Destination Visa Policy
Who needs a visa for Russia?
Find your passport below to see how you can enter Russia — then open the full breakdown with fees, documents, transit and health rules.
Passport validity
At least 6 months validity on arrival recommended
Blank pages
At least 1–2 blank visa pages
Yellow fever
Yellow fever certificate required only if you arrive from (or transited through) a country with risk of yellow fever transmission.
Visa Free (63 passports)
Andorra · 90d Antigua & Barbuda · 90d Argentina · 90d Armenia · 90d Azerbaijan · 90d Belarus · 90d Belize · 90d Bolivia · 90d Bosnia & Herzegovina · 30d Botswana · 30d Brazil · 90d Brunei · 14d Cape Verde · 60d Chile · 90d Colombia · 90d Costa Rica · 90d Cuba · 90d Dominica · 90d Dominican Republic · 60d Ecuador · 90d El Salvador · 90d Fiji · 90d Georgia · 90d Grenada · 90d Guatemala · 90d Guyana · 90d Honduras · 90d Hong Kong · 14d Israel · 90d Jamaica · 90d Kazakhstan · 90d Kyrgyzstan Laos · 30d Macau · 30d Maldives · 90d Mauritius · 60d Moldova · 90d Mongolia · 30d Montenegro · 30d Namibia · 90d Nauru · 14d Nicaragua · 90d Palau · 30d Panama · 90d Paraguay · 90d Peru · 90d Qatar · 90d Samoa · 60d Serbia · 30d Seychelles · 30d South Africa · 90d South Korea · 60d St. Kitts & Nevis · 90d St. Vincent & Grenadines · 90d Suriname · 90d Tajikistan · 90d Thailand · 30d Ukraine · 90d United Arab Emirates · 90d Uruguay · 90d Uzbekistan · 90d Vanuatu · 90d Venezuela · 90d
e-Visa Required (64 passports)
Austria Bahrain Barbados Belgium Bhutan Bulgaria Cambodia China Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Eswatini Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Ireland Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Kuwait Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Mexico Monaco Myanmar Netherlands North Korea North Macedonia Norway Oman Papua New Guinea Philippines Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Saudi Arabia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Türkiye Turkmenistan Vatican City Vietnam Zimbabwe
Embassy Visa Required (71 passports)
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Australia Bahamas Bangladesh Benin Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Comoros Djibouti DR Congo Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Haiti Iraq Ivory Coast Kiribati Kosovo Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Marshall Islands Mauritania Micronesia Morocco Mozambique Nepal New Zealand Niger Nigeria Pakistan Palestine Republic of the Congo Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Sri Lanka St. Lucia Sudan Syria Tanzania Timor-Leste Togo Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda United Kingdom United States Yemen Zambia
Standard short-stay tourism rules for ordinary passports. Special categories (diplomatic passports, residence-permit holders, crew) follow different rules — contact us for a personal assessment.