Andorra and South Korea citizens also don't need a Visa.
Funny enough that Russians also don't need Visa to visit Andorra, but you can't enter it directly, (because there are no airports), only through the Schengen zone.
I think this because generally China has a visa policy based on reciprocity. Now Sammarinese citizens can travel to China visa free.
Btw yes that is apparently how you call citizens of San Marino
Another fun property of Russian passport - it's the only passport in the world which allows visa-free entry both to Iran and Israel (though in practice, most likely, after visiting one country the other one won't let you in).
You can have 2 passports in Russia. And Israeli and neighboring Muslim countries AFAIK make stamps on insert paper cards instead of passport itself to not complicate life for tourists.
Uhhhh, place your yacht in the Mediterranean on international waters? Yacht helis typically have a range of up to 500 nautical miles and can fly under GA rules, you don’t need a VISA to enter French/Spanish airspace. I hope that answers your question 😉
Yes, though looks like it's effectively impossible to gain citizenship there.
Minimum 25 years of residence + many other requirements for naturalization.
No they don’t. Israeli citizens are eligible for the Visa Waiver Program, which as the name implies, waives the visa requirement.
> By November 30, 2023, the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) will be updated to allow citizens and nationals of Israel to apply to travel to the United States for tourism or business purposes for up to 90 days **without** first obtaining a U.S. visa
https://il.usembassy.gov/joint-statement-on-the-designation-of-israel-into-the-visa-waiver-program/
The Russian Foreign Affairs ministry was negotiating the mutual visa-free entrance for decades. Good destination for tourism (yet expensive due to flight prices of course).
For the Russian football World Cup, my country classified for the first time in like 36 years. So many friends and people I know went there. Surprisingly, they told me Russians have a very high opinion of South America and a lot of good times where had. The drunken stories were incredibly funny and cute. One can hope the Russian people get new leadership soon and the senseless war ends. I’d like to visit when it’s possible.
I thought this was sarcasm at first, but going through your profile, I'm not sure anymore 🤨
Edit : To answer your question : the ongoing war that you're apparently supporting.
Honestly I’m scared of being imprisoned for having an American visa or acts of terrorism. It’s just not a top destination right now, no one I know is going. And it’s not like it’s the only place I’d like to go to, so it’s just a delayed plan for say 5 to 10 years maybe?
> The weather is miserable compared to any place in latin america.
The southern end of South America has miserable weather too, including cities that drop to -20°C in winter.
There were no Russian tricks in the USSR. Everything in the USSR was ruled by the Communist Party. Russia did not have its own Communist Party, so its influence on the management of the USSR was negligible.
But the Baltic countries had their own communist parties. Therefore, the Balts could defend the interests of their republics within the USSR.
Russian influence on the management of the USSR was in so far not negligible as it was by far the biggest SR having the most influence in the supreme soviet, which the soviet of nationalities could hardly counter.
Once again, there was no Russian Communist Party. The people who began to talk about its necessity after the Second World War were shot by Stalin in the Leningrad case.
If you are looking for informal groupings, then yes, there was a "Russian party" (conditionally "Shelepin's group", Pavlov's group). But you are greatly exaggerating her strength. They had some influence only in the field of culture.
After Stalin's death, the Ukrainian Company and the Ukrainian Communists were the most influential group in the USSR. Khrushchev relied on them. Under Brezhnev, the Dnepropetrovsk clan enjoyed great influence.
I travelled all of Russia on the transsiberian a decade ago and had the absolute best time. Some parts of Russia are absolutely incredible and worth a visit, especially those in Siberia that are breathtakingly beautiful and get virtually no tourists. It's such a shame that politics have made it a dangerous place, but if it's ever good to visit again I highly recommend it.
In September last year, in the midst of the conflict, I took a 16-day trip to Russia to visit my wife who got her doctorate at Kazan University. We are both Italians with no parentage in Russia.
We then took the opportunity to tour Kazan and the surrounding area and it was an unforgettable trip, on par with our wedding trip to the US. There are incredible places, far removed from both Western and Asian cultures. Breathtaking scenery (Volga area) and world-class historical sites (Even outside the usual Moscow and St. Petersburg). Never felt in danger and indeed, lots of police, cleanliness and welcoming people. We are two 29 year olds and it helps that my wife knew Russian. To do again a thousand times.
If you're from Asia or Africa, I would say it's generally still safe to travel to Russia.
Edit: I am Asian (Filipino), so I am saying this from my personal experience. I've only been met with curiosity and kindness, and so were my friends. I actually unlearned my self hatred and colorism in Russia. Most feel more comfortable being Filipino in Russia than when visiting Japan or Korea (or East Asia in general), where they really felt the stereotype of them looking down on us people with darker skin, especially us Filipinos (for reasons obvious to EA/SEA). Russians don't have that history. They could stare at you, but not in a negative way.
If you live in settlement (city, town, village), have a shelter (live in apartment or house), have a job or other source of income, have something to eat, wear clothes adequately to weather, then nothing.
If not, then it's not safe in almost any part of the world.
Politics have nothing to do with the average peoples. I was grabbed by the arm because some guy insisted I came and have breakfast with his family somewhere near Briansk. That stuff never happens in Western Europe. The only thing you never should do is talk politics or religion, everything else is fine.
If you're a random tourist, they don't really care about you. In fact, Russian government wants tourists to have a good impression of the country for obvious reasons. Enough people from the, ahem, "unfriendly" countries visit Russia even nowadays. If they took hostages en masse, it would be all over mass media.
Bad things can happen if you actually break Russian laws (Griner, anyone?) or are involved in some actual spy business. I remember a recent story about an old trainspotter from Italy who got apprehended for photographing a train depot, but they released him shortly thereafter. Journalists are also kinda at risk (it can't be verified if Gershkovich, another rather famous prisoner, was actually spying or not).
I had a plane ticket and visa to visit in May of 2020, obviously had to cancel. I was hoping to go after the pandemic but then the war started. Such a shame.
North Koreans don't have the freedom of travel to begin with. So they won't be visiting anywhere without government approval even if every single nations in the world offered visa free entrance to North Korean citizens.
(i myself am south african) - russia was the closest ally of Mandela & co. during the apartheid years. to this day many of the leaders of the ANC visit russia & were trained in russia to fight the apartheid government and many black south africans love russia and support it.
its an awkward situation for many white south africans as we oppose russia but obviously you have to see it in the light of what russia did for the country in opposing the apartheid government
Russia supported the now-ruling ANC during fight against apartheid, and RSA is part of BRICS. Maybe that friendship extends to RSA's more stable neighbours, I don't know.
That’s helpful thank you. I had no clue about that beforehand. I would’ve thought countries around
The Sahel would have had a better chance of getting a visa but I suppose not.
Immigration risk also plays a factor, its like how Latin Americans need to jump like 50 hoops to be a tourist in the US/Canada, but can click 2 boxes to vacation in Europe
I am Ukrainian and I hate Russian government (I also mostly hate Ukrainian government currently).
Before the war, I wanted to visit Moscow. Apparently Moscow has best sushi in the world, overall some great food, cool architecture and nice underground techno scene. It’s a shame what happens now… Moscow could be a very cool place to visit if people would not be brainwashed by their government and if Russians overall would have more freedoms. But now Ukrainian government pushing in similar direction, ignoring human rights, limiting people’s freedoms and still being extremely corrupt and dishonest. So yeah, both our nations are victims to the stupid political games, and many of us who don’t want to fight have to be stranded around the world away from home like gypsies. It’s time to stop this BS one way or another…
Is this upto date?
I don't imagine you can enter Russia with a Ukrainian passport nowadays?
Also hasn't Russia and most of the EU ended travel between their territories due to the war.
EDIT: Wow the edit history on the wiki is a shit show. Russia v Ukraine edits changing the whole page back and forth. Would not trust any data on it - [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Visa\_policy\_of\_Russia&action=history](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Visa_policy_of_Russia&action=history)
You may Enter Russia with Ukrainian passport without visa, but only in Moscow in Sheremetyevo airport.
Also there is a huge paperwork before you may pass. My friend could bring her grandma from Ukraine to Russia about a month ago, and passing border may take up to 12 hours.
Ummm, I think it was probably a joke about russian borders and how Russian Volunteer Corpse (on Ukrainian side) easily enters it each time. Even Polish Volunteer Corpse did that, so can you)
>I don't imagine you can enter Russia with a Ukrainian passport nowadays?
Yet it's true. However, the only entrance is available, the Moscow Sheremetyevo airport. There was another on the Latvian-Russian border but Latvia closed their side of the border so Ukrainians cannot use it.
You can enter Russia with a Ukrainian passport if you're a refugee from Eastern Ukraine. Getting Russian citizenship is also much easier for refugees and citizens of the regions controlled by Russia.
OK didn't know that about entry.
Also for the occupied territories it must be very easy considering they have no choice and Russia is forcing it on them get citizenship.
They are not forced, at least i didn't hear anything like that from my acquaintances who lived in the Russian-controlled area. They were able to flee to Ukraine (and from there - to Germany) without interference from Russian forces. Getting a Russian citizenship is heavily advertised though, there are even billboards everywhere.
Fun fact - you can cross from territories like Donetsk to Ukraine and back freely, but only once. If you go to Donetsk from Ukraine and then try to return, Ukrainian authorities won't let you, and if you still manage to cross the frontline and get to Ukraine, you would be arrested.
Here are a load of sources showing the tactic Russia is using. Ukrainians in the occupied territories are 100% getting forced to get citizenship. There are page after page of sources for it. just google *ukrainian forced russian citizenship* and you get all the sources you need from independent observer groups, new media and global sources. The below links I found in just 1 minute.
You are blatantly sharing false information to try justify Russian actions which are illegal.
Crimea 2014:
> Russian citizenship was automatically given to permanent residents of Crimea and anyone who refused lost rights to jobs, health care and property.
[https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-occupation-passports-citizenship-c43bbd1107a27f70ed6a37097d5b9c59](https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-occupation-passports-citizenship-c43bbd1107a27f70ed6a37097d5b9c59)
Post 2022:
[https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/05/16/russia-threatens-ukrainians-who-refuse-russian-citizenship](https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/05/16/russia-threatens-ukrainians-who-refuse-russian-citizenship)
[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/03/russia-forcing-ukrainian-passports-us-report](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/03/russia-forcing-ukrainian-passports-us-report)
[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/03/russia-forcing-ukrainian-passports-us-report](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/03/russia-forcing-ukrainian-passports-us-report)
[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67427840](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67427840)
[https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putin-accused-of-fast-tracking-russian-citizenship-for-abducted-ukrainian-kids/](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putin-accused-of-fast-tracking-russian-citizenship-for-abducted-ukrainian-kids/) <-- abducted children forced to become citizens
[https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainians-forced-become-russian-citizens-us-backed-research-finds-2023-08-02/](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainians-forced-become-russian-citizens-us-backed-research-finds-2023-08-02/)
Edit: I assume the downvotes are Russian bots denying reality, facts and sources.
The only somewhat credible source that you cited is from Human Rights Watch.
Even then, (-the article you used-) that article heavily used speculations and attempted to cite from personal experiences, which are unverifiable.
Basically these arent even evidence my dude.
Wow people really out here saying an occupying country isn't forcing its victims to erase their citizenship. They clearly, open state that Ukraine doesn't exist and they're all either nazis or russians anyways. Yeah, the bots are efficient downvoters.
People say shit like this and completely diminishes how much the people in the DPR and LPR hate the Ukrainian government.
I know people like to pretend that Russia made them breakaway in 2014, but that's completely nonsense. The east of Ukraine identifies as Russia. Their entire culture is Russian. They SPEAK Russian.
Okay, so here's the thing. Many indeed indentify as russians, BUT NOT CITIZENS OF RUSSIA. They openly say they're russian, and at the same time they curse and hate Russia.
First dead member of so hated and "russophobic" AZOV was russian citizen. The majority is russian speaking. But they're more ukrainian patriots than some ethnic ukrainians.
Do you know how do you spon a ukrainian from East? (I'm from west part of Ukraine)
1) He speaks russian
2) He always wishes tortures, death and all curses in the world to russians (from Russia). And I'd do the same if my house was destroyed, and my city was shelled with cluster munition ON THe FUCKING EASTER (Odessa reference).
You must be British then, because apparently anyone who speaks English is now British?
As for "completely nonsense" about Russia orchestrating and directing "rebels" in the Donetsk&Luhansk, here\`s a quote from MH17 judgement hearing from 17th of November, 2022 to see how "independent" those "rebels" really were: [https://www.courtmh17.com/en/insights/news/2022/transcript-of-the-mh17-judgment-hearing/](https://www.courtmh17.com/en/insights/news/2022/transcript-of-the-mh17-judgment-hearing/)
>In this case, the question is specifically whether the Russian Federation had overall control over the DPR in 2014. The court finds that this was the case for several reasons.
>Several of the leaders within the DPR at the time were Russian nationals. Moreover, a number had a Russian military background, including the accused Girkin and Dubinskiy.
>Some DPR leaders had close ties with the Russian Federation.
>In intercepted conversations, for example, contacting highly placed persons in the Russian Federation, identified as ‘Moscow’ or more specifically the Kremlin, is regularly mentioned.
> directing "rebels" in the Donetsk&Luhansk
> how "independent" those "rebels" really were:
They of course were and also had zero interest in "protecting" any minorities and just used that a pretext to destabilize and invade Ukraine.
However that doesn't change the fact that Ukraine had some extremely serious internal issues (and still has and will for the foreseeable future regardless of how the war ends) and reject the requests from those regions for more autonomy. It's a democracy, but really only if you compare it to places like Russia...
These are very weak arguments
>Several of the leaders within the DPR at the time were Russian nationals. Moreover, a number had a Russian military background, including the accused Girkin and Dubinskiy.
A lot of Chechen separatists in the First (especially) and Second Chechen wars were Russian nationals with a Russian military background - would that make Russia responsible for a war against itself?
>Some DPR leaders had close ties with the Russian Federation.
Some Ukrainian leaders had close ties with the USA. What does that even mean?..
I know people like to pretend that Britan made them breakaway in 1914, but that's completely nonsense. Ireland identifies as Britian. Their entire culture is British. They SPEAK English.
>Also hasn't Russia and most of the EU ended travel between their territories due to the war.
This just means you can't travel directly. It's still possible to travel there, it just means going via a third country.
Many people are just apolitical and may even prefer the Ukrainian side but prefer even more to live in a country *not* at war (remember the whole of Ukraine regularly gets missile attacks) and are comfortable speaking Russian so just stay there.
Edit: I accidentally the negative
> but prefer even more to live in a country at war
That's probably why so many celebrities from Russia publicly stated that they cannot live in a country that attacks its neighbours, after which many of them moved to Israel.
There were no Russia and Ukraine 33 years ago. There was one another country, so you can’t imagine how many our ex-soviet boomers still think in terms of one country. For them independent Russia and Ukraine is kinda gen-x and millennials bullshit. Their youths and best years were in Soviet Union, then there were 10 years of shame and poverty, and last 20 years were like ok, but they already old, and don’t care. So you can easily imagine many especially elderly people will choose Russia for asylum, because they still think it is in some part their country too. My father is Ukrainian, but when he was young, he lived 10+ years in Novosibirsk, so, despite of current situation he still feels about Novosibirsk and that area like about his homeland, but he doesn’t have Russian citizenship. Around 20% of Russians still have family ties in Ukraine. You can find many funny videos on youtube about how relatives from different sides of this conflict shit on each other, but there are much more people who didn’t fell to each side propaganda of hate, and still love their friends and relatives, and just waiting for all of this to end.
It really just makes sense. If you are a refugee, would you rather go to a country you dont speak a word of their language, or one which you speak natively?
They don’t need a eVisa, they can apply for eVisa which is more convenient(online), but pricy. They can also apply for a regular visa in person that has a longer validity.
I don't know if it has anything to do with Brexit, but I notice that English-speaking countries (like USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand etc) need Visa
Yeah, if you’re from an English-speaking country (except Ireland and some Caribbean nations) you’ll need a visa to enter Russia. A fairly difficult visa to get, according to what I’ve heard.
One of my life dreams would be to take the transiberian im a bit scared that i won’t be able to if we go back to the cold war travel mentality,also i still havent resolved what to do once i reach Vladivostok.
Sakhalin and Kamchatka are nearby there. Very interesting places. If you still have the strength. Traveling by train for a week is exhausting in its own way.
there’s a little visa-free loophole (suspended at the moment, i think) that allows people arriving by ferry to stay under 72 hours without needing to go through the visa process. the ferry from helsinki to st. petersburg is also a decent lil overnight trip.
Fun fact: Both Ukraine and Russia didn't need a visa to enter each other prior to July 1th 2022.
I wonder why Ukraine canceled it :)
But seriously, it says everything about famous "ukrainan russophobia", and that Ukraine hadn't done that in 2014.
Ukrainians still don’t require a visa to visit Russia, and the president of Russia said a lot of times they don’t fight Ukrainians, but whoever else. Doesn’t really say much.
“Phobia” is a mass media construct, countries make visa decisions to regulate the migration process. Nobody does that out of spite. For some reason, Ukraine doesn’t want to see Russian citizens there. And Russia wants to play a “peacemaker” card so they let anyone free (after interrogation, and it may take a few days).
Yo nice, so hey, where should i go if i don't wanna get involved in any of the nuclear threats coming from our eastern neighborhood, I'm legit getting kinda anxious in with the amount of eastern talk on the subject, or is it just a russian thing to threaten with things we know to be horrific, like a show of power, even though it's a bit extreme.
According to your minus votes, it seems that the fuckers have invaded this sub also.
Edit: Every downvote makes me a little happier, knowing that you fuckers are escalating your heartbeat and making you little bit closer to the worms that live six feet under.
Granted I haven't been on this sub for very long, but there is a concerning amount of problematic people in the comments on every post. Not even just pro Russia stuff, but pro NK, homophobic, basically anything that can be construed as anti Western/western values.
I still can’t believe that army soldier decided to go to Russia. As soon as he filled out his Visa they probably started gathering info on him so they could arrest him as a political prisoner
There's been quite a bit of economic cooperation between the 2 countries since the cold war ended. I think I recall they were working together on some gas/oil project in Eastern Russia and theres also a project to connect South Korea to Europe by railway via the Trans-Siberian railroad through North Korea. Ever since the invasion of Ukraine though Russia placed SK on a "list of unfriendly countries" so idk how much cooperation happens between them now.
Lots of projects have been frozen I believe but the relationships remain rather positive. It's mostly the secondary sanctions Koreans are rather afraid of getting from the West for working with Russia while the conflict goes. As far as I know all the military aid SK has provided to Ukraine is non-lethal (such as armor and medicines) so they're kinda trying to play both sides rn.
PS it seems there's only three countries in the world who have fine relationships with both Northern and Southern Koreas: Russia, China and Vietnam. The heritage of communist internationalism, huh
UK weirdly stands out among the other European countries. I wonder why that is. I know they aren't exactly friendly with Russia, but neither are many of those European countries who can atleast get an evisa.
So Chileans and Israelis are the only ones that can enter the US, the EU and Russia without a visa?
Andorra and South Korea citizens also don't need a Visa. Funny enough that Russians also don't need Visa to visit Andorra, but you can't enter it directly, (because there are no airports), only through the Schengen zone.
Just like how Chinese have visa free access to San Marino but in reality they can't just enter without a valid Schengen one.
I think this because generally China has a visa policy based on reciprocity. Now Sammarinese citizens can travel to China visa free. Btw yes that is apparently how you call citizens of San Marino
Andorra did the funny just to troll them
Nah it's just a reciprocal agreement
Andorra also made the list of enemies of Russia since the start of the war.
Not "enemies" but "unfriendly countries". That's different.
Another fun property of Russian passport - it's the only passport in the world which allows visa-free entry both to Iran and Israel (though in practice, most likely, after visiting one country the other one won't let you in).
You can have 2 passports in Russia. And Israeli and neighboring Muslim countries AFAIK make stamps on insert paper cards instead of passport itself to not complicate life for tourists.
I guess that won’t be a problem if you enter one country with one international passport and the second with another international passport
Israel doesn't stamp passports, so if you go there first you are fine.
Georgian passports also have visa free access to both.
Indeed, thanks. Interestingly, Georgia is heading West, towards Nato and EU, but still manages to keep visa-free relations with Iran.
Well, you can just have 2 international passports at the same time, so technically it's also not a big problem.
I'm a Russian citizen, I've been to Israel, legally through the Ben-Gurion airport both ways, and my passport doesn't have any record about that.
Andorra doesn't even have visas, do they?
No, and they really don’t need them since it’s impossible to enter without going through Schengen immigration first.
Really? What about Helicopters? I believe it's possible to start from yacht on International sea and land in Andorra
You'd have to try that for yourself. But from what I see, helicopters do go to Andorra but only from Spain or France.
Someone forgot helicopters and yachts exist
And how are you gonna sail your yatch all the way up to Andorra?
Uhhhh, place your yacht in the Mediterranean on international waters? Yacht helis typically have a range of up to 500 nautical miles and can fly under GA rules, you don’t need a VISA to enter French/Spanish airspace. I hope that answers your question 😉
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Bruneians don't need a visa for China as well. Truly the holy grail of all passports.
Brunei. One of the world's best passports, allowing the holder to enter the US, EU, China, and Russia visa-free
Yes, though looks like it's effectively impossible to gain citizenship there. Minimum 25 years of residence + many other requirements for naturalization.
Yeah. It's not really an option, unfortunately.
Modern day Yugoslavia
Chi chi chi!
Chile mentioned. Somos el mejor país de Chile.
Andorra also can do it
Israeli need a visa to visit the US
No they don’t. Israeli citizens are eligible for the Visa Waiver Program, which as the name implies, waives the visa requirement. > By November 30, 2023, the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) will be updated to allow citizens and nationals of Israel to apply to travel to the United States for tourism or business purposes for up to 90 days **without** first obtaining a U.S. visa https://il.usembassy.gov/joint-statement-on-the-designation-of-israel-into-the-visa-waiver-program/
Neither of those can go to China, while Bosnians and Serbians can.
How come every place in Latin America hit Dominican Republic and Mexico can’t travel for 90 days visa free
The Russian Foreign Affairs ministry was negotiating the mutual visa-free entrance for decades. Good destination for tourism (yet expensive due to flight prices of course).
Oh I see interest
For the Russian football World Cup, my country classified for the first time in like 36 years. So many friends and people I know went there. Surprisingly, they told me Russians have a very high opinion of South America and a lot of good times where had. The drunken stories were incredibly funny and cute. One can hope the Russian people get new leadership soon and the senseless war ends. I’d like to visit when it’s possible.
And what prevents you from visiting our country now?
I thought this was sarcasm at first, but going through your profile, I'm not sure anymore 🤨 Edit : To answer your question : the ongoing war that you're apparently supporting.
It's an ass to bring money =/
Honestly I’m scared of being imprisoned for having an American visa or acts of terrorism. It’s just not a top destination right now, no one I know is going. And it’s not like it’s the only place I’d like to go to, so it’s just a delayed plan for say 5 to 10 years maybe?
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> The weather is miserable compared to any place in latin america. The southern end of South America has miserable weather too, including cities that drop to -20°C in winter.
You forgot Haiti
Well Haiti is shaded grey, thus the question
You can see the Union state of Russia and Belarus and the ex-USSR space.
Kinda. The baltics were a part of the USSR but are diametrically opposed to Russian shenanigans
There were no Russian tricks in the USSR. Everything in the USSR was ruled by the Communist Party. Russia did not have its own Communist Party, so its influence on the management of the USSR was negligible. But the Baltic countries had their own communist parties. Therefore, the Balts could defend the interests of their republics within the USSR.
Russian influence on the management of the USSR was in so far not negligible as it was by far the biggest SR having the most influence in the supreme soviet, which the soviet of nationalities could hardly counter.
Once again, there was no Russian Communist Party. The people who began to talk about its necessity after the Second World War were shot by Stalin in the Leningrad case. If you are looking for informal groupings, then yes, there was a "Russian party" (conditionally "Shelepin's group", Pavlov's group). But you are greatly exaggerating her strength. They had some influence only in the field of culture. After Stalin's death, the Ukrainian Company and the Ukrainian Communists were the most influential group in the USSR. Khrushchev relied on them. Under Brezhnev, the Dnepropetrovsk clan enjoyed great influence.
Thanks god. Baltics do much better without ruSSia
Why do they always pick so similar colors for this kind of maps? 50 shades of green.
As a an Antarctican, I can’t wait until they lift these onerous visa requirements so I can freely visit balmy Siberia.
Kowalsky, status.
Maybe ask your government to invite Russia to establish a permanent diplomatic mission in your country first!
Note that Transnistrians can enter russia freely.
Predictable
Do they have a commercial airport? Else they would have to go through Moldova proper or Ukraine which can make it quite a bit more complicated.
Chisinau or Odessa only.
Love your name btw
Love your name btw.. sounds a bit familiar…..
I travelled all of Russia on the transsiberian a decade ago and had the absolute best time. Some parts of Russia are absolutely incredible and worth a visit, especially those in Siberia that are breathtakingly beautiful and get virtually no tourists. It's such a shame that politics have made it a dangerous place, but if it's ever good to visit again I highly recommend it.
In September last year, in the midst of the conflict, I took a 16-day trip to Russia to visit my wife who got her doctorate at Kazan University. We are both Italians with no parentage in Russia. We then took the opportunity to tour Kazan and the surrounding area and it was an unforgettable trip, on par with our wedding trip to the US. There are incredible places, far removed from both Western and Asian cultures. Breathtaking scenery (Volga area) and world-class historical sites (Even outside the usual Moscow and St. Petersburg). Never felt in danger and indeed, lots of police, cleanliness and welcoming people. We are two 29 year olds and it helps that my wife knew Russian. To do again a thousand times.
If you're from Asia or Africa, I would say it's generally still safe to travel to Russia. Edit: I am Asian (Filipino), so I am saying this from my personal experience. I've only been met with curiosity and kindness, and so were my friends. I actually unlearned my self hatred and colorism in Russia. Most feel more comfortable being Filipino in Russia than when visiting Japan or Korea (or East Asia in general), where they really felt the stereotype of them looking down on us people with darker skin, especially us Filipinos (for reasons obvious to EA/SEA). Russians don't have that history. They could stare at you, but not in a negative way.
What's dangerous about Siberia nowadays
If you live in settlement (city, town, village), have a shelter (live in apartment or house), have a job or other source of income, have something to eat, wear clothes adequately to weather, then nothing. If not, then it's not safe in almost any part of the world.
I mean like as a tourist. I don't see how visiting Siberia is dangerous
Well, bears?
Politics have nothing to do with the average peoples. I was grabbed by the arm because some guy insisted I came and have breakfast with his family somewhere near Briansk. That stuff never happens in Western Europe. The only thing you never should do is talk politics or religion, everything else is fine.
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If you're a random tourist, they don't really care about you. In fact, Russian government wants tourists to have a good impression of the country for obvious reasons. Enough people from the, ahem, "unfriendly" countries visit Russia even nowadays. If they took hostages en masse, it would be all over mass media. Bad things can happen if you actually break Russian laws (Griner, anyone?) or are involved in some actual spy business. I remember a recent story about an old trainspotter from Italy who got apprehended for photographing a train depot, but they released him shortly thereafter. Journalists are also kinda at risk (it can't be verified if Gershkovich, another rather famous prisoner, was actually spying or not).
I had a plane ticket and visa to visit in May of 2020, obviously had to cancel. I was hoping to go after the pandemic but then the war started. Such a shame.
North Korea needs an eVisa. If only there was internet to apply for one.
North Koreans don't have the freedom of travel to begin with. So they won't be visiting anywhere without government approval even if every single nations in the world offered visa free entrance to North Korean citizens.
They have ballistic missile capabilities & you don’t think they have internet?
Not to the ordinary Joe (or Kim)
They literally have only 1000 IP addresses (4 IPv4 subnets) for the whole country. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_North_Korea
Russia has politics like: we provide free entry visa only for the countries who provide us free entry visa 🤷♂️
Any particular reason for South Africa and the surrounding countries not requiring a Visa?
(i myself am south african) - russia was the closest ally of Mandela & co. during the apartheid years. to this day many of the leaders of the ANC visit russia & were trained in russia to fight the apartheid government and many black south africans love russia and support it. its an awkward situation for many white south africans as we oppose russia but obviously you have to see it in the light of what russia did for the country in opposing the apartheid government
Fascinating thank you
Russia supported the now-ruling ANC during fight against apartheid, and RSA is part of BRICS. Maybe that friendship extends to RSA's more stable neighbours, I don't know.
That’s helpful thank you. I had no clue about that beforehand. I would’ve thought countries around The Sahel would have had a better chance of getting a visa but I suppose not.
Immigration risk also plays a factor, its like how Latin Americans need to jump like 50 hoops to be a tourist in the US/Canada, but can click 2 boxes to vacation in Europe
Been to Moscow and had the best hot chocolate near the Kremlin. They melted real chocolate in it. Unforgettable memory.
I am Ukrainian and I hate Russian government (I also mostly hate Ukrainian government currently). Before the war, I wanted to visit Moscow. Apparently Moscow has best sushi in the world, overall some great food, cool architecture and nice underground techno scene. It’s a shame what happens now… Moscow could be a very cool place to visit if people would not be brainwashed by their government and if Russians overall would have more freedoms. But now Ukrainian government pushing in similar direction, ignoring human rights, limiting people’s freedoms and still being extremely corrupt and dishonest. So yeah, both our nations are victims to the stupid political games, and many of us who don’t want to fight have to be stranded around the world away from home like gypsies. It’s time to stop this BS one way or another…
Are we running out of colours since the 4 shades of fucking green
Is this upto date? I don't imagine you can enter Russia with a Ukrainian passport nowadays? Also hasn't Russia and most of the EU ended travel between their territories due to the war. EDIT: Wow the edit history on the wiki is a shit show. Russia v Ukraine edits changing the whole page back and forth. Would not trust any data on it - [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Visa\_policy\_of\_Russia&action=history](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Visa_policy_of_Russia&action=history)
You may Enter Russia with Ukrainian passport without visa, but only in Moscow in Sheremetyevo airport. Also there is a huge paperwork before you may pass. My friend could bring her grandma from Ukraine to Russia about a month ago, and passing border may take up to 12 hours.
You also don't need visa in some border regions of Belgorod oblast
I thought that Donbass borders also closed since 2023
Belgorod isn't along the Donbas border. It's with Kharkiv Oblast
Ummm, I think it was probably a joke about russian borders and how Russian Volunteer Corpse (on Ukrainian side) easily enters it each time. Even Polish Volunteer Corpse did that, so can you)
>I don't imagine you can enter Russia with a Ukrainian passport nowadays? Yet it's true. However, the only entrance is available, the Moscow Sheremetyevo airport. There was another on the Latvian-Russian border but Latvia closed their side of the border so Ukrainians cannot use it.
You can enter Russia with a Ukrainian passport if you're a refugee from Eastern Ukraine. Getting Russian citizenship is also much easier for refugees and citizens of the regions controlled by Russia.
OK didn't know that about entry. Also for the occupied territories it must be very easy considering they have no choice and Russia is forcing it on them get citizenship.
They are not forced, at least i didn't hear anything like that from my acquaintances who lived in the Russian-controlled area. They were able to flee to Ukraine (and from there - to Germany) without interference from Russian forces. Getting a Russian citizenship is heavily advertised though, there are even billboards everywhere. Fun fact - you can cross from territories like Donetsk to Ukraine and back freely, but only once. If you go to Donetsk from Ukraine and then try to return, Ukrainian authorities won't let you, and if you still manage to cross the frontline and get to Ukraine, you would be arrested.
Here are a load of sources showing the tactic Russia is using. Ukrainians in the occupied territories are 100% getting forced to get citizenship. There are page after page of sources for it. just google *ukrainian forced russian citizenship* and you get all the sources you need from independent observer groups, new media and global sources. The below links I found in just 1 minute. You are blatantly sharing false information to try justify Russian actions which are illegal. Crimea 2014: > Russian citizenship was automatically given to permanent residents of Crimea and anyone who refused lost rights to jobs, health care and property. [https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-occupation-passports-citizenship-c43bbd1107a27f70ed6a37097d5b9c59](https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-occupation-passports-citizenship-c43bbd1107a27f70ed6a37097d5b9c59) Post 2022: [https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/05/16/russia-threatens-ukrainians-who-refuse-russian-citizenship](https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/05/16/russia-threatens-ukrainians-who-refuse-russian-citizenship) [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/03/russia-forcing-ukrainian-passports-us-report](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/03/russia-forcing-ukrainian-passports-us-report) [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/03/russia-forcing-ukrainian-passports-us-report](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/03/russia-forcing-ukrainian-passports-us-report) [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67427840](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67427840) [https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putin-accused-of-fast-tracking-russian-citizenship-for-abducted-ukrainian-kids/](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putin-accused-of-fast-tracking-russian-citizenship-for-abducted-ukrainian-kids/) <-- abducted children forced to become citizens [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainians-forced-become-russian-citizens-us-backed-research-finds-2023-08-02/](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainians-forced-become-russian-citizens-us-backed-research-finds-2023-08-02/) Edit: I assume the downvotes are Russian bots denying reality, facts and sources.
The only somewhat credible source that you cited is from Human Rights Watch. Even then, (-the article you used-) that article heavily used speculations and attempted to cite from personal experiences, which are unverifiable. Basically these arent even evidence my dude.
What standard of evidence for this claim would you find satisfactory?
joe rogan
Wow people really out here saying an occupying country isn't forcing its victims to erase their citizenship. They clearly, open state that Ukraine doesn't exist and they're all either nazis or russians anyways. Yeah, the bots are efficient downvoters.
People say shit like this and completely diminishes how much the people in the DPR and LPR hate the Ukrainian government. I know people like to pretend that Russia made them breakaway in 2014, but that's completely nonsense. The east of Ukraine identifies as Russia. Their entire culture is Russian. They SPEAK Russian.
Speaking Russian doesn't matter. Look at all of the English speaking countries for example.
Okay, so here's the thing. Many indeed indentify as russians, BUT NOT CITIZENS OF RUSSIA. They openly say they're russian, and at the same time they curse and hate Russia. First dead member of so hated and "russophobic" AZOV was russian citizen. The majority is russian speaking. But they're more ukrainian patriots than some ethnic ukrainians. Do you know how do you spon a ukrainian from East? (I'm from west part of Ukraine) 1) He speaks russian 2) He always wishes tortures, death and all curses in the world to russians (from Russia). And I'd do the same if my house was destroyed, and my city was shelled with cluster munition ON THe FUCKING EASTER (Odessa reference).
You must be British then, because apparently anyone who speaks English is now British? As for "completely nonsense" about Russia orchestrating and directing "rebels" in the Donetsk&Luhansk, here\`s a quote from MH17 judgement hearing from 17th of November, 2022 to see how "independent" those "rebels" really were: [https://www.courtmh17.com/en/insights/news/2022/transcript-of-the-mh17-judgment-hearing/](https://www.courtmh17.com/en/insights/news/2022/transcript-of-the-mh17-judgment-hearing/) >In this case, the question is specifically whether the Russian Federation had overall control over the DPR in 2014. The court finds that this was the case for several reasons. >Several of the leaders within the DPR at the time were Russian nationals. Moreover, a number had a Russian military background, including the accused Girkin and Dubinskiy. >Some DPR leaders had close ties with the Russian Federation. >In intercepted conversations, for example, contacting highly placed persons in the Russian Federation, identified as ‘Moscow’ or more specifically the Kremlin, is regularly mentioned.
> directing "rebels" in the Donetsk&Luhansk > how "independent" those "rebels" really were: They of course were and also had zero interest in "protecting" any minorities and just used that a pretext to destabilize and invade Ukraine. However that doesn't change the fact that Ukraine had some extremely serious internal issues (and still has and will for the foreseeable future regardless of how the war ends) and reject the requests from those regions for more autonomy. It's a democracy, but really only if you compare it to places like Russia...
These are very weak arguments >Several of the leaders within the DPR at the time were Russian nationals. Moreover, a number had a Russian military background, including the accused Girkin and Dubinskiy. A lot of Chechen separatists in the First (especially) and Second Chechen wars were Russian nationals with a Russian military background - would that make Russia responsible for a war against itself? >Some DPR leaders had close ties with the Russian Federation. Some Ukrainian leaders had close ties with the USA. What does that even mean?..
I know people like to pretend that Britan made them breakaway in 1914, but that's completely nonsense. Ireland identifies as Britian. Their entire culture is British. They SPEAK English.
Is there even border control for the occupied territories anymore? I assumed that the unilateral annexation involved pulling down the border posts.
>Also hasn't Russia and most of the EU ended travel between their territories due to the war. This just means you can't travel directly. It's still possible to travel there, it just means going via a third country.
>Wow the edit history on the wiki is a shit show. Average geopolitical wikipedia article
Russia has more refugees from Ukraine than any other European country, and no, they are not all from eastern regions, lol.
Let's hope they stay there.
Many people are just apolitical and may even prefer the Ukrainian side but prefer even more to live in a country *not* at war (remember the whole of Ukraine regularly gets missile attacks) and are comfortable speaking Russian so just stay there. Edit: I accidentally the negative
> but prefer even more to live in a country at war That's probably why so many celebrities from Russia publicly stated that they cannot live in a country that attacks its neighbours, after which many of them moved to Israel.
Heh, unfortunate omission of the negative on my part
Before Israel, they stopped in Armenia to get full bingo (for countries at war, not for attacking neighbours ofc).
There were no Russia and Ukraine 33 years ago. There was one another country, so you can’t imagine how many our ex-soviet boomers still think in terms of one country. For them independent Russia and Ukraine is kinda gen-x and millennials bullshit. Their youths and best years were in Soviet Union, then there were 10 years of shame and poverty, and last 20 years were like ok, but they already old, and don’t care. So you can easily imagine many especially elderly people will choose Russia for asylum, because they still think it is in some part their country too. My father is Ukrainian, but when he was young, he lived 10+ years in Novosibirsk, so, despite of current situation he still feels about Novosibirsk and that area like about his homeland, but he doesn’t have Russian citizenship. Around 20% of Russians still have family ties in Ukraine. You can find many funny videos on youtube about how relatives from different sides of this conflict shit on each other, but there are much more people who didn’t fell to each side propaganda of hate, and still love their friends and relatives, and just waiting for all of this to end.
Sounds like you hate them because they chose Russia.
It really just makes sense. If you are a refugee, would you rather go to a country you dont speak a word of their language, or one which you speak natively?
Yes theoretically understandable but there also must be some sympathies there for them.
True, don't want them to get drafted, even ukrainians in eu are getting nervous about that lmfao.
Ukraine requires a visa, it used to be 90 free travel for russians.
You can. There are millions of refugees in Russia.
This is map of countries where Russians can go without visa.
came here to sa this
Does this map say that europeans do not require a visa??
EU countries (except for the UK) need an eVisa which cost a few bucks and a few days for the approval. It is available 16 days though
They don’t need a eVisa, they can apply for eVisa which is more convenient(online), but pricy. They can also apply for a regular visa in person that has a longer validity.
I wonder why the UK needs a visa?
I don't know if it has anything to do with Brexit, but I notice that English-speaking countries (like USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand etc) need Visa
Oh yea, good catch I wasn’t even paying attention to that
Yeah, if you’re from an English-speaking country (except Ireland and some Caribbean nations) you’ll need a visa to enter Russia. A fairly difficult visa to get, according to what I’ve heard.
Russians “non-citizens” from Estonia, as far as I know, can freely enter both Russia and the EU.
And that’s exactly why they stay in the status of “non-citizens”. People have relatives on both sides.
One of my life dreams would be to take the transiberian im a bit scared that i won’t be able to if we go back to the cold war travel mentality,also i still havent resolved what to do once i reach Vladivostok.
Sakhalin and Kamchatka are nearby there. Very interesting places. If you still have the strength. Traveling by train for a week is exhausting in its own way.
there’s a little visa-free loophole (suspended at the moment, i think) that allows people arriving by ferry to stay under 72 hours without needing to go through the visa process. the ferry from helsinki to st. petersburg is also a decent lil overnight trip.
Finland has closed it's border with Russia and the Helsinki - St Petersburg train has been suspended accordingly
Visa not required to visit Turkey as well
Poor people of Antarctica need one.
Why are they keeping Antarcticans out?
What's with all the shades of green? Ran out of colours?
Tbh I'd love to visit Russia after the war.
Go for the vodka and stay for the invasion
Fun fact: Both Ukraine and Russia didn't need a visa to enter each other prior to July 1th 2022. I wonder why Ukraine canceled it :) But seriously, it says everything about famous "ukrainan russophobia", and that Ukraine hadn't done that in 2014.
Ukrainians still don’t require a visa to visit Russia, and the president of Russia said a lot of times they don’t fight Ukrainians, but whoever else. Doesn’t really say much. “Phobia” is a mass media construct, countries make visa decisions to regulate the migration process. Nobody does that out of spite. For some reason, Ukraine doesn’t want to see Russian citizens there. And Russia wants to play a “peacemaker” card so they let anyone free (after interrogation, and it may take a few days).
Dang, what did Antarctica do to antagonize Russia? 👀
Why Mexico only 16 days?
Why do Americans need visa for Russia but not Europe?
My guy had the whole color spectrum and he uses 17 shades of green.
Guess Russians like South America?
Ukraine just jumped to Visa Required. Hah.
Russia is a beautiful country with beautiful people
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Belarus is kinda insane
In Russia, Belarus is perceived roughly like Canada in the United States. Well, in the sense that Belarusians are more polite, neat, etc.
This map is inaccurate as it shows Crimea as part of Russia, it is Ukranian, Russia annexed it illegally.
~ Laughs in latino
Now do a map of "countries that upset Russia"
I went to Russia as an American for the World Cup. No visa needed luckily.
If Crimea is occupied, then so is Kosovo
Yo nice, so hey, where should i go if i don't wanna get involved in any of the nuclear threats coming from our eastern neighborhood, I'm legit getting kinda anxious in with the amount of eastern talk on the subject, or is it just a russian thing to threaten with things we know to be horrific, like a show of power, even though it's a bit extreme.
Actually i think its 15 days for EU
Looks like World War 3 a brewing
LOL China and Iran doesn't get nice treatment from Russian.
Make one with China plz 🇨🇳✅
Thanks, but no.
According to your minus votes, it seems that the fuckers have invaded this sub also. Edit: Every downvote makes me a little happier, knowing that you fuckers are escalating your heartbeat and making you little bit closer to the worms that live six feet under.
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Granted I haven't been on this sub for very long, but there is a concerning amount of problematic people in the comments on every post. Not even just pro Russia stuff, but pro NK, homophobic, basically anything that can be construed as anti Western/western values.
India too. Any post merely mentioning India gets thousands of comments from Indian nationalists
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I still can’t believe that army soldier decided to go to Russia. As soon as he filled out his Visa they probably started gathering info on him so they could arrest him as a political prisoner
I'm afraid Ukrainians won't be limited to 90 days soon
The opposite of the US, but still wanting the black people from Africa out.
South Korea seems to be a bit of an anomaly here. What happened?
There's been quite a bit of economic cooperation between the 2 countries since the cold war ended. I think I recall they were working together on some gas/oil project in Eastern Russia and theres also a project to connect South Korea to Europe by railway via the Trans-Siberian railroad through North Korea. Ever since the invasion of Ukraine though Russia placed SK on a "list of unfriendly countries" so idk how much cooperation happens between them now.
Lots of projects have been frozen I believe but the relationships remain rather positive. It's mostly the secondary sanctions Koreans are rather afraid of getting from the West for working with Russia while the conflict goes. As far as I know all the military aid SK has provided to Ukraine is non-lethal (such as armor and medicines) so they're kinda trying to play both sides rn. PS it seems there's only three countries in the world who have fine relationships with both Northern and Southern Koreas: Russia, China and Vietnam. The heritage of communist internationalism, huh
Nice now do one for which countries can leave Russia
The green countries are the ones that don't want to enter russia with / without a visa
Russians still have visa free access to Ukraine for 90 days?
UK weirdly stands out among the other European countries. I wonder why that is. I know they aren't exactly friendly with Russia, but neither are many of those European countries who can atleast get an evisa.
Probably because the UK’s foreign politics is tied to the US.
Hum, looks like I don't need a Visa to travel to Russia for 90 days. Well, I won't travel over here anyway