My trip to Russia
8th May 2005
I’m back from my business trip to Russia.Well, overall the trip was fruitful, but I had some problems. First one was due to the fact I that I was not able to speak or understand Russian, which leads to a communication barrier. Russians don’t understand English much, and my only mode of communication was through one of my Russian friends.
An unpleasant experience I faced was I was taken by the police in their car while I was waiting for a taxi. I was questioned with full body and baggage check and released. But when I returned to my hotel room I discovered that the police had stolen my cash in the bag while they searched my baggage.
I visited the Japanese car market and met some car dealers and also distributed of our promotion material. I also arranged publishing of our ad in a local newspaper.
I really hope that they soon start flights from Tokyo International airport to Russia other than flights from Kansai International airport in Osaka and Niigata. Niigata and Osaka are very far from Tokyo and thus it is not so convenient to take these flights.
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