My sister in law was supposed to have mailed them a week ago from the US Embassy. They would have stayed in the embassys possession until they hit Russian customs before getting on the plane to America. Knowing what goes on in American airport baggage control I can imagine what can happen in Russia. She did tell me that she thought that they would take two weeks to arrive. But don't worry too much as I did tell her to insure them. Of course that probably won't be enough to cover the $5000 cost to get them<G>.