>But if you want to buy US$1 you must pay from AR$150[1] to AR$200[2] or even more. There are a few methods and each one has different maximal amounts, delays,

>But if you want to buy US$1 you must pay from AR$150[1] to AR$200[2] or even more. There are a few methods and each one has different maximal amounts, delays, technical problem and level of legality. The recent return to dolar azul after the brief period of the official rate actually being meaningful is very sad. You have hit on, by the way, why Russia's equivalent to dolar azul is not so different from the official rate. You and any other Argentinean can, with US dollars, buy things from/travel to abroad. As spaceheater said, "Since the whole world seems to hate Russians right now, I guess no point buying USD and traveling somewhere".