Useful info

General information

Information generale

Please find out general information regarding free medical assistance in Russia.

Please find English translation of the Russian Criminal Code.

It is essential that the Russian visa application form is filled in correctly.

The information you enter in the Russian visa application form must match that in your invitation. Please stay consistent with the visa support you have requested and been provided with.

While there exist several visa application forms (for US passport holders, for foreign nationals applying for a Russian visa in the UK, etc.) and the order and wording of the questions may vary, the information required by the Russian consulate is mostly the same in every case.

Please find our advice how to answer to the questions asked in the consulate application form.

Please find the list of official holidays in the Russian Federation.

Official information regarding population of Russia, Russian education, living standard, Russian prices, including local prices in different regions and more.

Please find read this information if you are going to visit Ukraine.

One of the most important commemorative day in Russia. Please find out more.

Please find main information about Russian New Year and Russian Christmas

Please find some useful information about Russia.

Please read that before applying for Russian visa. Fro more or updated please visit the website of your local Russian Embassy or Russian consulate.

General information and principles of issuing Russian visas. Please read that before visiting Russian Embassy or Russian Consulate.

Please find important official information.

Please find important official information.

Please find official document regulating the freedom of the movement on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Please find official document regulating the Russian Federation citizenship.

Find the official document regulating the legal status and the rights of foreign nationals visiting the Russian Federation.

Official comments to the EU-Russian Agreement on visa facilitation

Find the official information regarding Russian judicial system.

The Constitution of the Russian Federation was adopted on December 12, 1993.

A total of 58,187,755 voters, or 54.8 percent of the registered voters, took part in the referendum on the new draft constitution.

Of this total, 32,937,30 voters, or 58.4 percent of those who took part in the referendum, voted in favour of the draft constitution.

The new constitution came into force on December 25, 1993, at the moment of its official publication.

The adoption of the 1993 Constitution marked the beginning of a new era in the history of Russian statehood.

The Constitution forms the country’s legal foundation, proclaims the President of the Russian Federation the head of state and lays upon him the responsibility for defending the Constitution, human rights and civil liberties, safeguarding Russia’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, and ensuring the coordinated functioning and cooperation of the state bodies of power.

Official information regarding customs clearance of postal items sent to or from the territory of the Russian Federation

Please find out official information regarding Russian transit visa

Official information for EU citizen regarding Russian visa application

Find out general requirements for tourist travel to Russia.

To enter the Russian Federation a foreign citizen must submit a valid identity document, accepted as such by the Russian Federation, and a visa, if no other order of entry into the Russian Federation is established by an international agreement.

1. Visa application form, fully completed and signed (note: there are special visa application forms for the nationals of USA and Georgia)

Official information from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Official information from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Official information from the Russian visa application centre in UK

Official announcement from the Russian visa application centre in UK. For more information visit http://ru.vfsglobal.co.uk

Official information regarding Russian transit visas

Official information regarding Russian student visas

Please find list of documents required to submit to the Russian Consulate to obtain Russian visa

Travel to Russia requires an entry visa. Russian Consulates and Russian Embassies abroad issue different categories of visas to Russia based upon the purpose of the trip and the duration of stay in Russia. Official invitations are required for all types of visas.

Official recommendation for applying for Russian tourist visa in the United States. More information about Russian tourist visa you can always find at the official site of the Russian consulate in New York, US at www.ruscon.org

Please carefully check the list of restricted areas on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Practical travel report from Canadian officials