I drive my car into Armenia

I drive my car into Armenia, the border guards look carefully at the car (Lithuanian license plates), at me, at the car again, at me again, and they say: Taaaaaak, you have a Russian passport, according to the rules of the customs union you have to leave a deposit for customs clearance of the car in cash here, $25000, you will take it when you leave the country

Yes, yes, that’s exactly how I imagined it: I leave a cutlet at customs, two weeks later in these empty mountains the envelope is waiting for me and just comes back.

Wait, but this is for citizens of the Russian Federation, I still have a passport.

(Sighing longingly) then you don’t need duty, just pay a $10 gynecological fee at the bank and go through.