We have just set up a new shipping method for Russia and some other "difficult" countries.
Our method for worldwide shipments is working very well for almost 3 years now.
However by publishing the Russian version of the Tricktionary and shipping books to Russia frequently, we found out, that those shipments just take very long in some cases. Also sometimes - quite some times - the book was at the post office for a week, nobody was picking it up due to a forgotten note and the book was coming back to us.
For that reason we upgraded the shipping method. Now it is 12 Euros instead of and the receiver has to sign to get the package.
Also we have limited tracking on the parcels.
All the best
Rossi