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I've bought electronic components from Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria and other former USSR states or former USSR aligned Eastern Block countries regularly for over 15 years.
I've never had a problem. I HAVE had problems with UK sellers on Ebay and resellers on Amazon UK, DE and USA marketplaces, but not much. The biggest was from the UK on ebay and Paypal refunded most of the money from his account.
In all the other cases there was no loss. Mostly orders were cancelled / refunds made. Faulty item returned to Amazon at their expense even though they tried to claim it was a 3rd party sale (came in Amazon packing). A case of incorrect Amazon site description I was told to keep it and was refunded.
Paypal and credit card are both good. I have paid to German ebay sellers with good feedback by IBAN as it's secure and safe, but a refund depends on the seller / ebay, though it's possible to find out the identity and address via legal processes. No problem with that.
Avoid wire payments totally, like Western Union, as unlike IBAN no identity or address proof is required.
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