i shipped a car to Ukraine years ago (1993), was about $2000 using Ro-Ro service, not a container...

then my X5 was shlepped around, from Baltimore to Costa Rica, then from Costa Rica to Miami, then from Miami to Antwerp by a boat, then to Moscow by truck (i think via finland).

I do not know the cost of this adventure, as my employer did everything, i just handed the keys at a hotel's parking lot in DC, before flying out to San Jose, and then they just delivered the car to me in both places, CR and Russia...

battery is a bitch!!! battery dies on those trips, the car comes filthy (i bet, it was not in a container), make sure you use Clements Insurance, if the car falls off the deck into the ocean, the clements will pay full replacement value of the car, not the market value... they usually insure diplomats, but also work with expats...

for the battery... there is a battery disconnect thread lurking somewhere - very useful in such trips but!!!!

but, very important thing - if you mount the battery switch where i mounted mine, hidden, out of sight location, be prepared to be locked out of the car... since the top portion CAN be unlocked with a manual override, the bottom portion CAN NOT be unlocked without electrical power, and you NEED the bottom gate to gain access to the battery disconnect switch...

this is a problem even without the battery switch, as the porters WILL disconnect the battery (maritime rules???) and WILL shut the bottom gate!!! this is when you need that little 9V battery cigarette lighter thingy, to unlock the bottom gate!!! lol...

i do not know cost of custom clearing, but it might be cost prohibitive to bring a used car to the RF - check the law before hand, even on the legal side of the law it might be too expensive, and you might not be able to clear it with "liquid" currency, if you get my drift... lol....