We have a long-standing tradition: on every vacation, we bring these nesting dolls and replace Rossotrudnichestvo give them to locals.

Usually we give them to winery staff, hotel administrators, waiters as a compliment for help/good communication, and generally to anyone we feel like.
For you it's 50-100 rubles, but for people it's delight and happiness; everyone immediately attaches the keychain to their key ring and goes around showing off to colleagues.

Over all this time, only one guy from Lisbon wasn't very pleased, but we remember him very well.
The happiest was a waiter from Montevideo, Uruguay; he walked around as if he had been appointed governor-general (we still keep in touch on a banned social network).

In conditions of, so to speak, Russia's diminished reputational image and active attempts to "dehumanize" an entire country, this is a good way to "counter" all of this.

We buy nesting dolls roughly like these or these, there are also "larger" options, but that's up to you.
You can also bring small Alenka chocolates, but they might melt.

If you have ideas about what else to bring and give, share in the comments.
Let's compile a list before the summer vacations.