Passport guide · RU
Visa requirements for Russia passport holders
Citizens of Russia can visit 78 of 185 destinations visa-free and 58 more with an eTA, eVisa or visa on arrival.
Last checked . Policies change. Confirm with the embassy or official visa portal before you travel.
78
Visa-free
7
eTA
24
Visa on arrival
1
Pre-approval + VOA
26
eVisa
42
Embassy / VFS
7
Not permitted
Visa-free
No visa needed — just go- Andorra90 days
- Angola30 days
- Antigua and Barbuda90 days
- Argentina90 days
- Armenia180 days
- Azerbaijan90 days
- Bahamas90 days
- Barbados90 days
- Belarus
- Belize90 days
- Bolivia90 days
- Bosnia and Herzegovina30 days
- Botswana90 days
- Brazil90 days
- Brunei14 days
- Cape Verde30 days
- Chile90 days
- China30 days
- Colombia90 days
- Costa Rica90 days
- Cuba90 days
- Dominica90 days
- Dominican Republic30 days
- Ecuador90 days
- El Salvador90 days
- Eswatini30 days
- Fiji120 days
- Gambia90 days
- Georgia365 days
- Grenada90 days
- Guatemala90 days
- Guyana90 days
- Haiti90 days
- Honduras90 days
- Iran15 days
- Jamaica90 days
- Jordan30 days
- Kazakhstan90 days
- Kiribati90 days
- Kyrgyzstan90 days
- Laos30 days
- Malaysia30 days
- Mauritius90 days
- Micronesia30 days
- Moldova90 days
- Mongolia30 days
- Montenegro90 days
- Morocco90 days
- Myanmar30 days
- Namibia90 days
- Nauru14 days
- Nicaragua90 days
- Palau30 days
- Panama90 days
- Paraguay90 days
- Peru90 days
- Philippines59 days
- Qatar30 days
- Saint Lucia90 days
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines90 days
- Samoa60 days
- San Marino90 days
- São Tomé and Príncipe15 days
- Saudi Arabia90 days
- Serbia30 days
- South Africa90 days
- Suriname90 days
- Tajikistan
- Thailand60 days
- Trinidad and Tobago90 days
- Tunisia90 days
- Türkiye60 days
- United Arab Emirates90 days
- Uruguay90 days
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu30 days
- Venezuela90 days
- Vietnam30 days
eTA
Electronic travel authorization (online)Visa on arrival
Get your visa at the border- Bahrain30 days
- Bangladesh30 days
- Burundi30 days
- Cambodia30 days
- Comoros45 days
- Egypt30 days
- Ethiopia90 days
- Guinea-Bissau30 days
- Indonesia30 days
- Lebanon30 days
- Madagascar90 days
- Maldives30 days
- Marshall Islands30 days
- Nepal150 days
- Rwanda30 days
- Senegal30 days
- Sierra Leone30 days
- Syria15 days
- Tanzania90 days
- Timor-Leste30 days
- Tonga30 days
- Tuvalu30 days
- Zambia90 days
- Zimbabwe30 days
Pre-approval + VOA
Approve online, collect at arrivaleVisa
Fully online — no office visit- Afghanistan30 days
- Albania90 days
- Benin30 days
- Bhutan90 days
- Burkina Faso30 days
- Cameroon90 days
- Chad90 days
- Djibouti30 days
- DR Congo90 days
- Equatorial Guinea30 days
- Gabon90 days
- Guinea90 days
- Iraq30 days
- Libya
- Malawi30 days
- Mauritania30 days
- New Zealand
- Nigeria30 days
- Pakistan90 days
- Papua New Guinea30 days
- Singapore30 days
- Somalia30 days
- South Sudan30 days
- Togo30 days
- Uganda30 days
- Yemen
Embassy / VFS
In-person at an embassy or visa center- Algeria30 days
- Austria90 days
- Belgium90 days
- Canada180 days
- Central African Republic
- Cyprus90 days
- Denmark90 days
- Eritrea30 days
- France90 days
- Germany90 days
- Ghana
- Hungary90 days
- Iceland90 days
- Ireland90 days
- Italy90 days
- Japan15 days
- Kuwait
- Lesotho30 days
- Liberia90 days
- Liechtenstein90 days
- Luxembourg90 days
- Mali
- Malta90 days
- Mexico180 days
- Monaco90 days
- Netherlands90 days
- North Korea
- North Macedonia90 days
- Portugal90 days
- Republic of the Congo30 days
- Romania90 days
- Slovakia90 days
- Slovenia90 days
- Solomon Islands
- Spain90 days
- Sudan30 days
- Sweden90 days
- Switzerland90 days
- Turkmenistan10 days
- Ukraine
- United States
- Vatican City90 days
Not permitted
Entry currently not allowedWhat the categories mean
- Visa-freeNo visa needed — just go
- eTAElectronic travel authorization (online)
- Visa on arrivalGet your visa at the border
- Pre-approval + VOAApprove online, collect at arrival
- eVisaFully online — no office visit
- Embassy / VFSIn-person at an embassy or visa center
- Not permittedEntry currently not allowed
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