On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Foobulus Baracculus wrote:

I am to visit Russia soon: Moscow and St Petersburg, as a tourist. My interest is to visit interest telecommunications, cryptographic, espionage and related places. I have already visited GCHQ, MI5/MI6, NSA, DSD/ASIO on my trips to the United States, Australia and Great Britain. Can readers offer suggestions for a high-tech junky.

My suggestion is be very(!) careful (or skip it entirely, the crypto search not Russia). I don't know of any crypto museums in Moscow (can't say for St Petersburg). Those folks are pretty scarry when it comes to security and such. You are aware that private possession/use of crypto in Russia is illegal? Also, you can't just get up and wander around the countryside either. I'd ask a favor, in your wandering around if you run across any russki WWII tactical (board) wargames please consider bringing a copy back for me. I'd go as high as $100 US. Da svidanya moi droog. ____________________________________________________________________ Before a larger group can see the virtue of an idea, a smaller group must first understand it. "Stranger Suns" George Zebrowski The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------