get a room since they are all occupied. She promised to come back but never did so I approached her about an hour later and she said there is no room available and that she is still waiting, she disappeared from the club after that probably because when a room became available she grabbed the nearest man instead of trying to find me. Afterwards I spoke to the Kazakh when she approached for a dance and I wanted to go to a room with her, but she said she already has a bunch of sessions scheduled and she has been waiting for a room for 2 hours. The way it works is you agree on a session with a girl, she will go and put her name in the queue for a room and then when a room is free she will go there with whichever of the men who asked for a session with her is close at the time. She explained that the reason for this long wait time is because some of the rooms were being renovated so there weren't enough, and when men book the rooms and keep extending their stay, everyone else has to wait. She did offer to go to my hotel instead, but for her to leave the club I would have to pay a 50.000 ruble bar fine on top of what I would pay her, which is crazy expensive.

I suppose I was just unlucky, but even ignoring the shortage of rooms, the atmosphere in the club was just boring. Pole dancing was mediocre, quality of the girls is bad by Russian standards, there were also some older tired looking girls with bad plastic surgery desperately trying to get money from dances who I had to reject over and over, the topless bartenders were so bored that one of them literally leaned over the bar and looked like she is asleep. The icing on the cake was when a couple hours after I had already paid for my drinks a different bartender came to charge me for them, and when I told her I already paid she had to shake the sleeping girl awake to confirm that I did.

I spent almost 3 hours there waiting for a room to become available, and finally had enough around 2:30 am. As I was walking out with an obvious face of disappointment, the hostesses at the entrance completely ignored me, half asleep, they didn't even ask how it was or say bye. I saw it mentioned in this thread that this is part of a chain of clubs and that they offer a free taxi ride between them, but I saw no indication of that at the club itself and nobody offered it. Maybe I was just unlucky and / or Thursday is a bad day to go, but Penthouse was a complete waste of time and money, no better than some German FKKs, at least there you don't have to wait to get a room.[/QUOTE]

Hi gentlemen,

I haven't been to Russia since Feb 2022 and I'm interested on your opinions on the war's effects on the mongering scene in Moscow (or in Russia in general). Has it become better, or worse? Or no significant changes?

Hi guys I wanted to share with you the Russian escort site Ashoo which I believe has not been mentioned here. Ashoo is geared more towards 18-25 model GFE types. I've attached some pictures of Russian cuties I came across after 15 minutes of browsing the site.

[URL]https://myg.ashoo.live/elitnye/moskva[/URL]

I would say the site seems pretty popular in Moscow, St Petersburg, and other cities in Russia too. Of course you can translate everything via Google web page translator. A lot of the girls list their WhatsApp / Telegram on their profiles for contact. Some even have their Instagram written in their bio so you can vet them. If you look at their profiles, a lot of them are passport-ready for fmty type arrangements as well; as of today, I'm pretty sure Dubai and Istanbul still operate flights to / from Moscow, so that is an option.

IntimCity is also quite popular, but in my opinion maybe not as high quality as Ashoo.

[URL]https://pa.intimcity.lol/[/URL]

Good luck.

Hey guys.

I'm wondering if anyone knows of any stripclubs with more explicit views on the public stages / poles? Like where the girls will be properly spreading open? I've been to several clubs here- Rasputin, LE Rouge, Golden Girls, Angels, Virgins, Loft, Penthouse etc. Whilst the set-up / shows are very professional, the girls typically don't spread. You can often see them nude, but you won't see them open their pussies etc.

If anyone knows of clubs with more explicit views I'the love to hear!

Cheers.

Moscow report from a few months back. As an Indian I was skeptical on the hospitality I would receive by Russian girls but to my surprise it was a wonderful experience.

Had a budget of 2 k USD for 7 days which was very plenty enough. Day 1 went to a brothel / salon in Moscow. 6 K for 1 hour, liked only one girl in the line-up Shower, BBBJ and fuck 2 pops.

Unlike in other places the cost is decided by the hour and not shots, so if you can do more than 2 in an hour they don't mind.

Day 2, pinged a manager from a telegram channel 15 k per hour, 1 k for taxi, super cute stunner same deed, shower, BBBJ and 2 pops.

As I stayed in 5* property the girls were able to directly walk to my room. Day 3 different manager but 20 k, same deed nothing to more to share. YMMV but to me she was a 9.

The so-called girls which we get in India are not actual Russian but from nearby Russian speaking countries.

These Slavic beauties which I saw in Moscow were so beautiful you would consider the ones who you see in Delhi can be rated just 2 or 3, mostly milfs.

Day 4 moved to SPB, will report there. Almost all links are published in ISG, just need to RTTF and get the escort websites.

[QUOTE=Raymando;2963681]Hey guys.

I'm wondering if anyone knows of any stripclubs with more explicit views on the public stages / poles? Like where the girls will be properly spreading open? I've been to several clubs here- Rasputin, LE Rouge, Golden Girls, Angels, Virgins, Loft, Penthouse etc. Whilst the set-up / shows are very professional, the girls typically don't spread. You can often see them nude, but you won't see them open their pussies etc.

If anyone knows of clubs with more explicit views I'the love to hear!

Cheers.[/QUOTE]To me this is a very odd question to ask for Moscow, when you simply have to call a girl down and take her to the room and fuck her. The point of strip clubs in Moscow is only to preview the merch and then go fuck. At least that is the way the good ones work. Rasputin just sucks period. Golden Girls is great but like a US strip club cock tease. Why go to Moscow for that. But others like Loft Penthouse Angels and Aurora are full on fucking in nice rooms. No need to try to catch some quick snatch view on stage. The whole thing is there for the taking.