Foreigners could come for a visit, and Russians were allowed to meet foreigners, albeit only in groups under supervision.
In the last few years, he has begun to meet foreigners and is now occasionally seen in public.
After years of relative isolation from the outside world, they seem thrilled to meet foreigners, especially Americans.
Since then, most of the 1994 petitioners have spent frequent periods under house arrest or close surveillance to prevent them from meeting visiting foreigners.
When they do meet foreigners, the officials often cut a harsh, dogmatic image that does them little good overseas.
This belief is giving them new courage to emerge from hiding and to meet foreigners and tell their stories.
That means you'll meet very few foreigners in the region's magnificent national parks.
English-speaking students eager to meet foreigners are numerous here.
On the water, the couple said, they mostly meet other foreigners.