Sounds a great idea, it's a great country with great people especially outside the city. I will look later for hunting forums that Russians have used in the past when I get a break in the traffic and Link them.google ranslate will help you there. Getting there I used to go through India to central Asia and you can fly on to almaty from there as I imagine events have closed off other routes...
Really great information hub re transport local visa requirements can be found in this forum it's always up to date perhaps more then a travel agent....
https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/
Mongolia is a great place to consider also.
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