Visa policy of Russia#Exit
{{Short description|Policy on permits required to enter Russia and the occupied territories of Ukraine}}
{{Politics of Russia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
The visa policy of Russia deals with the requirements which a foreign national wishing to enter the Russian Federation must meet to obtain a visa, which is a permit to travel to, enter, and remain in the country. Visa exemptions are based on bilateral or multilateral agreements.
Russia has agreements with scores of countries whose citizens are either exempt from visas or can apply for an electronic visa (e-Visa).
Citizens of countries without such an agreement with Russia must obtain a visa in advance from a Russian diplomatic mission or visa center.
Foreign citizens, while in the territory of Russia, must comply with the legislation of Russia, including requirements of customs, border and immigration regimes, rules of travel finance, registration, internal movement within the territory of Russia and extensions of stay.
Nothing limits the right of competent authorities of Russia to deny entry or to shorten the period of stay in the territory of Russia for foreign citizens.
Russia's visa and other migration policies are also implemented in accordance with the mobility rights arrangements within the Commonwealth of Independent States and the rules of the single market of the Eurasian Economic Union.
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Foreign citizens may enter into the territory of Russia through the border-crossing points open to international passenger traffic.
As of December 2023, Russia has 380 checkpoints across the state border of Russia.{{cite web | url=https://www.mintrans.ru/activities/168 | title=Пункты пропуска через государственную границу Российской Федерации | date=30 December 2024| access-date=30 December 2024}}
Arrivals from Belarus
Effective January 2025, holders of a valid visa or residence permit of Belarus and a mutually recognized identity document may enter Russia and vice-versa, within the validity of the visa.{{Cite web | url=https://mfa.gov.by/press/news_mfa/d74f60bdc940525b.html | title=О вступлении в силу Соглашения между Республикой Беларусь и Российской Федерацией о взаимном признании виз | work=Government of Belarus | date=10 January 2025 | language=Belarusian}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1991117/ | title=О вступлении в силу российско-белорусского соглашения о взаимном признании виз | trans-title=On the entry into force of the Russian-Belarusian agreement on mutual recognition of visas | date=10 January 2025 | language=Belarusian}} In cases where one country has a visa-free regime and the other requires a visa, the person must hold both the ID document and a visa for the latter.
Foreign nationals with temporary permanent residency or a document for attending an international event have the right to enter, exit, stay, and transit without a visa within the validity of their documents.
Stay duration is calculated from entry into one country from a third state.
The common visa does not apply to individuals restricted from entering either country. Officials retain the right to deny entry or reduce the duration of stay for any foreign national or stateless person, as well as to check compliance with entry, exit, transit, or stay regulations.
Entry into Belarus and Russia via land is allowed only through the following 6 international border crossing points:
- Yukhovichi – Dolossy (Opochka – Novopolotsk)
- Yezeryshche – Nevel (Kyiv – St. Petersburg)
- Lyozno – Kruglovka (Vitebsk – Smolensk)
- Redki – Krasnaya Gorka (Minsk – Moscow)
- Zvenchatka – Dubovichka (Bobruisk – Moscow)
- Selishche – Novozybkov (Gomel – Bryansk)
Arrivals from Kazakhstan
Residents of the border areas of Kazakhstan who visit the territory of the border areas of Russia up to three days can enter Russia through checkpoints, which are specially installed for residents of border areas.{{cite web | url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/45841 | script-title=ru:Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Республики Казахстан о порядке пересечения российско-казахстанской государственной границы жителями приграничных территорий Российской Федерации и Республики Казахстан | website=Mid.ru | publisher=Министерство Иностранных Дел России/The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia|language=ru | access-date=25 August 2019}}{{cite web | url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/44620 | script-title=ru:Протокол о внесении изменений и дополнений в Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Республики Казахстан о порядке пересечения российско-казахстанской государственной границы жителями приграничных территорий Российской Федерации и Республики Казахстан от 3 октября 2006 года | website=Mid.ru | publisher=Министерство Иностранных Дел России/The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia | language=ru | access-date=25 August 2019}}{{cite web | url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/53439 | script-title=ru:Протокол о внесении изменений в Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Республики Казахстан о порядке пересечения российско-казахстанской государственной границы жителями приграничных территорий Российской Федерации и Республики Казахстан от 3 октября 2006 года | website=Mid.ru | publisher=Министерство Иностранных Дел России/The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia | language=ru | access-date=25 August 2019}}
Visa policy map
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Visa exemption
=Economic integration and international treaties=
Special travel conditions and exceptions to the usual Russian rules, including special migration rules for foreign citizens, their family members and conditions for the provision of medical care are provided through international agreements and treaties to the following foreign citizens. The conditions for citizens of a specific country should be clarified in advance because not all countries are parties to all agreements.
- Union State of Russia and Belarus (Belarus)
- The rules of the Single Economic Space of the Eurasian Economic Union (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan)
- Mobility rights arrangements of the Commonwealth of Independent States (present and former countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, including Ukraine and Georgia, but not Turkmenistan)
=Electronic Travel Authorization=
The Electronic Travel Authorization is a mandatory requirement for travelers from visa exemption countries visiting Russia, which will come into effect on 30 June 2025. Travelers holding ordinary passports from eligible countries and territories must obtain a ETA before their departure to Russia.{{cite web | url=https://b1.ru/insights/pas-messenger/entry-of-foreign-citizens-27-november/ | title=Въезд иностранных граждан в РФ: сбор биометрических данных и заявление на въезд | Новости Б1 }}
=Ordinary passports=
Holders of ordinary passports of the following countries and territories may enter Russia without a visa if the duration of their visit does not exceed the visa-free limit specified below (except for citizens of Belarus, South Ossetia and Ukraine, who have the right to unlimited visa-free entry to Russia).{{cite web | url=https://www.kdmid.ru/cons/visas/conditions-of-entry-foreign-citizens-in-russian-federation/ | title=Условия въезда граждан иностранных государств в Российскую Федерацию по дипломатическим, служебным (официальным, специальным), общегражданским паспортам}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.kdmid.ru/info-for-traveling-abroad/reference-information-for-traveling-abroad/list-of-countries-with-simplified-entry/|title=Информация о визовом/безвизовом режиме поездок граждан по различным видам паспортов, установленном международными соглашениями, а также односторонними решениями властей|website=www.kdmid.ru|accessdate=19 January 2025}}{{Timatic Visa Policy|country=RU|access-date=1 April 2017}}
From 2014, resetting the allowed period by leaving and re-entering the country is no longer allowed.
From 1 January 2025, the period of temporary stay of a foreign citizen who arrived in the Russian Federation without a visa may not exceed for a maximum total stay of 90 days within any 1 calendar year period (unless otherwise stipulated by an international agreement or Russian legislation.){{Cite web |url=https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1989369/ |title=Foreign Policy News |website=mid.ru |accessdate=19 January 2025}}
90 days
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| Andorra}}2
| Antigua and Barbuda}}1
| Argentina}}1
| Armenia}}3
| Azerbaijan}}3
| Belize}}1
| Bolivia}}1
| Brazil}}1
| Chile}}1
| Colombia}}1
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| Costa Rica}}1
| Cuba}}1
| Dominica}}1
| Ecuador}}1
| El Salvador}}1
| Fiji}}3
| Georgia}}3
| Grenada}}1
| Guatemala}}1
| Guyana}}1
| Honduras}}1
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| Israel}}1
| Jamaica}}4
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| Kyrgyzstan}}3 ID
| Maldives}}3
| Moldova}}3
| Namibia}}1
| Nicaragua}}1
| Panama}}1
| Paraguay}}1
| Peru}}1
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| Qatar}}1
| Saint Kitts and Nevis}}1
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}1
| South Africa}}3
| Suriname}}1
| Tajikistan}}3
| United Arab Emirates}}1
| Uruguay}}1
| Uzbekistan}}3
| Vanuatu}}3
| Venezuela}}1
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- {{#invoke:flag||Estonia}} (holders of an alien passport only)3
- {{#invoke:flag||Latvia}} (holders of a non-citizen passport only)3
60 days
| *{{#invoke:flag | Cape Verde}}3
| Dominican Republic}}5
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| Mauritius}}1
| Samoa}}3
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| South Korea}}1
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30 days
| *{{#invoke:flag | Bosnia and Herzegovina}}6
| Botswana}}2
| Laos}}
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| Macao}}{{efn|group=exempt|name=d|For holders of Macao Special Administrative Region passport only.}}
| Mongolia}}1
| Montenegro}}
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| North Macedonia}}{{efn|group=exempt|name=e|A visa is not required if holding a letter of guarantee / invitation and a tourist voucher.}}
| Palau}}
| Serbia}}
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| Seychelles}}
| Thailand}}
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14 days
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| Hong Kong}}{{efn|group=exempt|name=f|For holders of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport only.}}
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| Nauru}}
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ID - May enter with a national ID card in lieu of a passport.
IDKZ - May enter with a national ID card in lieu of a passport if arriving directly from Kazakhstan.
IP - May enter with an internal passport.
1 - 90 days within any 180-day period.
2 - 90 days within any 365-day period.
3 - 90 days within any 1 calendar year period.
4 - 90 days within any 1 year period.
5 - 60 days within any 180-day period.
6 - 30 days within any 60-day period.
=Other visa exemption=
==Tour groups==
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| China}}
| Iran}}
| Citizens of China may visit Russia without a visa for up to 15 days and citizens of Iran may visit Russia without a visa for up to 15 days during one trip, but no more than 90 days within any 180-day period if traveling as part of a tour group from 5 to 50 persons that is accompanied by a representative of a tour operator registered in both countries (Russia-China, Russia-Iran). |
;Common visa with Belarus
From 11 January 2025, visa-free entry is available for holders of a valid visa or residence permit of Belarus.{{cite web | url=https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/international_contracts/2_contract/59771/ | script-title=ru:Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Республики Беларусь о взаимном признании виз и по иным вопросам, связанным с въездом иностранных граждан и лиц без гражданства на территории государств - участников Договора о создании Союзного государства | language=ru | publisher=Министерство Иностранных Дел России | website=mid.ru | access-date=9 February 2025}}{{cite web | url=https://www.interfax.ru/world/640650 | title=Иностранцы смогут въезжать в РФ по белорусской визе | website=Interfax.ru | date=4 December 2018 | access-date=17 June 2019}}
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| style="width:100%;"|Common Visa rules{{cite web | url=https://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/rso/1991117/ | title=О вступлении в силу российско-белорусского соглашения о взаимном признании виз | language=ru | website=mid.ru | access-date=9 February 2025}} |
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| Foreign nationals and stateless persons entering, staying, or transiting through Belarus and Russia on a visa basis, holding a visa from one of the two countries, and a mutually recognized identification document, have the right to enter, leave, stay, and transit both countries within the visa's validity.
If Russia and Belarus offer a visa-free regime for these individuals under international agreements, the recognized ID document is sufficient for entry and stay. In cases where one country has a visa-free regime and the other requires a visa, the person must hold both the ID document and a visa for the latter. Foreign nationals with a temporary residence permit or a document for attending an international event have the right to enter, exit, stay, and transit without a visa within the validity of their documents. Stay duration is calculated from entry into one country from a third state. Common visa with does not apply to individuals restricted from entering either country. Russian and Belarus officials retains the right to deny entry or reduce the duration of stay for any foreign national or stateless person, as well as to check compliance with entry, exit, transit, or stay regulations. Entry into Belarus and Russia is possible through international border crossing points as well as directly via international railway and air routes, as well as listed automotive routes specified in the Agreement’s Appendix. See {{main|Visa policy of Russia#Overview Land border with Belarus}} |
;Visa-free visits for up to 72 hours for cruise ship and ferry passengers
Since May 2009, international tourists entering by regular ferry via several ports have been able to stay in Russia visa-free for up to 72 hours, provided that they spend the night on-board or in accommodation specifically approved by the travel agency.{{cite web | url=http://www.travel.ru/law/173026.html | title=Постановление Правительства РФ N 397 О порядке пребывания на территории РФ иностранных граждан и лиц без гражданства, прибывающих в Российскую Федерацию в туристических целях на паромах | publisher=Travel.ru | access-date=2016-12-26}}
In addition, tourists entering by tourist cruise ships can leave the ship visa-free on tours organized by any authorized local tour company, when entering Russia through the ports of Anadyr, Kaliningrad, Korsakov, Novorossiysk, Murmansk, Sevastopol, Sochi, Saint Petersburg (Big port Saint Petersburg and Passenger Port of St. Petersburg), Vladivostok, Vyborg, Zarubino.{{cite web | title=Information For Cruise Ship Passengers | url=http://petersburgcity.com/for-tourists/visa/cruises/ | website=Petersburg CITY | access-date=2 March 2016}}{{cite web | url=http://en.portnews.ru/news/187193/ | title=Sevastopol included into list of ports for visa-free entry of ferry passengers | date=17 September 2014 | publisher=En.portnews.ru | access-date=2016-12-26}}
Entry to the port of St. Petersburg by regular ferry can be done only from the ports of Tallinn (Estonia) or Helsinki (Finland). It is also possible to travel visa-free for 72 hours from the port of Stockholm with the stop in Helsinki.{{cite web | url=https://stpeterline.com/visa-free-rule | title=Visa free rule - Peterline | publisher=Stpeterline.com | access-date=2016-12-26 | archive-date=9 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409184123/https://stpeterline.com/visa-free-rule | url-status=dead}}{{cite web | url=http://tripsget.com/blog/2016/02/traveltips-visa-to-russia-how-to-visit-russia-visa-free/ | title=Russian visa: how to visit Russia visa-free? | date=2016-02-19 | website=Tripsget Travel Blog|language=en-GB | access-date=2016-04-28}}
==Visa-free zones==
- {{#invoke:flag||United States}} - Residents of Alaska who are members of the indigenous population do not require a visa to visit Chukotka Autonomous Okrug if they have relatives (blood relatives, members of the same tribe, native people who have similar language and cultural heritage) in Chukotka. Individuals must be invited by a relative in Chukotka and must leave Chukotka within 90 days. Entry points are in Anadyr, Provideniya, Lavrentiya and Uelen.{{cite web|url=http://ria.ru/world/20150723/1143152396.html#ixzz3gfw9vCIS |title=Безвизовый режим введен для коренных жителей Чукотки и Аляски | РИА Новости - события в России и мире: темы дня, фото, видео, инфографика, радио |publisher=Ria.ru |date=2015-07-23 |access-date=2016-12-26}} The agreement was signed between USSR and United States on 23 September 1989 but came into force on 17 July 2015 after ratification by the United States.{{cite web|url=https://ria.ru/20150723/1143152396.html|title=Безвизовый режим введен для коренных жителей Чукотки и Аляски |trans-title= Visa-free regime introduced for the indigenous people of Chukotka and Alaska |date=23 July 2015|website=РИА Новости|access-date=17 June 2019}}
Until September 2022,{{cite web |url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202209050045 |script-title=ru:docРаспоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 03.09.2022 № 2531-р "О прекращении действия Соглашения в форме обмена письмами между Министром иностранных дел СССР и Министром иностранных дел Японии о процедуре взаимных поездок и Соглашения между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Японии об организации максимально облегченного посещения островов Кунашир, Итуруп и островов Малой Курильской гряды (Сахалинская область) японскими гражданами - бывшими жителями островов и членами их семей (в форме обмена нотами)""|language=ru|website=mid.ru|access-date=9 February 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/russia-terminates-agreement-with-japan-on-fac-1558022.html|title=Russia Terminates Agreement With Japan On Facilitated Travel To Kuril Islands|publisher=Urdu Point|date=5 September 2022}} agreements on 1991 were in force between Russia and Japan, group travel to central and southern Kuril Islands were visa-free according for pre-approved lists of the Foreign Ministry. The visits were carried out on the basis of identity cards and inserts.{{cite web
|url=http://www.kdmid.ru/docs.aspx?lst=country_wiki&it=/Intergovernmental%20agreement_South%20Kurils_Japan_14.10.1991.aspx
|title=The intergovernmental agreement on visa-free exchanges between the USSR and Japan}} A visa-free regime was also introduced for citizens of Japan who visit the burial place of relatives located in the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin Island, by pre-authorized list in the regional Russian-Japanese consultations.
Local border traffic
- {{#invoke:flag||Latvia}} - 90 days for holders of border traffic permit{{cite web|url=http://barentsobserver.com/en/borders/more-visa-free-traveling-baltic|title=More visa-free traveling in the Baltic|website=Barentsobserver.com|access-date=16 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://liia.lv/en/blogs/latvian-visa-free-border-zones-with-russia-and-bel/ |title=Home |publisher=Liia.lv |access-date=2016-12-26}}
From 6 June 2013, residents of the border areas of Latvia who have a permit for local border traffic can visit the border areas of Russia without a visa. From 16 December 2018, amendments to the current agreement entered into force. The procedure for obtaining a permit was simplified, total period of stay (within 180 days) was canceled, and the stamping of travel documents at the border crossing was canceled.{{cite web|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/3447189|script-title=ru:О вступлении в силу Соглашения о внесении изменений в Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Латвийской Республики об упрощении взаимных поездок жителей приграничных территорий Российской Федерации и Латвийской Республики от 20 декабря 2010 года|website=mid.ru|language=ru|access-date=1 January 2019}}
- {{#invoke:flag||Norway}} - 15 days for holders of border traffic permit{{cite web|url=http://www.visahouse.com/news-visa-free-zone-between-norway-and-russia.asp|title=Visa-free zone between Norway and Russia|website=Visahouse.com|access-date=16 December 2017}}
From 29 May 2012, residents of the border areas of Norway who have a permit for local border traffic can visit the border areas of Russia without a visa. From 4 March 2017, the Protocol on amendments to the current agreement entered into force – residents of area of Neiden received the right to receive a permit for local border traffic.{{cite web|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/45082|script-title=ru:Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Королевства Норвегия об упрощении порядка взаимных поездок жителей приграничных территорий Российской Федерации и Королевства Норвегия|language=ru|website=mid.ru|access-date=27 January 2021}}
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| colspan=2| The territory covered by the agreement with Norway |
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| Norway
| Finnmark county: Sør-Varanger Municipality, within a zone of {{convert|30|km}} from the border + the Neiden village area. |
| Russia
| Pechengsky District: Korzunovo municipality, Zapolyarny municipality and the territory of Pechenga municipality and Nickel municipality within a zone of {{convert|30|km}} from the border. |
- {{#invoke:flag||Poland}} - 30 days, for a maximum total stay of 90 days within a 180-day period for holders of border traffic permit{{cite web|url=http://barentsobserver.com/en/news/eu-makes-visa-exception-kaliningrad|title=EU makes visa exception for Kaliningrad|website=Barentsobserver.com|access-date=16 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/page-1/44707|script-title=ru:Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Республики Польша о порядке местного приграничного передвижения|language=ru|website=mid.ru|access-date=7 January 2019}}
From 27 July 2012, residents of the border areas of Poland who have a permit for local border traffic can visit Kaliningrad Oblast without a visa. The agreement has been suspended for an indefinite period by Poland from 4 July 2016.@{{cite web|url=http://ria.ru/politics/20160702/1456503968.html |title=20160702/1456503968.html|work=РИА Новости |date=2 July 2016}}
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| colspan=3| The territory covered by the agreement with Poland |
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| rowspan=2| Poland
| Towns: Gdańsk, Gdynia, Sopot. Gdańsk County, Malbork County, Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Puck County. |
| Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
| Towns: Elbląg, Olsztyn. Bartoszyce County, Braniewo County, Elbląg County, Giżycko County, Gołdap County, Kętrzyn County, Lidzbark County, Mrągowo County, Olecko County, Olsztyn County, Węgorzewo County. |
| Russia
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==Crew members==
Visa is not required for crew members of airlines, sea crew, river crew, rail crew that have a bilateral agreement with the Russian government exempting crew members from visa requirements.See Agreement section
Citizens of following countries may visit Russia without a visa if they are travelling as part of the airline crew:
Afghanistan,
Algeria,
Austria,From 1 Jul 1990; for Austrian Airlines from 1986
{{cite web
|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/page-2/48953
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Austrian Federal Government on a simplified procedure of entry, departure and temporary stay of members of crews of aircraft of the Soviet and Austrian airlines (in Russian)}}
Belgium,From 28 Apr 2014
{{cite web
|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/page-1/44229
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium on simplified rules of entry, stay, departure of the first crew members of aircraft of the airlines of the Russian Federation and the Kingdom of Belgium (in Russian)}}
Bulgaria,From 7 May 2002
{{cite web
|url=http://www.mid.ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/page-170/46404
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on mutual trips of citizens (in Russian)}}
Canada,From 20 Dec 1989
{{cite web
|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/page-2/49018
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Government of Canada on a simplified procedure of entry and departure of crew members of aircraft of Aeroflot and Canadian Airlines International Ltd. (in Russian)}}
China,From 26 Apr 2014
{{cite web
|url=http://www.kdmid.ru/docs.aspx?lst=country_wiki&it=/22.03.2013_Agreement_RF_KNR.aspx
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the government of the people's Republic of China about simplification of trips of citizens (in Russian)
|access-date=23 May 2015
|archive-date=5 September 2014
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905143337/http://www.kdmid.ru/docs.aspx?lst=country_wiki&it=/22.03.2013_Agreement_RF_KNR.aspx
|url-status=dead
}}
Croatia,From 31 Mar 2013
Cyprus,From 20 Jan 2006
{{cite web
|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/maps/cy/-/asset_publisher/wslw4pBwxwex/content/id/410486
|title=Agreement Between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Republic of Cyprus on conditions of trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and Citizens of the Republic of Cyprus (in Russian)}}
Czech Republic,From 21 Jul 2014
{{cite web
|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/page-1/44228
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Czech Republic about the simplified rules of entry, stay and exit the territory of their States members of crews of aircraft of airlines of the Russian Federation and the Czech Republic (in Russian)}}
Denmark,From 1 Jan 1993
{{cite web
|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/page-2/48727
|title=Agreement between the government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark on the establishment of a simplified procedure of entry and departure of crew members of airlines of Russia and Denmark (in Russian)}}
Egypt,
Ethiopia,From 11 December 2019
{{cite web
|url=https://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/59212
|title=Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Федеративной Демократической Республики Эфиопии об упрощенных правилах въезда, пребывания и выезда для членов экипажей воздушных судов авиапредприятий Российской Федерации и Федеративной Демократической Республики Эфиопии}}
France,From 1 May 2005
{{cite web
|url=http://www.mid.ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/page-142/46075
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the French Republic to facilitate on a mutual basis of conditions of entrance, trips and departure of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of the French Republic (in Russian)}}
Germany,
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Hellenic Republic about the simplified rules of entry, stay and departure of crew members of aircraft of the airlines of the Russian Federation and the Hellenic Republic (in Russian)}}
Iceland,From 5 Jun 2013
{{cite web |url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201306110023
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Iceland on simplified rules of entry, stay and departure of crew members of aircraft of the airlines of the Russian Federation and Iceland (scan copy, in Russian)}}
|title=Двусторонние договоры |website=Mid.ru |access-date=16 December 2017}}
Iraq,
Italy,From 29 Jan 1990, for Alitalia only
{{cite web |url=https://www.lawmix.ru/abrolaw/14224
|title=Agreement between the Government of the USSR and the Government of the Italian Republic on visa issues (in Russian)}}
Japan,
Jordan,From 8 Apr 2014
{{cite web |url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201405140002
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on simplified rules of entry, stay and departure of crew members of aircraft of the airlines of the Russian Federation and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (in Russian)}}
Lebanon,
Libya,
Lithuania,
|title=Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Великого Герцогства Люксембург об упрощенных правилах въезда, пребывания и выезда для членов экипажей воздушных судов авиапредприятий Российской Федерации и Великого Герцогства Люксембург (в форме обмена нотами)
|website=mid.ru |access-date=4 August 2020}}
Malta,
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, on simplifying the rules of entry and exit for crew members of aircraft of the airlines of the Russian Federation and the Kingdom of the Netherlands (in Russian)}}
North Korea,
North Macedonia,
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway on the facilitation of entry and exit of crew members of aircraft of the airlines of Russia and Norway (in Russian)}}
Oman,{{cite web |url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201804020019
|title=Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Султаната Оман об упрощенных правилах въезда, пребывания и выезда для членов экипажей воздушных судов авиапредприятий Российской Федерации и Султаната Оман (заключено путем обмена нотами от 15 июля 2013 года и 3 июля 2017 года, вступило в силу 28 марта 2018 года)
|website=publication.pravo.gov.ru |access-date=2 April 2018}}
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Republic of Poland on conditions of mutual trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of the Republic of Poland (in Russian)}}
Portugal,From 24 May 2015
{{cite web |url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201505250001
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Portuguese Republic about the simplified rules of entry, stay and departure of crew members of aircraft of the airlines of the Russian Federation and the Portuguese Republic (scan copy, in Russian)}}
Qatar,
Romania,
Singapore,
Spain,From 13 July 2015; for Iberia from 26 Oct 1990
{{cite web |url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/page-4/48907
|title=The Memorandum between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Kingdom of Spain on the procedure of issuing visas (in Russian)}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/page-1/44008
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Kingdom of Spain on amending the Memorandum between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Kingdom of Spain on the procedure of issuing visas on 26 October 1990 (in Russian)}}
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on simplified rules of entry, stay and departure of crew members of aircraft of the airlines of the Russian Federation and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (in Russian)}}
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden on the establishment of the simplified order of entrance and departure of crew members of aircraft of the airlines of Russia and Sweden (in Russian)}}
Switzerland,
Turkmenistan,From 17 Jul 1999
{{cite web
|url=http://www.kdmid.ru/docs.aspx?lst=country_wiki&it=/Soglasheniye%20mezhdu%20Pravitel%27stvom%20RF%20i%20Pravitel%27stvom%20Turkmenistana%20o%20vzaimnykh%20poyezdkakh%20grazhdan_17.07.1999.aspx
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Turkmenistan on mutual trips of citizens (in Russian)
|access-date=30 December 2016
|archive-date=31 December 2016
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231075727/http://www.kdmid.ru/docs.aspx?lst=country_wiki&it=/Soglasheniye%20mezhdu%20Pravitel%27stvom%20RF%20i%20Pravitel%27stvom%20Turkmenistana%20o%20vzaimnykh%20poyezdkakh%20grazhdan_17.07.1999.aspx
|url-status=dead
}}
United Arab Emirates,
United Kingdom,
Vietnam.From 20 Feb 1994
{{cite web |url=http://base.garant.ru/2564581
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam about conditions of mutual trips of citizens (in Russian)}}
Russian Government has instructed the Foreign Ministry to sign an agreement with Georgia,{{cite web
|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201610240021
|title=Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации|website=publication.pravo.gov.ru
|access-date=16 December 2017}} and Tunisia.{{cite web
|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201710170014
|title=Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации |website=publication.pravo.gov.ru
|access-date=16 December 2017}}
Citizens of following countries may visit Russia without a visa if they are travelling as part of the sea crew: Bulgaria,
DR Congo,
Egypt,
Iran,From 6 Feb 2016
{{cite web
|url=http://www.kdmid.ru/docs.aspx?lst=country_wiki&it=/Agreement_Iran_23.11.2015.aspx
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran on simplification of conditions of mutual trips of certain categories of citizens of the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran (in Russian)
|access-date=2 August 2016
|archive-date=17 August 2016
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817230746/http://www.kdmid.ru/docs.aspx?lst=country_wiki&it=/Agreement_Iran_23.11.2015.aspx
|url-status=dead
}}
Iraq,
Lithuania,Including riverboats crew.
North Korea,
Tunisia,From 24 Sep 1984
{{cite web |url=http://docs.cntd.ru/document/901778525
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the government of the Tunisian Republic on Maritime navigation (in Russian)}}
Turkey
Turkmenistan,From 17 Jul 1999
{{citation
|url=http://www.kdmid.ru/docs.aspx?lst=country_wiki&it=/Soglasheniye%20mezhdu%20Pravitel%27stvom%20RF%20i%20Pravitel%27stvom%20Turkmenistana%20o%20vzaimnykh%20poyezdkakh%20grazhdan_17.07.1999.aspx
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Turkmenistan on mutual trips of citizens (in Russian)
|access-date=30 December 2016
|archive-date=31 December 2016
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231075727/http://www.kdmid.ru/docs.aspx?lst=country_wiki&it=/Soglasheniye%20mezhdu%20Pravitel%27stvom%20RF%20i%20Pravitel%27stvom%20Turkmenistana%20o%20vzaimnykh%20poyezdkakh%20grazhdan_17.07.1999.aspx
|url-status=dead
}}
Citizens of following countries may visit Russia without a visa if they are travelling as part of the railway crew:
Turkmenistan.{{cite web
|url=http://www.kdmid.ru/docs.aspx?lst=country_wiki&it=/Soglasheniye%20mezhdu%20Pravitel%27stvom%20RF%20i%20Pravitel%27stvom%20Turkmenistana%20o%20vzaimnykh%20poyezdkakh%20grazhdan_17.07.1999.aspx
|title=Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Turkmenistan on mutual trips of citizens (in Russian)
|access-date=30 December 2016
|archive-date=31 December 2016
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231075727/http://www.kdmid.ru/docs.aspx?lst=country_wiki&it=/Soglasheniye%20mezhdu%20Pravitel%27stvom%20RF%20i%20Pravitel%27stvom%20Turkmenistana%20o%20vzaimnykh%20poyezdkakh%20grazhdan_17.07.1999.aspx
|url-status=dead
}}
From 17 Jul 1999
=Visa-free transit=
;Direct airside transit
Passengers travelling through international airports do not need a visa for a transit of less than 24 hours in most circumstances,{{cite web |title=Transit Visas|url=https://netherlands.mid.ru/web/netherlands-en/transit-visa|publisher=Embassy of the Russian Federation, The Netherlands |access-date=30 March 2018}} provided a confirmed onward ticket is held and the traveller remains in the international transit area (without clearing regular passport control). A transit visa is needed when transiting Russia to/from Belarus.
The following international Russian airports do not have international transit areas, meaning a transit visa is required to connect there:
* Irkutsk Airport (IKT)
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;Saimaa canal
In accordance with a treaty between Russia and Finland, though there are passport controls at borders, a visa is not required for just passing through the Russian part of the Saimaa canal without leaving the vessel.{{cite web | url=http://zaki.ru/pagesnew.php?id=58580&page=4 | title=Treaty between the Russian Federation and the Finnish Republic on leasing to the Finnish Republic of the Russian part of Saimaa canal and adjoining territory and on the conditions of navigation through Saimaa canal, article 6, paragraph 3.}}
;Värska–Ulitina road
The road from Värska to Ulitina in Estonia, traditionally the only road to the Ulitina area, goes through Russian territory for one kilometre (0.6 mi) of its length, an area called Saatse Boot. This road has no border control, but there is no connection to any other road in Russia. It is not permitted to stop or walk along the road. This area is a part of Russia but is also a de facto part of the Schengen area.[http://news.postimees.ee/1324420/border-tweak-steals-tourism-magnet Border tweak steals tourism magnet] (Postimees 7 Aug 2013)
=Non-ordinary passports=
Under reciprocal agreements, holders of diplomatic or various categories of service passports (consular, official, service, special) of the following countries and territories may enter and remain in Russia without a visa for the following period:
[[File:Visa policy of Russia for holders of diplomatic and service category passports.png|thumb|none|800px|
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{{legend|#3F51B5|Visa not required for holders of diplomatic, official or service passports}}
{{legend|#1191E5|Visa not required for holders of official passports}}
{{legend|#90D4FE|Visa not required for holders of diplomatic passports}}]]
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| Freedom of movement {| |
| Belarus}}D S
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| South Ossetia}}D S
| |
3 months3
| *{{#invoke:flag | Argentina}}D O S
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| Bolivia}}D O S
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| Costa Rica}}D S
| |
90 days
| *{{#invoke:flag | Abkhazia}}D S
| Albania}}D S
| Algeria}}2 D S
| Andorra}}1 D
| Angola}}D S
| Antigua and Barbuda}}2 D O
| Armenia}}2 D
| Azerbaijan}}2 D S
| Bahrain}}2 D O Sp
| Belize}}2 D O
| Benin}}D S
| Bosnia and Herzegovina}}D S
| Botswana}}D S
| Brazil}}D S
| Bulgaria}}2 O
| Burkina Faso}}D S
| Burundi}}2 D S
| Cabo Verde}}D S
| Cambodia}}2 D S
| Cameroon}}2 D S
| Central African Republic}}2 D S
| Chile}}D O
| Colombia}}D O S
| DR Congo}}2 D S
| Republic of Congo}}D S
| Croatia}}2 O
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| Cuba}}2 D O S
| Djibouti}}2 D S
| Dominica}}2 D S
| Dominican Republic}}D S
| Ecuador}}D O Sp
| Egypt}}D S Sp
| El Salvador}}D O
| Equatorial Guinea}}2 D O S
| Eswatini}}2 D S
| Ethiopia}}D S
| Fiji}}D
| Gabon}}D S
| Gambia}}D S
| Georgia}}2 D S
| Grenada}}2 D S
| Guatemala}}C D O
| Guinea}}D S
| Guinea-Bissau}}D S
| Guyana}}D
| Honduras}}D O
| Hungary}}2 O
| India}}D O S
| Iraq}}2 D S Sp
| Jamaica}}D S
| Jordan}}2 D S Sp
| Kazakhstan}}2 D S
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| Kuwait}}2 D S Sp
| Kyrgyzstan}}1 D S
| Maldives}}D S
| Mali}}D S
| Mexico}}D O S
| Moldova}}2 D S
| Montenegro}}D S
| Morocco}}D S
| Myanmar}}3 D O S
| Namibia}}2 D O
| Nepal}}3 D S O
| Nicaragua}}D O S
| Niger}}2 D S
| North Korea}}D S
| North Macedonia}}D S
| Oman}}D S Sp
| Pakistan}}D S
| Palau}}D S
| Palestine}}2 D
| Panama}}C D O S Sp
| Paraguay}}D S
| Peru}}D S Sp
| Philippines}}D O S
| Qatar}}2 D Sp
| Rwanda}}2 D S
| Saint Kitts and Nevis}}2 D O
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| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}2 D O
| Senegal}}D S
| Serbia}}D S
| Sierra Leone}}2 D S
| Singapore}}D O S
| South Africa}}D O S
| South Korea}}D O S
| Sudan}}2 D
| Suriname}}2 D S
| Syria}}D S Sp
| Tajikistan}}2 D S
| Thailand}}D S
| Togo}}2 D S
| Tunisia}}2 D S Sp
| Turkey}}D
| Ukraine}}2 D S
| United Arab Emirates}}2 D Sp
| Uruguay}}D O S
| Uzbekistan}}2 D S
| Vanuatu}}D S
| Venezuela}}D S
| Vietnam}}D S
| Zambia}}2 D
| Zimbabwe}}2 4 D S
| |
60 days
| *{{#invoke:flag | Mauritius}}2 D S
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| Samoa}}D O
| |
30 days
| *{{#invoke:flag | Bangladesh}}D O S
| China}}D S
| Iran}}D S
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| Laos}}D S
| Mongolia}}2 D S
| Mozambique}}D S
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| Seychelles}}D O
| Sri Lanka}}D O S
| Turkey}}2 S Sp
|valign="top"|
| Turkmenistan}}D S
| |
14 days
| *{{#invoke:flag | Brunei}}D O S
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| Indonesia}}D S
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| Nauru}}D O
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|}
C - Consular passports
D - Diplomatic passports
O - Official passports
S - Service passports
Sp - Special passports
1 – 90 days within any 365-day period.
2 – 90 days within any 180-day period.
3 - With the right of multiple entry and exit.
4 - Applies only to employees of official institutions operating in the territory of a contracting parties and their families.
Currently, visa exemption for holders of diplomatic passports of European Union member states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland have been suspended.{{cite web | url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202204040003?index=1 | title=Указ президента Российской Федерации об ответных мерах визового характера в связи с недружественными действиями иностранных государств}}
Among citizens of countries whose citizens do not normally require a visa, holders of diplomatic or service passports of Israel require a visa.{{cite web | url=https://mfa.gov.il/Style%20Library/AmanotPdf/4-26475-7947.pdf | title=Agreement between the Government of Israel and the Government of the Russian Federation on the terms and procedures for issuing visas for holders of diplomatic and service passports}}
=Future changes=
Russia has signed visa exemption agreements with the following countries, but they have not yet entered into force:
| class="wikitable" | |
| Country
! Passports ! Days | |
|---|---|
| {{#invoke:flag | Micronesia}}{{cite web | url=http://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/2870888 | title=Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with high representatives of small island states of the South Pacific | website=Mid.ru | access-date=16 December 2017}}
| All | 30 days |
| {{#invoke:flag | Oman}}{{cite web | url=https://tass.com/politics/1947579 | title=Russia, Oman ink agreement on visa-free travel between countries}}
| Ordinary | 30 days, for a maximum total stay of 90 days within any 1 calendar year period |
| {{#invoke:flag | San Marino}}{{cite web | url=https://tass.com/world/1370169 | title=San Marino, Russia sign agreement to scrap visa requirements}}
| All | 90 days within any 180-day period |
Russia is considering visa exemption agreements or visa policy improvements for the following countries:
- {{#invoke:flag||China}} - 21 days for tourist groups from 3 to 50 persons{{cite web|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201906170010|script-title=ru:Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 13.06.2019 № 1274-р "О подписании Соглашения между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Китайской Народной Республики о безвизовых групповых туристических поездках"|language=ru|website=mid.ru|access-date=17 June 2019}}
- {{#invoke:flag||Côte d'Ivoire}} - 90 days for diplomatic and service passports{{cite web|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202001130003|script-title=ru:doc Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 10.01.2020 № 6-р "О подписании Соглашения между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Республики Кот-д'Ивуар о безвизовых поездках владельцев дипломатических или служебных паспортов"|language=ru|website=mid.ru|access-date=10 February 2020}}
- {{#invoke:flag||Eritrea}} - 90 days within any 180 day-period for diplomatic and service passports{{cite web|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201908200012|script-title=ru:doc Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 17.08.2019 № 1843-р "О подписании Соглашения между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Государства Эритрея о безвизовых поездках владельцев дипломатических или служебных паспортов"|language=ru|website=mid.ru|access-date=20 August 2019}}
- {{#invoke:flag||Ghana}} - 90 days within any 180 day-period for diplomatic and service passports{{cite web|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201910240005|script-title=ru:doc Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 22.10.2019 № 2489-р "О подписании Соглашения между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Республики Гана о безвизовых поездках владельцев дипломатических или служебных паспортов"|language=ru|website=mid.ru|access-date=24 October 2019}}
- {{#invoke:flag||Lebanon}} - 90 days within any 180 day-period for diplomatic, service and special passports{{cite web|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202007070019|script-title=ru:doc Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 04.07.2020 № 1729-р "О подписании Соглашения между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Ливанской Республики о безвизовых поездках владельцев дипломатических, служебных и специальных паспортов"|language=ru|website=mid.ru|access-date=11 July 2020}}
- {{#invoke:flag||Mauritania}} - 90 days within any 180 day-period for diplomatic and service passports{{cite web|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202502080012|script-title=ru:docРаспоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 07.02.2025 № 258-р "О подписании Соглашения между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Исламской Республики Мавритании о безвизовых поездках владельцев дипломатических или служебных паспортов"|language=ru|website=mid.ru|access-date=8 February 2025}}
- {{#invoke:flag||Saint Lucia}} - 90 days within any 180 day-period for all passports{{cite web|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202001310012|script-title=ru:doc Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 30.01.2020 № 149-р "О подписании Соглашения между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Сент-Люсии об условиях отказа от визовых формальностей при взаимных поездках граждан Российской Федерации и граждан Сент-Люсии"|language=ru|website=mid.ru|access-date=10 February 2020}}
In addition, Russia is currently in talks with Gulf countries as well as other countries to establish visa exemption agreements.
A - 30 days for all passports
B - 30 days for ordinary passports
TG - For tourist groups
Electronic visa (e-Visa)
Citizens of the following countries and territories may obtain an e-Visa for 16 days:{{cite web | title=e-Visa | url=https://electronic-visa.kdmid.ru/country_en.html | website=electronic-visa.kdmid.ru | publisher=CONSULAR DEPARTMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION | access-date=2 August 2023 | language=en | date=1 August 2023 }}{{cite web | url=http://static.government.ru/media/files/c0ZDX0WaURdyvOidgFYSU5oDg61UC7QB.pdf | title=Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации No 2571-р от 6 октября 2020 г. | website=government.ru | access-date=7 October 2020}}
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| Bahrain}}
| Barbados}}
| Bhutan}}
| Cambodia}}
| China}}
| Eswatini}}
| Iceland}}
| India}}
| Indonesia}}
| Iran}}
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| Japan}}
| Jordan}}
| Kenya}}
| Kuwait}}
| Liechtenstein}}
| Malaysia}}
| Mexico}}
| Monaco}}
| Myanmar}}
| North Korea}}
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| North Macedonia}}
| Norway}}
| Oman}}
| Papua New Guinea}}
| Philippines}}
| Saint Lucia}}
| San Marino}}
| Saudi Arabia}}
| Singapore}}
| Switzerland}}
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| Taiwan}}
| Tonga}}
| Trinidad and Tobago}}
| Turkey}}
| Turkmenistan}}
| Vatican City}}
| Vietnam}}
| Zimbabwe}}
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|}
Seaports (14)
| *Kaliningrad
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Railways (8)
- Zabaykalsk Station – China side: Manzhouli Station
- Mamonovo Station – Poland side: Braniewo Station
- Makhalino Station (Kraskino) – China side: Hunchun Station
- Naushki Station – Mongolia side: Sükhbaatar Station
- Grodekovo Station (Pogranichny) – China side: Suifenhe Station
- Saint-Petersburg (Finland Station)
- Sovetsk Station – Lithuania side: Pagėgiai Station
- Khasan Station – North Korea side: Tumangang Station
Roads (26)
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- Poltavka – China side: Sanchakou
- Starotsurukhaytuy – China side: Heishantou
- Turiy Rog – China side: Dangbi
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- Ivangorod – Estonia side: Narva
- Kunichina Gora – Estonia side: Koidula
- Shumilkino – Estonia side: Luhamaa
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- Brusnichnoye – Finland side: Nuijamaa
- Lyuttya – Finland side: Vartius
- Salla – Finland side: Salla
- Svetogorsk – Finland side: Imatra
- Suoperya – Finland side: Kuusamo
- Torfyanovka – Finland side: Vaalimaa
- Vyartsilya – Finland side: Niirala
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- Verkhniy Lars – Georgia side: Dariali
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- Burachki – Latvia side: Terehova
- Ubylinka – Latvia side: Grebnova
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- Chernyshevskoye – Lithuania side: Kybartai
- Morskoye – Lithuania side: Nida
- Pogranichny – Lithuania side: Ramoniškių
- Sovetsk – Lithuania side: Panemunė
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- Kyakhta – Mongolia side: Altanbulag
- Solovyevsk – Mongolia side: Chuluunkhoroot
- Tashanta – Mongolia side: Tsagaannuur
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- Bagrationovsk – Poland side: Bezledy
- Gusev – Poland side: Gołdap
- Mamonovo I – Poland side: Gronowo
- Mamonovo II – Poland side: Grzechotki
{{Hidden end}}
Mixed (3)
- Amurzet
- Blagoveshchensk – China side: Heihe (over Amur, during navigation – river crossing, during freezing – road crossing)
- Pokrovka, Khabarovsk Krai
River (1)
Pedestrians (1)
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From 8 August 2017, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia started to implement the e-Visa Program.
Citizens of the 18 countriesAlgeria, Bahrain, Brunei, China, India, Iran, Japan, North Korea, Kuwait, Mexico, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates. could apply an e-Visa to visit to regions in the Far Eastern Federal District.{{cite web | url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/2833641 | title=О начале выдачи электронных виз иностранным гражданам для посещения свободного порта Владивосток | website=Mid.ru | access-date=16 December 2017}}
From 8 June 2019, citizens of Taiwan were added to the list for Far East.{{cite web | url=http://government.ru/docs/37068/ | title=Расширен перечень стран, гражданам которых упрощён визовый режим при въезде в Россию через свободный порт Владивосток | date=25 November 2023 }}
From 1 July 2019, citizens of the 54 countries could apply for single-entry business, humanitarian and tourist visas to visit the Kaliningrad region.{{cite web | url=http://docs.cntd.ru/document/554645448 | title=Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 595/2019}}
From 1 October 2019, electronic visa have become valid for Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast.{{cite web | url=https://rg.ru/2019/07/22/peterburg-dok.html | script-title=ru:Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 18 июля 2019 г. N 347 "О порядке въезда в Российскую Федерацию и выезда из Российской Федерации иностранных граждан через пункты пропуска через государственную границу Российской Федерации, расположенные на территориях г. Санкт-Петербурга и Ленинградской области" | language=ru | website=rg.ru | access-date=20 August 2019}}
On 24 January 2020, the new list for the Far Eastern e-Visa was approved.Citizens of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia were not included in the new list.{{cite news | url=http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&link_id=0&nd=102665363&intelsearch=&firstDoc=1 | language=ru | title=ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВО РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ РАСПОРЯЖЕНИЕ от 24 января 2020 г. № 92-р | trans-title=GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ORDER dated 24 January 2020 No. 92-r |publisher=State system of legal information, Russia}}
Thus, the list of countries has become uniform for all regions where an electronic visa is applied.
On 6 October 2020, in accordance with the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 2571/2020, the list of States was approved.{{cite web | url=http://government.ru/docs/40554/ | title=Михаил Мишустин утвердил перечень государств, граждане которых смогут получить электронную визу | website=government.ru | access-date=7 October 2020}} These are all the countries whose citizens were allowed to enter Russia with an electronic visa as part of the pilot project. The e-Visa is a single entry visa, which is valid for a period of 60 days from the date of issue, and which allows a period of stay in the Russian Federation of up to 16 days from the date of entry.
Unified e-Visa was scheduled to be introduced in Russia on 1 January 2021 but the program was temporarily suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web | url=https://rg.ru/2020/07/21/gosduma-vvela-elektronnye-vizy-dlia-vezda-v-rf.html | title=Госдума ввела электронные визы для въезда в РФ| date=21 July 2020}}
Russia started issuing e-Visas on 1 August 2023.{{cite news | title=В России начала действовать единая электронная виза для иностранцев | url=https://tass.ru/obschestvo/18418291 | access-date=22 March 2024 | publisher=TASS | date=1 August 2023 | language=ru}}
From 5 December 2024, electronic visas became available to citizens of the following 11 countries: Barbados, Bhutan, Eswatini, Jordan, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Zimbabwe. In addition, Andorra and Serbia were excluded from the list, as there are existing bilateral agreements on mutual visa-free travel of citizens.{{cite web | url=https://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1986794/ | title=О расширении перечня иностранных государств, гражданам которых оформляется единая электронная виза | language=ru | website=mid.ru | access-date=19 January 2025}}
APEC Business Travel Card
{{main article|APEC Business Travel Card}}
The APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) is a travel document issued to business travellers who are citizens of APEC participating economies. Valid for five years, the card eliminates the need for its holder to possess a visa when visiting other APEC participating economies.
From 1 June 2013,{{cite news | url=http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=954812 | title=Russia Implements Visa-Free Entry for APEC Businessmen | work=Bernama | date=2013-06-08 | access-date=2013-06-09}} holders of passports issued by the following countries who possess an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) containing the "RUS" code on the reverse that it is valid for travel may enter Russia without a visa for business trips for up to 90 days within any 180-day period.{{cite web | url=http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/15578 | title=Law onб═entry into Russia ofб═foreign nationals holders ofб═APEC Business Travel Cards Б─╒ President ofб═Russia | date=7 June 2012 | publisher=En.kremlin.ru | access-date=2016-12-26}}
ABTCs are issued to citizens of:{{cite web | url=https://www.apec.org/docs/default-source/groups/abtc/0-abtc-economy-entry-information-table-(as-of-18-oct-2022)852440b8682b4b84b94ccbe4745b0dbc.pdf?sfvrsn=260f0b80_2 | title=ABTC Economy Entry Information}}
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Closed cities
Several closed cities in Russia require special authorization.
Areas requiring special permits
In accordance with the Government Decree of 1992, 19 areas of the Russian Federation are closed to foreigners without special permits.{{cite web | url=http://base.garant.ru/104408/|title=Постановление Правительства РФ от 04.07.1992 N 470 "Об утверждении Перечня территорий Российской Федерации с регламентированным посещением для иностранных граждан" (с изменениями и дополнениями) | website=base.garant.ru | access-date=16 December 2017}} This restriction does not apply to Russian citizens.
A full list of such areas:
- 1. Part of Kamchatka Krai.
- 2. abolished
- 3. Part of Primorsky Krai.
- 4. Part of Krasnoyarsk Krai.
- 5. Part of Orenburg Oblast.
- 6. Part of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.
- 7. Part of The Republic of Mordovia.
- 8. Parts of Murmansk Oblast and the Republic of Karelia. Transit to/from Norway is possible by main road.
- 9. Parts of Arkhangelsk Oblast (include South part of Novaya Zemlya island) and the Komi Republic.
- 10. Parts of Sverdlovsk Oblast.
- 11. Parts of Chelyabinsk Oblast.
- 12. In Leningrad Oblast – all Russian islands of Gulf of Finland, except Gogland, and {{convert|20|km}} strip along south coast of the Gulf of Finland.
- 13. Parts of Moscow Oblast.
- 14. Part of Kaliningrad Oblast, approx. 15%.
- 15. Part of Volgograd Oblast.
- 16. Part of Astrakhan Oblast.
- 17. Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, all except Bilibino region.
- 18. Part of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
- 19. The Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, 45% of territory. Transit to border with Georgia and to border with South Ossetia are possible along the main roads. Tsey Gorge is opened for foreigners from 2012.
Conflict area
As of 2024, Crimea and parts of Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions are under Russian control and Russia enforces its visa policy there.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}
The Government of Ukraine strictly prohibits the entry and transit of foreign citizens to the occupied territories. Foreign citizens who entered the occupied territories without permission will be denied entry and transit to Ukraine.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}
Agreements
The Russian Federation has visa waiver agreements with 152 jurisdictions. In the table, red indicates agreements signed but not ratified or temporarily not applied, fully or partially suspended agreements are indicated in yellow.
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center"
|+ class="nowrap" | Valid bilateral and multilateral visa waiver agreements | |
| rowspan=2 style="width:16%;"| Country or territory
! colspan=3| Duration of stay by type of passport ! rowspan="2" style="width:13%;"| Date of signing ! rowspan="2" style="width:13%;"| Effective date ! rowspan=2 class="unsortable"| Citation | |
|---|---|
| Diplomatic
! Service ! style="width:23%;"| Ordinary | |
| align=Left| {{#invoke:flag | Abkhazia}}
| colspan=3| 90 days | 2 Oct 2009 | 26 Apr 2011 |
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Albania}}
| colspan=2| 90 days | | 7 Apr 1993 | 6 Aug 1993 |
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Algeria}}
| colspan=2| 90 days within any 180-day period | | 19 Feb 2018 | 6 Feb 2019 |
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Andorra}}
| colspan=3| 90 days within any 365-day period | 5 Dec 2019 | 25 Nov 2020 |
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Angola}}
| colspan=2| 90 days | | 26 Feb 1999 | 16 Jun 2006 |
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Antigua and Barbuda}}
| colspan=3 | 90 days within any 180-day period | 7 Jun 2019 | 22 Oct 2019 |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag | Argentina}}
| colspan=2| 3 months | | 16 May 1994 | 29 Sep 1994 |
| colspan=2|
| 90 days within any 180-day period | data-sort-value="18 March 2009"| 11 Mar 2009 | 29 Jun 2009 | |
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Armenia}}
| colspan=3| Unspecified period | 25 Sep 2000 | {{cite web|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/multilateral_contract/-/storage-viewer/multilateral/46845|script-title=ru:Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Республики Армения о взаимных безвизовых поездках граждан Российской Федерации и граждан Республики Армения|language=ru|publisher=Министерство Иностранных Дел России|website=mid.ru|access-date=27 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/multilateral_contract/-/storage-viewer/multilateral/51839|script-title=ru:Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Республики Армения о внесении изменения в Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Республики Армения о взаимных безвизовых поездках граждан Российской Федерации и граждан Республики Армения от 25 сентября 2000|language=ru|publisher=Министерство Иностранных Дел России|website=mid.ru|access-date=27 January 2019}} |
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Azerbaijan}}
| colspan=3| Unspecified period | 3 Jul 1997 | 4 May 1998 |
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Bahrain}}
| colspan=2| 90 days within any 180 day-period | | 16 Dec 2015 | 26 Jun 2016 |
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Bangladesh}}
| colspan=2| 30 days | | 22 Sep 2016 | 12 Feb 2017 |
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Belarus}}
| colspan=3| Unspecified period | 30 Nov 2000 |
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Belize}}
| colspan=3 | 90 days within any 180-day period | 23 Sep 2021 | 12 Jan 2022 |
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Benin}}
| colspan=2| 90 days | | 21 Jun 2001 | 20 Aug 2001 |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag | Bolivia}}
| colspan=2| 3 month | | 11 Apr 1995 | 24 Apr 1997 |
| colspan=2|
| 90 days within any 180-day period | 12 Apr 2016 | 3 Oct 2016 | |
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
| colspan=2| 90 days | 30 days within any 60-day period | 31 May 2013 | 20 Oct 2013 |
| rowspan="2" align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Botswana}}
| colspan=2| 90 days | | 10 Feb 2005 | 11 Apr 2005 |
| colspan=2|
| 30 days, for a maximum total stay of 90 days within any 180-day period | 6 Jun 2019 | 8 Oct 2019 | |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag | Brazil}}
| colspan=2| 90 days | | data-sort-value="16 Apr 1991"|16 Apr 1991{{ref|Dip|2}} | 16 May 1991 |
| colspan=2|
| 90 days within any 180-day period | 26 Nov 2008 | 7 Jun 2010 | |
| align=left rowspan=2| {{#invoke:flag | Brunei}}
| colspan=2| 14 days | | data-sort-value="7 October 2009"| 7 Oct 2009 | 11 Nov 2009 |
| colspan=2|
| 14 days, for a maximum total stay of 90 days within any 180-day period | 8 Nov 2017 | 8 Jan 2018 | |
| style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag | Bulgaria}}
| {{yes-no|90 days within any 180-day period}} | 90 days within any 180-day period | | 5 Mar 2002 | 7 May 2002 |
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Burkina Faso}}
| colspan=2| 90 days | | 2 Mar 2000 | 2 Mar 2000 |
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Burundi}}
| colspan=2 | 90 days within any 180-day period | | 6 Feb 2018 | 30 Jun 2018 |
| align=left rowspan=2| {{#invoke:flag | Cabo Verde}}
| colspan=2| 90 days | | 14 Jul 1995 | 12 Sep 1995 |
| colspan=2|
| 60 days{{ref|Total|1}} | 30 Apr 2019 | 4 Jul 2020 | |
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Cambodia}}
| colspan=2| 90 days | | 17 Mar 1988 | 28 May 1988 |
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Cameroon}}
| colspan=2 |90 days within any 180-day period | | 27 Jul 2023 | 9 May 2024 |
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Central African Republic}}
| colspan=2 |90 days within any 180-day period | | 9 Nov 2024 | 25 Apr 2025 |
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag | Chile}}
| 3 months | | | 14 Feb 1995 | 1 Oct 1996 |
| | 3 months
| | 4 Oct 2002 | 12 Feb 2004 | |
| colspan=2|
| 90 days within any 180-day period | 24 Sep 2010 | 18 Jan 2011 | |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag | China}}
| colspan=2| 30 days | | 22 Mar 2013 | 26 Apr 2014 |
| colspan=2|
| 15 days for tourist groups{{ref|Group|4}} | 29 Feb 2000 | 9 Nov 2000 | |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag | Colombia}}
| colspan=2| 90 days | | 26 Nov 1997 | 28 Mar 1998 |
| colspan=2|
| 90 days within any 180-day period | 24 Sep 2010 | 13 Mar 2011 | |
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
| colspan=2| 90 days within any 180-day period | | 27 Jul 2023 | 19 Mar 2025 |
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Congo}}
| colspan=2| 90 days | | 18 Dec 2014 | 1 Jan 2016 |
| rowspan=2 align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Costa Rica}}
| colspan=2| 3 month | | 16 Oct 1997 | 1 May 1998 |
| colspan=2 |
| 90 days within any 180-day period | data-sort-value="28 May 2018" |3 May 2018 | 25 May 2019 | |
| style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag | Croatia}}
| | 90 days within any 180-day period | | 2 Mar 2010 | 31 Mar 2013 | The first edition was applied from 31 Mar 2013 to 14 December 2019 (visa free for 90 days within any 6-month period for holders of diplomatic and service passports). |
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Cuba}}
| colspan=3| 90 days within any 180 day period | 22 May 2018 | 21 Dec 2018 |
| style="text-align:Left;"| {{#invoke:flag | Cyprus}}
| colspan=2 {{yes-no|90 days within any half-year period}} | {{yes-no |
| 8 Jun 2005
| 20 Jan 2006Suspended from 20 April 2022
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Denmark}}
| {{yes-no|90 days within any 180-day period}}
| {{yes-no|}}
| {{yes-no|}}
| 27 May 2008
| 1 Oct 2009Suspended from 6 April 2022
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Djibouti}}
| colspan=2 | 90 days within any 180-day period
|
| 6 Feb 2022
| 1 May 2022
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Dominica}}
| colspan=3| 90 days within any 180-day period
| 28 Sep 2018
| 14 Jan 2019
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag||Dominican Republic}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| 9 Sep 2009
| 9 Apr 2010
|-
| colspan=2|
| 60 days within any 180-day period
| 26 Nov 2018
| 15 Dec 2020
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag||Ecuador}}
| colspan=2| 90 days within any year period
|
| 18 Feb 1999
| 15 May 1999
|-
| colspan=2|
| 90 days within any 180-day period
| 24 Sep 2010
| 24 Nov 2012
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Egypt}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| 17 Jul 2003
| 17 Jul 2003
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag||El Salvador}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| data-sort-value="29 January 1999"| 25 Jan 1999
29 Jan 1999{{ref|Dip|2}}
| 30 Mar 1999
|
|-
| colspan=2|
| 90 days within any 180-day period
| 26 Mar 2015
| 27 Aug 2016
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Eswatini}}
| colspan=2 | 90 days within any 180-day period
|
| 24 Jan 2023
| 12 Jun 2023
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Equatorial Guinea}}
| colspan=2 | 90 days within any 180-day period
|
| 7 Apr 2017
| 8 Nov 2019
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Ethiopia}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| 11 Dec 2002
| 11 Jan 2003
|-
| style="text-align:Left;"| {{flagicon|European Union}} European Union countries (excluding Denmark and Ireland) {{Collapsible list|status=uncollapsed|titlestyle=font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;|title=25 states|{{#invoke:flag||Austria}}
{{#invoke:flag||Belgium}}
{{#invoke:flag||Bulgaria}}
{{#invoke:flag||Croatia}}
{{#invoke:flag||Cyprus}}
{{#invoke:flag||Czech Republic}}
{{#invoke:flag||Estonia}}
{{#invoke:flag||Finland}}
{{#invoke:flag||France}}
{{#invoke:flag||Germany}}
{{#invoke:flag||Greece}}
{{#invoke:flag||Hungary}}
{{#invoke:flag||Italy}}
{{#invoke:flag||Latvia}}
{{#invoke:flag||Lithuania}}
{{#invoke:flag||Luxembourg}}
{{#invoke:flag||Malta}}
{{#invoke:flag||Netherlands}}
{{#invoke:flag||Poland}}
{{#invoke:flag||Portugal}}
{{#invoke:flag||Romania}}
{{#invoke:flag||Slovakia}}
{{#invoke:flag||Slovenia}}
{{#invoke:flag||Spain}}
{{#invoke:flag||Sweden}}}}
| {{yes-no|90 days within any 180-day period}}
| {{yes-no|}}
| {{yes-no|}}
| 25 May 2006
| data-sort-value="1 June 2007"| 1 Jun 2007;
for Croatia from
1 Jul 2013
|
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Fiji}}
| colspan=3| 90 days{{ref|Total|1}}
| 28 Jun 2013
| 29 Jul 2013
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Gabon}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| 5 Apr 2011
| 25 Sep 2011
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Gambia}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| 4 May 2017
| 15 Aug 2018
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Grenada}}
| colspan=3| 90 days within any 180-day period
| 20 Sep 2017
| 24 Dec 2017
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag||Guatemala}}
| colspan=2| 3 months
|
| 24 May 1999
| 24 Jul 1999
|-
| colspan=2|
| 90 days within any 180-day period
| 22 Sep 2011
| 29 Feb 2012
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Guinea}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| 7 Jan 1998
| 8 Mar 1998
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Guinea-Bissau}}
| colspan=2 | 90 days
|
| 23 Oct 2019
| 9 Feb 2022
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag||Guyana}}
| 90 days
|
|
| 3 Nov 2005
| 12 Feb 2006
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| 90 days
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| data-sort-value="7 June 2017"| 7 Jun 2017
24 Jul 2017{{ref|Dip|2}}
| 17 Nov 2017
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| colspan=2|
| 90 days within any 180-day period
| 27 Sep 2015
| 27 Nov 2015
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag||Honduras}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| data-sort-value="21 Sep 1999"|21 Sep 1999{{ref|Dip|2}}
| 20 Nov 1999
|-
| colspan=2|
| 90 days within any 180-day period
| 26 Sep 2014
| 11 Jul 2015
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Hong Kong}}
| colspan=3| 14 days{{ref|Total|1}}
| 23 Apr 2009
| 1 Jul 2009
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag||Hungary}}
| {{yes-no|90 days within any 180-day period}}
| 90 days within any 180-day period
|
| 14 Jun 2001
| 14 Jun 2001
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Iceland}}
| {{yes-no|90 days within any 180-day period}}
| {{yes-no|}}
| {{yes-no|}}
| 24 Sep 2008
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||India}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| 3 Dec 2004
| 28 Mar 2006
| {{cite web|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/46026|script-title=ru:Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Республики Индии о взаимных поездках владельцев дипломатических и служебных (официальных) паспортов|language=ru|website=mid.ru|access-date=25 January 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/43730|script-title=ru:Протокол о внесении изменений в Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Республики Индии о взаимных поездках владельцев дипломатических и служебных (официальных) паспортов от 3 декабря 2004 года|language=ru|website=mid.ru|access-date=26 January 2021}}
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Indonesia}}
| colspan=2| 14 days
|
| 1 Dec 2006
| 22 Mar 2008
|-
| rowspan=2 align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Iran}}
| colspan=2| 30 days
|
| 29 Mar 1993
| 29 Apr 1993
|-
| colspan=2 |
| 15 days for tourist groups{{ref|Group|4}}
| 28 Mar 2017
| 1 Jul 2021
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Iraq}}
| colspan=2 |90 days within any 180-day period
|
| 2 Apr 2023
| 23 Jan 2024
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Israel}}
|
|
| 90 days within any 180-day period
| 20 Mar 2008
| 20 Sep 2008
|-
| align=left rowspan=2 | {{#invoke:flag||Jamaica}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| 23 Jun 2000
| 1 Sep 2000
|-
| colspan=2 |
| 90 days within any year period
| 27 Sep 2018
| 27 Nov 2018
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Jordan}}
| colspan=2 | 90 days within any 180-day period
|
| 11 Sep 2017
| 25 Jan 2018
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Kazakhstan}}
| colspan=3| Unspecified period
| 30 Nov 2000
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Kuwait}}
| colspan=2| 90 days within any 180-day period
|
| 10 Nov 2015
| 10 Apr 2016
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Kyrgyzstan}}
| colspan=3| Unspecified period
| 30 Nov 2000
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag||Laos}}
| colspan=2| 30 days
|
| 29 Nov 2004
| 30 Dec 2004
|-
| colspan=2|
| 30 days, for a maximum total stay of 90 days within any 180-day period
| 8 Sep 2016
| 2 Dec 2017
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Liechtenstein}}
| {{yes-no|90 days within any 180-day period}}
| {{yes-no|}}
| {{yes-no|}}
| 12 Nov 2013
| 1 Apr 2015Suspended from 6 June 2022
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Macao}}
| colspan=3| 30 days{{ref|Total|1}}
| 19 Jun 2012
| 30 Sep 2012
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Maldives}}
| colspan=3| 90 days{{ref|Total|1}}
| 25 Jun 2019
| 25 Jul 2019
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Mali}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| 27 May 2009
| 27 May 2009
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Mauritius}}
| colspan=3| 60 days, for a maximum total stay of 90 days within any 180-day period
| 23 Dec 2015
| 10 Apr 2016
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Mexico}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| 28 Jan 1997
| 5 Jul 1997
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Micronesia}}
| colspan=3 {{no|30 days}}{{ref|Total|1}}
| {{no|21 Sep 2017}}
| {{no|}}
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Moldova}}
| colspan=3| Unspecified period
| 30 Nov 2000
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Mongolia}}
| colspan=3| 30 days, for a maximum total stay of 90 days within any 180-day period
| 3 Sep 2014
| 14 Nov 2014
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Montenegro}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
| 30 days
| 24 Sep 2008
| 21 Nov 2008
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Morocco}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| 15 Oct 2002
| 15 Oct 2002
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Mozambique}}
| colspan=2| 30 days
|
| 30 Dec 2009
| 30 May 2010
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Myanmar}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| 3 Jul 2000
| 3 Aug 2000
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Namibia}}
| colspan=3|90 days within any 180-day period
| 14 Apr 2021
| 2 Aug 2021
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Nauru}}
| colspan=3| 14 days{{ref|Total|1}}
| 24 Sep 2014
| 14 May 2015
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag||Nepal}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| 16 Apr 2002
| 16 May 2002
|-
|
| 90 daysFor official passports
|
| data-sort-value="13 June 2022"| 27 Apr 2022
13 Jun 2022{{ref|Dip|2}}
| 15 Aug 2022
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag||Nicaragua}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| data-sort-value="28 Nov 1997"|28 Nov 1997{{ref|Dip|2}}
| 13 Jan 1998
|-
| colspan=2|
| 90 days within any 180-day period
| 28 Jul 2009
| 3 Jul 2010
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Niger}}
| colspan=2 | 90 days within any 180-day period
|
| 15 Feb 2022
| 22 Feb 2023
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||North Korea}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| 24 Jan 1997
| 23 May 1997
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||North Macedonia}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
| 30 days
| 19 Jun 2008
| 31 Oct 2008
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Norway}}
| {{yes-no|90 days within any 180-day period}}
| {{yes-no|}}
| {{yes-no|}}
| 8 Jun 2007
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag||Oman}}
| colspan=2 | 90 days
|
| 3 Feb 2016
| 27 Oct 2016
|-
| colspan=2 {{no|}}
| {{no|30 days, for a maximum total stay of 90 days within any 1 calendar year period}}
| {{no|22 Apr 2025}}
| {{no|}}
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Pakistan}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| 4 Jul 1994
| 3 Aug 1994
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Palau}}
| colspan=3| 30 days{{ref|Total|1}}
| 28 Sep 2018
| 27 Dec 2018
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Palestine}}
| 90 days within any 180-day period
|
|
| 23 Jan 2020
| 21 May 2020
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag||Panama}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| data-sort-value="16 June 1995"| 16 Jun 1995
22 Jun 1995{{ref|Dip|2}}
| 20 Aug 1995
|-
| colspan=2|
| 90 days within any 180-day period
| data-sort-value="3 December 2014"| 3 Dec 2014
9 Dec 2014{{ref|Dip|2}}
| 8 Feb 2015
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag||Paraguay}}
| colspan=2| 3 months
|
| 20 Nov 1995
| 2 Feb 1997
|-
| colspan=2|
| 90 days within any 180-day period
| 25 Sep 2013
| 20 Oct 2014
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag||Peru}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| 14 Jul 1999
| 26 Nov 1999
|-
| colspan=2|
| 90 days within any 180-day period
| 13 Nov 2010
| 21 Jun 2011
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Philippines}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| 3 Aug 2007
| 22 Dec 2008
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag||Poland}}
| {{yes-no|90 days}}
| {{yes-no|}}
| {{yes-no|}}
| 18 Sep 2003
| 1 Oct 2003
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Qatar}}
| colspan=3| 90 days within any 180-day period
| 27 Dec 2019
| 23 Feb 2020
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag||Romania}}
| colspan=2 {{yes-no|90 days}}
| {{yes-no|}}
| 26 Aug 2002
| 1 Mar 2004Suspended from 15 March 2022
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Rwanda}}
| colspan=2|90 days within any 180-day period
|
| 9 Nov 2024
| 5 Feb 2025
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
| colspan=3| 90 days within any 180-day period
| 21 Sep 2017
| 21 Nov 2017
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
| colspan=3| 90 days within any 180-day period
| 27 Sep 2018
| 7 Jan 2019
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Samoa}}
| colspan=3| 60 days{{ref|Total|1}}
| 4 Apr 2017
| 9 July 2017
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||San Marino}}
| colspan=3 {{no|90 days within any 180-day period}}
| {{no|2 Dec 2021}}
| {{no|}}
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Senegal}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| 2 Jul 2015
| 6 Feb 2017
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Serbia}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
| 30 days
| 20 Feb 2009
| 10 Jun 2009
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Seychelles}}
| colspan=3| 30 days{{ref|Total|1}}
| 2 Sep 2015
| 14 Dec 2015
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Sierra Leone}}
| colspan=2 |90 days within any 180-day period
|
| 17 May 2021
| 14 Mar 2022
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Singapore}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| 17 Nov 2015
| 2 Jan 2016
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag||Slovakia}}
| colspan=2 {{yes-no|90 days}}
| {{yes-no|}}
| 29 Dec 2000
| 29 Dec 2000Suspended from 2 March 2022
|-
| rowspan=2 align=left| {{#invoke:flag||South Africa}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| 5 Aug 2010
| 15 Dec 2010
|-
| colspan=2|
| 90 days{{ref|Total|1}}
| data-sort-value="24 January 2017"| 24 Jan 2017
27 Feb 2017{{ref|Dip|2}}
| 30 Mar 2017
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag||South Korea}}
| 90 days
|
|
| 21 Sep 2004
| 21 Nov 2004
|-
|
| 90 days
|
| 17 Oct 2006
| 31 Dec 2006
|-
| colspan=2|
| 60 days, for a maximum total stay of 90 days within any 180-day period
| 13 Nov 2013
| 1 Jan 2014
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||South Ossetia}}
| 1 Feb 2010
| 25 Apr 2011
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Sri Lanka}}
| colspan=2| 30 days
|
| 13 Aug 2015
| 24 Oct 2015
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Sudan}}
| 90 days within any 180-day period
|
|
| 24 Nov 2017
| 4 Sep 2022
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Suriname}}
| colspan=3| 90 days within any 180 day-period
| 26 Sep 2018
| 13 May 2019
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Syria}}
| colspan=2| 90 days30 days until 13 May 2010
|
| 19 Mar 2008
| 2 Jul 2008
| {{cite web|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/45568|script-title=ru:Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Правительством Сирийской Арабской Республики о безвизовых поездках владельцев дипломатических, служебных и специальных паспортов|language=ru|website=mid.ru|publisher=Министерство Иностранных Дел России|access-date=26 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/45175|script-title=ru:Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Сирийской Арабской Республики о внесении изменения в Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Сирийской Арабской Республики о безвизовых поездках владельцев дипломатических, служебных и специальных паспортов от 19 марта 2008 года в форме обмена нотами между Посольством Российской Федерации в Дамаске от 10 марта 2010 и Министерством Иностранных Дел Сирийской Арабской Республики от 6 апреля 2010|language=ru|website=mid.ru|publisher=Министерство Иностранных Дел России|access-date=26 January 2019}}
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Switzerland}}
| {{yes-no|90 days within any 180-day period}}
| {{yes-no|}}
| {{yes-no|}}
| 21 Sep 2009
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Tajikistan}}
| colspan=3| Unspecified period
| 30 Nov 2000
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag||Thailand}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| 17 Oct 2002
| 6 Mar 2003
|-
| colspan=2|
| 30 days
| 13 Dec 2005
| 24 Mar 2007
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Togo}}
| colspan=2 |90 days within any 180-day period
|
| 16 Feb 2021
| 19 Aug 2021
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Tunisia}}
| colspan=2| 90 days within any 180-day period
|
| 28 Jun 2012
| 13 Feb 2013
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag||Turkey}}
| 90 days
|
|
| 5 Nov 1999
| 6 Jan 2000
|-
|
| 30 days, for a maximum total stay of 90 days within any 180-day period
| {{yes-no| 30 days, for a maximum total stay of 90 days within any 180-day period}}
| 12 May 2010
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Turkmenistan}}
| colspan=2| 30 days
|
| 17 Jul 1999
| 17 Jul 1999
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||United Arab Emirates}}
| colspan=3| 90 days within any 180-day period
| 6 Jul 2018
| 17 Feb 2019
|-
| rowspan="2" align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Uruguay}}
| colspan=2| 3 months
|
| 13 Jul 1999
| 3 Oct 1999
|-
| colspan=2|
| 90 days within any 180-day period
| 26 Sep 2011
| 27 Dec 2011
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Uzbekistan}}
| colspan=3| Unspecified period
| 30 Nov 2000
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Vanuatu}}
| colspan=3| 90 days{{ref|Total|1}}
| 20 Sep 2016
| 21 Oct 2016
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Vatican City}}
| 90 days within any 180-day period
|
|
| 22 Aug 2017
| 29 Dec 2017
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| {{#invoke:flag||Venezuela}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| data-sort-value="28 June 1993"| 28 Jun 1993
1 Nov 1993{{ref|Dip|2}}
| 1 Nov 1993
|-
| colspan=2|
| 90 days within any 180-day period
| 26 Nov 2008
| 6 Mar 2009
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Vietnam}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| 28 Oct 1993
| 20 Feb 1994
| {{cite web|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/54637|script-title=ru:Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Социалистической Республики Вьетнам об условиях взаимных поездок граждан|language=ru|website=mid.ru|access-date=26 January 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/46120|script-title=ru:Соглашение о внесении изменён в Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Социалистической Республики Вьетнам об условиях взаимных поездок граждан (в форме обмена нотами)|language=ru|website=mid.ru|access-date=27 January 2021}}
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Zambia}}
| 90 days within any 180-day period
|
|
| 23 Oct 2019
| 1 Jul 2020
|-
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag||Zimbabwe}}
| colspan=2| 90 days
|
| data-sort-value="23 January 1991"| 23 Jan 1991
31 Jan 1991{{ref|Dip|2}}
| 31 Jan 1991
|-
! style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"| Notes:
- {{Note|Total}} Agreement include the item "Total period of permitted stay in the territory of the state for a certain period of time is set in accordance with the laws of the state." From 1 January 2025, it is 90 days within one calendar year period.
- {{Note|Dip}} Agreement concluded through an exchange of diplomatic notes.
- {{Note|EU}} Agreement between Russia and EU. Article 14 " ...the provisions
shall prevail over the provisions of any bilateral or multilateral agreements or arrangements between the Russian Federation and the Member States..." - {{Note|Group}} Only for group tourism (from 5 to 50 persons) organized by accredited travel agencies in both countries.
|}
Russia has concluded agreements that facilitate procedures for issuing visas to both Russian citizens and citizens of the partner jurisdiction on a reciprocal basis. Such agreements are in force with the following countries or political associations:
Russia has agreements on cancellation of consular fees with the following countries: Algeria (1965), Angola (15 Apr 1985),{{cite web|url=http://www.kdmid.ru/docs.aspx?lst=country_wiki&it=/Protocol_USSR_Angola_15.04.1983.aspx|script-title=ru: Протокол от 15 апреля 1983 г. об обмене Нотами между Министерством иностранных дел Народной Республики Ангола и Министерством иностранных дел Союза Советских Социалистических Республик о взаимном отказе от взимания консульских сборов за совершение консульских действий гражданами и организациями НРА и СССР|language=ru|website=kdmid.ru|access-date=27 January 2021|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028112754/https://www.kdmid.ru/docs.aspx?lst=country_wiki&it=/Protocol_USSR_Angola_15.04.1983.aspx|url-status=dead}} Iran (15 Feb 1966),{{cite web|url=http://docs.cntd.ru/document/1901693|script-title=ru:Обмен письмами между чрезвычайным и полномочным послом СССР в Иране и Министерством Иностранных Дел Ирана о взаимном отмене взимания консульских сборов за выдачу виз|language=ru|website=docs.cntd.ru|access-date=27 January 2021}} Japan (1 Apr 1965),{{cite web|url=http://docs.cntd.ru/document/1901694|script-title=ru:Обмен письмами между чрезвычайным и полномочным Послом СССР в Японии и министром иностранных дел Японии о взаимном отказе от консульских сборов за выдачу виз|language=ru|website=docs.cntd.ru|access-date=27 January 2021}} and Mauritania (1967).
Agreements were denounced with Bangladesh,The Agreement between the Soviet Union and Bangladesh on 19 May 1973{{cite web|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201707240015|script-title=ru:Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 20.07.2017 № 1545-р "О денонсации Соглашения между Правительством Союза Советских Социалистических Республик и Правительством Народной Республики Бангладеш об отмене на основе взаимности взимания всякого рода консульских сборов за выдачу виз владельцам паспортов всех категорий от 19 мая 1973 года, заключенного в форме обмена нотами|language=ru|website=mid.ru|publisher=Министерство Иностранных Дел России|access-date=29 February 2020}} Cambodia,The Agreement between the Soviet Union and Kampuchea on 26 September 1983{{cite web|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201911060009|script-title=ru:Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 31.10.2019 № 2579-р "О денонсации Соглашения между Правительством Союза Советских Социалистических Республик и Правительством Народной Республики Кампучии о взаимном отказе от взимания консульских сборов за все виды консульских действий от 26 сентября 1983 г., заключенного в форме обмена нотами"|language=ru|website=mid.ru|publisher=Министерство Иностранных Дел России|access-date=29 February 2020}} India,The Agreement between the Soviet Union and India on 3 September 1964{{cite web|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202002140016|script-title=ru:Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 13.02.2020 № 276-р "О денонсации Соглашения между Правительством Союза Советских Социалистических Республик и Правительством Республики Индии о взаимном отказе от взимания консульских сборов за выдачу виз от 3 сентября 1964 г., заключенного в форме обмена нотами, и Соглашения между Правительством Союза Советских Социалистических Республик и Правительством Республики Индии о взаимном отказе от взимания консульских сборов за легализацию и выдачу документов от 26 ноября 1965 г., заключенного в форме обмена нотами"|language=ru|website=mid.ru|publisher=Министерство Иностранных Дел России|access-date=29 February 2020}} Pakistan The Agreement between the Soviet Union and Pakistan on 13 April 1965{{cite web|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201710190012|script-title=ru:Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 17.10.2017 № 2279-р "О денонсации Соглашения между Правительством Союза Советских Социалистических Республик и Правительством Исламской Республики Пакистан об отмене взимания консульских сборов при выдаче любых виз на основе взаимности от 13 апреля 1965 года, заключенного в форме обмена нотами"|language=ru|website=mid.ru|publisher=Министерство Иностранных Дел России|access-date=29 February 2020}} and New Zealand.
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center"
|+ class="nowrap"| Canceled agreements | |||||||
| rowspan="2" style="width:18%;"| Country or territory
! colspan=3| Duration of stay by type of passport ! rowspan=2| Date of signing ! rowspan=2| Effective date ! rowspan=2| Cancellation date ! rowspan=2| Citation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diplomatic
! Service category ! Ordinary | |||||||
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
| colspan=2| 90 days | 90 days with an invitation | 24 Sep 2007 | 1 May 2008 | 20 Oct 2013 | ||||||
| rowspan=3 align=Left| {{#invoke:flag | Bulgaria}}
| colspan=3| During a term of official trips | 2 Nov 1978 | 6 Jul 1979 | 1 Oct 2001 | ||||||
| colspan=3| During a term of official trips For tourism trips with tourist documents For a private trip with an invitation up to 90 days | 3 Nov 1969 | 24 Jan 1970 | 6 Jul 1979 | |||||||
| colspan=3| About private trips
| 20 May 1965 | 1 Jun 1965 | 24 Jan 1970 | |||||||
| align=left| {{flagdeco|CIS}} CIS countries {{Collapsible list|status=uncollapsed|titlestyle=font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;|title=9 states| {{#invoke:flag | Armenia}} {{#invoke:flag | Belarus}} File:Flag of Georgia (1990–2004).svg Georgia {{#invoke:flag | Kazakhstan}} {{#invoke:flag | Kyrgyzstan}} {{#invoke:flag | Moldova}} {{#invoke:flag | Tajikistan}} File:Flag of Turkmenistan (1997-2001).svg Turkmenistan {{#invoke:flag | Uzbekistan}}}} (excluding Azerbaijan and Ukraine)
|colspan=3| Unspecified period | 9 Oct 1992 | 9 Oct 1992; | 3 Dec 2000; | {{cite web|url=http://cis.minsk.by/reestr/ru/index.html#reestr/view/text?doc=149|script-title=ru:Соглашение о безвизовом передвижении граждан государств Содружества Независимых Государств по территории его участников|language=ru|website=cis.minsk.by|publisher=Единый реестр правовых актов и других документов Содружества Независимых Государств|access-date=26 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/multilateral_contract/-/storage-viewer/multilateral/52288|script-title=ru:Соглашение о безвизовом передвижении граждан государств Содружества Независимых Государств по территории его участников|language=ru|website=mid.ru|publisher=Министерство Иностранных Дел России|access-date=26 January 2019}} |
| rowspan=4 align=left| {{#invoke:flag | China}}
| 30 days | colspan=2| | 29 Feb 2000 | 25 May 2001 | 26 Apr 2014 | ||||||
| colspan=2| Yes Including passport for public affairs | | 29 Dec 1993 | 29 Jan 1994 | 25 May 2001 | |||||||
| colspan=2| Yes (on duty) Including passport for public affairs | | 15 Jul 1988 | 14 Aug 1988 | 29 Jan 1994 | | |||||||
| Yes
| colspan=2| | 13 Jun 1985 | 13 Jul 1985 | 14 Aug 1988 | | |||||||
| rowspan=3 align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Cuba}}
| colspan=3|30 days | 3 Dec 1993 | 29 Jul 1994 | 21 Dec 2018 | ||||||
| colspan=3| During a term of official trips For tourism trips with tourist documents For a private trip with an invitation | 10 Jan 1985 | | 29 Jul 1994 | | |||||||
| colspan=3| For tourism trips
| data-sort-value="7 Jul 1981"| 7 Jul 1981 | 24 Sep 1981 | 1985 | | |||||||
| rowspan=2 align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Cyprus}}
| 3 months | | | 5 Jun 1989 | 5 Jun 1989 | 20 Jan 2006 | ||||||
| colspan=2| During a term of official trips
| 90 days | 27 Dec 1994 | 15 Jun 1995 | 1 Jan 2004 | |||||||
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Czech Republic}}
| colspan=3| During a term of official trips | 7 Dec 1994 | 3 Sep 1995 | 29 May 2000 | {{cite web|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/58299|script-title=ru:Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Правительством Чешской Республики о безвизовых поездках граждан|language=ru|website=mid.ru|access-date=28 January 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/1995-201|title=Sdělení Ministerstva zahraničních věcí o sjednání Dohody mezi vládou České republiky a vládou Ruské federace o bezvízových cestách občanů|language=cs|website=zakonyprolidi.cz|access-date=28 January 2021}} | ||||||
| rowspan=4 align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Czechoslovakia}}
| colspan=3| During a term of official trips | 17 Dec 1981 | 30 May 1982 | for {{#invoke:flag | Czech Republic}} 3 Sep 1995; for {{#invoke:flag | Slovakia}} 7 Aug 1994 | ||||
| colspan=3| During a term of official trips For tourism trips with tourist documents For private trips with an invitation up to 90 days Transit without a visa | 16 Sep 1969 | 16 Sep 1969 | 30 May 1982 | |||||||
| colspan=3| 90 days with an invitation
| 17 Sep 1965 | 17 Sep 1965 | 15 Sep 1969 | |||||||
| colspan=3|
| 18 Dec 1962 | | 17 Sep 1965 | | |||||||
| rowspan=2 align=left| {{#invoke:flag | East Germany}}
| colspan=3| During a term of official trips | 6 Apr 1979 | 30 Aug 1979 | 3 Oct 1990 | ||||||
| colspan=3| During a term of official trips For tourism trips with tourist documents For private trips with an invitation up to 90 days Transit without a visa | 28 Nov 1969 | 12 Jan 1970 | 30 Aug 1979 | |||||||
| rowspan=2 align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Hungary}}
| colspan=3| During a term of official trips | 24 Nov 1978 | | 14 Jun 2001 | ||||||
| colspan=3| During a term of official trips For tourism trips with tourist documents For private trips with an invitation up to 90 days | 4 Mar 1969 | 11 Jun 1969 | | |||||||
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | North Korea}}
| colspan=3| During a term of official trips | 22 Jan 1986 | 17 Sep 1986 | 23 May 1997 | | ||||||
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Laos}}
| colspan=2| Yes | | 20 Dec 1984 | | 30 Dec 2004 | ||||||
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Lithuania}}
| colspan=2| | 30 days for Kaliningrad region | 24 Feb 1995 | 25 Jun 1995 | 1 Jan 2003 | ||||||
| rowspan=2 align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Mongolia}}
| colspan=3| During a term of official trips | 20 December 1979 | | 5 May 1995 | ||||||
| colspan=3| During a term of official trips For tourism trips with tourist documents For private trips with an invitation up to 90 days | 26 Jan 1971 | 23 May 1971 | | |||||||
| rowspan=2 align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Poland}}
| colspan=3| During a term of official trips | 13 Dec 1979 | 22 May 1980 | 1 Oct 2003 | ||||||
| colspan=3| During a term of official trips For tourism trips with tourist documents For private trips with an invitation up to 90 days | 5 Feb 1970 | 12 May 1970 | 22 May 1980 | |||||||
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Qatar}}
| 90 days | | | 18 Jan 2016 | 14 Aug 2016 | 23 Feb 2020 | ||||||
| rowspan=6 align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Romania}}
| colspan=3| Yes | 11 Mar 1991 | 24 Oct 1991 | 1 Mar 2004 | ||||||
| colspan=3| During an office mission For tourism trips with tourist documents For private trips with an invitation up to 45 days | 9 Sep 1983 | 11 Apr 1984 | 24 Oct 1991 | |||||||
| colspan=3| During an office mission For tourism trips with tourist documents For private trips with an invitation up to 45 days | 30 Jun 1969 | 1 Jan 1970 | 11 Apr 1984 | {{cite web|url=https://www.mid.ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/49498|script-title=ru:Соглашение между Правительствами Союза Советских Социалистических Республик и Социалистической Республики Румынии об отмене виз для служебных, туристских, частных и транзитных поездок|language=ru|website=mid.ru|access-date=19 May 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mid.ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/49413|script-title=ru:Дополнительный Протокол № 2 к Соглашению между Правительствами Союза Советских Социалистических Республик и Социолистической Республики Румынии об отмене виз для служебных, туристских, частных и транзитных поездок|language=ru|website=mid.ru|access-date=19 May 2021}} | |||||||
| colspan=3| Without visas on office affairs For a private trips with an invitation up to 45 days within year Transit on private affairs without visa | 4 Mar 1966 | 23 Jun 1966 | 1 Jan 1970 | |||||||
| colspan=3| About trips for a visit to close relatives
| data-sort-value="1 Jan 1963"| 1963 | | 23 Jun 1966 | no text | |||||||
| colspan=3| About visa-free trips of citizens on diplomatic, service, all-civil passports and collective certificates
| data-sort-value="1 Jan 1956"| 1956 | | 23 Jun 1966 | no text | |||||||
| rowspan=2 align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Slovakia}}
| colspan=3| 30 days for all passports | 13 Feb 1995 | 25 Aug 1995 | 1 Jan 2001 | ||||||
| colspan=3|
| 1 Jun 1994 | 7 Aug 1994 | 25 Aug 1995 | |||||||
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Ukraine}}
| colspan=3| Unspecified period | 16 Jan 1997 | 10 Mar 1997 | 1 Jan 2023 | {{cite web|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/47339|script-title=ru:Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Украины о безвизовых поездках граждан Российской Федерации и Украины|website=mid.ru|language=ru|publisher=Министерство Иностранных Дел России|access-date=26 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/46088|script-title=ru:Протокол о внесении изменений в Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Украины о безвизовых поездках граждан Российской Федерации и Украины от 16 января 1997 года|website=mid.ru|language=ru|publisher=Министерство Иностранных Дел России|access-date=26 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/2_contract/-/storage-viewer/bilateral/45684|script-title=ru:Соглашение в форме обмена нотами между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Украины о внесении изменений в Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Украины о безвизовых поездках граждан Российской Федерации и Украины от 16 января 1997 года|website=mid.ru|language=ru|publisher=Министерство Иностранных Дел России|access-date=26 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202308020030|script-title=ru:Официальное сообщение Министерства иностранных дел Российской Федерации (О прекращении действия Соглашения между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Украины о безвизовых поездках граждан Российской Федерации и Украины, подписанного в Москве 16 января 1997 года)|language=ru|website=mid.ru|access-date=25 November 2023}} | ||||||
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | United Arab Emirates}}
| 90 days | | | 27 Jun 2010 | 31 Mar 2013 | 17 Feb 2019 | ||||||
| align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Vietnam}}
| colspan=3| During a term of official trips | 15 Jul 1981 | 14 Aug 1982 | 20 Feb 1994 | no text | ||||||
| rowspan=3 align=left| {{#invoke:flag | Yugoslavia}}
| colspan=3| During a term of official trips | 31 Oct 1989 | 26 Apr 1990 | for {{#invoke:flag | Croatia}} 31 Mar 2013; for {{#invoke:flag | Bosnia and Herzegovina}} 1 May 2008; for {{#invoke:flag | Montenegro}} 21 Nov 2008; for {{#invoke:flag | North Macedonia}} 31 Oct 2008; for {{#invoke:flag | Slovenia}} 1 Dec 1999; for {{#invoke:flag | Serbia}} 10 Jun 2009 |
| colspan=2|
| For tourism trips with a voucher | data-sort-value="3 June 1967"| 3 June 1967 | 27 Dec 1967 | rowspan=2| 26 Apr 1990 | rowspan=2| | |||||||
| colspan=2| Yes
| Yes | 26 Oct 1965 | 25 Jan 1966 |
= Entry and stay conditions for EAEU and CIS citizens =
{{main|mobility rights arrangements within the Commonwealth of Independent States|Single Economic Space of the Eurasian Economic Union}}
Russia's visa and other migration policies (incl. healthcare and conditions of family members) are also implemented in accordance with the mobility rights arrangements within the Commonwealth of Independent States and the rules of the single market of the Eurasian Economic Union.
Changes and tightening of Russian legislation in the sphere of migration do not apply to those who have Russian citizenship through international agreements on dual citizenship, and to citizens of the EAEU countries. For citizens of the EAEU, the rules of the EAEU apply.{{cite web | url=https://smotrim.ru/article/4055397 | title=Запрет на работу в России не коснется мигрантов из ЕАЭС }}{{cite web | url=https://eec.eaeunion.org/comission/department/migration/events/grazhdane-stran-eaes-poluchat-vozmozhnost-menyat-tsel-vezda-ne-pokidaya-rossiyu/ | title=Граждане стран ЕАЭС получат возможность менять цель въезда, не покидая Россию }}
On 29 November 2024, the Commonwealth of Independent States finally adopted an updated Concept for the phased formation of a common labor market (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan) and migration regulation.https://pravo.by/novosti/obshchestvenno-politicheskie-i-v-oblasti-prava/2024/december/79763/{{cite web | url=https://www.osnmedia.ru/politika/mishustin-sng-rabotaet-nad-sozdaniem-obshhego-rynka-truda/ | title=Мишустин: СНГ работает над созданием общего рынка труда | date=16 December 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://tass.ru/politika/22688357 | title=Мишустин: страны СНГ постоянно работают над улучшением жизни своих граждан }}{{cite web | url=https://rg.ru/2024/12/17/prostranstvo-dlia-manevra.html | title=Пространство для маневра | date=17 December 2024 }}
Visa
The Russian visa is a machine-readable document, which is placed in the holder's passport. All fields are indicated in both Russian and English, but are filled out only in Russian.
The holder's name appears in both the Roman and Cyrillic alphabets.
The name that appears in the machine-readable zone at the bottom of the visa represents the holder's Cyrillic name mapped into the Roman alphabet. This allows Russian computer systems to read the Cyrillic name, despite the machine readers only being able to read Roman alphabet letters. As a result, the spelling of a name in the machine-readable zone does not necessarily reflect its spelling in the visa's name field. For example, the name "Christoph" would appear in the field as "Kpиcтoф/Christoph", but the MRZ would contain the name "Kristof".
Contrary to guidelines for machine-readable documents, the issuing country's ISO code (RUS) is not shown at positions 3–5 (i.e. V While not necessarily printed on the visa (depending on the embassy), a photo is required in the visa application. The visa application form may be filled online and submitted to the diplomatic mission.{{cite web | url=https://visa.kdmid.ru | title=visa.kdmid.ru | publisher=visa.kdmid.ru | access-date=2016-12-26}}
=Types of visa=
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Depending on the purpose of entry into the Russian Federation and the purposes of stay, visas are categorized as:
- Private
- Business
- Tourist
- Educational
- Working
- Humanitarian
- Entry (for receiving shelter or to obtain citizenship in Russia){{cite web | url=http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=home#doc/LAW/182934/100217,0/0/457 | title=Federal law on the procedure for exiting and entering the Russian Federasion | language=ru}}{{verify source|date=March 2020|reason=Cannot translate page and archive page was garbage.}}
;Diplomatic visa
A diplomatic visa shall be issued to a foreign citizen holding a diplomatic passport. A diplomatic visa is issued:
- to foreign heads of state, foreign heads of government, members of the foreign official delegations, family members of such persons traveling with them or accompanying them – for a period of up to 1 year.
- to diplomatic agents of diplomatic missions and consular officials of consular establishments, the staff of representations of the international organizations in the Russian Federation which have the diplomatic status in the Russian Federation, to family members of specified persons for a period of up to 1 year.
- to foreign diplomatic and consular couriers for the term of business trip.
- to officials of the foreign states who have the official status in the Russian Federation have the right to a diplomatic visa and who come for a working visit to diplomatic missions or consular establishments of the foreign states in the Russian Federation or to the international organizations or their representations in the Russian Federation, for a period of up to 1 year.
;Service visa
A service visa is issued to the foreign citizen having service (consular, official, special) passport. A service visa is issued:
- to members of foreign official delegations, family members of such persons traveling with them or accompanying them - for a period of up to 1 year.
- to administrative and technical and service personnel of diplomatic missions, consular employees and service personnel of consular establishments of the foreign states in the Russian Federation, representations of the international organizations in the Russian Federation and to family members of such persons for a period of up to 1 year.
- to military personnel of armed forces of the foreign states and family members of such persons for a period of up to 1 year. Extension of term of stay in the Russian Federation by issuance of the multiple entry visa for a period of validity of the foreign trade contract registered in accordance with the established procedure, but no more than for 5 years is allowed to the military personnel of armed forces of the foreign states driving to the Russian Federation for implementation of international treaties of the Russian Federation and (or) decisions of public authorities of the Russian Federation in the field of military and technical cooperation, and family members of such persons.
- to foreign state officials who have the official status in the Russian Federation have the right to be issued a service visa and those who travel for a working visit to diplomatic missions or consular establishments of the foreign states in the Russian Federation or in the international organizations or their representations in the Russian Federation, for a period of up to 1 year.
;Ordinary visa
Depending on the purpose of entry of the foreign citizen into the Russian Federation and the purpose of his stay in the Russian Federation ordinary visas are subdivided on private, business, tourist, educational, working, humanitarian and entry visas to the Russian Federation for temporary residence or citizenship ceremony:
- An ordinary private visa is issued for a period of up to 3 months to foreign citizens traveling to Russia for a short visit on the basis of an invitation letter. Citizens from certain countries (based on the principle of reciprocity) can receive a visa for a period of up to 1 year.
- An ordinary business visa is issued for a period of up to 1 year to foreign citizens traveling to Russia for a business trip.
- An ordinary tourist visa is issued for a period of up to 1 month (or on the basis of the principle of reciprocity for a period of up to 6 months) to foreign citizens traveling to Russia as tourists, if holding an invitation letter by a Russian tour operator. Invitations can be issued by many hotels on request (sometimes for a fee) or through various online services associated with Russian tour operators. An ordinary tourist group visa is issued for a period of up to 1 month to foreign citizens traveling to Russia as a tourist in an organized tourist group (not less than 5 people), of holding a confirmation by an organization in the unified federal register of tour operators.
- An ordinary student visa is issued for a period of up to 1 year to foreign citizens traveling to Russia for training in the educational institution.
- An ordinary work visa is issued to foreign citizens visiting Russia for work purposes for a period of validity of the employment contract or civil contract for performance of work (rendering services), but no more than for 1 year.
- An ordinary humanitarian visa is issued for a period of up to 1 year (or on the basis of the principle of reciprocity for a period of up to 5 years) to foreign citizens visiting Russia for a scientific, cultural, political or a sport visit, religious communication and contacts, pilgrimage, charity, delivery of humanitarian aid.
- An ordinary entry visa to Russia for receiving a shelter is issued to foreign citizens for a period of up to 3 months if holding a decision of the federal executive authority authorized on implementation of functions on control and supervision in the sphere of migration on recognition of this foreign citizen as a refugee on the territory of Russia.
- An ordinary entry visa to Russia to obtain citizenship of the Russian Federation is issued to foreign citizens for a period of up to 1 year if holding a decision on recognition of such foreign citizen as a native speaker of Russian.
- An ordinary entry visa to Russia to obtain permission for temporary resident is issued to foreign citizens for a period of up to 4 months.
;Simplified Ordinary Tourist Visa
The Russian government issues general tourist visas for up to 6 months to 19 countries based on hotel reservations or other accommodation reservation confirmations. This list includes information on hotels, ski resorts, and beaches.{{cite web | url=http://actual.pravo.gov.ru/content/content.html#pnum=0001202302200016 | title=6 months tourist visa approval}}
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;Transit visa
A Transit visa is issued for a period of up to 10 days to the foreign citizen for transit through the territory of Russia.
;Visa of temporary living person
A visa of temporarily living person is issued for 4 months to the foreign citizen to whom entry into Russia is allowed for temporary residence, within a quota of delivery of permissions to temporary residence.
=Applying for visa=
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All types of Russian entry visas are received through Russian embassies and consulates. Provided all the documents are ready, the process usually takes no more than 3-10 workdays for Russian travel visa.
Russian Tourist Visa requirements:
- Original passport
- One photo (colour, passport size photo)
- Tourist invitation
- Russian Consulate Application Form
The Russian Consulate requires the visa application form to be printed on A4 paper with right and bottom margins of 5mm. A failure to meet these requirements invalidates the form.
=Exit=
Russia requires that an alien who needs a visa on entry be in possession of a valid visa upon exit.
To satisfy this formal requirement, exit visas sometimes need to be issued. Russia requires an exit visa if a visitor stays well past the expiration date of their visa. They must then extend their visa or apply for an exit visa and are not allowed to leave the country until they show a valid visa or have a permissible excuse for overstaying their visa (e.g., a note from a doctor or a hospital explaining an illness, missed flight, lost or stolen visa). In some cases, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can issue a Return-Home certificate that is valid for 10 days from the embassy of the visitor's native country, thus eliminating the need for an exit visa.{{cite web | url=http://www.visahouse.com/faqs.asp#q9 | title=Russian Visa - problems and solutions | website=Visahouse.com | access-date=16 December 2017}}{{cite web | url=http://www.russianvisa.org/exitvisa.html | title=Russian Visa Online | website=VisaToRussia | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831232142/http://www.russianvisa.org/exitvisa.html | archive-date=2015-08-31}}{{cite web | url=http://visalink-russia.com/learn-about-types-visas-and-invitations.html | title=What is a visa to Russia: all about visas and invitations | website=Visalink-russia.com | access-date=16 December 2017}}
A foreign citizen granted a temporary residence permit in Russia needs a temporary resident visa to take a trip abroad (valid for both exit and return). It is also colloquially called an exit visa.
=Costs for visa=
Almost all Russian embassies and consulates, require visa applications to be submitted to semi-private visa processing centers instead of directly to the consular section of the embassy. Costs differ.
=Fingerprinting=
From January 2015, visa applicants from the United Kingdom, Denmark, Myanmar and Namibia will be obliged to provide fingerprint scans. After a trial period it will be decided whether to expand this to other countries as well.
Russia plans to require, from 1 July 2019, fingerprinting and photographing of all foreign citizens entering the Russian Federation without a visa and staying for more than 30 days.{{cite web | url=http://tass.ru/obschestvo/4800616 | title=МВД с 2019 года введет обязательную дактилоскопию для въезжающих в РФ без визы иностранцев | website=Tass.ru | access-date=16 December 2017}}
From 1 December 2024, foreign citizens staying in Russia through the airports of Moscow and the Moscow region and the Mashtakovo automobile checkpoint in the Orenburg Region must submit fingerprinting and photographing.
From 30 June 2025, this requirement will be applied at all border checkpoints.
Visitor and visa statistics
;Visitor statistics
According to the Border Service of the Federal Security Service and the Federal State Statistics Service, most visitors arriving to Russia were from the following countries of nationality:{{cite web | title=Паспорт набора данных "Визы по странам" | url=https://www.kdmid.ru/opendata/MIDR_10/ | publisher=Консульский департамент МИД России | access-date=15 April 2020 | language=ru | archive-date=9 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809103258/https://www.kdmid.ru/opendata/MIDR_10/ | url-status=dead}}[https://www.fedstat.ru/indicator/38479# Въезд иностранных граждан в РФ]
| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ class="nowrap" | Total visitors by year | |
| 2019 | {{increase}} 32,866,265 |
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| 2018 | {{increase}} 32,550,677 |
| 2017 | {{increase}} 32,035,443 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| 2016 | {{decrease}} 31,466,538 |
| 2015 | {{increase}} 33,729,187 |
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| 2014 | {{increase}} 32,421,490 |
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| 2013 | {{increase}} 30,792,091 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| 2012 | {{increase}} 28,176,502 |
| 2011 | {{increase}} 24,932,061 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| 2010 | {{increase}} 22,281,217 |
| 2009 | {{decrease}} 21,338,650 |
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| 2008 | {{increase}} 23,676,140 |
| 2007 | 22,908,625 |
Visitor statistics 2024-2021
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| Country | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{#invoke:flag | Kazakhstan}} | 3,407,706 | 3,163,214 | |
| {{#invoke:flag | Uzbekistan}} | 3,360,423 | 3,109,445 | |
| {{#invoke:flag | Tajikistan}} | 1,701,543 | 2,153,956 | |
| {{#invoke:flag | China}} | 1,695,873 | 794,387 | |
| {{#invoke:flag | Kyrgyzstan}} | 1,195,392 | 1,140,239 | |
| {{#invoke:flag | Abkhazia}} | 718,101 | 764,766 | |
| {{#invoke:flag | Armenia}} | 621,015 | 616,659 | |
| {{#invoke:flag | Azerbaijan}} | 533,020 | 476,743 | |
| {{#invoke:flag | Belarus}} | 519,591 | 414,677 | |
| {{#invoke:flag | Mongolia}} | 367,451 | 311,479 |
| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ class="nowrap" | Visitor statistics 2020-2016 ! rowspan=2| Nationality ! colspan=5| Total (includes all types of purposes of visits) | ||||||
| 2020
! 2019 ! 2018 ! 2017 ! 2016 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Ukraine}} | {{hs|01}} {{decrease}} 3,648,972 | {{hs|01}} {{decrease}} 8,646,295 | {{hs|01}} {{decrease}} 9,177,272 | {{hs|01}} {{increase}} 9,817,008 | {{hs|01}} {{decrease}} 9,737,405 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Kazakhstan}} | {{hs|02}} {{decrease}} 1,426,727 | {{hs|02}} {{increase}} 4,324,856 | {{hs|02}} {{increase}} 4,241,244 | {{hs|02}} {{decrease}} 4,137,613 | {{hs|02}} {{decrease}} 4,686,059 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Uzbekistan}} | {{hs|03}} {{decrease}} 720,041 | {{hs|03}} {{increase}} 2,588,922 | {{hs|03}} {{increase}} 2,354,642 | {{hs|03}} {{increase}} 2,350,007 | {{hs|03}} {{decrease}} 2,116,480 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Abkhazia}} | {{hs|04}} {{decrease}} 414,927 | {{hs|13}} {{increase}} 600,399 | {{hs|14}} {{increase}} 492,310 | {{hs|13}} {{increase}} 436,368 | {{hs|15}} {{decrease}} 415,606 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Tajikistan}} | {{hs|05}} {{decrease}} 401,888 | {{hs|05}} {{increase}} 1,557,148 | {{hs|05}} {{decrease}} 1,340,975 | {{hs|05}} {{increase}} 1,350,356 | {{hs|06}} {{increase}} 1,293,270 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Kyrgyzstan}} | {{hs|06}} {{decrease}} 299,611 | {{hs|07}} {{increase}} 959,130 | {{hs|08}} {{increase}} 859,735 | {{hs|09}} {{increase}} 836,946 | {{hs|10}} {{decrease}} 792,042 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Azerbaijan}} | {{hs|07}} {{decrease}} 269,807 | {{hs|06}} {{increase}} 1,175,045 | {{hs|06}} {{increase}} 1,145,327 | {{hs|06}} {{decrease}} 1,143,243 | {{hs|07}} {{increase}} 1,156,703 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Armenia}} | {{hs|08}} {{decrease}} 209,812 | {{hs|09}} {{decrease}} 816,454 | {{hs|09}} {{decrease}} 825,200 | {{hs|08}} {{increase}} 857,212 | {{hs|09}} {{decrease}} 833,577 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Finland}} | {{hs|09}} {{decrease}} 180,110 | {{hs|08}} {{decrease}} 938,693 | {{hs|07}} {{decrease}} 994,098 | {{hs|07}} {{decrease}} 1,063,348 | {{hs|05}} {{decrease}} 1,376,646 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Belarus}} | {{hs|10}} {{decrease}} 176,601 | {{hs|16}} {{increase}} 440,438 | {{hs|15}} {{increase}} 403,597 | {{hs|16}} {{increase}} 382,022 | {{hs|18}} {{decrease}} 320,372 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | China}} | {{hs|11}} {{decrease}} 155,594 | {{hs|04}} {{increase}} 2,257,039 | {{hs|04}} {{increase}} 2,030,319 | {{hs|04}} {{increase}} 1,780,200 | {{hs|04}} {{increase}} 1,565,524 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Moldova}} | {{hs|12}} {{decrease}} 154,766 | {{hs|12}} {{decrease}} 614,043 | {{hs|12}} {{decrease}} 698,027 | {{hs|10}} {{increase}} 803,916 | {{hs|11}} {{decrease}} 699,112 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Philippines}} | {{hs|13}} {{decrease}} 133,414 | {{hs|26}} {{increase}} 193,031 | {{hs|27}} {{increase}} 179,672 | {{hs|27}} {{increase}} 172,278 | {{hs|26}} {{decrease}} 160,734 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Poland}} | {{hs|14}} {{decrease}} 133,014 | {{hs|11}} {{decrease}} 680,382 | {{hs|10}} {{decrease}} 728,546 | {{hs|11}} {{decrease}} 765,544 | {{hs|08}} {{decrease}} 1,056,013 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Turkey}} | {{hs|15}} {{decrease}} 132,372 | {{hs|27}} {{decrease}} 187,612 | {{hs|26}} {{increase}} 196,061 | {{hs|26}} {{increase}} 181,285 | {{hs|27}} {{decrease}} 120,035 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Estonia}} | {{hs|16}} {{decrease}} 105,584 | {{hs|14}} {{increase}} 540,062 | {{hs|13}} {{increase}} 496,582 | {{hs|14}} {{decrease}} 432,803 | {{hs|14}} {{increase}} 433,926 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Latvia}} | {{hs|17}} {{decrease}} 93,865 | {{hs|18}} {{increase}} 365,783 | {{hs|17}} {{increase}} 355,641 | {{hs|17}} {{decrease}} 330,266 | {{hs|16}} {{increase}} 360,603 |
| Stateless persons | {{hs|18}} {{decrease}} 74,215 | {{hs|19}} {{decrease}} 303,851 | {{hs|20}} {{increase}} 327,613 | {{hs|18}} {{decrease}} 318,393 | {{hs|17}} {{decrease}} 321,383 | |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | South Ossetia}} | {{hs|19}} {{decrease}} 70,470 | {{hs|29}} {{increase}} 147,355 | {{hs|29}} {{increase}} 143,501 | {{hs|28}} {{increase}} 137,427 | {{hs|29}} {{decrease}} 115,382 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Germany}} | {{hs|20}} {{decrease}} 69,456 | {{hs|10}} {{increase}} 744,473 | {{hs|11}} {{increase}} 701,576 | {{hs|12}} {{increase}} 629,082 | {{hs|12}} {{increase}} 613,370 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Lithuania}} | {{hs|21}} {{decrease}} 57,883 | {{hs|22}} {{increase}} 253,950 | {{hs|21}} {{decrease}} 243,190 | {{hs|21}} {{decrease}} 256,009 | {{hs|19}} {{increase}} 281,168 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Mongolia}} | {{hs|22}} {{decrease}} 56,625 | {{hs|17}} {{decrease}} 394,994 | {{hs|16}} {{decrease}} 401,485 | {{hs|15}} {{decrease}} 416,293 | {{hs|13}} {{increase}} 542,196 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Georgia}} | {{hs|23}} {{decrease}} 56,266 | {{hs|32}} {{decrease}} 120,086 | {{hs|31}} {{increase}} 123,732 | {{hs|31}} {{increase}} 117,204 | {{hs|36}} {{decrease}} 65,378 |
| {{#invoke:flag | India}} | {{hs|24}} {{decrease}} 46,025 | {{hs|28}} {{increase}} 180,567 | {{hs|28}} {{increase}} 159,865 | {{hs|29}} {{increase}} 130,400 | {{hs|30}} {{increase}} 108,498 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | South Korea}} | {{hs|25}} {{decrease}} 42,297 | {{hs|15}} {{increase}} 453,796 | {{hs|18}} {{increase}} 386,413 | {{hs|20}} {{increase}} 276,560 | {{hs|25}} {{increase}} 181,024 |
| {{#invoke:flag | France}} | {{hs|26}} {{decrease}} 38,391 | {{hs|24}} {{increase}} 249,410 | {{hs|22}} {{increase}} 236,583 | {{hs|22}} {{increase}} 211,673 | {{hs|22}} {{increase}} 201,260 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Israel}} | {{hs|27}} {{decrease}} 32,402 | {{hs|21}} {{increase}} 260,472 | {{hs|23}} {{increase}} 228,530 | {{hs|25}} {{increase}} 185,426 | {{hs|24}} {{increase}} 182,438 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Italy}} | {{hs|28}} {{decrease}} 28,432 | {{hs|23}} {{increase}} 251,751 | {{hs|24}} {{increase}} 225,776 | {{hs|23}} {{decrease}} 206,860 | {{hs|21}} {{increase}} 208,689 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Serbia}} | {{hs|29}} {{decrease}} 26,731 | {{hs|35}} {{decrease}} 84,852 | {{hs|33}} {{increase}} 96,730 | {{hs|34}} {{increase}} 87,899 | {{hs|32}} {{increase}} 79,575 |
| {{#invoke:flag | United Kingdom}} | {{hs|30}} {{decrease}} 22,471 | {{hs|25}} {{decrease}} 194,956 | {{hs|25}} {{increase}} 216,029 | {{hs|24}} {{increase}} 193,522 | {{hs|23}} {{decrease}} 190,278 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Turkmenistan}} | {{hs|31}} {{decrease}} 21,680 | {{hs|33}} {{increase}} 92,616 | {{hs|35}} {{increase}} 82,675 | {{hs|37}} {{increase}} 65,749 | {{hs|38}} {{increase}} 56,258 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Vietnam}} | {{hs|32}} {{decrease}} 19,477 | {{hs|34}} {{increase}} 90,565 | {{hs|34}} {{increase}} 84,612 | {{hs|35}} {{increase}} 77,391 | {{hs|35}} {{increase}} 66,939 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | United States}} | {{hs|33}} {{decrease}} 19,306 | {{hs|20}} {{decrease}} 300,933 | {{hs|19}} {{increase}} 337,395 | {{hs|19}} {{increase}} 293,011 | {{hs|20}} {{increase}} 248,990 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Japan}} | {{hs|34}} {{decrease}} 16,048 | {{hs|31}} {{increase}} 127,696 | {{hs|32}} {{increase}} 119,240 | {{hs|32}} {{increase}} 114,207 | {{hs|31}} {{increase}} 95,675 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Netherlands}} | {{hs|35}} {{decrease}} 14,663 | {{hs|36}} {{increase}} 84,651 | {{hs|36}} {{increase}} 80,540 | {{hs|36}} {{increase}} 73,729 | {{hs|34}} {{increase}} 68,017 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Egypt}} | {{hs|36}} {{decrease}} 13,481 | {{hs|56}} {{decrease}} 28,039 | {{hs|53}} {{increase}} 39,402 | ||
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Iran}} | {{hs|37}} {{decrease}} 12,725 | {{hs|43}} {{decrease}} 54,469 | {{hs|43}} {{decrease}} 61,007 | {{hs|33}} {{increase}} 91,862 | {{hs|33}} {{increase}} 75,203 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Thailand}} | {{hs|38}} {{decrease}} 12,183 | {{hs|37}} {{increase}} 72,031 | {{hs|40}} {{increase}} 64,898 | {{hs|42}} {{increase}} 52,697 | {{hs|48}} {{increase}} 32,222 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Greece}} | {{hs|39}} {{decrease}} 11,732 | {{hs|46}} {{increase}} 44,784 | {{hs|50}} {{increase}} 42,967 | {{hs|45}} {{decrease}} 41,205 | {{hs|41}} {{increase}} 46,730 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Bulgaria}} | {{hs|40}} {{decrease}} 10,255 | {{hs|49}} {{increase}} 41,083 | {{hs|51}} {{increase}} 40,836 | {{hs|46}} {{decrease}} 39,191 | {{hs|45}} {{increase}} 41,290 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Austria}} | {{hs|41}} {{decrease}} 9,977 | {{hs|38}} {{increase}} 67,429 | {{hs|41}} {{increase}} 64,500 | {{hs|38}} {{increase}} 59,501 | {{hs|37}} {{decrease}} 56,663 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Czech Republic}} | {{hs|42}} {{decrease}} 9,874 | {{hs|41}} {{increase}} 57,835 | {{hs|47}} {{increase}} 53,739 | {{hs|44}} {{increase}} 49,232 | {{hs|40}} {{increase}} 47,288 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Indonesia}} | {{hs|43}} {{decrease}} 9,671 | {{hs|50}} {{increase}} 40,284 | {{hs|56}} {{increase}} 31,695 | {{hs|55}} {{increase}} 25,425 | {{hs|X}} {{increase}} 20,211 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Spain}} | {{hs|44}} {{decrease}} 9,565 | {{hs|30}} {{increase}} 140,181 | {{hs|30}} {{increase}} 123,652 | {{hs|30}} {{increase}} 118,642 | {{hs|28}} {{increase}} 116,032 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Romania}} | {{hs|45}} {{decrease}} 9,335 | {{hs|52}} {{increase}} 32,779 | {{hs|59}} {{increase}} 29,920 | {{hs|52}} {{increase}} 26,330 | {{hs|52}} {{decrease}} 23,684 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Norway}} | {{hs|46}} {{decrease}} 8,506 | {{hs|44}} {{increase}} 52,022 | {{hs|48}} {{decrease}} 51,003 | {{hs|40}} {{increase}} 53,197 | {{hs|42}} {{decrease}} 46,631 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Sweden}} | {{hs|47}} {{decrease}} 8,308 | {{hs|47}} {{decrease}} 43,198 | {{hs|46}} {{increase}} 55,329 | {{hs|49}} {{decrease}} 32,095 | {{hs|46}} {{decrease}} 39,153 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Belgium}} | {{hs|48}} {{decrease}} 7,534 | {{hs|48}} {{decrease}} 42,473 | {{hs|49}} {{increase}} 48,270 | {{hs|47}} {{increase}} 38,868 | {{hs|47}} {{increase}} 37,492 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Croatia}} | {{hs|49}} {{decrease}} 7,480 | {{decrease}} 19,243 | {{hs|54}} {{increase}} 36,045 | ||
| {{#invoke:flag | Switzerland}} | {{hs|50}} {{decrease}} 7,407 | {{hs|42}} {{decrease}} 55,747 | {{hs|45}} {{increase}} 59,828 | {{hs|41}} {{increase}} 53,167 | {{hs|39}} {{increase}} 52,656 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Cuba}} | {{hs|51}} {{decrease}} 6,631 | {{hs|54}} {{increase}} 29,169 | {{hs|60}} {{decrease}} 27,882 | {{hs|50}} {{increase}} 30,711 | {{hs|50}} {{increase}} 26,667 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Hungary}} | {{hs|52}} {{decrease}} 5,680 | {{hs|51}} {{increase}} 35,541 | {{hs|55}} {{increase}} 32,998 | {{hs|54}} {{increase}} 25,659 | {{hs|51}} {{increase}} 25,313 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Denmark}} | {{hs|53}} {{decrease}} 5,016 | 24,662 | {{hs|58}} {{increase}} 31,308 | ||
| Total | {{hs|54}} {{decrease}} n/a | {{hs|63}} {{increase}} 32,866,265 | {{hs|63}} {{increase}}32,550,677 | {{hs|63}} {{increase}}32,035,443 | {{hs|63}} {{decrease}} 31,466,538 |
| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ class="nowrap" | Visitor statistics 2015-2010 | |||||||
| rowspan=2| Nationality
! colspan=6| Total (includes all types of purposes of visits) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015
! 2014 ! 2013 ! 2012 ! 2011 ! 2010 | |||||||
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Ukraine}} | {{hs|01}} {{increase}} 10,314,757 | {{hs|01}} {{increase}} 9,842,990 | {{hs|01}} {{increase}} 7,080,991 | {{hs|01}} {{increase}} 6,502,543 | {{hs|01}} {{increase}} 6,072,775 | 4,198,030 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Kazakhstan}} | {{hs|02}} {{increase}} 5,180,246 | {{hs|02}} {{increase}} 4,215,161 | {{hs|02}} {{increase}} 3,848,899 | {{hs|02}} {{increase}} 3,630,342 | {{hs|02}} {{increase}} 3,049,406 | 2,747,358 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Uzbekistan}} | {{hs|03}} {{decrease}} 2,163,256 | {{hs|03}} {{decrease}} 2,353,140 | {{hs|03}} {{increase}} 2,967444 | {{hs|03}} {{increase}} 2,677,322 | {{hs|03}} {{increase}} 2,086,359 | 1,584,086 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Poland}} | {{hs|04}} {{decrease}} 1,766,612 | {{hs|04}} {{increase}} 1,823,143 | {{hs|04}} {{increase}} 1,644,657 | {{hs|06}} {{increase}} 1,190,003 | {{hs|09}} {{increase}} 704,610 | 394,872 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Finland}} | {{hs|05}} {{increase}} 1,476,412 | {{hs|05}} {{increase}} 1,446,169 | {{hs|05}} {{increase}} 1,388,036 | {{hs|04}} {{increase}} 1,375,614 | {{hs|04}} {{increase}} 1,211,520 | 1,012,621 |
| {{#invoke:flag | China}} | {{hs|06}} {{increase}} 1,353,051 | {{hs|07}} {{increase}} 1,125,098 | {{hs|09}} {{increase}} 1,071,515 | {{hs|09}} {{increase}} 978,988 | {{hs|08}} {{increase}} 845,588 | 747,640 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Tajikistan}} | {{hs|07}} {{decrease}} 1,200,972 | {{hs|06}} {{decrease}} 1,202,260 | {{hs|07}} {{increase}} 1,348,868 | {{hs|07}} {{increase}} 1,134,150 | {{hs|07}} {{increase}} 955,455 | 830,160 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Azerbaijan}} | {{hs|08}} {{increase}} 1,071,324 | {{hs|08}} {{decrease}} 1,021,204 | {{hs|08}} {{increase}} 1,196,759 | {{hs|08}} {{increase}} 1,116,238 | {{hs|06}} {{increase}} 1,045,525 | 979,778 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Armenia}} | {{hs|09}} {{increase}} 850,137 | {{hs|10}} {{decrease}} 794,098 | {{hs|10}} {{increase}} 882,864 | {{hs|10}} {{increase}} 700,332 | {{hs|15}} {{increase}} 550,349 | 459,040 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Kyrgyzstan}} | {{hs|10}} {{increase}} 842,396 | {{hs|11}} {{decrease}} 725,664 | {{hs|11}} {{increase}} 763,418 | {{hs|12}} {{increase}} 623,970 | {{hs|13}} {{increase}} 592,960 | 552,909 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Moldova}} | {{hs|11}} {{decrease}} 770,965 | {{hs|09}} {{decrease}} 923,625 | {{hs|06}} {{increase}} 1,374,690 | {{hs|05}} {{increase}} 1,194,291 | {{hs|05}} {{increase}} 1,073,637 | 988,084 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Germany}} | {{hs|12}} {{decrease}} 595,200 | {{hs|12}} {{decrease}} 635,153 | {{hs|12}} {{increase}} 686,557 | {{hs|11}} {{increase}} 671,676 | {{hs|10}} {{increase}} 629,391 | 611,367 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Mongolia}} | {{hs|13}} {{increase}} 505,429 | {{hs|22}} {{decrease}} 225,972 | {{hs|22}} {{decrease}} 226,673 | {{hs|18}} {{increase}} 365,236 | {{hs|22}} {{increase}} 212,117 | 157,367 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Belarus}} | {{hs|14}} {{decrease}} 424,531 | {{hs|13}} {{increase}} 495,999 | {{hs|16}} {{increase}} 418,207 | {{hs|17}} {{increase}} 372,942 | {{hs|18}} {{increase}} 267,233 | 259,191 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Abkhazia}} | {{hs|15}} {{increase}} 422,130 | {{hs|17}} {{increase}} 362,811 | {{hs|20}} {{increase}} 293,429 | {{hs|22}} {{increase}} 273,964 | {{hs|24}} {{increase}} 202,440 | 52,289 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Estonia}} | {{hs|16}} {{increase}} 382,031 | {{hs|16}} {{decrease}} 363,942 | {{hs|15}} {{decrease}} 430,164 | {{hs|15}} {{decrease}} 494,282 | {{hs|16}} {{increase}} 519,402 | 474,949 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Latvia}} | {{hs|17}} {{decrease}} 348,338 | {{hs|15}} {{decrease}} 374,701 | {{hs|17}} {{decrease}} 391,304 | {{hs|16}} {{decrease}} 461,162 | {{hs|14}} {{increase}} 571,374 | 569,300 |
| Stateless persons | {{hs|18}} {{decrease}} 326,841 | {{hs|19}} {{decrease}} 349,400 | {{hs|14}} {{decrease}} 463,640 | {{hs|14}} {{decrease}} 523,333 | {{hs|12}} {{decrease}} 618,705 | 679,757 | |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | Turkey}} | {{hs|19}} {{decrease}} 323,039 | {{hs|18}} {{decrease}} 361,416 | {{hs|18}} {{increase}} 385,147 | {{hs|19}} {{increase}} 305,429 | {{hs|19}} {{increase}} 249,109 | 196,704 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Lithuania}} | {{hs|20}} {{decrease}} 270,600 | {{hs|14}} {{decrease}} 487,206 | {{hs|13}} {{decrease}} 539,308 | {{hs|13}} {{decrease}} 553,896 | {{hs|11}} {{decrease}} 622,740 | 760,728 |
| style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag | United States}} | {{hs|21}} {{decrease}} 242,104 | {{hs|20}} {{decrease}} 257,070 | {{hs|19}} {{increase}} 305,954 | {{hs|21}} {{increase |
|-
| {{#invoke:flag||Italy}} || {{hs|22}} {{decrease}} 204,710 || {{hs|23}} {{decrease}} 219,976 || {{hs|23}} {{increase}} 225,933 || {{hs|24}} {{increase}} 212,411 || {{hs|23}} {{increase|}} 207,476 || 198,002
|-style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag||France}} || {{hs|23}} {{decrease}} 191,643 || {{hs|24}} {{decrease}} 219,210 || {{hs|24}} {{increase}} 225,860 || {{hs|23}} {{increase}} 225,343 || {{hs|21}} {{increase}} 213,473 || 194,248
|-
| {{#invoke:flag||United Kingdom}} || {{hs|24}}{{decrease}} 190,775 || {{hs|21}} {{decrease}} 228,346 || {{hs|21}} {{increase}} 259,676 || {{hs|22}} {{increase}} 231,670 || {{hs|20}} {{increase}} 221,418 || 212,847
|-style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag||Israel}} || {{hs|25}} {{increase}} 165,003 || {{hs|26}} {{increase}} 152,853 || {{hs|26}} {{increase}} 136,827 || {{hs|26}} {{increase}} 123,974 || {{hs|26}} {{increase}} 114,380 || 100,291
|-
| {{#invoke:flag||Philippines}} || {{hs|26}} {{increase}} 163,010 || {{hs|25}} {{increase}} 162,990 || {{hs|25}} {{increase}} 149,213 || {{hs|25}} {{increase}} 130,541 || {{hs|27}} {{increase}} 99,405 || 81,385
|-style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag||South Korea}} || {{hs|27}} {{increase}} 153,189 || {{hs|27}} {{increase}} 135,676 || {{hs|28}} {{increase}} 107,942 || {{hs|28}} {{increase}} 94,922 || {{hs|28}} {{increase}} 91,335 || 90,622
|-
| {{#invoke:flag||South Ossetia}} || {{hs|28}} {{increase}} 125,444 || {{hs|28}} {{increase}} 117,283 || {{hs|32}} {{increase}} 94,159 || {{hs|32}} {{increase}} 73,863 || {{hs|39}} {{increase}} 47,739 || 33,409
|-style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag||Spain}} || {{hs|29}} {{increase}} 110,247 || {{hs|30}} {{decrease}} 100,206 || {{hs|27}} {{increase}} 109,089 || {{hs|27}} {{decrease}} 101,536 || {{hs|25}} {{increase}} 129,730 || 110,601
|-
| {{#invoke:flag||India}} || {{hs|30}} {{increase}} 95,527 || {{hs|31}} {{decrease}} 94,259 || {{hs|31}} {{increase}} 95,542 || {{hs|31}} {{increase}} 80,127 || {{hs|33}} {{increase}} 60,191 || 53,364
|-style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag||Japan}} || {{hs|31}} {{decrease}} 93,550 || {{hs|29}} {{increase}} 105,220 || {{hs|30}} {{increase}} 102,408 || {{hs|29}} {{increase}} 86,806 || {{hs|30}} {{decrease}} 76,204 || 78,188
|-
| {{#invoke:flag||Serbia}} || {{hs|32}} {{decrease}} 79,406 || {{hs|32}} {{decrease}} 87,048 || {{hs|29}} {{increase}} 107,601 || {{hs|34}} {{increase}} 70,371 || {{hs|34}} {{increase}} 57,177 || 47,939
|-style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag||Georgia}} || {{hs|33}} {{increase}} 69,095 || {{hs|37}} {{increase}} 58,264 || {{hs|41}} {{increase}} 48,440 || {{hs|46}} {{increase}} 35,511 || {{hs|47}} {{increase}} 30,415 || 24,568
|-
| {{#invoke:flag||Netherlands}} || {{hs|34}} {{decrease}} 63,469 || {{hs|33}} {{decrease}} 80,543 || {{hs|33}} {{increase}} 86,402 || {{hs|30}} {{decrease}} 81,212 || {{hs|29}} {{increase}} 87,549 || 80,720
|-style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag||Vietnam}} || {{hs|35}} {{decrease}} 60,882 || {{hs|34}} {{decrease}} 75,840 || {{hs|34}} {{increase}} 81,073 || {{hs|36}} {{increase}} 62,961 || {{hs|35}} {{increase}} 53,529 || 50,823
|-
| {{#invoke:flag||Austria}} || {{hs|36}} {{decrease}} 57,242 || {{hs|36}} {{decrease|}} 67,392 || {{hs|36}} {{increase}} 74,277 || {{hs|33}} {{increase}} 71,863 || {{hs|31}} {{increase}} 70,388 || 67,606
|-style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag||Turkmenistan}} || {{hs|37}} {{increase}} 51,170 || {{hs|42}} {{increase}} 47,002 || {{hs|46}} {{decrease}} 40,238 || {{hs|42}} {{increase}} 43,720 || {{hs|42}} {{increase}} 39,579 || 35,017
|-
| {{#invoke:flag||Norway}} || {{hs|38}} {{decrease}} 49,535 || {{hs|38}} {{increase}} 57,423 || {{hs|39}} {{increase}} 54,433 || {{hs|40}} {{increase}} 50,115 || {{hs|37}} {{increase}} 48,614 || 45,340
|-style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag||Iran}}. || {{hs|39}} {{increase}} 46,760 || {{hs|49}} {{increase}} 29,743 || {{hs|54}} {{decrease}} 20,657 || {{hs|51}} {{increase}} 23,085 || {{hs|50}} {{increase}} 21,575 || 20,576
|-
| {{#invoke:flag||Czech Republic}} || {{hs|40}} {{decrease}} 46,432 || {{hs|35}} {{decrease}} 68,875 || {{hs|35}} {{increase}} 76,530 || {{hs|35}} {{increase}} 62,980 || {{hs|40}} {{increase}} 46,776 || 40,565
|-style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag||Switzerland}} || {{hs|41}} {{decrease}} 46,200 || {{hs|40}} {{decrease}} 50,838 || {{hs|38}} {{increase}} 54,898 || {{hs|39}} {{increase}} 52,852 || {{hs|38}} {{increase}} 47,978 || 44,964
|-
| {{#invoke:flag||Canada}} || {{hs|42}} {{decrease}} 43,663 || {{hs|39}} {{decrease}} 53,370 || {{hs|37}} {{increase}} 61,234 || {{hs|38}} {{increase}} 54,730 || {{hs|36}} {{increase}} 52,238 || 48,559
|-style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag||Greece}} || {{hs|43}} {{decrease}} 41,210 || {{hs|43}} {{decrease}} 46,450 || {{hs|42}} {{increase}} 48,280 || {{hs|45}} {{increase}} 36,474 || {{hs|46}} {{increase}} 33,569 || 33,396
|-
| {{#invoke:flag||Sweden}} || {{hs|44}} {{decrease}} 40,424 || {{hs|41}} {{decrease}} 49,908 || {{hs|40}} {{increase}} 53,340 || {{hs|37}} {{decrease}} 58,900 || {{hs|32}} {{increase}} 60,840 || 54,253
|-style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag||Australia}} || {{hs|45}} {{decrease}} 39,613 || {{hs|44}} {{decrease}} 46,072 || {{hs|44}} {{increase}} 46,861 || {{hs|43}} {{increase}} 43,105 || {{hs|45}} {{increase}} 34,868 || 30,583
|-
| {{#invoke:flag||Bulgaria}} || {{hs|46}} {{decrease}} 37,035 || {{hs|45}} {{decrease}} 42,230 || {{hs|43}} {{increase}} 47,154 || {{hs|41}} {{increase}} 45,312 || {{hs|41}} {{increase}} 42,031 || 38,446
|-style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag||Brazil}} || {{hs|47}} {{increase}} 35,531 || {{hs|47}} {{decrease}} 33,301 || {{hs|47}} {{increase}} 37,386 || {{hs|48}} {{increase}} 33,647 || {{hs|48}} {{increase}} 29,840 || 21,950
|-
| {{#invoke:flag||Belgium}} || {{hs|48}} {{decrease}} 33,714 || {{hs|46}} {{decrease}} 37,441 || {{hs|45}} {{increase}} 40,316 || {{hs|44}} {{increase}} 37,025 || {{hs|43}} {{increase}} 36,430 || 33,571
|-style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag||Thailand}} || {{hs|49}} {{increase}} 29,482 || {{hs|52}} {{increase}} 25,585 || {{hs|52}} {{increase}} 23,919 || {{hs|54}} {{increase}} 19,375 || {{hs|54}} {{increase}} 17,023 || 15,192
|-
| {{#invoke:flag||Romania}} || {{hs|50}} {{decrease}} 25,970 || {{hs|51}} {{decrease}} 28,391 || {{hs|49}} {{increase}} 30,886 || {{hs|49}} {{increase}} 24,792 || {{hs|51}} {{increase}} 21,993 || 17,884
|-style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag||Hungary}} || {{hs|51}} {{decrease}} 24,849 || {{hs|50}} {{increase}} 28,421 || {{hs|51}} {{increase}} 27,155 || {{hs|52}} {{decrease}} 23,047 || {{hs|49}} {{increase}} 23,241 || 20,736
|-
| {{#invoke:flag||Mexico}} || {{hs|52}} {{increase}} 22,922 || {{hs|X}} {{decrease}} 18,223 || {{hs|X}} {{increase}} 21,527 || {{hs|X}} {{decrease}} 16,431 || {{hs|X}} {{increase}} 16,759 || 13,767
|-style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag||North Korea}} || {{hs|53}} {{decrease}} 20,893 || {{hs|54}} {{increase}} 23,902 || {{hs|53}} {{increase}} 23,604 || {{hs|53}} {{increase}} 22,071 || {{hs|53}} {{decrease}} 18,901 || 21,167
|-
| {{#invoke:flag||Slovakia}} || {{hs|54}} {{decrease}} 19,876 || {{hs|53}} {{decrease}} 24,962 || {{hs|50}} {{increase}} 27,554 || {{hs|50}} {{increase}} 24,161 || {{hs|52}} {{increase}} 20,445 || 18,512
|-style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag||Indonesia}} || {{hs|55}} {{decrease}} 18,100 || {{hs|X}} {{decrease}} 20,330 || {{hs|X}} {{increase}} 21,088 || {{hs|X}} {{increase}} 18,572 || {{hs|X}} {{increase}} 18,313 || 14,448
|-
| {{#invoke:flag||Argentina}} || {{hs|56}} {{increase}} 17,322 || {{hs|X}} {{decrease}} 13,614 || {{hs|X}} {{increase}} 15,944 || {{hs|X}} {{increase}} 13,976 || {{hs|X}} {{increase}} 12,316 || 9,044
|-style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| {{#invoke:flag||Portugal}} || {{hs|57}} {{increase}} 15,475 || {{hs|X}} {{increase}} 15,181 || {{hs|X}} {{decrease}} 14,952 || {{hs|X}} {{decrease}} 15,398 || {{hs|X}} {{decrease}} 15,814 || 18,434
|-
| {{#invoke:flag||Cuba}} || {{hs|58}} {{increase}} 12,349 || {{hs|55}} {{increase}} 11,609 || {{hs|55}} {{increase}} 9,625 || {{hs|55}} {{increase}} 5,293 || {{hs|55}} {{increase}} 4,099 || 4,053
|-style="background-color:#DDDDDD;"
| Total || {{hs|59}} {{increase}} 33,729,187 || {{hs|59}} {{increase}} 32,421,490 || {{hs|59}} {{increase}} 30,792,091 || {{hs|59}} {{increase}} 28,176,502 || {{hs|59}} {{increase}} 24,932,016 || {{hs|59}} {{increase}} 22,281,217
|}
;Visa statistics
Most electronic visas were issued for citizens of the following countries (top-10):
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Country | 2024 | 2023Russia started issuing e-Visas on 1 August 2023. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| {{#invoke:flag | China}} | 311,839 | 86,619 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Saudi Arabia}} | 63,218 | 8,915 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Germany}} | 52,425 | 11,335 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Turkey}} | 42,202 | 9,865 |
| {{#invoke:flag | India}} | 32,145 | 9,456 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Estonia}} | 25,404 | 13,318 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Latvia}} | 19,410 | 5,137 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Kuwait}} | 16,982 | 3,924 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Iran}} | 16,973 | 3,276 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Lithuania}} | 10,121 | 3,107 |
| class=sortbottom
| Total | 670,947 | 170,104 |
Most visas were issued in the following countries:
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||||||
| rowspan=2 | Country | colspan=6 | Number of visas issued in | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | ||
| {{#invoke:flag | Germany}} | 58,953 | 410,780 | 360,582 | 336,423 | 324,959 | 299,791 |
| {{#invoke:flag | China}} | 41,280 | 453,338 | 406,831 | 371,489 | 339,030 | 357,040 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Turkey}} | 34,162 | 83,169 | 81,177 | 79,898 | 45,209 | 33,698 |
| {{#invoke:flag | France}} | 27,059 | 172,870 | 146,491 | 145,576 | 131,229 | 119,314 |
| {{#invoke:flag | United Kingdom}} | 20,770 | 92,573 | 88,290 | 96,246 | 93,169 | 87,863 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Italy}} | 18,272 | 162,529 | 139,797 | 129,124 | 129,038 | 117,123 |
| {{#invoke:flag | United States}} | 16,736 | 106,250 | 98,936 | 95,630 | 94,682 | 85,974 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Finland}} | 14,271 | 110,480 | 105,157 | 108,792 | 116,462 | 112,655 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Latvia}} | 11,295 | 78,727 | 79,082 | 74,382 | 77,574 | 70,328 |
| {{#invoke:flag | Poland}} | 10,535 | 67,666 | 62,840 | 59,187 | 54,885 | 43,038 |
| Total | 452 161 | 3,090,538 | 2,758,893 | 2,687,146 | 2,505,457 | 2,283,850 |
History
{{Main|Visa history of Russia}}
=General Rules=
[[File:History of Visa policy of Russia.gif|thumb|right|upright=2.0|Visa policy of the Russian Federation
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{{legend|#009688|Visa not required}}]]
The law "On the legal status of foreign citizens in the USSR" was used by the Russian Federation. Action extended from 1 January 1993. Chapter III of the law "entry into the USSR and exit from the USSR Foreign citizens" was replaced adopted the Federal Law No.114-FZ 1996 "On the Order of Exit from the Russian Federation". The law was repealed with the adoption of the Federal Law 115-FZ on 25 Jul 2002 On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation. The laws establishes that as a general rule all foreign citizens and stateless persons need visas for entry and exit from the territory of Russia and the period of temporary stay (90 days within any 180 days). It also establishes a number of exceptions addressing certain groups of travelers. The basis of the legal status of foreign citizens and stateless persons are secured primarily by the Constitution of the Russian Federation 1993 - Art. 62 and Art. 63.
According to the Russian Constitution, international treaties of Russia override the domestic legislation. Russia has concluded a number of bilateral or multilateral treaties on visa abolishing or simplification and is seeking to negotiate new such treaties. The visa policy Russia applies the principle of reciprocity, the principle of specular.
==Visa-free 72-hour transit==
In September 2013, the president of Russia has sent the bill of introduction of 72-hour visa-free transit to parliament. The list of the airports and the list of the states which citizens will be able to use visa-free transit in the tourist purposes, will be approved by the Government of the Russian Federation after ratification.
In 2014, the parliament has suspended ratification of the bill for an indefinite term.
==Occupied territories of Ukraine==
;Crimea
In April 2014, Crimea's Tourism Minister proposed a visa-free regime for foreign tourists staying at Crimean resorts for up to 12 days and a 72-hour visa-free stay for cruise passengers.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} Visa-free access for Chinese citizens was proposed in June 2014. Visa-free entrance in cruise courts to Sevastopol began to be carried out from September 2015 Other of the proposals has been not realized.
;Donetsk and Luhansk
On 18 February 2017, the President of Russia signed the decree "About Recognition of the Documents Issued to the Citizens of Ukraine and Persons Without Citizenship Living in Territories of Certain Districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions of Ukraine". Holders of passports of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic could carry out entry into the Russian Federation and departure from the Russian Federation without execution of visas. The decree is applied temporarily, for the period before political settlement of a situation in certain districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine on the basis of the Minsk Agreement.{{cite web|url=http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/53895|script-title=ru:Указ о признании документов, выданных гражданам Украины и лицам без гражданства, проживающим на территориях отдельных районов Донецкой и Луганской областей Украины|website=Kremlin.ru|date=18 February 2017 |publisher=Официальный сайт Президента России / Official site of the President of Russia|access-date=16 December 2017|language=ru |trans-title=The decree on recognition of the documents issued to the citizens of Ukraine and persons without citizenship living in territories of certain districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine}}
From 29 December 2018, citizens of Ukraine who are residents of the territories of "certain districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions" of Ukraine are allowed to enter Russia visa-free for a maximum stay of 180 days.{{cite web|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201812310006|script-title=ru:Постановление Правительства Российской Федерации от 29.12.2018 № 1744 "Об увеличении срока временного пребывания на территории Российской Федерации граждан Украины, постоянно проживающих на территориях отдельных районов Донецкой и Луганской областей Украины"|website=pravo.gov.ru|publisher=Официальное опубликование правовых актов России|access-date=1 January 2019|language=ru}}
==International events==
;Art events
Participants and members of delegations coming to participate in the musical events are either provided with a simplified visa regime (e.g. Eurovision Song Contest 2009) or the right of visa-free entry (e.g. International Tchaikovsky Competition 2015).{{cite web | url=http://tass.ru/kultura/1982008 | title=СФ одобрил закон об отмене виз для участников международного конкурса имени Чайковского | website=Tass.ru | access-date=16 December 2017}}
Currently (September 2015), the law providing permanent visa abolition for participants and jury members of art competitions is being planned by the Government of Russia. The focus of this regulation will be on the International Tchaikovsky Competition.{{cite web | url=http://www.rg.ru/2015/09/14/artisty-site-anons.html | title=Россия отменит визы для артистов | date=14 September 2015 | website=Rg.ru | access-date=16 December 2017}}
;Economic events
Participants of the 1st Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok did not require a visa. Entrance was allowed with passport and the accreditation certificate only.{{cite web | url=http://primamedia.ru/news/447027/ | title=Иностранные участники Восточного экономического форума приедут во Владивосток без визы - PrimaMedia | last=PrimaMedia | website=Primamedia.ru | access-date=16 December 2017}}
Participants of East Economic Forum in Vladivostok can visit an event without visas from 8 to 15 September 2018.{{cite web | url=https://ria.ru/20180704/1523912347.html | title=Безвизовый режим для участников ВЭФ будет действовать с 8 по 15 сентября | date=4 July 2018 | website=РИА Новости | access-date=17 June 2019}}
;Sporting events
Prior to the adoption of a special law, participants and members of delegations arriving to sporting events, could count on a visa-free entry or visa facilitation (determined by law for each event which has to pass ratification in parliament and to be signed by the president). For the 2008 Champions League Final held in Moscow, also spectators were given such visa-free entry.
On 13 May 2013, the presidential decree on the abolition of visas for athletes, coaches, team leaders and members of foreign official delegations, as well as judges from the international sports competitions came into effect.
It envisages entry on the basis of passport and accreditation certificate.{{cite web | url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/news/18099 | title=Определён порядок въезда и выезда из страны иностранных граждан – участников международных спортивных соревнований | website=Kremlin.ru | date=13 May 2013 | access-date=16 December 2017}}
The order of the President or the Government of Russia is sufficient for visa abolition or simplification of registration of visas. Visas were abolished for participants of the 2013 Summer Universiade,{{cite web | url=http://m.vz.ru/news/2012/3/30/572035.html | title=ВЗГЛЯД / Медведев отменил визы для участников универсиады в Казани | publisher=M.vz.ru | date=2012-03-30 | access-date=2016-12-26}} the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Moscow, the 2014 World Judo Championships in Chelyabinsk and the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan.{{cite web | url=http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2540276 | title=Без виз в Россию первыми въехали участники чемпионата мира по гребле и каноэ | date=7 August 2014 | publisher=Kommersant.ru | access-date=2016-12-26}}
Participants of the XVI World Aquatics Championships in the Masters category were exempted from visa fees.{{cite web | date=21 March 2015 | url=http://www.interfax.ru/sport/431288 | title=Участники чемпионата мира по водным видам спорта в Казани получат российские визы бесплатно | publisher=Interfax.ru | access-date=2016-12-26}}
The right to enter Russia without a visa was also given to visitors during the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi if they were in a possession of tickets for the event.{{cite web | url=http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/676821 | title=Владимир Путин: Гости Олимпиады могут приехать в Сочи на Олимпийские игры без виз, а только на основе аккредитации - Новости - Советский Спорт | publisher=Sovsport.ru | access-date=2016-12-26}} Players of 2016 IIHF World Championship were able to obtain visas on arrival, for the fans were simplified procedure for issuing visas.{{cite web | url=http://www.gazeta.ru/sport/news/2015/09/29/n_7648529.shtml | title=Хоккеисты НХЛ, которые приедут на ЧМ в Россию, смогут получить визы прямо в аэропорту - Газета.Ru | Новости | publisher=Gazeta.ru | date=2015-09-29 | access-date=2016-12-26}}
2017 FIFA Confederations Cup holders of tickets for matches of the championship could enter Russia without a visa with personalized card of viewer (also known as the passport of a fan or fan-ID) and national passport from 7 June to 12 July 2017, if holding a laminated FIFA FAN ID card; from 14 June to 2 July 2017, if holding a printed FIFA FAN ID electronic format card. The foreign citizens could use their FAN IDs for multiple visa-free entry into and exit from the Russian Federation.
2018 FIFA World Cup holders of tickets for matches of the championship were able to enter Russia without a visa with personalized card of viewer (also known as the passport of a fan or fan-ID) and national passport from 4 June to 25 July 2018.
Foreigners participating in events and athletes included in the lists of FIFA, will have to obtain visas, but in a simplified manner. In particular, visas for this category of citizens will be issued within 3 working days from the date of filing and without consular fees. This procedure will be applied until 31 December 2018.
Foreigners involved in activities and not participating in sporting events, will travel to and from Russia by an ordinary multiple-entry work visas that will be issued for a period of 1 year. Foreigners, attracted by the FIFA, its subsidiaries and contractors, confederations, national football associations, the Russian football Union, organizing Committee "Russia-2018" will be entitled to work in Russia without obtaining a patent.{{cite web | url=http://tass.ru/sport/3428266 | title=Путин подписал закон о въезде иностранцев в РФ на ЧМ-2018 по паспорту болельщика | website=Tass.ru| access-date=16 December 2017}}
==Travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic==
{{Main|Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic|Russian government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic}}
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia has imposed the following temporary travel restrictions:
On 28 June 2021, Russia resumed flights with Belgium, Bulgaria, Jordan, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, North Macedonia, USA, Turkey, Austria, Armenia, Greece, Qatar, Serbia, Finland, Croatia, and Switzerland.{{cite web | url=http://government.ru/en/news/42549/ | title = Russia resumes flights with Belgium, Bulgaria, Jordan, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, North Macedonia, the United States and Turkey}}
On 27 January 2021, Russia resumed flights with Finland, Vietnam, India and Qatar.{{cite web | url=https://spbdnevnik.ru/news/2021-01-27/segodnya-rossii-vozobnovlyaet-aviasoobschenie-s-finlyandiey-i-katarom | title=spbdnevnik.ru (in Russian) Resumed flights with Finland, Vietname, India and Qatar}}
From 15 August 2020, restrictions are lifted for citizens of Switzerland.{{cite web | url=https://rg.ru/2020/08/02/rossiia-sniala-ogranicheniia-na-vezd-dlia-grazhdan-shvejcarii.html | title=Россия сняла ограничения на въезд для граждан Швейцарии - in Russian (restrictions are lifted for citizens of Switzerland)|date=2 August 2020 }}
From 1 August 2020, restrictions on entry to Russia were lifted for citizens of Abkhazia,{{cite web | url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4440783 | title=С 1 августа Россия возобновляет пассажирское сообщение с Абхазией (restrictions on entry to Russia were lifted for citizens of Abkhazia)|date=31 July 2020 }} Tanzania, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. The issuance of entry visas and invitations has also been resumed.{{cite web | url=http://government.ru/news/40095 | title=(in Russian) Михаил Мишустин подписал распоряжение о возобновлении выдачи виз для въезда в Россию гражданам трёх стран}}
The issuance of Russian electronic visas for the Far East District, Kaliningrad Oblast, and St Petersburg and Leningrad has been suspended since 18 March 2020 and has not been resumed yet.{{cite web | url=https://www.evisarussia.org/coronavirus-russia-entry-restrictions/ | title = Coronavirus: Russia is Taking Action to Ensure Safety at the Border| work = eVisa Russia|date = 3 February 2020| author1 = Visas}}
For foreign citizens who are in Russia on the basis of a visa or visa-free regime, the duration of temporary stay is suspended From 15 March to 15 June 2020.{{cite web | url=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/704914 | title = В РФ временно продлили срок пребывания иностранцев в стране| date = 18 April 2020}}
From 18 March until a special order of the government,{{cite web | url=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/706610 | title = Мишустин продлил запрет на въезд в Россию иностранцев| date = 29 April 2020}} all foreign citizens (except citizens of CIS member nations, Abkhazia, South Ossetia from 20 March 2020{{cite web | url=http://static.government.ru/media/files/jAoAhJRorpxg0f72WmFfslvkuZhvbBOy.pdf | title=jAoAhJRorpxg0f72WmFfslvkuZhvbBOy.pdf}}{{Cite web|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202003230010|title = Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 20.03.2020 № 685-р ∙ Официальное опубликование правовых актов ∙ Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/society/23/03/2020/5e78b97b9a7947481a12b05c | title = Мишустин разрешил проезжать через Россию жителям СНГ| date = 23 March 2020}}) are not allowed to enter the Russian Federation.{{cite web | url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4291104 | title=(in Russian) Россия закрывает границы для иностранцев| date=16 March 2020 }}{{cite web | url=http://government.ru/news/39172 | title=(in Russian) Санитарно-эпидемиологическая безопасность}}{{cite web | url=https://tass.ru/obschestvo/7996543 | title=Россия с 18 марта по 1 мая ограничит въезд иностранцев}} This does not apply to some category of travels.
- employees of diplomatic missions and consular offices in the Russian Federation;
- drivers of international road transport vehicles;
- crews of air, sea and river vessels, train and locomotive crews of international railway transport;
- members of official delegations and persons holding diplomatic, official, or ordinary private visas issued in connection with the death of a close relative;
- persons permanently residing in the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as persons in transit through air checkpoints.
From 13 March 2020, temporarily suspended the entry of citizens of Italy travelling for educational, work, private, tourist and transit purposes{{cite web | url=http://government.ru/docs/39140 | title=(in Russian) Распоряжение от 12 марта 2020 года №597-р}}
From 28 February 2020, temporarily suspended the entry of citizens of Iran travelling for educational, work, private, tourist and transit purposes.{{cite web | url=http://government.ru/docs/39042 | title=Распоряжение от 27 февраля 2020 года №446-р}}{{cite web | url=http://government.ru/docs/39043 | title=Распоряжение от 27 февраля 2020 года №447-р}}
From 20 February 2020, temporarily suspended the entry of citizens of China, Hong Kong, Macao, travelling for work, private, educational and tourist purposes.{{cite web | url=https://tass.ru/politika/7643047 | title=(in Russian) Россия с 30 января приостанавливает оформление электронных виз для граждан Китая}}
See also
Notes
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References
External links
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{{Wikivoyage|Russia}}
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- [https://evisa.kdmid.ru/ Electronic visa / Consular department of MFA of Russia]
- [https://www.fan-id.ru/?locale=EN FAN ID] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023002620/https://www.fan-id.ru/?locale=en |date=23 October 2020 }}
- [http://legislationline.org/documents/action/popup/id/4357 Federal Law No.114-FZ On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation (in English) (without additions)] {{Webarchive | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220212243/http://legislationline.org/documents/action/popup/id/4357 | date=20 December 2013}}
- [http://www.kdmid.ru/content/normdocs_doc/FZ/FZ_№114_15.08.1996.doc Federal Law No.114-FZ On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation (in Russian) (with additions)] {{Webarchive | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324160644/http://www.kdmid.ru/content/normdocs_doc/FZ/FZ_%E2%84%96114_15.08.1996.doc | date=24 March 2018}}
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