Visa policy of Russia

Entry and exit passport stamps issued at Saint Petersburg port.

The visa policy of Russia deals with the requirements which a foreign national wishing to enter Russia 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. Citizens of countries without such an agreement with the Russian Federation must obtain a visa in advance from one of the Russian diplomatic missions or visa centres.

Visa exemption

Visa policy of Russia

Ordinary passports

The citizens of the following 40 countries and territories are eligible to visit Russia with a valid passport and without obtaining a visa in advance.^[1] These rules generally apply to holders of ordinary passports, rules for holders of diplomatic passports and other travel documents may differ.

As of 2014, citizens of the countries, except Belarus, who have the right to a visa-free entry to Russia must not stay longer than 90 days per every 180 days. Resetting the allowed period by leaving and re-entering the country is no longer allowed. Overstaying is punishable by a three-year entry ban.^[2][3]

Unlimited period  Belarus^1  South Ossetia^1 90 days  Abkhazia^1  Armenia  Azerbaijan  Kazakhstan^1  Kyrgyzstan^1  Moldova  Tajikistan  Ukraine^1  Uzbekistan 1 – internal passport/national identification card accepted. Non-commercial purposes  Argentina  Brazil  Chile  Colombia  Ecuador  Fiji  Guatemala  Guyana  Honduras  Israel  Nicaragua  Panama  Paraguay  Peru  Uruguay  Venezuela Stateless persons Stateless persons who were citizens of the Soviet Union and now reside in the following countries are visa-exempt:  Estonia (holders of an alien passport)  Latvia (holders of a non-citizen passport) 60 days for non-commercial purposes  South Korea  Mauritius 30 days for non-commercial purposes  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Cuba  Macao  Macedonia^1  Mongolia  Montenegro  Serbia  Seychelles  Thailand 1 – if holding a letter of guarantee/invitation and a tourist voucher. 15 days for tourist groups  China (Only for group tourism (from 5 to 50 persons) organized by accredited Chinese travel agencies) 14 days for non-commercial purposes  Hong Kong  Nauru

Visa-free entry to Russia via Vladivostok

Location of Primorsky Krai in Russia

In 2016 foreign citizens will be allowed to stay for up to 8 days.^[4] The list of countries will be approved by decree of the Russian government.

The draft agreement assumes that foreign citizens before entry into Vladivostok will fill in a special electronic questionnaire. After verification of the questionnaire by competent authorities of the Russian Federation foreigners will receive notice providing the entry visa. ^[5] A simplified visa scheme has been in place to be made effective on July 1, 2016. The electronic visa will be free and valid, initially, for entry from the Vladivostok International Airport and the sea passenger terminal of Vladivostok.^[6][7]

Visa-free zones

•  Japan — Group travel to central and southern Kuril Islands for pre-approved lists of the Foreign Ministry. Visits are carried out on the basis of identity cards and inserts.^[8]
  No visas 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.^[9]
•  USA — 90 days for indigenous people of Chukotka and Alaska. Entry points are in Anadyr, Provideniya, Lavrentiya and Uelen.^[10][11]

Local border traffic

•  Latvia — 90 days within 6 month for holders of border traffic permit ^[12][13]

The territory covered by the agreement.
Latvia	Alūksne Municipality	Alsviķi parish, Alūksne town, Anna parish, Jaunalūksne parish, Jaunanna parish, Jaunlaicene parish, Liepna parish, Maliena parish, Mālupe parish, Mārkalne parish, Pededze parish, Veclaicene parish, Ziemeri parish
	Baltinava Municipality
	Balvi Municipality	Balvi parish, Balvi town, Bērzkalne parish, Bērzpils parish, Briežuciems parish, Krišjāņi parish, Kubuli parish, Lazduleja parish, Tilža parish, Vectilža parish, Vīksna parish.
	Cibla Municipality	Blonti parish, Cibla parish, Līdumnieki parish, Pušmucova parish, Zvirgzdene parish.
	Dagda Municipality	Bērziņi parish, Ezernieki parish, Ķepova parish, Svariņi parish, Šķaune parish
	Kārsava Municipality	Goliševa parish, Kārsava town, Malnava parish, Mērdzene parish, Mežvidi parish, Salnava parish.
	Ludza Municipality	Briģi parish, Cirma parish, Isnauda parish, Istra parish, Ludza town, Nirza parish, Ņukši parish, Pilda parish, Pureņi parish, Rundēni parish.
	Rēzekne Municipality	Bērzgale parish, Dricāni parish, Gaigalava parish, Ilzeskalns parish, Lendži parish, Nautrēni parish, Strūžāni parish.
	Rugāji Municipality	Lazdukalns parish, Rugāji parish.
	Viļaka Municipality	Kuprava parish, Medņeva parish, Susāji parish, Šķilbēni parish, Vecumi parish, Viļaka town, Žīguri parish.
	Zilupe Municipality	Lauderi parish, Pasiene parish, Zaļesje Parish, Zilupe town.
Russia	Pskov Oblast	Krasnogorodsky District: Krasnogorodsk, Pogranichnaya Volost, Krasnogorodskaya Volost, Partizanskaya Volost. Opochetsky District: Varyginskaya Volost, Makushinskaya Volost, Prigorodnaya Volost. Ostrovsky District: Ostrov, Berezhanskaya Volost, Gorayskaya Volost. Palkinsky District: Palkino, Kachanovskaya Volost, Rodonskaya Volost, Palkinskaya Volost, Novousitovskaya Volost, Vasilyevskaya Volost, Cherskaya Volost. Pechorsky District: Pechory, Lavrovskaya Volost, Kruppskaya Volost, Novoizborskaya Volost, Izborskaya Volost, Panikovskaya Volost. Pytalovsky District: Pytalovo, Gavrovskaya Volost, Linovskaya Volost, Nosovskaya Volost, Skalinskaya Volost, Vyshgorodskaya Volost, Tulinskaya Volost, Utroinskaya Volost. Sebezhsky District: Sebezh, Sosnovy Bor, Sebezhskaya Volost, Mostischenskaya Volost.

•  Norway — 15 days for holders of border traffic permit.^[14]

The territory covered by the agreement.
Norway	Finnmark county: municipality of Sør-Varanger, within a zone of 30 km from the border + area of Neiden.
Russia	Pechengsky District: Korzunovo municipality, Zapolyarny municipality and the territory of Pechenga municipality and Nickel municipality within a zone of 30 km from the border.

•  Poland — 30 days but not more than 90 days within 180 for holders of border traffic permit.^[15]

The territory covered by the agreement.
Poland	Pomeranian Voivodeship	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	Kaliningrad Oblast

Diplomatic and service category passports

  Russian Federation

  Diplomatic and service category passports

  Diplomatic passports only

Holders of diplomatic and service category passports: official, service, special, consular, of the following countries may enter Russia without a visa:^[16][17]

Abkhazia ^D ^S 90 days  Albania ^D ^S 90 days  Angola ^D ^S 90 days  Argentina ^D ^S ^O 3 months  Armenia ^D 90 days  Azerbaijan ^D ^S 90 days  Belarus ^D ^S  Benin ^D ^S 90 days  Bolivia ^D ^S ^O 3 months  Bosnia and Herzegovina ^D ^S 90 days  Botswana ^D ^S 90 days  Brazil ^D ^S 90 days  Brunei ^D ^O 14 days  Bulgaria ^D ^S 90 days within 180  Burkina Faso ^D ^S 90 days  Cape Verde ^D ^S 90 days  Cambodia ^D ^S 90 days  Chile ^D ^S 3 months  China ^D ^S ^Sp 30 days  Colombia ^D ^O 90 days  Congo ^D ^S ^O 90 days  Costa Rica ^D ^S 3 months  Croatia ^D ^S 90 days within 6 months  Cuba ^D ^S 30 days  Cyprus ^D ^S 90 days within 180  Dominican Republic ^D ^S 90 days  Ecuador ^D ^S ^O 90 days within year  Egypt ^D ^S ^Sp 90 days  El Salvador ^D ^O 90 days

Ethiopia ^D ^S 90 days  Fiji ^D ^Sp 90 days  Gabon ^D ^S 90 days  Guatemala ^D ^O ^C 3 months  Guinea ^D ^S 90 days  Guyana ^D 90 days  Honduras ^D ^O 90 days  India ^D ^S ^O 90 days  Indonesia ^D ^S 14 days  Iran ^D ^S 30 days  Jamaica ^D ^S 90 days  Kazakhstan ^D ^S 90 days  Kuwait ^D ^S ^Sp 90 days within 180  Kyrgyzstan ^D ^S 90 days  Laos ^D ^S 30 days  Macedonia ^D ^S 90 days  Mali ^D ^S 90 days  Mauritius ^D 60 days  Mexico ^D ^S ^O 90 days  Moldova ^D ^S 90 days  Mongolia ^D ^S 30 days  Montenegro ^D ^S 90 days  Morocco ^D ^S 90 days  Mozambique ^D ^S 30 days  Myanmar ^D ^S ^O 90 days  Nauru ^D ^O 14 days    Nepal ^D ^S 90 days  Nicaragua ^D ^S ^O 90 days  North Korea ^D ^S 90 days

Pakistan ^D ^S 90 days  Panama ^D ^S ^O ^Sp ^C 90 days  Paraguay ^D ^S ^O ^Sp 3 months  Peru ^D ^S ^Sp 90 days  Philippines ^D ^S ^O 90 days  Romania ^D ^S 90 days within 180 Schengen area countries ^D^* 90 days within 180  Serbia ^D ^S 90 days  Seychelles ^D ^O 30 days  Singapore ^D ^S ^O 90 days  South Africa ^D ^S ^O 90 days  South Korea ^D ^S ^O 90 days  South Ossetia ^D ^S  Sri Lanka ^D ^S ^O 30 days  Syria ^D ^S ^Sp 90 days  Tajikistan ^D ^S 90 days  Thailand ^D ^S 90 days  Tunisia ^D ^S ^Sp 90 days within 180  Turkey ^D^* 90 days  Turkmenistan ^D ^S 30 days  Ukraine ^D ^S 90 days  United Arab Emirates ^D^* 90 days  Uruguay ^D ^O 3 months  Uzbekistan ^D 90 days  Venezuela ^D ^S 90 days  Vietnam ^D ^S 90 days  Zimbabwe ^D ^S 90 days

_{* - diplomatic passports only (excluding Hungary ^{D S} and Slovakia ^{D S})}

_{D — diplomatic passports
S — service passports
O — official passports
Sp — special passports
C — consular passports}

APEC Business Travel Card

Holders of APEC Business Travel Cards containing the "RUS" code on the reverse side have the right to enter the Russian Federation and exit from the Russian Federation without a visa from 5 Jun 2012.^[18][19]

Visa on arrival

72-hour stay for Kaliningrad visits

From 1 February 2002 citizens of Schengen states, United Kingdom and Japan may visit the Kaliningrad region as tourists and obtain a 72-hour visa at the border check points of Bagrationovsk, Mamonovo and Khrabrovo Airport if travelling through one of the approved travel agencies. The Russian Government was planning to cancel this service in 2015, but after appeals management of Kaliningrad region and the MFA of Russia, this possibility has been extended to 2015.^[20] Addressing parliament the Minister of Foreign Affairs reported about extension of service for 2016.^[21]

Cruise ship passengers

Since May 2009 international tourists 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.^[22] In addition tourists can only leave the ship on tours organized by the cruise company, when entering Russia through the ports of Anadyr, Kaliningrad, Korsakov, Novorossiysk, Sevastopol,^[23] Sochi, St.Petersburg, Vladivostok, Vyborg.^[24]

Entry to the port of St. Petersburg 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.^[25]

Visa-free transit

Direct airside transit

Passengers travelling through international airports do not need a visa for a transit of less than 24 hours, provided a confirmed onward ticket is held and the traveller remains in the international transit area (without clearing passport control).

Only five Russian airports have an international transit area:

• Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) - terminals D, E and F
• Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport (DME)
• Moscow's Vnukovo International Airport (VKO) - terminal A
• Saint Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport (LED) - new terminal 1, opened on February 14, 2014
• Yekaterinburg's Koltsovo International Airport (SVX) - international terminal.

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.^[26]

Closed cities

Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.^[27]

Crimea

As of 2014 the disputed territory of Crimea is under Russian control and Russia enforces its visa policy there.^[28] However, Ukraine requires that foreigners should comply with Ukrainian visa regime including obtaining a Ukrainian visa if one is necessary. Otherwise, it may entail sanctions for "support of the temporary occupation of the Ukrainian territory".^[29]

Future changes

Russian government has instructed the Foreign Ministry to sign an agreement on visa-free regime with the following countries:

•  Bangladesh 30 days for diplomatic and service passports^[30]
•  Equatorial Guinea 90 days within 180 for diplomatic and service passports^[31]
•  Gambia 90 days for diplomatic and service passports^[32]
•  Samoa 60 days for all passports^[33]
•  Vanuatu 90 days for all passports^[34]

Visa-free agreements have already been signed with the following countries but are not yet ratified or applied:

•  Bahrain 90 days within 180 for diplomatic and service passports, signed but is not yet ratified.^[35]
•  Bolivia 90 days within 180 for ordinary passports.^[36]
•  El Salvador 90 days within 180 for ordinary passports, signed but is not yet ratified.^[37]
•  Oman 90 days for diplomatic, service, special passports^[38]
•  Qatar 90 days for diplomatic passports^[39]
•  Senegal 90 days for diplomatic and service passports, signed but is not yet ratified.^[40]

Agreements

Russia has visa-free agreements with 117 jurisdictions.
Some agreements contain article on determination of total term of stay in the territory of Russia the domestic legislation.
In the table agreements in force and signed but not ratified (are allocated red) agreements.

Bilateral and multilateral visa-free agreements of Russian Federation
Country or territory	Duration of stay by type of passport			Date of signing	Effective date	Citation
	Diplomatic	Service category	Ordinary
Abkhazia	90 days			2 Oct 2009	26 Apr 2011	[41]
Albania	90 days			7 Apr 1993	6 Aug 1993	[42]
Angola	90 days			26 Feb 1999	16 Jun 2006	[43]
Argentina	3 months			16 May 1994	27 Sep 1994	[44]
			90 days within 180	18 Mar 2009	29 Jun 2009	[45]
Armenia	90 days			25 Sep 2000	25 Sep 2000	[46]
Azerbaijan	90 days			3 Jul 1997	4 May 1998	[47]
Bahrain	90 days within 180			16 Dec 2015
Belarus	Unlimited			30 Nov 2000	7 Jun 2002	[48]
Benin	90 days			21 Jun 2001	20 Aug 2001	[49]
Bolivia	3 month			11 Apr 1995	28 Apr 1997	[50]
			90 days within 180	12 Apr 2016		[51]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	90 days		30 days within 60	31 May 2013	20 Oct 2013	[52]
Botswana	90 days			10 Feb 2005	11 Apr 2005	[53]
Brazil	90 days			16 Apr 1991	16 May 1991	[54]
			90 days within 180	26 Nov 2008	7 Jun 2010	[55]
Brunei	14 days			12 Oct 2012	11 Nov 2012	[56][57]
Bulgaria	90 days within 180			25 May 2006	1 Jun 2007^1	[58]
	90 days within 180			5 Mar 2002	7 May 2002	[59]
Burkina Faso	90 days			2 Mar 2000	2 Mar 2000	[60]
Cape Verde	90 days			14 Jul 1995	14 Sep 1995	[61]
Cambodia	90 days			17 Mar 1988	28 May 1988	no text[62]
Chile	3 months			14 Feb 1995	1 Oct 1996	[63]
		3 months		4 Oct 2002	12 Feb 2004	[64]
			90 days within 180	24 Sep 2010	18 Jan 2011	[65]
China	30 days			22 Mar 2013	26 Apr 2014	[66]
			15 days for tourist groups^2	29 Feb 2000	9 Nov 2000	[67]
Colombia	90 days			26 Nov 1997	28 Mar 1998	[68]
			90 days within 180	24 Sep 2010	11 Mar 2011	[69]
Congo	90 days			18 Dec 2014	1 Jan 2016	[70]
Costa Rica	3 month			16 Oct 1997	30 Apr 1998	[71]
Croatia	90 days within 180			25 May 2006	1 Jul 2013^1	[58]
	90 days within 6 months			2 Mar 2010	31 Mar 2013	[72]
Cuba	30 days			3 Dec 1993	29 Jul 1994	[73]
Cyprus	90 days within 180			25 May 2006	1 Jun 2007^1	[58]
	90 days within half-year			8 Jun 2005	20 May 2006	[74]
Denmark	90 days within 180			27 May 2008	1 Oct 2009	[75]
Dominican Republic	90 days			9 Sep 2009	9 Apr 2010	[76]
Ecuador	90 days within year			18 Feb 1999	15 May 1999	[77]
			90 days within 180	24 Sep 2010	24 Nov 2012	no text[78]
Egypt	90 days			17 Jul 2003	17 Jul 2003	[79]
El Salvador	90 days			29 Jan 1999	30 Mar 1999	[80]
			90 days within 180	26 Mar 2015		no text[81]
Ethiopia	90 days			11 Dec 2002	11 Jan 2003	[82]
European Union countries 25 states  Austria  Belgium  Bulgaria  Croatia  Cyprus  Czech Republic  Estonia  Finland  France  Germany  Greece  Hungary  Italy  Latvia  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Malta  Netherlands  Poland  Portugal  Romania  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  Sweden (excluding Denmark, Ireland and United Kingdom)	90 days within 180			25 May 2006	1 Jun 2007; for  Croatia 1 Jul 2013	[58]
Fiji	90 days			28 Jun 2013	29 Jul 2014	[83]
Gabon	90 days			5 Apr 2011	25 Sep 2011	[84]
Guatemala	3 months			24 May 1999	24 Jul 1999	[85]
			90 days within 180	22 Sep 2011	29 Feb 2012	[86]
Guinea	90 days			7 Jan 1998	8 Mar 1998	[87]
Guyana	90 days			3 Nov 2005	12 Feb 2006	[88]
			90 days within 180	27 Sep 2015	27 Nov 2015	[89]
Honduras	90 days			21 Sep 1999	20 Nov 1999	[90]
			90 days within 180	26 Sep 2014	11 Jul 2015	[91]
Hong Kong	14 days			24 Apr 2009	1 Jul 2009	[92]
Hungary	90 days within 180			25 May 2006	1 Jun 2007^1	[58]
	90 days			14 Jun 2001	14 Jun 2001	[93]
India	90 days			3 Dec 2004	15 Feb 2005	[94]
Indonesia	14 days			1 Dec 2006	22 Mar 2008	[95]
Iceland	90 days within 180			24 Sep 2008	1 Mar 2010	[96]
Iran	30 days			29 Mar 1993	28 Apr 1993	[97]
Israel			90 days within 180	20 Mar 2008	20 Sep 2008	[98]
Jamaica	90 days			23 Jun 2000	1 Sep 2000	[99]
Kazakhstan	90 days			30 Nov 2000	7 Jun 2002	[48]
Kuwait	90 days within 180			10 Nov 2015	10 Apr 2016	[100]
Kyrgyzstan	90 days			30 Nov 2000	7 Jun 2002	[48]
Laos	30 days			29 Nov 2004	30 Dec 2004	[101]
Liechtenstein	90 days within 180			12 Nov 2013	1 Apr 2015	[102]
Macao	30 days			19 Jun 2012	30 Sep 2012	[103]
Macedonia	90 days		30 days	19 Jun 2008	31 Oct 2008	[104]
Mali	90 days			27 May 2009	27 May 2009	[105]
Mauritius	60 days, up to 90 days within 180			23 Dec 2015	10 Apr 2016	[106]
Mexico	90 days			28 Jan 1997	5 Jul 1997	[107]
Moldova	90 days			30 Nov 2000	30 Nov 2000	[108]
Mongolia	30 days, up to 90 days within 180			3 Sep 2014	14 Nov 2014	[109]
Montenegro	90 days		30 days	24 Sep 2008	21 Nov 2008	[110]
Morocco	90 days			15 Oct 2002	15 Oct 2002	[111]
Mozambique	30 days			30 Dec 2009	30 May 2010	[112]
Myanmar	90 days			3 Jul 2000	3 Aug 2000	[113]
Nauru	14 days			24 Sep 2014	14 May 2015	[114]
Nepal	90 days			16 Apr 2002	16 May 2002	[115]
Nicaragua	90 days			28 Nov 1997	13 Jan 1998	[116]
			90 days within 180	28 Jul 2009	3 Jul 2010	[117]
North Korea	90 days			24 Jan 1997	22 May 1997	[118]
Norway	90 days within 180			8 Jun 2007	1 Dec 2008	[119]
Oman	90 days			3 Feb 2016[120]		[121]
Pakistan	90 days			4 Jun 1994	4 Jul 1994	no text
Panama	90 days			22 Jun 1995	20 Aug 1995	no text[122]
			90 days within 180	3 Dec 2014	8 Feb 2015	[123]
Paraguay	3 months			20 Nov 1995	2 Feb 1997	[124]
			90 days within 180	25 Sep 2013	20 Oct 2014	[125]
Peru	90 days			14 Jul 1999	19 Nov 1999	[126]
			90 days within 180	13 Nov 2010	21 Jun 2011	[127]
Philippines	90 days			3 Aug 2007	22 Dec 2008	[128]
Poland	90 days within 180			25 May 2006	1 Jun 2007^1	[58]
	90 days			18 Sep 2003	1 Oct 2003	[129]
Qatar	90 days			18 Jan 2016		no text
Romania	90 days within 180			25 May 2006	1 Jun 2007^1	[58]
	90 days			26 Aug 2002	1 Mar 2004	[130]
Senegal	90 days			2 Jul 2015		no text[131]
Serbia	90 days		30 days	20 Feb 2009	10 Jun 2009	[132]
Seychelles	30 days			2 Sep 2015	14 Dec 2015	[133]
Singapore	90 days			17 Nov 2015	2 Jan 2016	[134]
Slovakia	90 days within 180			25 May 2006	1 Jun 2007^1	[58]
	90 days			29 Dec 2000	29 Dec 2000	no text
South Africa	90 days			5 Aug 2010	15 Dec 2010	[135]
South Korea	90 days			21 Sep 2004	21 Nov 2004	[136]
		90 days		17 Oct 2006	31 Dec 2006	[137]
			60 days	13 Nov 2013	1 Jan 2014	[138]
South Ossetia	Unlimited; 90 days until 30 Jul 2015			1 Feb 2010	25 Apr 2011	[139]
Sri Lanka	30 days			13 Aug 2015	24 Oct 2015	[140]
Syria	90 days			20 Mar 2008	2 Jul 2008	[141]
Switzerland	90 days within 180			21 Sep 2009	1 Feb 2011	[142]
Tajikistan	90 days			30 Nov 2000	7 Jun 2002	[48]
Thailand	90 days			17 Oct 2002	6 Mar 2003	[143]
			30 days	13 Dec 2005	24 Mar 2007	[144]
Tunisia	90 days within 180			28 Jun 2012	13 Feb 2013	[145]
Turkey	90 days			5 Nov 1999	6 Jan 2000	[146]
Turkmenistan	30 days			17 Jul 1999	17 Jul 1999	[147]
Ukraine	90 days			16 Jan 1997	10 Mar 1997	[148]
United Arab Emirates	90 days			27 Jun 2010	31 Mar 2013	[149]
Uruguay	3 months			13 Jul 1999	3 Oct 1999	[150]
			90 days within 180	26 Sep 2011	27 Dec 2011	[151]
Uzbekistan	90 days			30 Nov 2000	24 Nov 2009	[152]
Venezuela	90 days			28 Jun 1993	1 Nov 1993	no text[153]
			90 days within 180	26 Nov 2008	6 Mar 2009	[154]
Vietnam	90 days			28 Oct 1993	20 Feb 1994	[155]
Zimbabwe	90 days			31 Jan 1991	31 Jan 1991	[156]
1 - Agreement between Russia and EU. Article 14 " ...the provisions <of the agreement> shall prevail over the provisions of any bilateral or multilateral agreements or arrangements between the Russian Federation and the Member States ... " 2 - Only for group tourism (from 5 to 50 persons) organized by accredited Russian or Chinese travel agencies

Unilateral visa-free concessions of Russian Federation
Country	Type of passport	Duration of stay	Date of signing	Effective date	Citation
Estonia	Holders of an alien passport	90 days within 180	17 Jun 2008	17 Jun 2008	[157]
Latvia	Holders of a non-citizen passport

Visa-free agreements which became invalid
Country or territory	Duration of stay by type of passport			Date of signing	Effective date	Cancellation date	Citation
	Diplomatic	Service category	Ordinary
Bosnia and Herzegovina	90 days		90 days with invitation 30 days with voucher	24 Sep 2007	1 May 2008	20 Oct 2013	[158]
Bulgaria	During the term of official journey For tourism with tourist documents For a private trip with an invitation Transit without a visa			2 Nov 1978	6 Jul 1979	7 May 2002	[159]
Bulgaria	During the term of official journey For tourism with tourist documents For a private trip with an invitation up to 90 days			3 Nov 1969	24 Jan 1970	6 Jul 1979	[160]
Bulgaria	About private trips			20 May 1965	1 Jun 1965	24 Jan 1970	no text[161]
CIS countries 9 states  Armenia  Belarus  Georgia  Kazakhstan  Kyrgyzstan  Moldova  Tajikistan  Turkmenistan  Uzbekistan (excluding Azerbaijan and Ukraine)	Unlimited			9 Oct 1992	9 Oct 1992; for  Georgia 1 Aug 1995	3 Dec 2000; for  Turkmenistan 19 Jun 1999	[162]
China	Yes			29 Feb 2000	25 May 2001	25 Apr 2014	[163]
China	Yes			29 Dec 1993	29 Jan 1994	25 May 2001	[164]
China				15 Jul 1988		29 Jan 1994	no text
Cuba	During the term of official journey For tourism with a tourist documents For a private trip with an invitation			10 Jan 1985		29 Jun 1994	no text
Cyprus	During the term of official journey		90 days	27 Dec 1994	15 Jun 1995	1 Jan 2004	[165]
Czech Republic	During the term of official journey 30 days for all passports			7 Dec 1994	28 Sep 1995	29 May 2000	[166]
Czechoslovakia	During the term of official journey For tourism with tourist documents For a private trip with an invitation Transit without a visa			17 Dec 1981	30 May 1982	for  Czech 28 Sep 1995 for  Slovakia 7 Aug 1994	[167]
Czechoslovakia	During the term of official journey For tourism with tourist documents For a private trip with an invitation up to 90 days Transit without a visa			16 Sep 1969	16 Sep 1969	30 May 1982	[168]
Hungary	During the term of official journey For tourism with tourist documents For a private trip with an invitation Transit without a visa			24 Nov 1978		14 Jun 2001	[169]
Hungary	During the term of official journey For tourism with tourist documents For a private trip with an invitation up to 90 days			4 Mar 1969	11 Jun 1969		[170]
North Korea	During the term of official journey For tourism with a tourist documents For a private trip with an invitation			22 Jan 1986			no text
Laos	Yes			20 Dec 1984		30 Dec 2004	[171]
Lithuania			30 days for residents of the Kaliningrad region	24 Feb 1995	25 Jun 1995	1 Jan 2003	[172]
Mongolia	During the term of official journey For tourism with tourist documents For a private trip with an invitation up to 90 days			26 Jan 1971	23 May 1971	1995	[173]
Poland	During the term of official journey For tourism with tourist documents For a private trip with an invitation Transit without a visa			13 Dec 1979	22 May 1980	1 Oct 2003	[174]
Poland	During the term of official journey For tourism with tourist documents For a private trip with an invitation up to 90 days			5 Feb 1970	12 May 1970	22 May 1980	[175]
Romania	Yes About abolition of the visa regime			11 Mar 1991		1 Mar 2004	no text
Romania	During an office mission For tourism with a tourist documents For a private trip with an invitation up to 45 days			30 Jun 1969	1 Jan 1970		[176]
Romania	Without visas on office affairs For a private trip with an invitation up to 45 days within 1 calendar year Transit on private affairs without visa			4 Mar 1966	23 Jun 1966	1 Jan 1970	[177]
Romania	About trips for a visit to close relatives			1963		23 Jun 1966	no text
Romania	About visa-free trips of citizens on diplomatic, service, all-civil passports and collective certificates			1956		23 Jun 1966	no text
Slovakia	30 days for all passports During the term of official journey			13 Feb 1995	25 Aug 1995	1 Jan 2001	[178]
Slovakia				1 Jun 1994	7 Aug 1994	25 Aug 1995	no text
Turkey		30 days		12 May 2010	16 Apr 2011	15 Apr 2016	[179]
			30 days			1 Jan 2016
Vietnam	During the term of official journey For tourism with tourist documents For a private trip with an invitation			15 Jul 1981		11 May 2001	no text
Yugoslavia	During a term of an official trip For tourism with a voucher For a private trip with an invitation up to 90 days			31 Oct 1989	26 Apr 1990	for  Croatia 31 Mar 2013 for  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 May 2008 for  Macedonia 31 Oct 2008 for  Montenegro 21 Nov 2008 for  Slovenia 1 Dec 1999 for  Serbia 10 Jun 2009	[180]
Yugoslavia	About simplification of the formalities connected with moving of border			26 Oct 1965		26 Apr 1990	no text

Visa

Russian visa

The Russian visa is a machine-readable document, which is placed in the passport. It contains a transcription of the name in the Cyrillic script and all fields are indicated in Russian and English. The indication of nationality and entry requirements however is only written in Russian. The machine-readable strip contains the name based on romanization of the Cyrillic name, and does not necessarily reflect the name as it was written in the Roman script (example in the figure: Christoph --> (Cyrillic) Kpиcтoф --> (transcription; roman) Kristof). Contrary to guidelines for machine-readable documents, the issuing country abbreviation (RUS) is shown at the positions 2-4 (e.g. starting V>RUS), and the surname starts immediately in the second field: VSURNAME>>GIVENNAME. A photo is required in a Russian visa.

Types of visa

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)^[181]

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 one 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 one 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 one year.

Service visa

A service visa is issued to the foreign citizen having a service 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 one 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 one year.
• to military personnel of armed forces of the foreign states and family members of such persons for a period of up to one 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 five 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 one 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

1. An ordinary private visa is issued for a period of up to three months or on the basis of the principle of reciprocity for a period of up to one year to foreign citizens traveling to the Russian Federation for a short visit on the basis of an invitation letter.
2. An ordinary business visa is issued for a period of up to one year to foreign citizens traveling to the Russian Federation for a business trip.
3. An ordinary tourist visa is issued for a period of up to one month or on the basis of the principle of reciprocity for a period of up to six months to foreign citizens traveling to the Russian Federation 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 one month to foreign citizens traveling to the Russian Federation as a tourist in an organized tourist group (not less than five people), of holding a confirmation by an organization in the unified federal register of tour operators.
4. An ordinary student visa is issued for a period of up to one year to foreign citizens traveling to the Russian Federation for training in the educational institution.
5. An ordinary work visa is issued to foreign citizens visiting the Russian Federation 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 one year.
6. An ordinary humanitarian visa is issued for a period of up to one year or on the basis of the principle of reciprocity for a period of up to five years to foreign citizens visiting the Russian Federation for a scientific, cultural, political or a sport visit, religious communication and contacts, pilgrimage, charity, delivery of humanitarian aid.
7. An ordinary entry visa to the Russian Federation for receiving a shelter is issued to foreign citizens for a period of up to three 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 the Russian Federation.
8. An ordinary entry visa to the Russian Federation to obtain citizenship of the Russian Federation is issued to foreign citizens for a period of up to one year if holding a decision on recognition of such foreign citizen as a native speaker of Russian.

Transit visa

A Transit visa is issued for a period of up to ten days to the foreign citizen for transit through the territory of the Russian Federation.

Visa of temporary living person

A visa of temporarily living person is issued for four months to the foreign citizen to whom entry into the Russian Federation is allowed for temporary residence, within a quota of delivery of permissions to temporary residence.

Applying for visa

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.^[182]

Russian Tourist Visa requirements:^[183]

• 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 ten days from the embassy of the visitor's native country, thus eliminating the need for an exit visa.^{[184][185][186]}

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

Some Russian embassies and consulates, but not all, require visa applications to be submitted in person to visa processing centres instead of directly to the consular section. Costs differ per administration center.

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.^[187]

Visitor statistics

According to the Federal Security Service and the Federal State Statistics Service. In the table top-50 for 2014, 2013, 2012. For 2011 without CIS countries.

The number of arrivals to the territory of Russia by countries:^[188]

Excluding intersections Russian-Belarusian border, in the absence of border control.

Nationality	Total
	2014	2013	2012	2011
Abkhazia	17 362,811	19 293,429	20 273,964	30
Armenia	10 794,098	10 882,864	10 700,332	31
Australia	44 46,072	43 46,861	42 43,105	25 34,868
Austria	36 67,392	35 74,277	32 71,863	17 70,388
Azerbaijan	08 1,021,204	08 1,196,759	08 1,116,238	32
Belarus	13 495,999	15 418,207	16 372,942	33
Belgium	46 37,441	44 40,316	43 37,025	34
Brazil	47 33,301	46 37,386	47 33,647	35
Bulgaria	45 42,230	42 47,154	40 45,312	24 42,031
Canada	39 53,370	36 61,234	37 54,730	20 52,238
China	07 1,125,098	09 1,071,515	09 978,988	02 845,588
Czech Republic	35 68,875	34 76,530	34 62,980	23 46,776
Denmark	48 33,271	47 36,262	46 34,908	36
Estonia	16 363,942	13 430,164	13 494,282	07 519,402
Finland	05 1,446,169	05 1,388,016	04 1,375,614	01 1,211,519
France	24 219,210	23 225,860	22 225,343	11 213,473
Germany	12 635,153	12 686,557	11 671,676	04 629,391
Georgia	37 58,264	40 48,440	45 35,511	37
Greece	43 46,450	41 48,280	44 36,474	26 33,569
Hungary	50 28,421	50 27,155	51	27 23,241
India	31 94,259	30 95,542	30 80,127	38
Iran	49 29,743	51	50 23,085	39
Israel	26 152,853	25 136,827	25 123,974	13 114,380
Italy	23 219,976	22 225,933	23 212,411	12 207,476
Japan	29 105,220	29 102,408	28 86,806	40
Kazakhstan	02 4,215,161	02 3,848,899	02 3,630,342	41
Kyrgyzstan	11 725,664	11 763,418	12 623,970	42
Latvia	15 374,701	16 391,304	15 461,162	06 571,374
Lithuania	14 487,206	13 539,308	13 553,896	05 622,740
Moldova	09 923,625	06 1,374,690	05 1,194,291	43
Mongolia	22 225,972	21 226,673	17 365,236	44
Netherlands	33 80,543	32 86,402	29 81,212	16 87,549
Norway	38 57,423	38 54,433	39 50,115	21 48,614
Philippine	25 162,990	24 149,213	24 130,541	14 99,405
Poland	04 1,823,143	04 1,644,657	06 1,190,003	03 704,610
Romania	51	48 30,886	48 24,792	28 21,993
Serbia	32 87,048	28 107,601	33 70,371	45
South Korea	27 135,676	27 107,942	27 94,922	15 91,335
South Ossetia	28 117,283	31 94,159	31 73,863	46
Slovakia	52	49 27,554	49 24,161	29 20,445
Spain	30 100,206	26 109,089	26 101,536	129,730
Stateless persons	19 349,400	52	52	47
Sweden	41 49,908	39 53,340	36 58,900	19 60,840
Switzerland	40 50,838	37 54,898	38 52,852	22 47,978
Tajikistan	06 1,202,260	07 1,348,868	07 1,134,150	48
Turkey	18 361,416	17 385,147	18 305,429	09 249,109
Turkmenistan	42 47,002	45 40,238	41 43,720	49
Ukraine	01 9,842,990	01 7,080,991	01 6,502,543	50
United Kingdom	21 228,346	20 259,676	21 231,670	10 221,418
United States	20 257,070	18 305,954	19 286,551	08 275,239
Uzbekistan	03 2,353,140	03 2,967444	03 2,677,322	51
Vietnam	34 75,840	33 81,073	35 62,961	52
Total	32,421,490	30,792,091	28,176,502	24,932,016

Nationality	Purpose|— Tourism
	2014	2013	2012	2011
Argentina	39 11,617	37 13,156	41 11,521	31
Armenia	38 12,280	42 9,050	46 7,522	32
Australia	15 36,468	15 36,117	15 33,021	21 24,775
Austria	23 23,373	18 29,139	21 28,076	18 28,034
Azerbaijan	42 10,158	43 9,034	44 9,656	33
Belarus	13 43,225	22 27,164	29 19,695	34
Belgium	30 16,945	30 17,771	30 18,568	35
Brazil	19 27,142	17 30,049	23 27,180	36
Bulgaria	49 6,852	47 8,023	48 7,096	27 6,800
Canada	16 35,796	14 41,000	14 36,260	14 34,926
China	01 409,817	02 372,314	02 343,357	02 234,127
Czech Republic	41 10,389	40 11,365	39 12,252	25 12,972
Colombia	45 7,908	44 8,659	49 6,966	37
Cuba	50 6,813	51	51	30 1,572
Denmark	34 13,173	32 16,594	32 16,723	38
Estonia	22 25,936	23 26,280	22 27,436	16 31,255
Finland	10 68,618	08 93,762	05 120,306	04 133,630
France	08 94,941	07 96,947	08 99,581	08 94,863
Germany	02 349,481	01 380,253	01 375,285	01 346,627
Greece	36 12,355	35 14,641	34 14,525	24 17,060
Hong Kong	43 9,470	31 16,782	31 16,983	39
Hungary	46 7,595	52	50 6,302	28 6,463
India	31 16,304	29 17,824	24 26,598	40
Iran	29 17,223	45 8,534	35 14,005	41
Israel	06 108,175	09 92,478	09 85,955	10 75,468
Italy	07 107,072	06 117,927	06 118,729	06 125,062
Japan	12 54,111	11 55,092	12 44,667	12 37,985
Kazakhstan	21 26,213	26 21,079	26 23,832	42
Latvia	17 29,199	21 28,149	17 32,125	15 33,522
Lithuania	26 20,081	25 21,950	27 21,060	23 22,114
Mexico	32 14,694	33 15,797	37 13,155	43
Moldova	51	49 7,512	47 7,220	44
Mongolia	25 20,923	27 19,481	18 31,035	45
Netherlands	18 28,097	16 30,893	16 32,533	13 37,874
Norway	35 12,734	34 15,634	28 20,617	22 23,338
Poland	27 17,905	20 28,229	19 30,088	17 29,908
Portugal	47 7,229	50 7,476	45 8,585	46
Romania	52	48 7,573	52	29 6,142
Serbia	24 23,338	24 23,699	33 16,227	47
South Korea	09 82,494	12 52,114	11 48,425	11 46,991
Spain	11 60,443	10 70,193	10 70,291	07 100,773
Stateless persons	48 7,138	53	53	48
Sweden	33 13,468	28 17,937	24 23,862	19 27,408
Switzerland	20 26,678	19 29,099	20 28,845	20 26,277
Tajikistan	53	46 8,193	54	49
Taiwan	44 8,540	41 11,033	38 12,270	50
Thailand	37 12,343	39 11,498	43 10,410	26 9,402
Turkey	04 134,702	05 122,728	07 100,918	09 80,754
Turkmenistan	28 17,313	36 13,474	36 13,548	51
Ukraine	14 41,349	13 43,545	13 38,450	52
United Kingdom	05 134,314	04 157,799	04 135,949	05 128,533
United States	03 162,102	03 197,334	03 179,763	03 169,763
Uzbekistan	40 11,263	38 12,886	40 11,567	53
Vietnam	54	54	42 11,516	54
Total	2,583,079	2,664,782	2,570,469	2,335,977

History

General Rules

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 180). It also establishes a number of exceptions addressing certain groups of travelers. It should be noted that 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.^[189]

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 entry to Russia via Vladivostok
Vladivostok again received, 106 years since it was last cancelled, the status of "porto franco" (free port) in 2015. Federal Law №212- FZ "On the free port of Vladivostok"^[190] signed by the President of the Russian Federation of 13 July 2015, entered into force 12 October 2015. Among other simplifications of government procedures it will introduce visa-free regime. In 2016 foreign citizens will be allowed to stay of 8 days.^[4] The list of countries will be approved by decree of the Government. It was originally planned to provide a visa-free regime, but the draft agreement didn't pass coordination in government departments. The new draft agreement assumes that foreign citizens before entry into Vladivostok will fill in the special electronic questionnaire. After verification of the questionnaire by competent authorities of the Russian Federation foreigners will receive the notice of providing the entry visa. Electronic Authorization will be applied only after ensuring readiness of check points, modernizations of IT infrastructures systems occurs.^[191] Simplified visa regime has to earn since July 1, 2016, the electronic visa will be free, it will be valid for arriving to the international airport Knevichi and in the sea passenger terminal of Vladivostok.^[192]

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.^[193]

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.^[194] Visa-free access for Chinese citizens was proposed in June 2014.^[195] Visa-free entrance in cruise courts to Sevastopol began to be carried out from September 2015^[23] Other of the proposals has been not realized.

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).^[196]
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.^[197]

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.^[198]

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). 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.^[199] 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,^[200] the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Moscow, the 2014 World Judo Championships in Chelyabinsk and the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan.^[201] Participants of the XVI World Aquatics Championships in the Masters category were exempted from visa fees.^[202]

The right to enter Russia without a visa was also given to visitors during thee 2014 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi if they were in a possession of tickets for the event.^[203]

Players of 2016 IIHF World Championship will be able to obtain visas on arrival for the fans will be simplified procedure for issuing visas.^[204]
This experiment is planned to be extended to the visitors of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.^[205][206]

See also

• Visa requirements for Russian citizens
• List of diplomatic missions of Russia
• Foreign relations of Russia

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58. The agreement between the Russian Federation and the European Community on the facilitation of issuance of visas to citizens of the Russian Federation and the European Union (in Russian)
59. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on mutual trips of citizens (in Russian)
60. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Burkina Faso on visa-free trips on diplomatic and service passports (in Russian)
61. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Cape Verde on visa-free trips on diplomatic and service passports (in Russian)
62. Agreement between the Government of the USSR and the Government of the People's Republic of Kampuchea on visa-free regime for citizens of both countries , undertaking an official journey through diplomatic or service passports (in Russian)
63. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Chile on visa-free trips on diplomatic passports (in Russian)
64. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Chile on the abolition of visas for holders of official Russian passports and official Chilean passport (in Russian)
65. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Chile on the conditions of refusal of visa requirements for mutual trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of the Republic of Chile (in Russian)
66. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the People's Republic of facilitating travel for citizens (in Russian)
67. About the Group Tourism Visa-free Agreement between China and Russia (in Chinese)
68. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Colombia on the abolition of visas for holders of diplomatic, service or official passports (in Russian)
69. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Colombia on the conditions of refusal of visa requirements for mutual trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of the Republic of Colombia (in Russian)
70. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Republic of Congo on visa-free trips of owners of diplomatic and service passports (scan in Russian)
71. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica on the abolition of visas for holders of diplomatic and service oassports (in Russian)
72. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Croatia on mutual trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of the Republic of Croatia (in Russian)
73. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Cuba on the terms of mutual trips of citizens of both countries (in Russian)
74. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on visa-free trips on diplomatic and service passports .rtf (in Russian)
75. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark on simplification of issue of visas to citizens of the Kingdom of Denmark of the Russian Federation (in Russian)
76. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Dominican Republic on mutual abolition of visas for holders of diplomatic and service passports (in Russian)
77. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Ecuador on the abolition of visas for holders of diplomatic and official Russian and diplomatic , official and special passports of Ecuador (in Russian)
78. [ Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Ecuador on the terms of rejection of visa requirements for mutual trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of the Republic of Ecuador] (in Russian)
79. Memorandum between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt on visa-free trips on diplomatic , service and special passports (in Russian)
80. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of El Salvador on visa-free trips on diplomatic and service passports of the Russian Federation and the diplomatic and official passports of the Republic of El Salvador. It concluded by an exchange of notes (in Russian)
81. [The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of El Salvador about refusal conditions from visa formalities at mutual trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of the Republic of El Salvador] (in Russian)
82. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on visa-free travel for diplomatic and service passports (in Russian)
83. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Fiji on mutual abolition of visa requirements for citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of the Republic of Fiji (in Russian)
84. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Gabonese Republic on the abolition of visas for holders of diplomatic and service passports (in Russian)
85. Agreement in the form exchange of notes between Government of the Russian Federation and the Government the Republic of Guatemala on the Abolition of visas for holders of diplomatic and official passports the Russian Federation and of diplomatic, consular and official of passports the Republic of Guatemala (in Russian)
86. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Guatemala on the conditions of refusal of visa requirements for mutual trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of the Republic of Guatemala from (in Russian)
87. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government the Republic of Guinea on visa-free trips on diplomatic and service passports (in Russian)
88. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana of the visa-free travel for holders of diplomatic and official Russian passports and diplomatic Guyanese passport (in Russian)
89. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana on the conditions of refusal of visa requirements for mutual trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana (in Russian)
90. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government the Republic of Honduras on visa-free trips on diplomatic and service passports citizens of the Russian Federation and the diplomatic and the official passports citizens of the Republic Honduras (in Russian)
91. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government the Republic of Honduras about the conditions of refusal from visa formalities when mutual trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens the Republic of Honduras (scan in Russian)
92. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government Hong Kong SAR the PRC, on mutual abolition of visa requirements for citizens of the Russian Federation and permanent residents Hong Kong SAR the PRC (in Russian)
93. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Hungarian Republic on visa-free trips on diplomatic and service passports (in Russian)
94. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of India on mutual travel for holders of diplomatic and service (official) passports (in Russian)
95. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia on refusal of visa formalities at implementation by owners of diplomatic and service passports of short-term trips (in Russian)
96. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Kingdom Iceland on simplification of issue of visas (in Russian)
97. The memorandum between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran of visa-free trips on diplomatic and service passports (in Russian)
98. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the State of Israel on refusal of visa requirements at mutual trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of the State of Israel (in Russian)
99. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Jamaica on visa abolition for owners of diplomatic and service passports (in Russian)
100. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the State of Kuwait on visa-free travel for holders of diplomatic, service and special passports (in Russian)
101. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic on conditions of mutual trips of citizens (in Russian)
102. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein on simplification of procedure of issue of visas to citizens of the Russian Federation and Principality of Liechtenstein (scan in Russian)
103. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of SAR Macau People's Republic of China on mutual cancellation of visa requirements (in Russian)
104. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Republic of Macedonia on conditions of mutual trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of the Republic of Macedonia (in Russian)
105. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Republic of Mali on visa-free trips on diplomatic and service passports (in Russian)
106. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Mauritius on mutual abolition of visa requirements (in English)
107. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the United Mexican States on visa-free trips on diplomatic, service and official passports (in Russian)
108. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Republic of Moldova on mutual visa-free trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of the Republic of Moldova (in Russian)
109. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of Mongolia on conditions of mutual trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of Mongolia (in Russian)
110. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Montenegro on conditions of mutual trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of Montenegro (in Russian)
111. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Kingdom of Morocco on visa-free trips on diplomatic and service passports (in Russian)
112. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Mozambique on visa-free trips on diplomatic and service passports (in Russian)
113. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Union Myanmar about abolition of visas to owners of diplomatic, service and official passports (in Russian)
114. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Nauru on mutual cancellation of visa requirements for citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of the Republic of Nauru .(in Russian)
115. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Kingdom Nepal on abolition of visas to owners of diplomatic and service passports (in Russian)
116. The agreement in the form of an exchange of notes between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua about visa-free trips according to diplomatic, service and official passports (in Russian)
117. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua on cancellation of visa requirements at mutual trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of the Republic of Nicaragua (in Russian)
118. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of Democratic People's Republic of Korea on mutual trips of citizens (in Russian)
119. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway on simplification of issue of visas to citizens of the Russian Federation and the Kingdom of Norway (in Russian)
120. http://www.mid.ru/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/2052898?p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_cKNonkJE02Bw&_101_INSTANCE_cKNonkJE02Bw_languageId=en_GB
121. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Sultanate of Oman on mutual refusal of visa requirements for owners of diplomatic, spesial and service passports (in Russian)
122. [The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Panama on visa-free trips on diplomatic, service, consular, official and special passports] (in Russian)
123. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Panama on conditions of refusal of visa formalities at mutual trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of the Republic of Panama (in Russian)
124. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Republic of Paraguay on visa-free trips on diplomatic, service Russian or official Paraguayan passports (in Russian)
125. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Paraguay on conditions of refusal of visa formalities at mutual trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of the Republic of Paraguay (in Russian)
126. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Republic of Peru on abolition of visas to owners of diplomatic, service and special passports (in Russian)
127. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Peru on conditions of refusal of visa formalities at mutual trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of the Republic of Peru (in Russian)
128. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Republic of the Philippines on conditions of mutual trips of owners of diplomatic and service (official) passports (in Russian)
129. 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)
130. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Romania on mutual trips of citizens (in Russian)
131. [The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Republic of Senegal on visa-free trips of owners of diplomatic or service passports] (in Russian)
132. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic Serbia on conditions of mutual trips of citizens of two countries (in Russian)
133. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Seychelles on cancellation of visa requirements at short-term trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of the Republic of Seychelles (scan in Russian)
134. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Singapore on the conditions of mutual abolition of visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and service (official) passports (in Russian)
135. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of South Africa on refusal of visa requirements for owners of diplomatic and service/official passports (in Russian)
136. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Korea on abolition of visa formalities for owners of diplomatic passports (in Russian)
137. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Korea on mutual visa abolition for owners of service/official passports (in Russian)
138. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Republic of Korea on mutual cancellation of visa requirements (in Russian)
139. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic South Ossetia about mutual visa-free trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and the Republic South Ossetia (in Russian)
140. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka about on visa-free trips of owners of diplomatic and service (official) passports (in Russian)
141. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Syrian Arab Republic on visa-free trips of owners of diplomatic, service and special passports (in Russian)
142. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Federal Council of the Swiss Confederation on simplification of issue of visas to citizens of the Russian Federation and Swiss Confederation (in Russian)
143. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand on mutual refusal of visa formalities for owners of diplomatic and service passports (in Russian, in English)
144. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand on conditions of refusal of visa formalities at mutual trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of the Kingdom of Thailand. (in Russian)
145. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Tunisia on cancellation of a visa regime for owners of diplomatic, special or service passports (in Russian)
146. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Republic of Turkey on visa-free trips on diplomatic passports (in Russian)
147. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Turkmenistan on mutual trips of citizens (in Russian)
148. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of Ukraine on visa-free trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and Ukraine (edition of 14.03.2007) (in Russian)
149. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the United Arab Emirates on mutual cancellation of entry visas for owners of diplomatic passports (in Russian)
150. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Oriental Republic of Uruguay on visa abolition for owners of diplomatic, service and official passports (in Russian)
151. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Oriental Republic of Uruguay on conditions of refusal of visa formalities at mutual trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of Oriental Republic of Uruguay (in Russian)
152. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan on mutual trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan (in Russian)
153. The agreement in the form of an exchange of notes between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela about visa-free trips on diplomatic and service passports (in Russian)
154. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on refusal of visa formalities at mutual trips of citizens of two countries (in Russian)
155. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on conditions of mutual trips of citizens (in Russian)
156. The agreement between the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and the Republic of Zimbabwe on a visa-free regime for the citizens of the USSR and Zimbabwe who are carrying out mutual trips on diplomatic and service passports (it is concluded by an exchange of notes) (in Russian)
157. Decree of the Russian President "About an order of entry into the Russian Federation and departure from the Russian Federation the stateless persons consisting in nationality of the USSR and living in the Republic of Latvia or the Republic of Estonia" (in Russian)
158. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Council of ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina on conditions of mutual trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina (in Russian)
159. Agreement between the Government of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Government of the National Republic of Bulgaria on conditions of mutual visa-free trips of citizens (in Russian)
160. Agreement on an order of mutual visa-free trips of citizens of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and citizens of the National Republic of Bulgaria (in Russian)
161. (in Russian)
162. Agreement on visa-free movement of citizens of the Commonwealth of Independent States on the territory of its participants (in Russian)
163. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of People's Republic of China on mutual trips of citizens
164. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of People's Republic of China on visa-free trips on diplomatic and service passports
165. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus visa-free entry - exit
166. Agreement between the Government of the Czech Republic and the Government of the Russian Federation on visa-free trips of citizens
167. Agreement between the government of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic about conditions of mutual trips of citizens of both states
168. Agreement on mutual visa-free trips of citizens of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and citizens of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (in Russian)
169. Agreement between the Government of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Government of the Hungarian National Republic on conditions of mutual visa-free trips of citizens (in Russian)
170. Agreement on an order of mutual visa-free trips of citizens of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and citizens of the Hungarian National Republic (in Russian)
171. The agreement between the Government of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and the Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic on a visa-free regime for citizens of both states making office trips on diplomatic or service passports
172. Interim agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Republic of Lithuania on mutual trips of citizens
173. Agreement on an order of mutual visa-free trips of citizens of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and citizens of the Monolsky National Republic (in Russian)
174. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Abkhazia on mutual visa-free trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Abkhazia Agreement between the Government of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Government of the Polish National Republic on mutual visa-free trips of citizens of both states (in Russian)
175. Agreement between the Government of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Government of the Polish National Republic on mutual visa-free trips of citizens of both states (in Russian)
176. The agreement between the Government of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Romania on visa abolition for office, tourist, private and transit trips (in Russian)
177. The agreement between the Government of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Romania on cancellation of the entrance - exit visas at trips on office affairs, on a visit to relatives and acquaintances and about cancellation of transit visas (in Russian)
178. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Slovak Republic on visa-free travel (in Russian)
179. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Republic of Turkey on conditions of mutual trips of citizens of the Russian Federation and Republic of Turkey (in Russian)
180. Agreement between the Government of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Allied Executive Veche of Skupstina of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on mutual trips of citizens (in Russian)
181. FEderal law on the procedure for exiting and entring the Russian Federasion (in Russian)
182. "Getting your Russian travel visa - tips and tricks". Moscow Russia Insider's Guide.
183. "Russia Visa requirements". SSCvisa.
184. Visahouse.com
185. Russianvisa.org
186. Visalink-Russia.com
187. Russia to introduce fingerprint scanning for visa applicants in UK, Denmark, Myanmar, Namibia
188. http://www.russiatourism.ru/contents/statistika/statisticheskie-pokazateli-vzaimnykh-poezdok-grazhdan-rossiyskoy-federatsii-i-grazhdan-inostrannykh-gosudarstv/strany-lidiruyushchie-po-kolichestvu-pribytiy-na-territoriyu-rossiyskoy-federatsii/
189. "Federal Law No. 114-FZ OF August 15, 1996 On the Procedure for Exiting and Entring the Russian Federation". Retrieved 2013-12-19.
190. http://www.rg.ru/2015/07/15/fz212-dok.html
191. http://ria.ru/politics/20160111/1358268617.html
192. http://ria.ru/economy/20160314/1389404064.html
193. http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/%28Spravka%29?OpenAgent&RN=342631-6
194. Crimea proposes lifting visas for tourists
195. Crimea visits to be visa-free for Chinese travellers — Russia tourism chief
196. http://tass.ru/kultura/1982008
197. http://www.rg.ru/2015/09/14/artisty-site-anons.html
198. http://primamedia.ru/news/447027/
199. http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/news/18099
200. http://m.vz.ru/news/2012/3/30/572035.html
201. http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2540276
202. http://www.interfax.ru/sport/431288
203. http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/676821
204. http://www.gazeta.ru/sport/news/2015/09/29/n_7648529.shtml
205. http://tass.ru/sport/2264106
206. Russia to ease visa regime for World Cup fans in 2018

External links

• The conditions of entry of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation of diplomatic, service (official, special), regular passport. (in Russian) February 2015
• Federal Law No.114-FZ On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation (in English)(without additions)
• Federal Law No.114-FZ On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation (in Russian)(with additions)
• Timatic. Visa & Passport Information