About the complete removal of restrictions on entry into the Russian Federation by foreign citizens and stateless persons

Decree No. 1267 of the Government of the Russian Federation of 14 July 2022 repealed Decree No. 635-r of the Government of the Russian Federation of 16 March 2020 and Decree No. 763-r of the Government of the Russian Federation of 27 March 2020. In this connection, as of July 15 2022, all epidemic-driven temporary restrictions on the entry of foreign nationals through air, sea, automobile, railway, pedestrian, river and mixed border crossing points of the Russian Federation are lifted.

In addition, the decision to temporarily suspend the issuance of unified electronic visas to foreign nationals, adopted in March 2020 in order to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus infection on the territory of the Russian Federation, is cancelled.

Please note that the requirements of the sanitary protocol for foreign nationals entering the Russian Federation established by Decree No. 7 of the Chief Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation dated March 18, 2020 "On ensuring isolation regime to prevent the spread of COVID-19" remain relevant for foreign nationals entering the Russian Federation. In particular, foreign nationals must have a medical document (in Russian or English) confirming a negative result of laboratory testing for COVID-19 by PCR when boarding an aircraft, including for the purpose of transit through the Russian Federation, and when crossing the state border of the Russian Federation.

The material must be collected not earlier than 48 hours before arrival in the Russian Federation. If it is impossible to submit the medical document in Russian or English, it is allowed to submit it in the official language of the state of registration of the organization which issued the medical document, with a translation into Russian, the correctness of which is notarized by a consular official of the Russian Federation.

In addition, prior to arrival in the territory of the Russian Federation a foreign citizen must fill in the questionnaire of a person arriving in the Russian Federation, the template of which is placed on the official website of Rospotrebnadzor: (https://www.rospotrebnadzor.ru/region/korono_virus/naselenie.php?sphrase_id=2645145)."

The Decree cancels the requirement to provide the results of PCR testing for COVID-19 for citizens of the Republic of Belarus upon arrival by air transport to Russia.