[Muromec]

>edited to change: I wrote "fifty" euros when I meant "fifteen" - I probably overpaid, but not by that much!!

You sure overpaid. It costs something like 50 UAH (in 2013 rate) if you pay on exit and you would not even miss your bus.

[_bpo]

Perhaps the problem was that I didn't travel by bus :)

Or perhaps I was just consistently ID'd as a foreigner and mark. Either way, fifteen euros to get across that border seemed reasonably sufficient to all.

It's entirely possible that things have changed - I haven't been to Transnistria in several years.

[apendleton]

Tha UAH is much weaker now than in 2013, but even 100 UAH would be really cheap. That's crazy.

[Muromec]

That would buy a "border guard" few beers. Why would he want more for not causing some person a trouble on their way?

The other story if you would have some drugs or make some legit reason to arrest you and demand ransom, but nothing you would not be able to pay anyway.