For those of you who have flown out of Russia many times...

[DK999 14]

What is the max amount of cash (in USD) you can leave the country with? Seeing conflicting/old sources on other sites. Thanks. 

[Geekitana 4]

$10000

[mendeleev 68]

geekitana is right — last time i was there at least.  It’s Russia, things change but fortunately don’t change 

[millefleur 5,045]

On 8/18/2023 at 9:30 AM, DK999 said:

What is the max amount of cash (in USD) you can leave the country with? Seeing conflicting/old sources on other sites. Thanks. 

In any case, no matter what country it is, be sure to bring documentation that this is your money and was acquired lawfully (bank statements etc.) Even if you are a few dollars under the allowed "green channel" amount, they can still question you and pull you into the "red channel" if it is a large amount. In case you get questioned by customs, it will make everything so much easier.

 

This happened to us stateside where we had cash slightly under $10k and the CBP guy made us open our suitcases and turn our pockets inside out to show that we did not have over $10k, in addition to be grilled and asked about paperwork for this money (which we stupidly did not have.) So just be sure to over-prepare in the worst case. Russia customs officers could easily do the same thing if they wanted.