How can a freelancer withdraw payment in British pounds (in Russia)?

Question

Fintech

Good afternoon.
The remote customer offers payment (for one-time work less than 1000 USD) in British pounds by bank transfer. Not Upwork, the order was not found on the exchange. Refuses to pay in dollars.
The problem arises - how to get this money in Russia - in any acceptable form - in dollars, in rubles (cash or non-cash)? Is it possible to avoid the attention of the tax?
I don't have an IP. I plan to get a Payoneer card - but in dollars. Theoretically, I could order another Payoneer card - pound (and ask the customer to transfer pounds by bank transfer to Payoneer) - but what will I do with it - probably she needs a pound ATM too? We have ATMs here in the best case in dollars / euros. Inside Payoneer, conversion from pounds to dollars is not possible - there are 3 independent sub-accounts within one account - USD, GBP, EUR. Maybe there is some option to transfer from a Payoneer-pounds sub-account to a Payoneer-dollars sub-account - through some online exchanger? It would be perfect. After all, you can also pay, it seems, in online stores with a Payoneer card.
If I make myself a pound Payoneer card, will it not be possible to withdraw the equivalent amount in cash from a dollar ATM in my Russian city?
Open a foreign currency account for an individual at a local bank and ask to transfer money there? And in what currency to open - necessarily in pounds - or is it still possible in dollars? And then what - to go through currency control and pay tax in the form of 3-personal income tax? How is it done?
PS By the way, it would be useful to know how this problem can be solved for IP.

Answer 1

transferwise.com
Pounds to the account there, rubles from there or whatever.
You won't find a better option.

Answer 2

If I make myself a pound Payoneer card, will it not be possible to withdraw the equivalent amount in cash from a dollar ATM in my Russian city?

it will work out, but the exchange rate will be more fun than if you withdraw in rubles and buy dollars
in general, a pound is such an entertainment , with it it’s almost more profitable for Paypal to go
to the tax infa about all open accounts, you won’t be able to avoid
using transfers and analogues

Answer 3

within Payoneer, conversion from pounds to dollars is not possible

There is a currency exchange in Payoneer's office
With payoneer you can withdraw to a ruble
account

Answer 4

Problem solved.
Indeed, that is how it turned out. Recently, Payoneer has introduced the exchange of pounds, euros, dollars for each other right in the user's account. So I changed the incoming pounds into dollars without any problems - and the commission at the same time turned out to be quite modest. Now it remains just to withdraw dollars (former pounds) from Payoneer - as usual.