I live in Moscow. There's plenty of Americans and other Westerners visiting here regularly for business or tourism with no problems. Just don't try to smuggle any weed in, Americans keep getting into trouble for that.
Although I was initially a bit surprised, it makes sense. I mean, I suppose there are plenty of Russians in America living a totally normal life.
Yep, and vice-versa.
- Bring some cash and exchange it here.
- Open a bank account here and transfer money there (yes, there are some ways).
- Bring crypto wallet keys along and use crypto ATMs.
- Exchange through a friend/relative with accounts on both sides of the iron curtain.
I suspect the ATMs will give you a worse exchange rate than what you'd get on a P2P exchange online.