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Russia Considers Waiving Tourist Visas for Train Passangers
Foreign visitors traveling to Russia by train may soon be able to enter the country visa-free for up to three days in a measure aimed at opening up the notoriously … Read more...
Lithuania Official Wants Visa-Free Regime with Kaliningrad
Lithuanian Deputy Parliament Speaker Kestas Komskis has urged renewed talks over a visa-free regime with Russia's Kaliningrad region. The deputy parliament speaker … Read more...
The Present and Future of the EU-Russia Visa Dialogue
Please read the article published on Radio Svoboda website and concerning the EU-Russia visa dialogue and perspectives for visa facilitation. The article is available … Read more...
EU Should Put Russia Visa-Free Talks on Hold
On Tuesday (28 January), EU and Russian leaders met in Brussels for the regular, twice-yearly, EU-Russia summit. Minority groups who want to visit Russia cannot go there … Read more...
Foreign Ministry Proposes Fingerprinting Russian Visa Applicants
The Foreign Ministry has proposed scanning the fingerprints of people applying for Russian entry visas from July 1, 2014, in the interests of "national security." Under … Read more...
Vladimir Putin says: We Should Agree on a Visa-free Access Regime in General
Please read the excerpt from the interview with Vladimir Putin, concerning visa regime liberalization: Andrew Marr: Mr. President, now the British people are thinking … Read more...
People with Tickets for 2014 Olympics in Sochi will be Able to Get Visas Easily
A simplified procedure of issuing visas for foreign tourists coming to Russia for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi was introduced on December 1, 2013. Visa … Read more...
EU-Russia Permanent Partnership Council on Freedom, Security and Justice
The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation will on 17 January host the seventeenth meeting of the EU-Russia Permanent Partnership Council on freedom, security and … Read more...
Greece Proposes to Facilitate Visa Regime for Ukrainians
Greece, holding EU presidency, will submit proposals on visa regime facilitation for citizens of the third countries to the European Union in mid-March, minister for … Read more...
UK not Ready to Relax Visa Formalities with Russia
The UK is not ready to go through with stripping visa formalities with Russia, citing among other reasons the Litvinenko case, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir … Read more...
