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	Entrance Fees For Foreigners
	A draft law on the introduction of entrance fees for foreigners residing in Russia without visas was introduced to the State Duma. The document imposes a ban on the entry of foreign citizens or stateless persons residing in Russia without visas, if the entrance fee was not pre-paid.
--23-06-2014--

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	Finland is Expanding the List of Documents Needed for Obtaining a Visa by Russians
	From September 1, the Embassy in Moscow, the Consulate General in St. Petersburg, as well as the offices of the agency in Petrozavodsk and Murmansk will begin to require the same list documents for obtaining a visa as other countries of the Schengen zone do.
--17-08-2019--
	Japan Plans to Simplify the Visa Regime for Entrepreneurs and Students from Russia
	Beginning from September of this year, Japan is planning to simplify the visa regime for Russian businessmen within the framework of an eight-point cooperation plan for further encouraging of bilateral contacts.
--17-07-2019--
	Electronic Visa to Russia
	The UK is discussing the introduction of Russian electronic visas for foreign tourists, and the country’s representatives hope to be included in the number of countries that will be granted a permission to issue Russian visas online for their citizens beginning from 2021.
--17-07-2019--
	Taiwan Foreign Ministry Extended Visa-free Regime for Russians
	The visa-free regime for citizens of Thailand, Philippines, Brunei and Russia has been extended for a year, until July 31, 2020.
--05-07-2019--
	Electronic Visas to Moscow and St. Petersburg
	It is likely that the issuance of electronic visas to foreign tourists arriving in Moscow and St. Petersburg will begin in 2020.
--07-06-2019--
	“Electronic Visas” to Russia Gained Popularity
	More than 2 thousand “electronic visas” have been issued for the visits to the Far East over the past week, a total of more than 35,800 citizens of 18 countries have used this instrument since August of last year.
--21-08-2018--
	Visa-free Entry to Russia
	The Russian government is working on visa-free entry to Russia for foreign visitors via the fan’s passports issued to the last World Cup before the Universiade-2019 in Krasnoyarsk.
--20-08-2018--
	Russia will Allow Multiple Visa-free Entry to Foreigners with Fan ID till the End of the Year
	Foreign fans who have fan passports (Fan ID) will be granted a visa-free entry to Russia till the end of the year.
--16-07-2018--
	No Visa to Russia
	Foreign sportsmen will be allowed to come to Russia without visas in connection with the international sport competitions.
--22-05-2013--
	Paper Passports To Be Replaced With Plastic IDs
	Russians will finally get rid of paper passports – but it will be a gradual process.
--21-01-2013--