With a booming Russia it's a good place to invest as the Russians holiday there a lot and I hope you can appreciate Russia being a BRIC economy and the black sea coast in bulgaria being Russia's No.1 holiday destination that is very important.

But never halted the property buyers from India and Saudi Arabia, this followed by strong interest shown by Iranian & Russian buyers.

Hey @Alexandra King welcome to BP!

I have just recently returned to the States from completing my MSc program in Translation Studies (Russian and Spanish) in the UK (University of Edinburgh).

Capital gains are russian roulette at its worse - lose on them once, and the five times you gained on them may not mean squat.

The biggest growth was in Nõmme (+43%) and North-Tallinn (+33%), states the Real Etate Investment company 1Partner land-office statistics.In absolute terms most deals made by foregners were still in Lasnamäe where the growth was 11% compared to 2011. 724 deals were made, which comes up to a third of total in Tallinn.1Pratner Real Estate Finland broker Ayreri Christian said the main foreign players in Tallin market are Finnish and Russians."

No Longer Immune Artur Khayrullin moved to Dubai three years ago to escape the Russian winter and invest in the booming real-estate market.

Ron & Alexandra Seigel

You'd be playing Russian Roulette. 

@Geoff GarberAs several people have mentioned here, and as the Russian proverb entails, "measure it seven times, cut once!"