Citizens of which countries do not need visa to enter Russia?
Citizens of several countries do not need a visa to enter the Russian Federation.
Below is the information of the Consular Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation as of January 2019 on the conditions for the entry of foreign citizens into the Russian Federation, depending on the categories of passports - diplomatic, official, special, regular international passport:
Abkhazia - Without visas for all types of passports (including national passport) - up to 90 days.
Australia - Visas for all types of passports.
Austria - Without visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days. Visa-free regime for aircraft crew team.
Azerbaijan - Without visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Albania - Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Algeria - Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Angola - Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Andorra - Visas for all types of passports.
Antigua and Barbuda - Visas for all types of passports.
Argentina - Without visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Armenia - Without visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Afghanistan - Visas for all types of passports.
Bahamas - Visas for all types of passports.
Bangladesh - Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 30 days.
Barbados - Visas for all types of passports.
Bahrain - Without visas for diplomatic, official and special passports - up to 90 days
Belarus - Without visas for all types of passports (including internal) - up to 90 days.
Belize - Visas for all types of passports.
Belgium - Without visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days. Visa-free regime for aircraft crew team.
Benin — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Bulgaria — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days. Visa-free regime for: - crew team of ships; - crew team of aircraft.
Bolivia — Without visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Bosnia and Herzegovina — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days. Without visas for regular international passport - 30 days out of 60.
Botswana — Without visas on diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Brazil — Without visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Brunei Darussalam — Without visas for all types of passports - up to 14 days.
Burkina Faso — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Burundi — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Bhutan — Visas for all types of passports.
Vanuatu — Without visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
UK — Visas for all types of passports.
Hungary — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Venezuela — Without visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Timor Leste — Visas for all types of passports.
Vietnam — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Gabon — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Haiti — Visas for all types of passports.
Guyana — Without visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Gambia — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Ghana — Visas for all types of passports.
Guatemala — Without visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Guinea — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Guinea-Bissau — Visas for all types of passports.
Equatorial Guinea — Visas for all types of passports.
Germany — Without visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days.
Honduras — Without visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Grenada — Without visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Greece — Without visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days.
Georgia — Visas for all types of passports.
Denmark — Without visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days.
Djibouti — Visas for all types of passports.
Dominican Republic — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Commonwealth of Dominica — Without visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Egypt — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days (from 04.06.11 visas by direct invitation for the purpose of traveling).
Zambia — Visas for all types of passports.
Zimbabwe — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports (only for employees of official institutions of the country on the territory of the Russian Federation).
Israel — Without visas for regular international passports - up to 90 days.
India — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days. Visa-free regime for: - crew team of aircraft.
Indonesia — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 14 days.
Jordan — Without visas for diplomatic, official and special passports - up to 90 days.
Iraq — Visas for all types of passports.
Iran — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 30 days.
Ireland — Visas for all types of passports.
Iceland — Without visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days.
Spain — Without visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days. Visa-free regime for aircraft crew teams.
Italy — Without visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days. Visa-free regime for aircraft crew teams.
Yemen — Visas for all types of passports.
Cape Verde — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Kazakhstan — Without visas for all types of passports (including national passport) - up to 90 days.
Cambodia — Without visas for diplomatic passports and official passports.
Cameroon — Visas for all types of passports.
Canada — Visas for all types of passports.
Qatar — Without visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days.
Cyprus — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days. Visa-free regime for: - crew teams of ships; - crew teams of aircraft; - transit passengers - 24 hours (from the moment of arrival).
Kyrgyzstan — Without visas for all types of passports (including national) - up to 90 days.
Kiribati — Visas for all types of passports.
People's Republic of China — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 30 days. Visa-free regime for: - crew teams of train; - crew teams of sea and river vessels; - crew teams of aircraft; - for tourist groups consisting of from 5 to 50 people. (according to certified lists and confirmations of Russian travel agencies) - up to 15 days.
Hong Kong — No visas up to 14 days for permanent residents of Hong Kong
Macau — No visas up to 30 days for permanent residents of Macau with a valid Macau passport.
Colombia — No visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Comoros — Visas for all types of passports.
Republic of the Congo — No visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Democratic Republic of the Congo — Visas for all types of passports.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea — No visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days. Visa-free regime for: - crew teams of aircraft; - crew teams of trains.
Republic of Korea — No visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days. For regular international passports without visas - up to 60 days.
Costa Rica — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 3 months.
Cote d'Ivoire — Visas for all types of passports.
Cuba — No visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Kuwait — No visas for diplomatic and special passports - up to 90 days.
Laos — Without visas for all types of passports - up to 30 days.
Latvia — Without visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days. For residents of certain border areas without visas if there is a “permit for local border stay” in the passports - up to 90 days. Without visas, non-citizens of Latvia - 90 out of 180 days.
Lesotho — Visas for all types of passports.
Liberia — Visas for all types of passports.
Lebanon — Visas for all types of passports.
Libya — Visas for all types of passports.
Lithuania — Without visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days. Visa-free regime for: - crew members of sea and river vessels; - crew members of aircraft.
Liechtenstein — Without visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days.
Luxembourg — Without visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days.
Mauritius — Without visas for all types of passports - up to 60 days.
Mauritania — Visas for all types of passports.
Madagascar — Visas for all types of passports.
Macedonia — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days. Visa-free regime for: - crew members of sea and river vessels; - crew members of aircraft; - in the presence of the original invitation - up to 90 days; - in the presence of the original tourist voucher and confirmation of the hosting of a foreign tourist - up to 30 days.
Malawi — Visas for all types of passports.
Malaysia — Visas for all types of passports
Mali — No visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Republic of Maldives — Visas for all types of passports.
Malta — No visas on diplomatic passports - up to 90 days.
Morocco — No visas on diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Marshall Islands — Visas for all types of passports.
Mexico — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Federated States of Micronesia — Visas for all types of passports.
Mozambique — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 30 days.
Moldova — Without visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Monaco — No visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days.
Mongolia — Without visas for all types of passports - up to 30 days.
Myanmar — No visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Namibia — Visas for all types of passports.
Nauru — No visas up to 14 days.
Nepal — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Niger — Visas for all types of passports.
Nigeria — Visas for all types of passports.
Netherlands — No visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days. Visa-free regime for: - crew teams of aircraft.
Nicaragua — No visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
New Zealand — Visas for all types of passports.
Norway — Without visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days. Without visas for regular international passport – for residents of certain border areas without visas if there is a “permit for cross-border stay in passports” - up to 90 days.
UAE — Without visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days.
Oman — Without visas for diplomatic, official and special passports - up to 90 days.
Pakistan — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Palestine — Visas for all types of passports.
Panama — No visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Papua New Guinea — Visas for all types of passports.
Paraguay — No visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Peru — Without visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Poland — Without visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days. Visa-free regime for: - crew members of ships; - crew members of aircraft.
Portugal — No visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days.
Republic of Palau — No visas on diplomatic passports - up to 30 days.
Rwanda — Visas for all types of passports.
Romania — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days. Visa-free regime for: - crew teams of aircraft.
Samoa — No visas for all types of passports - up to 60 days
El Salvador — Without visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
San Marino — Visas for all types of passports.
Sao Tome and Principe — Visas for all types of passports.
Saudi Arabia — Visas for all types of passports.
Swaziland — Visas for all types of passports.
Seychelles — Without visas for all types of passports - up to 30 days.
Senegal — No visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — Without visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Saint Kitts and Nevis — No visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Saint Lucia — Visas for all types of passports.
Serbia — No visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days. Without visas for biometric regular international passports - up to 30 days.
Singapore — No visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Syria — No visas for diplomatic, official and special passports - up to 90 days.
Slovakia — No visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Slovenia — No visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days. Visa-free regime for: - crew teams of aircraft.
USA — Visas for all types of passports.
Solomon Islands — Visas for all types of passports.
Somalia — Visas for all types of passports.
Sudan — Visas for all types of passports.
Sudan South — Visas for all types of passports.
Suriname — Visas for all types of passports.
Sierra Leone — Visas for all types of passports.
Tajikistan — Without visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Thailand — No visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days. No visas for regular international passports - up to 30 days.
Tanzania — Visas for all types of passports.
Togolese Republic — Visas for all types of passports.
Kingdom of Tonga — Visas for all types of passports.
Trinidad and Tobago — Visas for all types of passports.
Tuvalu — Visas for all types of passports.
Tunisia — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Turkey — No visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days. Visa-free regime for: - crew teams of ships. - crew teams of aircraft.
Turkmenistan — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 30 days. Visa-free regime for: - crew members of sea and river vessels; - crew members of aircraft; - workers of train teams; - employees of intergovernmental courier communications, if relevant certificates are available; - persons entering to assist in natural disasters and catastrophes.
Uganda — Visas for all types of passports.
Uzbekistan — Without visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Ukraine — Without visas for all types of passports (including national) - up to 90 days.
Uruguay — No visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Fiji — No visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Philippines — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
Finland — Without visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days..
France — Without visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days. Visa-free regime for: - crew teams of aircraft
Croatia — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days. Visa-free regime for: - crew members of ships; - crew members of aircraft.
Central African Republic — Visas for all types of passports.
Chad — Visas for all types of passports.
Montenegro — No visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days. No visas for regular international passports - up to 30 days.
Czech Republic — Without visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days. Visa-free regime for aircraft crew members.
Chile — No visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Switzerland — No visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days. Visa-free regime for aircraft crew members
Sweden — No visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days.
Sri Lanka — Without visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 30 days. Visa-free regime for: - crew members of aircraft.
Ecuador — No visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
Eritrea — Visas for all types of passports.
Estonia — Without visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days. Estonian non-citizens on national passports - 90 out of 180 days.
Ethiopia — No visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days.
South Africa — Without visas for all types of passports - up to 90 days.
South Ossetia — No visas for all types of passports (including domestic) - up to 90 days.
Jamaica — No visas for diplomatic and official passports - up to 90 days. Without visas for regular international passports - up to 90 days.
Japan — Visas for all types of passports. Visa-free regime for: - crew members of Aeroflot and Jal airlines; - to visit the South Kuril Islands for specific purposes (according to the lists certified by the Russian Embassy in Japan).
Vatican — No visas for diplomatic passports - up to 90 days.
Sovereign Order of Malta — Visas for all types of passports.