We made it to Moscow last night, where we slept in the car for a few hours. In the city this morning - have visited Red Square, etc. Sun is blazing and we are going to press on for Kazakstan, hopefully arrivng at the border tonight. To be honest, I cant wait to get out of Russia - the police are dreadful and you would not believe how many there are of them. You can guarantee to see a police car every few miles. We got stopped yesterday afternnon for speeding and all 3 cars were fined (even though we were the slowest cars on the road - getting overtaken by lorries). Then we got stopped again last night and had all our paperwork checked again by a police man with a Kalashnikof. He turned out to be quite a nice guy as all the cecking was done at the police station. It is the dodgy bribes that go on at the side of the road we have to be very careful of.
Will hopefully post from Kazakstan - my phone no longer has GPRS so I cant use for e-mails, so will be reliant on internet cafes and text messages.