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Borys Kosarev: Modernist Kharkiv, 1915-1931 at The Ukrainian Museum thru May 2, 2012
Posted by Odesit on May 03, 2000 at 21:23:19:
In Reply to: Re: travel posted by lesia on May 02, 2000 at 10:23:00:
I traveled this winter to Ukraine and invited my girlfriend alone. There were plenty of moments when I did not feel proud being a Ukrainian. Getting an invitation was a project in itself...Uke living here can't fill out an invitation for a friend, someone with "Propiska" only can.
For starters, VISA is pretty pricy, processing is long and there is no discount for students.
That is not smart! Let people spend the money inside not outside!!! In Boryspi Customs the Uke authorities make all foreigners buy (useless) Emergency Health Insurance for $6 dollars if you are in the country for a week and near $60, if you stay longer.
I think the new VISA requirements are copied from the US visa requirements for Ukrainians as a diplomatic way of "getting even".
Registering with local authorities is a good one too.
Sadly, I had to leave Ukraine via Russia and Poland to avoid being fined $ 150 for not registering a "foreigner" with local OVIR. Who has time to spend a day at OVIr when you have 10 days to travel around.
Nonsense....
I am not even going to go into a story about discriminatory price differences for tickets at St.Sophia, Pecherska Lavra and how friendly the controllers are there towards foreigners. It is all sad.