Visa-free countries
Listed below are the countries whose nationals do not require a short-stay visa in order to enter Russia. However, a study visa and a long-term working visa are still required for citizens of the listed countries.
- Abkhazia
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Cuba
- Guatemala
- Hong Kong (SAR and PRC)
- Israel
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Macedonia
- Montenegro
- Moldova
- Nicaragua
- Peru
- Serbia
- South Ossetia
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Uruguay
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
