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🇷🇺 Russia passport visa requirements

Covering 194 destinations

Where can Russia passport holders travel in 2026? This page lists the visa requirement for every country — 77 visa-free, 30 visa on arrival, 27 eVisa and 60 requiring a visa in advance. Select any destination for full details: visa type, permitted stay, fees, required documents and the official application link.

77
Visa-free
30
Visa on arrival
27
eVisa / ETA
60
Visa required
134
Total without an embassy visa

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Longest visa-free stays

Where a Russia passport buys the most time without a visa. Open a destination for how its limit is counted — the Schengen countries share one 90-day allowance between them.

🇬🇪 Georgia — 360 days🇦🇲 Armenia — 180 days🇸🇻 El Salvador — 180 days🇵🇪 Peru — 180 days🇫🇯 Fiji — 120 days🇻🇺 Vanuatu — 120 days🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda — 90 days🇦🇷 Argentina — 90 days

Before you travel

Visa-free destinations (77)

Countries Russia passport holders can enter with no visa — just a valid passport.

DestinationMax stayMore
🇦🇴 Angola30 daysAngola entry rules →
🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda90 daysAntigua and Barbuda entry rules →
🇦🇷 Argentina90 daysArgentina entry rules →
🇦🇲 Armenia180 daysArmenia entry rules →
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan90 daysAzerbaijan entry rules →
🇧🇸 Bahamas90 daysBahamas entry rules →
🇧🇧 Barbados90 daysBarbados entry rules →
🇧🇾 Belarus—Belarus entry rules →
🇧🇴 Bolivia90 daysBolivia entry rules →
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina30 daysBosnia and Herzegovina entry rules →
🇧🇼 Botswana90 daysBotswana entry rules →
🇧🇷 Brazil90 daysBrazil entry rules →
🇧🇳 Brunei14 daysBrunei entry rules →
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde60 daysCabo Verde entry rules →
🇨🇱 Chile90 daysChile entry rules →
🇨🇳 China30 daysChina entry rules →
🇨🇴 Colombia90 daysColombia entry rules →
🇨🇷 Costa Rica30 daysCosta Rica entry rules →
🇨🇺 Cuba90 daysCuba entry rules →
🇩🇲 Dominica21 daysDominica entry rules →
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic—Dominican Republic entry rules →
🇪🇨 Ecuador90 daysEcuador entry rules →
🇸🇻 El Salvador180 daysEl Salvador entry rules →
🇸🇿 Eswatini30 daysEswatini entry rules →
🇫🇯 Fiji120 daysFiji entry rules →
🇬🇲 Gambia90 daysGambia entry rules →
🇬🇪 Georgia360 daysGeorgia entry rules →
🇬🇩 Grenada90 daysGrenada entry rules →
🇬🇹 Guatemala90 daysGuatemala entry rules →
🇬🇾 Guyana90 daysGuyana entry rules →
🇭🇹 Haiti90 daysHaiti entry rules →
🇭🇳 Honduras90 daysHonduras entry rules →
🇮🇱 Israel90 daysIsrael entry rules →
🇯🇲 Jamaica90 daysJamaica entry rules →
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan90 daysKazakhstan entry rules →
🇰🇮 Kiribati90 daysKiribati entry rules →
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan—Kyrgyzstan entry rules →
🇱🇦 Laos30 daysLaos entry rules →
🇲🇼 Malawi90 daysMalawi entry rules →
🇲🇾 Malaysia30 daysMalaysia entry rules →
🇲🇻 Maldives90 daysMaldives entry rules →
🇲🇺 Mauritius90 daysMauritius entry rules →
🇫🇲 Micronesia30 daysMicronesia entry rules →
🇲🇩 Moldova90 daysMoldova entry rules →
🇲🇳 Mongolia30 daysMongolia entry rules →
🇲🇪 Montenegro30 daysMontenegro entry rules →
🇲🇦 Morocco90 daysMorocco entry rules →
🇲🇿 Mozambique30 daysMozambique entry rules →
🇲🇲 Myanmar30 daysMyanmar entry rules →
🇳🇦 Namibia90 daysNamibia entry rules →
🇳🇷 Nauru90 daysNauru entry rules →
🇳🇮 Nicaragua90 daysNicaragua entry rules →
🇵🇼 Palau30 daysPalau entry rules →
🇵🇸 Palestine—Palestine entry rules →
🇵🇦 Panama90 daysPanama entry rules →
🇵🇾 Paraguay90 daysParaguay entry rules →
🇵🇪 Peru180 daysPeru entry rules →
🇵🇭 Philippines30 daysPhilippines entry rules →
🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis90 daysSaint Kitts and Nevis entry rules →
🇱🇨 Saint Lucia42 daysSaint Lucia entry rules →
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines90 daysSaint Vincent and the Grenadines entry rules →
🇼🇸 Samoa90 daysSamoa entry rules →
🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe15 daysSao Tome and Principe entry rules →
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia90 daysSaudi Arabia entry rules →
🇷🇸 Serbia30 daysSerbia entry rules →
🇿🇦 South Africa90 daysSouth Africa entry rules →
🇹🇯 Tajikistan—Tajikistan entry rules →
🇹🇭 Thailand60 daysThailand entry rules →
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago90 daysTrinidad and Tobago entry rules →
🇹🇳 Tunisia90 daysTunisia entry rules →
🇹🇷 Turkey60 daysTurkey entry rules →
🇦🇪 UAE90 daysUAE entry rules →
🇺🇾 Uruguay90 daysUruguay entry rules →
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan—Uzbekistan entry rules →
🇻🇺 Vanuatu120 daysVanuatu entry rules →
🇻🇪 Venezuela90 daysVenezuela entry rules →
🇻🇳 Vietnam45 daysVietnam entry rules →

Visa on arrival (30)

Countries where Russia travellers get a visa at the border, no embassy visit needed.

DestinationMax stayMore
🇧🇭 Bahrain—Bahrain entry rules →
🇧🇩 Bangladesh—Bangladesh entry rules →
🇧🇮 Burundi—Burundi entry rules →
🇰🇭 Cambodia—Cambodia entry rules →
🇰🇲 Comoros—Comoros entry rules →
🇩🇯 Djibouti—Djibouti entry rules →
🇪🇬 Egypt—Egypt entry rules →
🇪🇹 Ethiopia—Ethiopia entry rules →
🇮🇩 Indonesia—Indonesia entry rules →
🇮🇷 Iran—Iran entry rules →
🇮🇶 Iraq—Iraq entry rules →
🇯🇴 Jordan—Jordan entry rules →
🇱🇧 Lebanon—Lebanon entry rules →
🇲🇬 Madagascar—Madagascar entry rules →
🇲🇭 Marshall Islands—Marshall Islands entry rules →
🇲🇷 Mauritania—Mauritania entry rules →
🇳🇵 Nepal—Nepal entry rules →
🇴🇲 Oman—Oman entry rules →
🇶🇦 Qatar—Qatar entry rules →
🇷🇼 Rwanda—Rwanda entry rules →
🇸🇳 Senegal—Senegal entry rules →
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone—Sierra Leone entry rules →
🇸🇴 Somalia—Somalia entry rules →
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka—Sri Lanka entry rules →
🇹🇿 Tanzania—Tanzania entry rules →
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste—Timor-Leste entry rules →
🇹🇴 Tonga—Tonga entry rules →
🇹🇻 Tuvalu—Tuvalu entry rules →
🇿🇲 Zambia—Zambia entry rules →
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe—Zimbabwe entry rules →

eVisa / online authorisation (27)

Countries that require Russia citizens to apply online before travel (eVisa or ETA).

DestinationMax stayMore
🇦🇱 Albania—Albania entry rules →
🇦🇺 Australia—Australia entry rules →
🇧🇯 Benin—Benin entry rules →
🇧🇹 Bhutan—Bhutan entry rules →
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso—Burkina Faso entry rules →
🇨🇲 Cameroon—Cameroon entry rules →
🇨🇩 DR Congo—DR Congo entry rules →
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea—Equatorial Guinea entry rules →
🇬🇦 Gabon—Gabon entry rules →
🇬🇭 Ghana—Ghana entry rules →
🇬🇳 Guinea—Guinea entry rules →
🇮🇳 India—India entry rules →
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast—Ivory Coast entry rules →
🇰🇪 Kenya—Kenya entry rules →
🇱🇸 Lesotho—Lesotho entry rules →
🇱🇾 Libya—Libya entry rules →
🇲🇽 Mexico—Mexico entry rules →
🇳🇬 Nigeria—Nigeria entry rules →
🇵🇰 Pakistan—Pakistan entry rules →
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea—Papua New Guinea entry rules →
🇸🇨 Seychelles—Seychelles entry rules →
🇸🇬 Singapore—Singapore entry rules →
🇰🇷 South Korea—South Korea entry rules →
🇸🇸 South Sudan—South Sudan entry rules →
🇸🇾 Syria—Syria entry rules →
🇹🇬 Togo—Togo entry rules →
🇺🇬 Uganda—Uganda entry rules →

Visa required in advance (60)

Countries where Russia passport holders must obtain a visa before departure.

DestinationMax stayMore
🇦🇫 Afghanistan—Afghanistan entry rules →
🇩🇿 Algeria—Algeria entry rules →
🇦🇩 Andorra—Andorra entry rules →
🇦🇹 Austria—Austria entry rules →
🇧🇪 Belgium—Belgium entry rules →
🇧🇿 Belize—Belize entry rules →
🇧🇬 Bulgaria—Bulgaria entry rules →
🇨🇦 Canada—Canada entry rules →
🇨🇫 Central African Republic—Central African Republic entry rules →
🇹🇩 Chad—Chad entry rules →
🇭🇷 Croatia—Croatia entry rules →
🇨🇾 Cyprus—Cyprus entry rules →
🇨🇿 Czech Republic—Czech Republic entry rules →
🇩🇰 Denmark—Denmark entry rules →
🇪🇷 Eritrea—Eritrea entry rules →
🇪🇪 Estonia—Estonia entry rules →
🇫🇮 Finland—Finland entry rules →
🇫🇷 France—France entry rules →
🇩🇪 Germany—Germany entry rules →
🇬🇷 Greece—Greece entry rules →
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau—Guinea-Bissau entry rules →
🇭🇺 Hungary—Hungary entry rules →
🇮🇸 Iceland—Iceland entry rules →
🇮🇪 Ireland—Ireland entry rules →
🇮🇹 Italy—Italy entry rules →
🇯🇵 Japan—Japan entry rules →
🇰🇼 Kuwait—Kuwait entry rules →
🇱🇻 Latvia—Latvia entry rules →
🇱🇷 Liberia—Liberia entry rules →
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein—Liechtenstein entry rules →
🇱🇹 Lithuania—Lithuania entry rules →
🇱🇺 Luxembourg—Luxembourg entry rules →
🇲🇱 Mali—Mali entry rules →
🇲🇹 Malta—Malta entry rules →
🇲🇨 Monaco—Monaco entry rules →
🇳🇱 Netherlands—Netherlands entry rules →
🇳🇿 New Zealand—New Zealand entry rules →
🇳🇪 Niger—Niger entry rules →
🇰🇵 North Korea—North Korea entry rules →
🇲🇰 North Macedonia—North Macedonia entry rules →
🇳🇴 Norway—Norway entry rules →
🇵🇱 Poland—Poland entry rules →
🇵🇹 Portugal—Portugal entry rules →
🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo—Republic of the Congo entry rules →
🇷🇴 Romania—Romania entry rules →
🇸🇲 San Marino—San Marino entry rules →
🇸🇰 Slovakia—Slovakia entry rules →
🇸🇮 Slovenia—Slovenia entry rules →
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands—Solomon Islands entry rules →
🇪🇸 Spain—Spain entry rules →
🇸🇩 Sudan—Sudan entry rules →
🇸🇷 Suriname—Suriname entry rules →
🇸🇪 Sweden—Sweden entry rules →
🇨🇭 Switzerland—Switzerland entry rules →
🇹🇼 Taiwan—Taiwan entry rules →
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan—Turkmenistan entry rules →
🇺🇦 Ukraine—Ukraine entry rules →
🇬🇧 United Kingdom—United Kingdom entry rules →
🇺🇸 United States—United States entry rules →
🇾🇪 Yemen—Yemen entry rules →

Frequently asked questions

How many countries can Russia passport holders visit visa-free?

Russia passport holders can enter 77 countries and territories visa-free, and a further 30 offer a visa on arrival — 107 destinations in total with no advance visa needed. Including eVisa/ETA destinations, 134 countries are reachable without visiting an embassy.

Which countries can Russia citizens visit without a visa?

Visa-free destinations for Russia citizens include Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, and more — see the full list above.

How many countries require a visa for Russia passport holders?

60 countries require Russia passport holders to obtain a visa before travelling. The full list is above, each linking to the requirements, costs and official application link.

Is this Russia visa information official?

No. isvisarequired.com provides general guidance compiled from public government and IATA sources. Visa rules change often — always confirm with the destination's official immigration authority or embassy before you book or travel.

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This is general guidance, not an official government source. Visa policies can change at any time — always verify with the destination country's embassy or official immigration website before booking travel.