Passport and visas
Information for foreign participants of the XXVIII International Olympiad in Informatics possessing regular passports.
List 1: Countries whose citizens may not require a visa
|
Country |
Regime for holders of regular passports |
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Abkhazia |
No visa required for up to 90 days (any passport type, inc. internal) |
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Argentina |
No visa required for up to 90 days (any passport type) |
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Armenia |
No visa required for up to 90 days (any passport type) |
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Azerbaijan |
No visa required for up to 90 days (any passport type) |
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Belarus |
No visa required (any passport type, inc. internal) |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
No visa required for up to 30 days in 60 (regular passport only) |
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Brazil |
No visa required for up to 90 days (any passport type) |
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Chile |
No visa required for up to 90 days (any passport type) |
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Colombia |
No visa required for up to 90 days (any passport type) |
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Cuba |
No visa required for up to 30 days (any passport type) |
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Ecuador |
No visa required for up to 90 days (any passport type) |
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Fiji |
No visa required for up to 90 days (any passport type) |
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Guatemala |
No visa required for up to 90 days (any passport type) |
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Hong Kong SAR |
No visa required for up to 14 days for permanent residents of Hong Kong SAR upon presentation of a valid passport of Hong Kong SAR |
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Israel |
No visa required for up to 90 days (regular passports only) |
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Kazakhstan |
No visa required (any passport type, inc. internal) |
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Korea Republic |
No visa required for up to 60 days (regular passports only) |
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Kyrgyzstan |
No visa required (any passport type, inc. internal) |
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Macao SAR |
No visa required for up to 30 days for permanent residents of Macao SAR upon presentation of a valid passport of Macao SAR |
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Macedonia |
No visa required for up to 90 days upon presentation of original letter of invitation created according to procedures established by legislation of the Russian Federation |
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Moldova |
No visa required (any passport type) |
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Mongolia |
No visa required for up to 30 days (regular passports only) |
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Montenegro |
No visa required for up to 30 days (regular passports only) |
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Nicaragua |
No visa required for up to 90 days (any passport type) |
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Panama |
No visa required for up to 90 days (any passport type) |
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Paraguay |
No visa required for up to 90 days (any passport type) |
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Peru |
No visa required for up to 90 days (any passport type) |
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Romania |
No visa required for up to 90 days (diplomatic and service passports only) |
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Serbia |
No visa required for up to 30 days (regular biometric passports only) |
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South Ossetia |
No visa required (any passport type, inc. internal) |
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Tajikistan |
No visa required (any passport type) |
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Thailand |
No visa required for up to 30 days (regular passports only) |
|
Ukraine |
No visa required for up to 90 days (any passport type, inc. internal) |
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Uruguay |
No visa required for up to 90 days (any passport type) |
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Uzbekistan |
No visa required (any passport type) |
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Venezuela |
No visa required for up to 90 days (any passport type) |
Participants from countries not on this list will require a visa to enter the Russian Federation.
To obtain a visa, foreign nationals should contact the Russian consulate in their country of permanent residence.
Required documents:
1) A valid international passport (diplomatic, service or regular) or other proof of identity recognised by the Russian Federation. By law this document must by valid for a period of six months after the expiry date of the visa (18 months in the case of work or student visas).
2a) Either an original letter of invitation from the Federal Migration Service or Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, or decision by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for citizens of countries with which the Russian Federation does not have a visa facilitation agreement,
or
2b) a letter of correspondence from an organisation providing invitations for citizens of countries with which the Russian Federation has a visa facilitation agreement (see List 3).
More information on documents required for a visa and consular fees levied on processing a visa are available on the website of the Russian Consulate servicing your country.
List 2: Countries with which the Russian Federation does not have a visa facilitation agreement
|
Country |
Regime for holders of regular passports |
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Afghanistan |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Albania |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Algeria |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Andorra |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Angola |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Antigua and Barbuda |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Australia |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Bahamas |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Bahrain |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Bangladesh |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Barbados |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Belize |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Benin |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Bhutan |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Bolivia |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Botswana |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Brunei Darussalam |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Burkina Faso |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Burundi |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Cambodia |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Cameroon |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Canada |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Cape Verde |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Central African Republic |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Chad |
Visa required for all passport types |
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China PR |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Comoros |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Costa Rica |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Cote d'Ivoire |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Democratic Republic of Congo |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Denmark |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Djibouti |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Dominica |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Dominican Republic |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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DPR Korea |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Egypt |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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El Salvador |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Equatorial Guinea |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Eritrea |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Ethiopia |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Federated States of Micronesia |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Gabon |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Gambia |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Georgia |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Germany |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Ghana |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Grenada |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Guinea |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Guinea-Bissau |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Guyana |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Haiti |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Honduras |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Iceland |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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India |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Indonesia |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Iran |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Iraq |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Ireland |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Jamaica |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Jordan |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Kenya |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Kiribati |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Kuwait |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Laos |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Lebanon |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Lesotho |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Liberia |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Libya |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Lithuania |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Madagascar |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Malawi |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Malaysia |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Maldives |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Mali |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Malta |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Marshall Islands |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Mauritania |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Mauritius |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Mexico |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Morocco |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Mozambique |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Myanmar |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Namibia |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Nauru |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Nepal |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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New Zealand |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Niger |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Nigeria |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Norway |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Oman |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Pakistan |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Palau |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Palestine |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Papua New Guinea |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Philippines |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Qatar |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Republic of Congo |
Visa required for all passport types |
|
Rwanda |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Samoa |
Visa required for all passport types |
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San Marino |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Sao Tome and Principe |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Saudi Arabia |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Senegal |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Seychelles |
Visa required for all passport types |
|
Sierra Leone |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Singapore |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Solomon Islands |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Somalia |
Visa required for all passport types |
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South Africa |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Sovereign Military Order of Malta |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Sri Lanka |
Visa required for all passport types |
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St Kitts and Nevis |
Visa required for all passport types |
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St Lucia |
Visa required for all passport types |
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St Vincent and the Grenadines |
Visa required for all passport types |
|
Sudan |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Suriname |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Swaziland |
Visa required for all passport types |
|
Syria |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Tanzania |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Timor-Leste |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Togo |
Visa required for all passport types |
|
Tonga |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Tunisia |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
| Turkey |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Turkmenistan |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Tuvalu |
Visa required for all passport types |
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UAE |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Uganda |
Visa required for all passport types |
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UK |
Visa required for all passport types |
|
USA |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Vanuatu |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Vatican City |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Vietnam |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Yemen |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Zambia |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Zimbabwe |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
List 3: Countries with which the Russian Federation has a visa facilitation agreement
|
Country |
Regime for holders of regular passports |
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Austria |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Belgium |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Bulgaria |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Croatia |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Cyprus |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Czech Republic |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Estonia |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Finland |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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France |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Greece |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Hungary |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Italy |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Japan |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Latvia |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Liechtenstein |
Visa required for all passport types |
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Luxembourg |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Netherlands |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Poland |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Portugal |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Slovakia |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Slovenia |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Spain |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Sweden |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
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Switzerland |
Visa required (regular passport only) |
All foreign nationals must register at their place of stay upon entrance into the Russian Federation. To register, foreign nationals are required to present a valid passport, migration card, and – if travelling on a visa – a valid visa.
Participants at the Olympiad are not permitted to remain in the Russian Federation beyond the date specified on their visa or exceed the period allowed by the non-visa agreement between the Russian Federation and their country of citizenship.
