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

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.

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!" 

Bank loans, bank accounts, brokerage accounts, IRAs, 401ks, car loans, insurance companies, cruise ships, credit cards, ez pass, doctors and hospitals, drivers licenses, colleges, high schools, not to forget gun shops, google, ATT, Verizon, Comcast, Amazon, airlines, CIA, IRS, FBI, TSA, Homeland security, Target and Home Depot data breaches, security clearances, car dealerships, title companies, accountant, employers, landlords, credit bureaus, payroll companies, golf and tennis clubs, business clubs, volunteers at schools/churches, Russians and Chinese, etc. it’s more of a question as to who doesn’t have it as I see it.

My good buddy from college wasn't so lucky, he got jumped by a Grizz out fishing one day on the Russian River, didn't have time to draw and the bear chewed his face off (he survived just barely but lost his eyesight, sense of smell, entire face and part of skull, spent a year in the hospital undergoing many surgeries, etc.).  

She never asked me why I needed all the condoms, but this was upstate New York in the 90s and oh man, the holy roller disapproval on her face when she saw me walk in so often...Which brings back a great joke:So during the Cold War, this Russian KGB guy goes to France and spends a week working in the embassy.