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Bulgarian Ambassador Vows Visa Simplification for Russian Tourists in 2015
Bulgaria will simplify visa requirements for Russian tourists in 2015, according to Boyko Kotsev, Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Russia. Russians account for the … Read more...
Bulgaria Simplifies Tourist Visa Procedures for Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Georgia
Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova and Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov agreed to simplify tourist visa procedures for citizens of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, … Read more...
Foreign Applicants for Russian Visa Compelled to Present Itinerary of Their Trips
Foreign applicants for Russian visa are compelled to present an itinerary of their trips starting on January 26, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) … Read more...
New Terminal to Increase Throughput on Estonia-Russia Border Crossing
Construction works on the Narva border crossing between Estonia and Russia, carried out in the framework of a project funded by the EU under the Estonia-Latvia-Russia … Read more...
Russia Ready to Resume Visa Dialogue With EU once Sanctions Lifted
Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Anvar Azimov stated that Moscow is ready to resume talks with Brussels on a visa-free regime, as soon as sanctions … Read more...
Russia Ends Express-Visa Program for Kaliningrad
Russia has stopped issuing short-term, three-day visas for visits to the exclave of Kaliningrad. Moscow suspended the visas as of January 1, although local officials … Read more...
Non-EU Family Members don’t Need Visa to Enter UK, Court Rules
The EU court has said non-EU nationals who are relatives of EU citizens do not need to apply for special permission to visit the UK, in another blow to London's … Read more...
Russian MFA: Changes in Russian Personal Data Law won’t Affect Schengen Visa Issue Procedure
The new law on personal data will not affect the issue of Schengen visas to Russians, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Meshkov has said. "As for the possible … Read more...
Changes to Russian Visa Applications
The Russian Federation has announced that as of 10 December 2014 it will implement a new visa requirement. From this date, all applicants from the UK, Denmark, Myanmar, … Read more...
Russian Visa Applicants will Have to be Fingerprinted
Foreigners applying for visas in a number of Russian consulates will be fingerprinted starting in December, in accordance with a decree signed by President Vladimir … Read more...
