Who needs a visa for Russia?

No visa is needed for stays of up to 90 days.

• Andorra
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Belize
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Dominica
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Fiji
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Honduras
• Israel
• Jamaica
• Maldives
• Namibia
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Qatar
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Saudi Arabia
• South Africa
• Suriname
• United Arab Emirates
• Uruguay
• Vanuatu
• Venezuela

Source: Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Без виз по всем видам паспортов – до 90 дней.In English: Visa-free on all types of passports, up to 90 days.

Source: Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Без виз по общегражданским паспортам – до 90 дней.In English: Visa-free on ordinary passports, up to 90 days.

No visa is needed for stays of up to 60 days.

• Cabo Verde
• Dominican Republic
• Mauritius
• Samoa
• South Korea

Source: Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Без виз по всем видам паспортов – до 60 дней.In English: Visa-free on all types of passports, up to 60 days.

Source: Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation↗, checked 31 Oct 2026по общегражданским паспортам – до 60 дней.In English: (visa-free) on ordinary passports, up to 60 days.

No visa is needed for stays of up to 30 days.

• Botswana
• Jordan
• Laos
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Myanmar
• Palau
• Seychelles
• Thailand

Source: Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Без виз по всем видам паспортов – до 30 дней.In English: Visa-free on all types of passports, up to 30 days.

Source: Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Без виз по общегражданским паспортам – до 30 дней.In English: Visa-free on ordinary passports, up to 30 days.

Serbia: biometric passport only.

Vietnam: until 15 Oct 2027.

China: until 31 Dec 2027.

Macao: MSAR passport.

• China
• Macao
• Serbia
• Vietnam

Source: Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation↗, checked 31 Oct 2026по общегражданским биометрическим паспортам – до 30 дней.In English: (visa-free) on ordinary biometric passports, up to 30 days.

Source: Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Без виз по общегражданским паспортам – до 30 дней (до 15.10.2027 г. включительно).In English: Visa-free on ordinary passports, up to 30 days (until 15.10.2027 inclusive).

Source: Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Без виз по общегражданским паспортам – до 30 дней (до 31.12.2027 г.).In English: Visa-free on ordinary passports, up to 30 days (until 31.12.2027).

Source: Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Без виз до 30 дней для постоянных жителей САР Макао КНР при наличии действительного паспорта САР Макао КНР.In English: Visa-free up to 30 days for permanent residents of Macao SAR holding a valid MSAR passport.

No visa is needed for stays of up to 30 days in any 60.

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

Source: Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation↗, checked 31 Oct 2026по общегражданским паспортам – 30 дней из 60.In English: (visa-free) on ordinary passports, 30 days out of 60.

No visa is needed for stays of up to 30 days, 90 days a calendar year.

• Oman

Source: Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Без виз по общегражданским паспортам – до 30 дней при этом суммарный срок пребывания не более 90 дней в течение календарного года.In English: Visa-free on ordinary passports, up to 30 days, total stay at most 90 days per calendar year.

Hong Kong: HKSAR passport.

• Brunei
• Hong Kong
• Nauru

Source: Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Без виз по всем видам паспортов – до 14 дней.In English: Visa-free on all types of passports, up to 14 days (Nauru: 'Без виз до 14 дней').

Source: Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Без виз до 14 дней для постоянных жителей САР Гонконг КНР при наличии действительного паспорта САР Гонконг КНР.In English: Visa-free up to 14 days for permanent residents of Hong Kong SAR holding a valid HKSAR passport.

No visa is needed; the official source does not state how long you may stay.

• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Georgia
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Moldova
• Tajikistan
• Ukraine
• Uzbekistan

Source: Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Без виз по всем видам паспортов.In English: Visa-free on all types of passports (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine: including internal passports).

Apply online for an eVisa before you travel.

• Austria
• Bahrain
• Barbados
• Belgium
• Bhutan
• Bulgaria
• Cambodia
• China
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czechia
• 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
• Saint Lucia
• San Marino
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Taiwan
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Türkiye
• Turkmenistan
• Vatican City
• Vietnam
• Zimbabwe

Source: Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation↗, checked 31 Oct 2026The list of foreign States whose nationals can apply for e-visa:

Under the 2011 Russia–US visa agreement, multiple-entry visas are as a rule issued valid for up to 36 months.

• United States

Source: Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation↗, checked 1 Nov 2026Вне зависимости от кратности полученных виз суммарный срок пребывания иностранного гражданина на территории Российской Федерации не может превышать 90 дней в течение каждого периода в 180 дней.In English: Regardless of the number of entries on the visas obtained, a foreign citizen's total stay in the Russian Federation may not exceed 90 days in each 180-day period.

Visa-free with an original invitation issued under Russian rules (90 days) or an original tourist voucher with the tour operator's confirmation (30 days).

• North Macedonia

Source: Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation↗, checked 31 Oct 2026при наличии оригинала приглашения, оформленного в установленном российским законодательством порядке – до 90 дней;In English: (visa-free) with an original invitation issued under Russian law, up to 90 days; with an original tourist voucher and confirmation of reception, up to 30 days

Members of organised tourist groups only.

• Iran

Source: Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Безвизовой режим для членов организованных туристических групп до 15 дней.In English: Visa-free for members of organised tourist groups, up to 15 days.

Visa-free with an APEC Business Travel Card endorsed for Russia (RUS).

• Australia
• Brunei
• Chile
• China
• Hong Kong
• Indonesia
• Japan
• Malaysia
• Mexico
• New Zealand
• Papua New Guinea
• Peru
• Philippines
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Source: Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Без виз по карточкам АТЭС с обозначением «RUS».In English: Visa-free with APEC Business Travel Cards endorsed 'RUS'.

Apply before you travel at an embassy or consulate of Russia, or the visa centre it names.

Nationalities not listed above: the official source says so in as many words.

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Angola
• Australia
• Bahamas
• Bangladesh
• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Canada
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Congo
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Djibouti
• DR Congo
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Haiti
• Iraq
• Kiribati
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Marshall Islands
• Mauritania
• Micronesia
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Nepal
• New Zealand
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Rwanda
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Solomon Islands
• Somalia
• South Sudan
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Syria
• Tanzania
• Timor-Leste
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Tuvalu
• Uganda
• United Kingdom
• Yemen
• Zambia

Source: Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation↗, checked 31 Oct 2026Для въезда в Российскую Федерацию иностранного гражданина или лица без гражданства необходима виза. При наличии соглашения возможен въезд в Российскую Федерацию иностранных граждан без виз.In English: A foreign citizen or stateless person needs a visa to enter the Russian Federation. Where there is an agreement, foreign citizens may enter without a visa.

Most searched passports

• IndiaeVisa · 30 days (e-visa valid 120 days)
• United StatesVisa requiredUnder the 2011 Russia–US visa agreement, multiple-entry visas are as a rule issued valid for up to 36 months
• Hong KongVisa-free · 14 daysHKSAR passport
• PakistanVisa required
• VietnamVisa-free · 30 daysUntil 15 Oct 2027
• Saudi ArabiaVisa-free · 90 days