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<p>[QUOTE="juris klavins, post: 3130810, member: 76693"]Russian customs agents might ruin that opportunity <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>In the 1980s, many an enterprising person paid for their trip to the Soviet Union by packing their suitcase with $20 Levis 501 jeans and selling them to eager buyers at black market prices - Levis were not available in Russia at the time - they were considered a symbol of capitalist extravagance and frowned upon by the bureaucracy, but young Russians would gladly spend two month's salary for a pair of authentic American denim jeans.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="juris klavins, post: 3130810, member: 76693"]Russian customs agents might ruin that opportunity :( In the 1980s, many an enterprising person paid for their trip to the Soviet Union by packing their suitcase with $20 Levis 501 jeans and selling them to eager buyers at black market prices - Levis were not available in Russia at the time - they were considered a symbol of capitalist extravagance and frowned upon by the bureaucracy, but young Russians would gladly spend two month's salary for a pair of authentic American denim jeans.[/QUOTE]
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