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Restriction force for tourists coming from Kenya

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Russia has restricted entry of Kenyan citizens and tourists who were in the territory of this country during last 2 weeks. Read

German government to plan to relax visa regime for young Russians

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova announced a need to return to project about abolition of visas with the European Union. So, the diplomat commented on the intentions of the new government of Germany on potential relaxed visa regime travel for Russian nationals aged 25 and younger. Read

UK travel changes

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

The UK authorities have changed the rules for entering the country due to the spread of a new strain of coronavirus. The changes took effect on December 7th. Read

Russia resumed flights with five more countries from December 1

Friday, December 3, 2021

The emergency response center for preventing the import and spread of the new coronavirus infection in the Russian Federation announced opening of flights with Bangladesh, Brazil, Mongolia, Costa Rica and Argentina from December 1. Read

Russia restricted an entry from Hong Kong and southern African countries

Thursday, December 2, 2021

On November 28, Russia restricted entry of foreigners who live in Hong Kong and several countries in southern Africa due to a new strain of coronavirus. Read

Foreigners from December 29 to be required to submit fingerprints at entry in RF

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

From December 29, 2021, a federal law comes into force on compulsory fingerprinting and medical examination of labor migrants, as well as all other categories of foreigners who arrived for a period of more than 90 days. Read

Slovenia issues tourist visas to Russians from November 19

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

The Slovenian Embassy in Moscow announced on website that issuance of all types of visas to Russians has resumed since November 19. Read

Introduction of unified e-visa to Russia is not yet possible

Monday, November 15, 2021

Yuri Gorbatyuk, the deputy chief of department of entrance of foreigners of Consular department said that there is no information on approximate launch of e-visa. Read

Citizens of the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden can visit Russia

Friday, October 29, 2021

From November 9, the citizens of the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, and Sweden can get visas to Russia at the Consulates of RF. Read

Renewal of railway traffic between Finland and Russia

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

The Finnish government has opened a railway point with Russia at the Vainikkala checkpoint. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Suomi reported this. The adopted decision entered into force on October 18. Read

Russia to open flights with nine countries from November 9

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

From November 9, Russia will open regular flights with the Bahamas, Iran, the Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Slovenia, Tunisia, Sweden and Thailand. Read

Tourist visas to Russia for 6 months

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

On August 25 a law on the issuance of visas to foreign tourists to Russia came into force. It simplifies procedure for issuing tourist visas to Russia. Read

Croatia simplified entry for some tourists from Russia

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Croatia from October 1 simplified entry for some Russian tourists vaccinated with “Sputnik-V”, they do not need to present the results of the PCR test. Read

Russia resumed flights with five countries

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Since October 5, Russia has resumed regular flights with five more countries, with Djibouti, Denmark, New Zealand, South Africa and Peru. Read

Russia extended suspension of flights with Tanzania

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

The operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus reported that Russia has extended the suspension of flights with Tanzania until November 1, 2021 due to the difficult epidemiological situation in this country. Read

Bus service was resumed between Russia and Finland

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Bus service between Russia and Finland was resumed on October 1, 2021. Read

Tourist visa

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Business visas vary in number of permitted entries (for single-, double- and multiple-entry trips) and validity period (from 30 days to 1 year and more). The complete term of stay in Russia on a business visa should not exceed 90 days within each 180 days.

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