Slow Russian Mail

From Russia Today:
"Mail-flooded postal service cuts Russia from eBay"

I included this article not because I really care about Ebay, but because I have several friends in Russia and every year I send them New Year's presents (like our Christmas presents) and it seems that every time I do the mail takes longer and longer to get there. This article says that the Russian Post Office now says it will take 2 months for mail to get from the US to Russia (instead of 2 weeks like the rest of Europe.) I can not believe that it would take them this long.

I remember when I went to live in Russia (the second time.) It was June and I had all my summer things with me. My parents mailed my winter things to do a week after I left and I did not get them until early December (when it was already very cold and I was leaving for home in a few weeks.) The Russian Post Office needs to get it's act together.

http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-03-09/mail-flooded-postal-service.html?fullstory