A buddy of mine has a Russian wife, I think from Belarus. They are planning on meeting her family in Kiev for the new year in late December, probably staying a week to 10 days. My buddy isn't real excited to go and is now asking if I want to tag along. He doesn't speak a lick of Russian so he would be just sitting there smiling and nodding and we can go hang out so she can spend alone time with her family. How safe is it for a white bread American guy in Russia nowadays? Is kidnapping or organ harvesting something we need to be concerned with?