On 24.01.2017 3:01 PM, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 12:19:34 on Tue, 24 Jan
2017, Clank remarked:

You may not be aware, but the 'invitations' in Russia are purely a
money making scam - you can actually get an individual (or business) to
invite you, but it subjects them to a great deal of hassle and
paperwork so it's rarely done.

I may be one of those rare cases then.

You mean, "a pain in the arse for your hosts"? Colour me surprised ;-)