Russia visa exemption & requirements

As of 2024, regular passport holders from 63 countries visiting Russia for tourism purposes including Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Botswana Do Not require a visa and will be granted permission for short-term stay on arrival.

Russia Visa Required Visa Not Required E-visa Visa On Arrival

Russia visa exempt countries

To enter Russia for a short term visit, citizens of the following countries are able to travel in Russia without a visa:

Africa

Nationals from 6 countries in Africa are exempt from Russia visa, while those from 48 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Algeria	Visa required		No	No
Angola	Visa required		No	No
Benin	Visa required		No	No
Botswana	Visa not required	30 days	No	No
Burkina Faso	Visa required		No	No
Burundi	Visa required		No	No
Cameroon	Visa required		No	No
Cape Verde	Visa not required	60 days	No	No
Central African Republic	Visa required		No	No
Chad	Visa required		No	No
Comoros	Visa required		No	No
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Visa required		No	No
Djibouti	Visa required		No	No
Egypt	Visa required		No	No
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required		No	No
Eritrea	Visa required		No	No
Ethiopia	Visa required		No	No
Gabon	Visa required		No	No
Gambia	Visa required		No	No
Ghana	Visa required		No	No
Guinea	Visa required		No	No
Côte d'Ivoire	Visa required		No	No
Kenya	Visa required		No	No
Lesotho	Visa required		No	No
Liberia	Visa required		No	No
Libya	Visa required		No	No
Madagascar	Visa required		No	No
Malawi	Visa required		No	No
Mali	Visa required		No	No
Mauritania	Visa required		No	No
Mauritius	Visa not required	60 days	No	No
Morocco	Visa required		No	No
Mozambique	Visa required		No	No
Namibia	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Niger	Visa required		No	No
Nigeria	Visa required		No	No
Rwanda	Visa required		No	No
São Tomé and Príncipe	Visa required	N/A	No	No
Senegal	Visa required		No	No
Seychelles	Visa not required	30 days	No	No
Sierra Leone	Visa required		No	No
Somalia	Visa required		No	No
South Africa	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Sudan	Visa required		No	No
Eswatini	Visa required		No	No
Tanzania	Visa required		No	No
Togo	Visa required		No	No
Tunisia	Visa required		No	No
Uganda	Visa required		No	No
Zambia	Visa required		No	No
Zimbabwe	Visa required		No	No
Republic of the Congo	Visa required		No	No
Guinea-Bissau	Visa required		No	No
South Sudan	Visa required		No	No

Asia

Nationals from 13 countries in Asia are exempt from Russia visa, while those from 19 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Afghanistan	Visa required		No	No
Armenia	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Azerbaijan	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Bangladesh	Visa required		No	No
Bhutan	Visa required		No	No
Brunei	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
Cambodia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
China	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Timor-Leste	Visa required		No	No
Georgia	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
India	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Indonesia	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Japan	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Kazakhstan	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Laos	Visa not required	30 days	No	No
Malaysia	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Maldives	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Mongolia	Visa not required	30 days	No	No
Myanmar	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Nepal	Visa required		No	No
North Korea	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Pakistan	Visa required		No	No
Philippines	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Singapore	Visa required		Yes	No
South Korea	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Sri Lanka	Visa required		No	No
Tajikistan	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Thailand	Visa not required	30 days	No	No
Turkmenistan	Visa required		No	No
Uzbekistan	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Vietnam	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No

Central America and Caribbean

Nationals from 15 countries in Central America and Caribbean are exempt from Russia visa, while those from 5 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Bahamas	Visa required		No	No
Barbados	Visa required		No	No
Belize	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Costa Rica	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Cuba	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Dominica	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Dominican Republic	Visa not required	60 days	No	No
El Salvador	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Grenada	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Guatemala	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Haiti	Visa required		No	No
Honduras	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Jamaica	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Nicaragua	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Panama	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Saint Lucia	Visa required		No	No
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa required		No	No

Europe

Nationals from 9 countries in Europe are exempt from Russia visa, while those from 37 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Albania	Visa required		No	No
Andorra	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Austria	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Belarus	Visa not required	Freedom of movement	No	No
Belgium	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required	30 days	No	No
Bulgaria	Visa required		Yes	No
Croatia	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Cyprus	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Czech Republic	Visa required		Yes	No
Denmark	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Estonia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Finland	Visa required		Yes	No
France	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Germany	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Greece	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Hungary	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Iceland	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Ireland	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Italy	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Latvia	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Liechtenstein	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Lithuania	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Luxembourg	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Macedonia	Visa not required	30 days	No	No
Malta	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Moldova	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Monaco	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Montenegro	Visa not required	30 days	No	No
Netherlands	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Norway	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Poland	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Portugal	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Romania	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
San Marino	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Serbia	Visa not required	30 days	No	No
Slovakia	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Slovenia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Spain	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Sweden	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Switzerland	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Turkey	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Ukraine	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
United Kingdom	Visa required		No	No
Kosovo	Visa required	N/A	No	No

Middle East

Nationals from 3 countries in Middle East are exempt from Russia visa, while those from 10 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Bahrain	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Iran	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Iraq	Visa required		No	No
Israel	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Jordan	Visa required		No	No
Kuwait	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Lebanon	Visa required		No	No
Oman	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Qatar	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Saudi Arabia	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
Syria	Visa required		No	No
United Arab Emirates	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Yemen	Visa required		No	No

North America

Nationals from 0 countries in North America are exempt from Russia visa, while those from 3 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Canada	Visa required		No	No
Mexico	Visa required	16 days	Yes	No
United States	Visa required		No	No

Oceania

Nationals from 5 countries in Oceania are exempt from Russia visa, while those from 9 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Australia	Visa required		No	No
Fiji	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Kiribati	Visa required		No	No
Marshall Islands	Visa required		No	No
Micronesia	Visa required		No	No
Nauru	Visa not required	14 days	No	No
New Zealand	Visa required		No	No
Palau	Visa not required	30 days	No	No
Papua New Guinea	Visa required		No	No
Samoa	Visa not required	60 days	No	No
Solomon Islands	Visa required		No	No
Tonga	Visa required		No	No
Tuvalu	Visa required		No	No
Vanuatu	Visa not required	90 days	No	No

South America

Nationals from 12 countries in South America are exempt from Russia visa, while those from 0 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Argentina	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Bolivia	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Brazil	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Chile	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Colombia	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Ecuador	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Guyana	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Paraguay	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Peru	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Suriname	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Uruguay	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Venezuela	Visa not required	90 days	No	No