EU residents can purchase through the Internet is the real gold. Paying its payment by credit card, the person ordering home delivery and gets into the hands of a real gold bar. Usually purchased bullion stored in special storage facilities, non-banks. Sell gold is fairly easy, its liquidity is very high. In Russia and the CIS countries the possibility of such a purchase is no reason - higher VAT, because of which the purchase is simply not profitable for the bank and expensive for the buyer.
In Russia, the acquisition of bullion in the bank, usually refers to the service "CHI" - depersonalized metal account. In this case, you do not buy real gold, it simply is not a bank. In fact, this deposit denominated in gold. The Bank uses this method of investing money as a cheap source of funding, and the consumer receives a small percentage in the case of growth of the price of precious metals on the market. If you decide to "sell" their gold accumulated ounces simply recalculated back into rubles at the bank rate.
Buying gold coins is also not favorable. As a rule, they are highly overpriced and trades at a 10% premium. If the gold price starts to fall, to sell these coins is almost impossible, especially outside Moscow.
The most profitable option today - buying e-currency backed by gold outside of Russia. In this case, you can avoid the VAT when purchasing and your bullion will be stored in a secure vault in Zurich or London. This e-currency can be exchanged back for money, pay with it a variety of services and goods, transfer or give to others. It is important to choose a credible payment system, as licenses or reports proving ensure currency with gold, there is no check them impossible.