Visa Support & COVID
According to the Order of the Government of the Russian Federation of October 6, 2020 No. 2571-р, starting from January 1, 2021, nationals of the following countries will be able to obtain a single e-visa. The e-visa is valid throughout Russia. Foreign nationals with an e-visa can cross the Russian border via any specially equipped checkpoint, regardless of the region, and travel throughout the country for no longer than 16 days. E-visas are issued online for tourist, business, humanitarian and guest trips. Applicants do not need an invitation, hotel booking or any other documents confirming the purpose of their journey to the Russian Federation. The consular fee is 40$.
For more information, including guidelines on how to apply for an e-visa, please visit the website of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
List of countries with which Russian Federation resumes international air service: Abkhazia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, the United Kingdom (suspended until 1 June), Vietnam, Greece, Germany, Egypt, Finland, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Qatar, the Republic of Cuba, the Republic of Maldives, the UAE, Seychelles, Serbia, Singapore, Syria, Tanzania (suspended until 1 June), Turkey (suspended until 1 June), Tajikistan, Switzerland, the Republic of Korea (but during the pandemic a visa-free travel is temporarily cancelled), Ethiopia, Japan, Venezuela, Uzbekistan
To visit Russia, foreigners need to be tested for COVID-19 within the last 72 hours, before arrival in the Russian Federation. The test conclusion need to be in English.
Application form for those who are on flights to the Russian Federation for border crossing (.docx).
The list of checkpoints on the state border of the Russian Federation, through which foreign citizens can enter and leave the Russian Federation with a single electronic visa:
«Pulkovo»
«Belgorod»
«Volgograd (Gumrak)»
«Ekaterinburg (Koltsovo)»
«Kazan»
«Krasnodar (Pashkovsky)»
«Krasnoyarsk (Yemelyanovo)»
«Moscow (Vnukovo)»
«Moscow (Domodedovo),
«Moscow (Sheremetyevo)»
«Nizhny Novgorod (Strigino)»
«Novosibirsk (Tolmachevo)»
«Rostov-on-Don (Platov)»
«Samara (Kurumoch)»