Travelling to Moscow-St. Petersburg, what should I buy?

A wife? They used to sell them by catalog according to a lot of movies :o

food and drinks =)

1. Белёвская пастила
   (dessert, sweets)
   not sure how to translate it. just use google images search =)

2. Medovukha and Kvass, some sort of (dispensing, unbottled)

3. Варенье из еловых шишек (Jam made of fir cones), use google images search

4. Шашлыки (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shashlik) :D

Moscow is a diffferent region, all prices are much higher than at other regions of our country. and payments 4-6-10 times higher than at other regions.
sorry for bad english =)

Along with stereotypical matreshka toys i would recommend:

• Dymkovo toys (especially whistles) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymkovo_toys
• Gzhel ceramics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gzhel
• Khokhloma painted stuff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khokhloma
  Also, models of Moscow Kremlin, Ostankino tower, etc.

Vodka my greek bro.

...and make love with local professional women.

A ticket somewhere else?

Soviet souvenirs like a Ushanka with a red star emblem.

Does anyone know if there's any problem to "travel" to russia with money on steam wallet?

Mayonnaise, sunflower seeds, chebureki.

There is not much things there which are cheaper than in Europe, especially in Moscow (pretty expensive city). Only cigarettes come to mind and the stuff talgaby mentioned earlier. Vodka varies from cheap to expensive, but there is a high chance to buy a fake vodka (my family and many people I know are rarely buy it, preferring foreign alcohol). There is some good moonshine, made by small factories (it's close to vodka). Caviar is good, if you're interested in it. And that's it.

As for the souvenirs - everything was already mentioned, it's matryoshkas, gzhel porcelain, Khokhloma and clay toys, amber jewelry, samovars. Some of it may be China-made, though. There is also soviet memorabilia. In St.Petersburg people usually buy budenovka (I have one of those, too). There are interesting desserts - I recommend zefir, pastila, blini and 'Ptichye moloko'. The best pastila I've tasted was made in Kolomna (small ancient city in Moscow district) - I think it's awesomeness in solid form, but I haven't seen it for sale in Moscow/Petersburg.

Moscow is an independent part of Russia, kinda independent district(state) Like Washington (with own prices, laws, and many other stuffs) and it can't be compare to other Russia, same stuffs in St.Petersburg.
What u could bring to home from Russia? hmmm nothing, seriously (especially in expensive Moscow and St.Petersburg)
As said above, maybe some food, but nothing else

what should I buy?

buy games for -80% and farm till lv10 :3

Painting of Putin of course! Ah just kidding. If you are fan of gun replicas, gun manufacturer Kalashnikov has opened a gift shop on the Moscow airport. Just be sure to tell people that the guns are replicas, not the real ones :)

Don't forget to take umbrella with you in Petersburg ^^

get yourself some caviar and krokodil

Huh. I'm the first one to suggest an old Russian watch? I used to have a few of those. Don't know where they are now.

I'd actually recommend buying something like this retro and soonish collector'esque thingy. An old "console" with just one simple game (that was hella fun back at the days though and not like there was a choice). You can still find it for an affordable price for something of such kind. Also a genuine tetris, maybe.

As for something ethnic on a deeper level of history consider lapti (bast shoe, "лапти").

Is the thread opener reading this at all though? I wonder at what time you are going to go on your trip and, purely out of curiosity, where were you going to accommodate for living.

One of these... actually get me one while you're there too!

View attached image.

What should I buy?

Just bring me. It'll be fun I swear.

Pare mazi sou tha eimai hsuxi...I wanna kill some cyka blyat ruski noobs.stoibakse me ekei se mia mikri balitsa kai tha mai kompleee

crockery Gzhel is a good variant.

And if you want to find some rare and relatively cheap souvenir, you can visit flea market on Udelnaya metro. But in this case you should be prepared for some bargaining.

Chocolate sweets, honey, St. Petersburgs unique sweets, maybe some drinks, food, souvenirs, etc.

Moscow is the most expensive russian city. So, if you want to buy something good and cheap, travel to minor neightboring towns and cities :-D