Do non-CIS nationals have issues with visa checks on the Moscow-Dushanbe train?
Is it true that conductors (meaning train staff, NOT border police) on the Tajik train from Moscow to Dushanbe (which I'm going to take to Kazakhstan) check if you have the proper visa for the destination? According to the RZD Website, Russian conductors don't have the authority, but this is a Tajik-operated train.
I've heard that many conductors assume any non-CIS national needs a visa.
If they do check, I know I need to print out official info in Russian stating that I don't need a visa for Kazakhstan.
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UPDATE:
I forgot to bring the confirmation. The Tajik staff didn't care at all, whereas the Russian conductor (who entered my compartment about 4 hours into the trip) did ask for a Kazakh visa, I simply kept saying, in the little Russian I know "Swedish passport, 15 days maximum, no Kazakh visa", whereby he eventually got tired of me and left me in peace.
The Russian border guards didn't care either - they were more focused on grilling me US-style (using a Kazakh girl as an Interpreter) in regards to where I was going, why I was making this trip, if I was going to ISIS land (basically), how I could afford this trip, etc.
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