As Anders said, Russia is not Europe, but it is definitely worth visiting (been there 4 times).
There are exemptions in the RoHS regs for aerospace, military and other high-reliability uses. As was said, though, for most "normal" applications the early problems with lead-free solder have been fixed through improved solder alloys and soldering processes.
-Pete
On Nov 18, 2011, at 6:48 AM, Russell Shaw wrote:
> On 19/11/11 01:03, Dylan Smith wrote:
>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 12:03:24AM +1100, Russell Shaw wrote:
>>> Same goes for anything else mission critical. Luckily, i still use lead-tin
>>> solder and am far away from europe (the further the better).
>>
>> You can still buy leaded solder in Europe. Farnell sells big reels of the
>> stuff.
>>
>> Europe's actually very nice. You should visit one day :-)
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> I've wanted to go to Russia and check out the space scene among other things
> like seeing what electronic components and surplus they have.
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