Seriously, kids. You don't remember the good old days? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_Soviet_Union#Freedom_of_movement http://en.wikipedia.or

Seriously, kids. You don't remember the good old days? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_Soviet_Union#Freedom_of_movement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_Soviet_Unio... Otherwise, (local politics, human rights aside) one shouldn't cross a frontier without considering the risk of being denied permission to come out again. Whims, national and personal, abound. Check in with your consulate -- remotely, if possible -- if that'll make you feel better. And I'm not even pararnoid. Been there, done that. (The international travel, and jobs/labor (on and off the books) when it could be scary, that is.) Crapshoot always. The odds change. Do the math. Not to belittle desperate migration in search of a better life.