12-01-2020, 02:51 AM
As far as I know, this regulation has been cancelled since 2018.
Here you can find the text that cancels the regulation, and here is the full text of regulation in its current form (both in Russian).
Namely, based on (I.5): persons can import devices with strong cryptography for their own use without a "notification" if the device type is in the list.
The list (see Addendum 5) explicitly includes:
Therefore, I believe, it is enough to send an invoice that certifies that person buys a device for its own use (as a natural person, not as a legal entity), and write on a parcel that it contains a smartphone "PinePhone" with OS "Linux".
Have you tried it? Was there problems at customs?
Here you can find the text that cancels the regulation, and here is the full text of regulation in its current form (both in Russian).
Namely, based on (I.5): persons can import devices with strong cryptography for their own use without a "notification" if the device type is in the list.
The list (see Addendum 5) explicitly includes:
- desktops, notebooks, smartphones etc.
- without an OS or with installed popular OS (Linux, windows, MacOS, Android, iOS etc.)
Therefore, I believe, it is enough to send an invoice that certifies that person buys a device for its own use (as a natural person, not as a legal entity), and write on a parcel that it contains a smartphone "PinePhone" with OS "Linux".
Have you tried it? Was there problems at customs?