RFW shows start around 17.30, so the whole day is available for sightseeing. The quickest, most affordable way of getting around is the Moscow Metro. The Metro also serves as a very simple intelligence test: can you find your way when there is almost no signage and the signs you do see are in Cyrillic? What's cool is the little underground cities built into the passageways to the Metro, which include a begging dog. Got off at the Okhotny Ryad station on the edge of Red Square. The square was almost empty save for the balloon vendor and a motley crew of russian scammers. The first guy drops a pack of russian rubles, you pick it up and hand it to him, he's grateful, then another guy comes up and flashes a badge and asks to see your passport. I tell them, look, the way I would play it is the guy dropping the money is mad you gave it back, that would confuse you, then the guy posing as the cop is the friendly one. As I'm explaining this they unfortunately disperse...And yes I gave money to the dog.
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