Visa requirements for Russian citizens
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Visa requirements for Russian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Russia.
As of 19 July 2022 Russian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 119 countries and territories, ranking the Russian passport 50th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
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Country : requirement
Afghanistan : Visa required[59]
Albania : eVisa[61][62]
Algeria : Visa required[63]
Andorra : Visa not required[64]
Angola : eVisa[66]
Antigua and Barbuda : Visa not required[70]
Argentina : Visa not required[71]
Armenia : Visa not required[72]
Australia and territories : Visa required[73]
Austria : Visa required[75]
Azerbaijan : Visa not required[76]
Bahamas : Visa not required[77]
Bahrain : eVisa / Visa on arrival[78]
Bangladesh : Visa on arrival[80]
Barbados : Visa not required[81]
Belarus : Visa not required[82][83]
Belgium : Visa required[84]
Belize : Visa not required[80]
Benin : eVisa[87][88]
Bhutan : Visa required[89]
Bolivia : Visa not required [90]
Bosnia and Herzegovina : Visa not required[91]
Botswana : Visa not required[92]
Brazil : Visa not required[93]
Brunei : Visa not required[94]
Bulgaria : Visa required[95]
Burkina Faso : Visa required[96]
Burundi : Visa on arrival[97]
Cabo Verde : Visa not required[98][40]
Cambodia : eVisa / Visa on arrival[99]
Cameroon : Visa required[100]
Canada : Visa required[102]
Central African Republic : Visa required[103]
Chad : Visa required[104]
Chile : Visa not required[105]
China : Visa required[106]
Colombia : Visa not required[110]
Comoros : Visa on arrival[111]
Republic of the Congo : Visa required[112]
Democratic Republic of the Congo : eVisa[113][114]
Costa Rica : Visa not required[115]
Côte d'Ivoire : eVisa[116]
Croatia : Visa required[117]
Cuba : Visa not required[118]
Cyprus : Visa required[120]
Czech Republic : Admission refused[122][failed verification]
Denmark : Visa required[124]
Djibouti : eVisa[125]
Dominica : Visa not required[126]
Dominican Republic : Visa not required[127]
Ecuador : Visa not required[128]
Egypt : eVisa / Visa on arrival[129]
El Salvador : Visa not required[131]
Equatorial Guinea : Visa required[132]
Eritrea : Visa required[133]
Estonia : Admission refused[135][136]
Eswatini : Visa not required[138]
Ethiopia : eVisa[139]
Fiji : Visa not required[142]
Finland : Admission refused[143]
France : Visa required[144]
Gabon : eVisa[145]
Gambia : Visa required[147][148]
Georgia : Visa not required[149]
Germany : Visa required[152]
Ghana : Visa required[153]
Greece : Visa required[154]
Grenada : Visa not required[155]
Guatemala : Visa not required[157]
Guinea : eVisa[158]
Guinea-Bissau : Visa on arrival[159]
Guyana : Visa not required[160]
Haiti : Visa not required[161]
Honduras : Visa not required[162]
Hungary : Visa required[163]
Iceland : Visa required[164]
India : eVisa[165]
Indonesia : e-VOA / Visa on arrival[167]
Iran : eVisa[170]
Iraq : Visa on arrival[173][45]
Ireland : Visa required[175]
Israel : Visa not required[176]
Italy : Visa required[177]
Jamaica : Visa not required[178]
Japan : Visa required[179]
Jordan : Visa on arrival[180]
Kazakhstan : Visa not required[181]
Kenya : eVisa[182][183]
Kiribati : Visa required[185]
North Korea : Visa required[186]
South Korea : Electronic Travel Authorization[187]
Kuwait : Visa required[189]
Kyrgyzstan : Visa not required[190]
Laos : Visa not required[191]
Latvia : Admission refused[192][193]
Lebanon : Free visa on arrival[194]
Lesotho : eVisa[195][196]
Liberia : Visa required[197]
Libya : Visa required[199]
Liechtenstein : Visa required[201]
Lithuania : Admission refused[202][failed verification][203]
Luxembourg : Visa required[204]
Madagascar : eVisa / Visa on arrival[205]
Malawi : eVisa[206]
Malaysia : Visa not required[207]
Maldives : Visa not required[208]
Mali : Visa required[209]
Malta : Visa required[210]
Marshall Islands : Visa on arrival[211]
Mauritania : Visa on arrival[212]
Mauritius : Visa not required[213]
Mexico : Electronic Authorization[214][215]
Micronesia : Visa not required[216]
Moldova : Visa not required[217]
Monaco : Visa required[218]
Mongolia : Visa not required[219]
Montenegro : Visa not required[220]
Morocco : Visa not required[221]
Mozambique : eVisa / Visa on arrival[222][223]
Myanmar : Visa not required[225]
Namibia : Visa not required[226]
Nauru : Visa not required[228]
Nepal : Visa on arrival[230]
Netherlands : Visa required[231]
New Zealand : Visa required[232]
Nicaragua : Visa not required[235]
Niger : Visa required[236]
Nigeria : eVisa[237]
North Macedonia : Visa required[240]
Norway : Visa required[241]
Oman : Visa not required / eVisa
Pakistan : ETA / eVisa[244]
Palau : Visa not required[248]
Panama : Visa not required[249]
Papua New Guinea : eVisa[250]
Paraguay : Visa not required[251]
Peru : Visa not required[252]
Philippines : Visa required[253]
Poland : Admission refused[254][dead link]
Portugal : Visa required[255]
Qatar : Visa not required[256]
Romania : Visa required[257]
Rwanda : eVisa / Visa on arrival[258]
Saint Kitts and Nevis : Visa not required[259]
Saint Lucia : Visa not required[260]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines : Visa not required[261]
Samoa : Visa not required[262]
San Marino : Visa not required[264]
São Tomé and Príncipe : Visa not required[265]
Saudi Arabia : eVisa / Visa on arrival[266][267]
Senegal : Visa on arrival[268]
Serbia : Visa not required[269]
Seychelles : Visa not required[270]
Sierra Leone : Visa on arrival[271]
Singapore : Visa required[272]
Slovakia : Visa required[274]
Slovenia : Visa required[275]
Solomon Islands : Visa required[276]
Somalia : Visa on arrival[277]
South Africa : Visa not required[279]
South Sudan : eVisa[280]
Spain : Visa required[282]
Sri Lanka : ETA / Visa on arrival[283]
Sudan : Visa required[287]
Suriname : Visa not required[288]
Sweden : Visa required[290]
Switzerland : Visa required[291]
Syria : Visa required[292]
Tajikistan : Visa not required[294]
Tanzania : eVisa / Visa on arrival[295][296]
Thailand : Visa not required[297]
Timor-Leste : Visa on arrival[298]
Togo : Visa on arrival[299]
Tonga : Visa on arrival[300]
Trinidad and Tobago : Visa not required[301]
Tunisia : Visa not required[302]
Turkey : Visa not required[303]
Turkmenistan : Visa required[304]
Tuvalu : Visa on arrival[305]
Uganda : eVisa[306]
Ukraine : Visa required[56][308]
United Arab Emirates : Visa not required[309]
United Kingdom and Crown dependencies : Visa required[310]
United States : Visa required[313]
Uruguay : Visa not required[314]
Uzbekistan : Visa not required[315]
Vanuatu : Visa not required[316]
Vatican City : Visa required[317]
Venezuela : Visa not required[318]
Vietnam : Visa not required[319]
Yemen : Visa required[322]
Zambia : eVisa / Visa on arrival[324]
Zimbabwe : eVisa / Visa on arrival[326]
Abkhazia | Georgia : 4357,937
Afghanistan : 1463
American Samoa[446] : 6
Angola[447] : 7305
Antarctica[448] : 330
Antigua and Barbuda[449] : 372
Argentina[450] : 8138
Armenia : 410302
Aruba[451] : 968
Australia[452] : 15200
Austria[note 1][453] : 272300
Azerbaijan[454] : 744125
Bahamas[455] : 1498
Bahrain : 12712
Barbados[note 1][456] : 909
Belgium[457] : 60386
Belarus[458] : 1230,000
Bermuda[note 2][459] : 101
Bhutan[460] : 243
Bolivia[461] : 1745
Bosnia and Herzegovina[462] : 5268
Botswana[463] : 1065
Brazil[464] : 18820
Bulgaria[465] : 522085
Cambodia[466] : 53164
Cameroon[note 1][467] : 7151
Canada[468] : 24401
Cayman Islands[note 2][469] : 65
Chile[470] : 6003
China[471][472] : 1976,000
Colombia[473] : 5157
Congo[474] : 4023
Costa Rica[475] : 4657
Croatia[476] : 119689
Cuba[458] : 75000
Cyprus[477] : 783631
Czech Republic[note 1][478] : 551191
Denmark : 41002
Dominica[479] : 44
Dominican Republic[480] : 245346
Ecuador[481] : 7313
Egypt[482] : 2338,900
Estonia : 1803,249[483] / 238,636[note 1][484]
Finland : 3629,121[483] / 373,701[note 1][485]
France[486] : 620028
French Polynesia[487] : 287
Georgia[488] : 1404,757
Germany[489] : 607422
Greece[490] : 512789
Guam[note 2][491] : 3352
Guatemala[492] : 2576
Hong Kong[493] : 148098
Hungary[note 1][494] : 138941
Iceland[495] : 14282
India[496] : 278904
Indonesia[497] : 88520
Iran : 24336
Iraq : 2451
Israel[498] : 330500
Italy[499] : 864000
Jamaica[500] : 1018
Japan[501] : 77200
Jordan[502] : 49384
Kazakhstan[503] : 1708,873
Kyrgyzstan[504] : 471400
Laos[505] : 10986
Latvia : 424842[506] / 241,435[note 1][507]
Lebanon[508] : 16205
Lithuania : 742333[506] / 150,600[509]
Luxembourg[note 1][510] : 6659
Macao[511] : 27037
Madagascar[512] : 264
Malaysia[513] : 67564
Maldives[514] : 61931
Malta[515] : 16370
Malawi[516] : 154
Mali[517] : 444
Mauritius[514] : 11153
Mexico[note 2][518] : 32337
Moldova[519] : 314266
Monaco[458] : 46000
Mongolia[520] : 106935
Montenegro[note 1][521] : 316826
Morocco[458] : 20000
Myanmar[522] : 5487
Namibia[523] : 2943
Netherlands[524] : 175000
New Zealand[525] : 6640
Nicaragua[526] : 1464
North Macedonia[note 1][527] : 4213
Northern Mariana Islands[528] : 2130
North Korea : 4359
Norway : 138902
Oman[529] : 4858
Pakistan[530] : 2500
Palau[531] : 337
Panama[532] : 4525
Papua New Guinea[533] : 414
Peru[534] : 8648
Philippines[535] : 33279
Poland[536] : 2052,400
Portugal[537] : 98000
Qatar : 87595
Romania[538] : 66734
Saudi Arabia : 7745
Serbia[note 1][539] : 49765
Seychelles[540] : 13191
Singapore[541] : 80134
Slovakia[note 1][542] : 35919
Slovenia[note 1][543] : 51803
South Africa[544] : 7244
South Korea[545] : 270427
South Ossetia : 451918
Spain[546] : 1222,426
Sri Lanka[547] : 59191
Sudan : 268
Suriname[548] : 72
Sweden : 63689
Switzerland : 251142
Taiwan[549] : 9226
Tajikistan : 212062[458]
Tanzania[550] : 7435
Thailand[551] : 1346,219
Tunisia[458] : 520000
Turkey[552] : 5964,631
Turkmenistan : 27490
Ukraine[553] : 1464,764
United Arab Emirates[554] : 530000
United Kingdom[555] : 199000
United States[note 3][556] : 344368
Uruguay[557] : 3114
Uzbekistan[558] : 460166
Venezuela[559] : 9035
Vietnam[560] : 574164